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Coffee choc chip ice cream

If you are a serious coffee lover like me, you will appreciate the intense flavours of freshly brewed espresso and ground coffee beans in this delicious yet simple to make ice cream. No custards to make – just coffee, some sugar and [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

I had never tired Cocoa Puffs until last night. I was sampling the chocolaty cereal for dinner, of all things, after receiving a very high recommendation that I absolutely had to try it because it turns milk into sugary, chocolaty goodnes [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Fresh Gourmet Coffee

Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world. It's rich, full-bodied taste is a daily necessity to millions of people. Of course, coffee is not only loved for its taste. The caffeine kick is needed by many to star [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Hearing things? Blame the caffeine in your coffee

“If you’ve just downed your fifth cup of coffee and you seem to be hearing things that aren’t actually there, well, you might want to blame the caffeine in your cup of joe,” says The Huffington Post. “Austral [...]

Posted On : Jun, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Smoking may raise prostate cancer risk

Smoking may lead to rising PSA test scores in men who have had their prostate removed due to cancer, indicating that the tumor may have returned, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Associat [...]

Posted On : May, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Coffee price hikes will bring tough wake-up calls

Coffee drinkers are facing a tough wake-up call: Retailers are finding it increasingly difficult to hold the line as rising commodities prices percolate through the system. At the Coffee Tree Roasters shops in metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pa. [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Pay Fairtrade Forward Day gets underway

The concept of “paying it forward” involves doing a good deed for a complete stranger. But do good deeds extend to buying those strangers coffee? Well, that’s exactly what one local charity is trying to get Kiwis to do o [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Coffee just isn't what it used to be

The record premium of high-quality arabica coffee prices in New York over lower-grade robusta beans in London means your regular cup of coffee just isn't what it used to be. That's because soaring prices are prompting some ro [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Coffee may prevent breast cancer among postmenopausal women

Your cup of coffee may do more than get you going in the morning. Previous research suggests that if you drink enough of it, coffee fends off type 2 diabetes, heart disease, asthma, gallstones, Parkinson’s disease and liver cancer. [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Plantation: Coffee succumbs to technical selling

Plantation: Plantation crops sustained losses last week with a combination of technical weakness in the commodities markets and due weaker fundamentals. However, coffee remained to be well supported as supply threats characterised prices, [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Free Starbucks Coffee for Earth Day

Friday will be a bit colder than temperatures we saw earlier this week. There may be areas of frost before 8 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. Friday will be partly sunny with a high near 49 degrees and an overnight low of [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Like caffeine? There's a gene for that -- two of them, actua...

Attention coffee drinkers: If you think your craving for a cuppa joe stems from sleepiness, habit or simply a desire to make Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz an even richer man, you are sorely mistaken. A team of researchers from Harvard, th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Coming Soon To Your Mug: Temperature-Regulating Coffee Widge...

A couple of engineer buddies have designed the latest must-have accessory for the coffee drinker. Joulies are metallic beans you drop into your hot cup of coffee to make it exactly 140 degrees. They haven't even been manufactured yet [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Coffee Cups in Hell

The Republican Mormons Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman may run for president, braving more questions about whether they wear the sacred undergarment and more resistance from evangelicals who consider Mormonism an affront to Christianity. [...]