James Grierson
History of Coffee: Part V - Speciality Coffee
With the large multi-national coffee companies focused purely on coffee as a commodity rather then a drink to be savoured, it allowed a new sector to emerge in the coffee industry: Speciality Coffee.
Date Posted: March 01, 2006
History of Coffee: Part IV - Commercialisation of Coffee
For many connoisseurs, the period from the mid-19th Century to the late 20th Century is the ‘Dark Age’ of coffee. During this era, coffee lost its Middle-Eastern mystical charm and became commercialised and, quite frankly, ordinary.When...
Date Posted: February 27, 2006
History of Coffee: Part III - Colonisation of Coffee
By the 17th Century, with the popularity of coffee ever increasing in Europe, the interest of the then World Superpowers - Britain, France, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain - also grew.
Date Posted: February 08, 2006
History of Coffee: Part II – Spread of Coffee to Europe
It was not until 1615, that Europe was formally introduced to coffee. Venetian traders, who had strong trade links with the Levant (historical term referring to a large area of the Middle East incorporating the countries of: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon...
Date Posted: January 28, 2006
History of Coffee: Part I – Africa and Arabia
The coffee plant originates from the highland forests of Ethiopia. It is believed that the first plants were found growing wild in the region of Kaffa, where coffee derives its name from. A popular legend tells of a goat herder named Kaldi.
Date Posted: January 28, 2006
History of the Cafetiere
Cafetieres are probably the most commonly used method of brewing coffee. Many coffee lovers swear on the fact that the cafetiere is the best method, as it preserves the delicate flavours in the oils, giving a smooth, rich bodied coffee.
Date Posted: January 19, 2006
History of the Stove-top Espresso Maker
The story of the stove-top espresso maker begins in 1918, when Alfonso Bialetti returned to his native Italy from France, where he had worked in the aluminium industry, to start a small workshop manufacturing metal household goods.
Date Posted: December 21, 2005
Coffee: From Harvest to Cup - A Brief Overview
Coffee is a plant. However, before it can be drunk it must pass through a number of stages and travel thousands of miles.Coffee beans come from the red cherries of the coffea bush. Each cherry usually contains two seeds, or coffee beans.
Date Posted: November 21, 2005
Caffeine in Coffee
Caffeine is only one of several hundred chemicals found in coffee. However it is the most notorious because of the many physiological affects it has on the human body.
Date Posted: November 10, 2005
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