Around 80 percent of the world’s population consumes caffeine in one form or another. However, not everyone is able to enjoy coffee due to a sensitivity to caffeine, which means having to resort to decaf. But what about naturally low caffeine coffee? Low caffeine coffee is a term used to describe coffee that hasn’t undergone…
The Makita DCM501 is the only dedicated, battery-operated coffee maker by a power tool brand on sale at the moment. We know there’s nothing better than a piping hot cup of coffee to get you through the workday, but with only one power tool brand producing a coffee machine, you’re at their mercy. Should you…
Pour over coffee is increasingly being found on cafe menus around the world and for good reason, because pour over is delicious. But with such a huge choice of coffees on offer, you’re left wondering what even is pour over coffee? Pour over is a coffee brewing method known as percolation. Percolation is a method…
Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world, and many of us insist on only using whole coffee beans to get our daily caffeine fix. But how much caffeine is in a coffee bean? On average, a single arabica coffee bean contains 1.9 milligrams of caffeine (1.2 – 1.5g of caffeine per…
Over two billion cups of coffee are drunk every day, in part due to the stimulating effects of its caffeine on our bodies. But why is it that coffee contains caffeine? Caffeine is a natural pesticide used by the coffee plant to protect itself from pests. Caffeine also protects it from other competing plants. However,…
Cascara has quickly become a superstar in recent years, being seen more and more on coffee shop menus around the world. But the rising star is cascara syrup, which has been made famous by Starbucks. But what is cascara syrup exactly? Cascara syrup is a mixture of brewed cascara and cane sugar that combines to…
The fact that coffee beans come from a fruit leads many to wonder whether coffee is actually a type of fruit juice. So what’s the deal, is coffee fruit juice? A cup of coffee is not fruit juice because it is made from the seeds and not the flesh of the coffee cherry fruit. Coffee…
Coffee is part of everyday life for much of the world, but few question where on earth it comes from. In this article, we take a look at where the world’s coffee originates and how it grows. All coffee beans come from the coffee plant, which is of the Coffea genus. The coffee plant is…
The AeroPress has to be the most versatile coffee maker that there is, which is why it’s so popular. But is the AeroPress capable of making espresso? The AeroPress is not able to produce espresso as it lacks the essential features needed to produce it, which are only found in espresso machines. Espresso machines use…
Every coffee roaster has their own vision of what they want a cup of coffee to be. All of the coffee on offer here is a reflection of the roaster, and what he or she thought best to highlight from the green beans. In no particular order, we provide you with each roaster’s background, ethics…
