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At present coffee farmers are concentrating on Robusta coffee, the beans of which are stronger in flavour and are the type used by the majority of instant coffee manufacturers, according to Allen Arvin A. Tan. He’s the manager director of Red Cherry N’ Silver Tips Corporation, owners of franchises of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in the province of Cebu.

Tan said that his company were encouraging local farmers to start cultivating Arabica coffee following the higher level of demand the coffee type globally. He added that Philippine soil had the capacity to produce a more expensive variety of Arabica beans but that growers have so far been reluctant to switch because of uncertainty over where they could sell them.

]]> Caffeine and Sleep http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=96405 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:48 GMT http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=96405 Caffeine and SleepYes, it should be obvious that caffeine does cause you to not sleep…so the obvious solution? Just don’t drink coffee couple hours before bedtime. tudies have demonstrated that caffeine disrupts sleep. When caffeine is consumed immediately before bedtime or continuously throughout the day, sleep onset may be delayed, total sleep time reduced, normal stages of sleep altered, and the quality of sleep decreased.

Caffeine’s effects on sleep appear to be determined by a variety of factors including dose, the time between caffeine ingestion and attempted sleep, and individual differences in sensitivity and/or tolerance to caffeine.

Caffeine-induced sleep disturbance is greatest among individuals who are not regular caffeine users. Although there is evidence for some tolerance to the sleep disrupting effects of caffeine, complete tolerance may not occur and thus habitual caffeine consumers are still vulnerable to caffeine-induced sleep problems.

]]> Where to get great coffee on I-95 http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=96217 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:36 GMT http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=96217 Where to get great coffee on I-95Just in time for this weekend's road-trippers, snowbirds getting an early start or parents driving kids to college comes this list of great java stops on Interstate 95.

It's from Sandra Phillips-Posner and Stan Posner, a couple that knows most nooks and crannies of the exits off that great north-south artery. They're the authors of Drive I-95, which gives an exit-by-exit look at services, lodging, attractions, radar traps and more.

Here are their coffee stop recommendations:

*Willoughby's Coffee and Teas, New Haven, Conn., at Exit 47. Here's what they say: "The 25-year-old local institution is a serious coffee shop which competes in international competitions. The huge plus here is that they roast their own coffee, so four freshly roasted options (along with their house blend) are offered up daily. This is out of a repertoire of about three dozen. There are two dozen or so teas, and they come in tea bags." 258 Church St.

]]> Where to get great coffee on I-95 http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=96134 Sun, 5 Sep 2010 17:50 GMT http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=96134 Just in time for this weekend's road-trippers, snowbirds getting an early start or parents driving kids to college comes this list of great java stops on Interstate 95.

It's from Sandra Phillips-Posner and Stan Posner, a couple that knows most nooks and crannies of the exits off that great north-south artery. They're the authors of Drive I-95, which gives an exit-by-exit look at services, lodging, attractions, radar traps and more.

]]> Coffee is secret to long life: study http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=96016 Sat, 4 Sep 2010 15:42 GMT http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=96016 Researchers have claimed that drinking a cup of coffee everyday could be the secret to long life. According to a study, people who drank one to two cups of coffee a day had more elastic arteries than those who drank little or no coffee, reports the Daily Mail.

The subjects of the research were all aged between 65 and 100 and long-term inhabitants of the Greek island of Ikaria. It is known as the ''land of longevity'' and a third of residents reach the age of 90.

]]> Coffee's the secret to long life http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=95796 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:35 GMT http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=95796 Coffee's the secret to long lifeSipping a hot cup of coffee daily could give you more than a healthful lift of energy. The drink helps people live longer by warding off heart disease, a study has revealed. Researchers at the University of Athens have carried out the study and found that drinking a cup of coffee everyday improves elasticity of the arteries, which can stave off heart disease, the 'Daily Mail' reported.

In fact, the researchers have based their findings on an analysis of 485 people with high blood pressure.

The subjects of the study were all aged between 65 and 100 and longterm inhabitants of Greek island of Ikaria. It is known as the "land of longevity" and a third of residents reach the age of 90.

]]> Coffee The Secret To Long Life http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=95628 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:56 GMT http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=95628 Coffee The Secret To Long Life: Sipping a hot cup of coffee  daily could give you more than a healthful lift of energy. The drink helps people live longer by warding off heart disease, a study has revealed. Researchers at the University of Athens have carried out the study and found that drinking a cup of coffee everyday improves elasticity of the arteries, which can stave off heart disease, the 'Daily Mail' reported.

In fact, the researchers have based their findings on an analysis of 485 people with high blood pressure. The subjects of the study were all aged between 65 and 100 and long term inhabitants of Greek island of Ikaria. It is known as the "land of longevity" and a third of residents reach the age of 90.

]]> Coffee Bean ordered shut amid legal morass http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=94618 Mon, 9 Aug 2010 06:40 GMT http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=94618 Israel's 14 branches of the Coffee Bean chain were ordered closed by the international franchise as of yesterday, after local franchise holder City Food violated their agreement and fell behind in payments. The local franchise holder owes several hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But there's a catch: Coffee Bean restaurants in Israel are themselves franchises of City Food. After signing 10-year agreements in January, shutting them down would violate these agreements.  The U.S.-based coffee house franchise informed City Food in July that it had until yesterday to shutter the branches.

]]> More variety may raise volume in coffee futures http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=94382 Fri, 6 Aug 2010 07:39 GMT http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=94382 Coffee futures contracts trading on the Indian commodity exchanges need to induct available varieties in the market with reduction of lot size to make it more liquid in exchanges in the near future.Spreading more awareness among planters and traders regarding coffee futures market for an appropriate price discovery is also needed.

“There should be more coffee varieties being traded in the exchanges to make future contracts liquid with sound growth in volume,” Babu Reddy, agricultural economist of Coffee Board of India said. He also said that awareness should be created among traders and planters to make coffee as an active contract.

]]> Coffee can change your life http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=94117 Mon, 2 Aug 2010 06:13 GMT http://coffeesbar.com/article.asp?articleid=94117 He fills the jug with cold milk, checks the temperature on the thermometer (it should be 32 F) and keeps the jug aside. He switches on the espresso machine and brews the ground coffee into the white primo cup, then turns on the steam muzzle and fills the milk jug with foam.

After banging (breaking the air bubbles) and swirling (mixing the froth), he pours the milk into the primo cup and sprinkles chocolate powder on the top. The cappuccino is ready to be served. Ajeet Singh Chauhan, 28, has made the morning’s first coffee. We meet him at a Costa Coffee outlet in Green Park, South Delhi.

A lanky man with a shy smile, Chauhan is flying to Dubai next week for the regional finals of the ‘Barista of the Year’ competition, a championship that the international coffee chain outlet is conducting to select its best barista.coffeeBarista is the Italian word for ‘bartender’ and is used for a person who makes and serves coffee.

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