There's More to Coffee Than Just Caffeine

Source: Tufts University
January 17, 2003

The caffeine in coffee is often targeted as the cause of coffee's negative effects, such as jittery nerves. Another health concern pinned on caffeinated coffee is that it may boost blood levels of homocysteine, a protein component associated with an increase risk of heart disease. However, a new study by Dutch researchers found that while coffee can increase blood levels of homocysteine, caffeine may well not be the only culprit. Their findings are published in a recent issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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Green-roasted coffee beans keep the taste but ditch the smell

A Dutch coffee roasting plant has streamlined its entire operation to ensure every stage of the roasting process is environmentally friendly, generating savings on bills while eliminating the strong smell of toasted coffee that previously wafted around the plant.

Peeze coffee roasters only use green energy generated from wind, water and solar sources, along with electricity generated from their own solar panel, says Rene Smit, Environmental Officer at Peeze. “It’s a little more expensive, but not that much more,” Smit told edie.

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About coffee

Thursday January 16, 2003

There are three primary criteria for judging coffee:

Acidity: refers to the crispness or bite of the coffee. It is the vibrant burst of flavor you experience with your first taste.

Body: is the weight of the coffee, the way it feels on your tongue. Latin American coffees tend to be light and medium-bodied while Indonesian and African coffees tend to be full-bodied.

Flavor: is the total combined impression of aroma, acidity and body. The term is used to express intensity and to identify specific tastes of characteristics.

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Craving a caffeine high

SMU opens Java City on campus as coffee houses battle to attract sutdents off the Hilltop

By Melissa Cooper
Contributing Writer
January 16, 2003

Before the Boston Tea Party, tea was the popular drink. However, when taxes from England increased the price of tea, the people of Boston protested. Instead of drinking tea, they began to drink coffee. Every since that time we have been drinking coffee more than ever.
Coffee drinking appears to be on the rise, and this might not be a fad. The Dallas Morning News recently wrote an article about a specific new trend in cold coffee. In a Sept. 4 article, staff writer Teresa Gubbins says we have a "love affair with hot coffee." She explains the escalation in coffee consumption is a result of the new, cool coffee options.

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Investor pours $750,000 into Peabodys Coffee

Peabodys Coffee Inc. announced Tuesday that it has agreed to terms for a $750,000 investment from a New York institutional fund.

The Rocklin company said it will use the cash to percolate distribution of its Black Rhino organic coffee brand.

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Cookie mogul to try coffee

Maria Saporta - Staff
Wednesday, January 15, 2003

Michael Coles is going from cookies to coffee.

Atlanta businessman Coles, founder of Great American Cookie Co., is expected to be named chief executive of Minneapolis-based Caribou Coffee today, at least on an interim basis. Coles also has been a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House and Senate.

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Caffeine Conundrum

story by DEREK P. JENSEN
Special to the Tribune

The excruciating moments waiting in line feel the same. So too the buzz after fueling up at the nearest coffee shop or convenience store. But whether you count yourself among the super-sized plastic mug toting crowd or as a regular with the double-shot latte order memorized, caffeine intake is likely a daily ritual.
Welcome to Utah, where every morning the masses line up to pour their legal drug of choice -- just not the same one.
It's a familiar scene: the bleary-eyed milling around the coffee pots at 7-11, or in line at the Starbucks. Yet perhaps just as common are the crowds filling all manner of containers with everything from Diet Coke to Mountain Dew at gas stations from Logan to Lehi and beyond.


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C-U libraries may add coffee shops as usage climbs

By PAUL WOOD
© 2003 THE NEWS-GAZETTE
Published Online January 12, 2003

You hear a lot of talking in local libraries nowadays. What you don't hear is a lot of shushing.
Libraries are becoming community centers, where people come to meet and chat, says Frederick Schlipf of the Urbana Free Library. Both Champaign and Urbana are considering adding coffee shops to their new facilities.

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