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Roasting Green Coffee Beans

Master Roaster — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:09:13 +0000

jastownsendandson asked: One way to roast green coffee beans over an open fire. Taken from a cooking video we did in 1996. Starring a good friend of ours Dave Taylor Similar Posts: None Found

Perfumes made with coffee?

Master Roaster — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:00:21 +0000

Yesterday we talked about using coffee to run a vehicle, today I bring you coffee as perfume. strange but true. Donna Hathaway, from the Portland Fragrance Examiner, has an article on it. Similar Posts: Can you run a car using coffee as fuel? Coffee may ward off liver disease Coffee taster insures tongue for $14 [...]

Can you run a car using coffee as fuel?

Master Roaster — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:46:15 +0000

Found this interesting article from the Economist that suggest maybe one day we will be able to use coffee as a fuel to run our cars. It goes on to discuss coffee-based biodiesel fuel. The biofuel should cost about $1 per gallon to make in a medium-sized installation, the researchers estimates in the article. Any [...]

National Geographic coffee page

Master Roaster — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:35:14 +0000

Just came across the National Geographic page dedicated to coffee and it is quite interseting. The site has a history of coffee, descriptions of the different coffee varieties and a map of coffee-producing countries. The also have a page dedicated to different type of roast and a great article by Ethel A. Starbird, entitled: The [...]

Must see coffee places in San Francisco Bay area

Master Roaster — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:33:10 +0000

Tara Duggan from the San Francisco Chronicle did an interesting story complete with a list of coffee places to explore in the San Francisco Bay area from North Beach and Berkeley originals to brand-new coffee companies, and even to restaurants that are becoming more creative with their coffee service. She also gives a brief history [...]

Kenya coffee websites

Master Roaster — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:33:09 +0000

I came across two great websites today on Kenya coffee. The first website is the Kenya Coffee Traders Association. They have very accurate information on the Kenyan coffee industry, compiled by active industry participants. They also list a ton of great info including a quarterly newsletter, crop forecasts, statistics, exporters batting list, destinations and monthly [...]

Coffee futures rise as supplies tighten

Master Roaster — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:18:54 +0000

Coffee future prices rose on speculation that a declining dollar will boost demand as the global bean supplies tighten. The International Coffee Organization said on Tuesday that the global output of coffee will be 127.8 million bags in the year ending Sept. 30, less than last month’s forecast of 133.4 million bags. A coffee bag [...]

Coffee may ward off liver disease

Master Roaster — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:55:04 +0000

A recent article by Heather Maloney, a staff member at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, states that many recent studies have shown that coffee is amazingly protective for the liver. According to the American Liver Foundation, liver diseases (including hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer), affect one out of every 10 Americans. More than 42,000 people [...]

Coffee taster insures tongue for $14 million dollars

Master Roaster — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:45:06 +0000

Came across this interesting article this afternoon. A man by the name of Gennaro Pelliccia is the chief taster for Costa Coffee and is in charge of tasting every batch of raw coffee beans that Costa Coffee uses. He considers his tongue a valuable asset after 18 years of experience in the industry. So much [...]

Welcome to the blog!

Master Roaster — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:16:28 +0000

Welcome to the Popcorn Coffee Roaster coffee blog. Please check back often and see our latest post on the wonderful world of home coffee roasting using nothing more than a hot air popcorn popper.Similar Posts: Welcome to the blog!