Learn about the history of coffee

Learn the history of the coffee bean. Includes a map of growing regions and an explanation of bean differences courtesy of National Geographic.

Quality coffee is a way of life at Cherry Hill plant

Melitta facility has meticulously roasted beans since '68

By CHERYL SQUADRITO MOSKOVITZ
Courier-Post Staff
CHERRY HILL


So what is that delicious aroma wafting in the air near Exit 32 on Interstate 295?

It's the warm smell of coffee beans roasting at the Melitta plant on nearby Haddonfield-Berlin Road.

Each year since 1968, the Cherry Hill plant has processed 10 million to 20 million of pounds of coffee for the United States, most of Canada and the Caribbean.

"Twenty-four hours a day, six days a week the plant is running," said John Ashwell, the plant manager, of Collingswood.

Filters and coffee makers are manufactured at another location, he said. About 60 employees work in Cherry Hill.

Roastmaster Ray Flores of Collingswood starts the process by sampling beans from around the world. His scientific process weeds out beans that would produce bitter, weak, acidic or just plain bad coffee.

"I reject about 90 percent of the beans I sample," said Flores, who is originally from Cuba and an expert in his field.

The coffee beans that Melitta roasts come from Guatemala, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Hawaii and Panama, he said.

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Happy Birthday Percolator

On this day in 1865, American inventor James H. Nason received a patent for the coffee percolator.

Cupful Of Good News: Coffee Cures And How

Cancer, asthma or just fatigue-fighter, the beverage can work some wonders

KAVITHA ALEXIS & CHITRA PHADNIS

If you are the kind staying away from doctors even when ill for fear of swallowing bitter pills, here is something hot: they might just start offering you a steaming cup of coffee instead.

Did you know that two to four cups of fresh coffee every day can bring down the incidence of colon cancer by 25 per cent and Parkinson’s disease by 50 to 80 per cent? Or that it can help reduce an asthma attack if you cannot get medication immediately? These are some of the results of studies done by Mayo Clinic, Harvard School of Public Health and Institute for Coffee Studies in Vanderbilt.

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Nescafé continues to roast coffee rivals

Today some 3,900 cups of Nescafé are drunk every second, with the trend ever upwards.

The soluble coffee from the house of Nestlé has spread its aroma to many parts of the globe since it was introduced on the market in 1938. But commercialisation of the product at the outset was not an “instant” hit.

Its origin dates back to a time when Brazil was at a loss to know what to do with its surplus of green coffee.

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Peru Counts Cost of 'Bad Coffee' Image

By Robin Emmott

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - After years of trying to improve its coffee, Peru is unable to change its image as a low quality bean producer, losing it valuable dollars on world markets every day, according to a top coffee official.

Like fellow arabica producer Honduras, Peru receives between five and six dollars less than the daily price offered on the New York market for every 100-pound (46-kg) bag sold, at a time when a slump in world coffee prices makes every extra cent crucial to growers' livelihoods.

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Coffee Enemas

Enemas are quick ways to remove toxins from the colon and body. They should only be performed under supervision by a holistic medical doctor, naturopathic physician or herbalist.

A coffee enema is believed to detoxify the liver by rapidly emptying the colon, enhancing liver detoxification, and increasing the flow of bile and the elimination of toxins through bile.

Some people claim that it provides immediate relief to toxicity symptoms, such as congestion, indigestion, pain and headaches.

Instructions on Giving Yourself a Coffee Colonic Enema

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The internet in a cup

Coffee fuelled the information exchanges of the 17th and 18th centuries

WHERE do you go when you want to know the latest business news, follow commodity prices, keep up with political gossip, find out what others think of a new book, or stay abreast of the latest scientific and technological developments? Today, the answer is obvious: you log on to the internet. Three centuries ago, the answer was just as easy: you went to a coffee-house. There, for the price of a cup of coffee, you could read the latest pamphlets, catch up on news and gossip, attend scientific lectures, strike business deals, or chat with like-minded people about literature or politics.

The coffee-houses that sprang up across Europe, starting around 1650, functioned as information exchanges for writers, politicians, businessmen and scientists.

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