Long cherished for its life-affirming, neuron-boosting aroma, coffee is now being held up all over the globe as an at-home diagnostic tool to help curb the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A DCN review of scientific literature and anecdotal advice from scholars of taste and smell shows dozens of examples of coffee being used as the barometer for Read more about Coffee is Being Widely Used as a COVID-19 Diagnostic Tool #21[…]

Coffee is one of the few foods that almost all Americans consume on a regular basis. Seventy percent of Americans drink coffee at least once a week, and 62 percent of Americans drink coffee daily, according to the National Coffee Association. You may already know that restaurants serve some of the unhealthiest coffee drinks you can sip—for example, Dunkin’s Read more about 7 Things You Should Never Add to Your Coffee #20 in a series[…]

Recreating A Coffee Shop Cappuccino At Home   The cappuccino is one of the most popular and well-known drinks in the world. The winning combination of milk foam and espresso is a favorite of many, and it has inspired a number of other milk-based coffee beverages. While the drink dates back to the 1800s, the Read more about Recreating A Coffee Shop Cappuccino At Home # 19 in a Series[…]

  Geisha vs Bourbon: A Crash Course in Coffee Varieties In wine, varieties reign supreme. Everybody knows what a Merlot is or a Chardonnay. But in the coffee world, they’re less understood. You might have heard of Geisha, but do you know the difference between a Bourbon and a Typica? Or why that matters? If Read more about Geisha vs Bourbon: A Crash Course on Coffee Varieties # 18 in a Series[…]

Thank You to all of Our Visitors, Readers, and Customers, for staying with us since the beginning…   We have made many changes over the last months in order  to attempt to better SERVE YOU !!!   1 We’ve added  ( 2 ) more websites directing traffic to our Main Montoro Caffe https://montorocaffe.com website. 1a Read more about Letter from the Editor — Changes Made[…]

How Much Caffeine Is In My Coffee?   The Challenges of Measuring Caffeine Levels By William (Bill) Murray, President & CEO, NCA Twitter: @Bill_CoffeeAssn Coffee has long been associated with energy and activity – the legend of coffee’s origin holds that it was discovered because of the energy kick it gave to goats eating cherries from a coffee tree. Most Read more about How Much Caffeine Is In My Coffee? #16 in Our Series[…]

  EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW    By Umeko Motoyoshi, @umeshiso_, @wastingcoffee  Today is a strange day, to say the least. If you’re reading this a year or more from now, hello from the middle of the coronavirus outbreak. I hope you’re doing well! Let’s talk about something that’s a big help in both our Read more about FREEZING COFFEE AT HOME: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW[…]

Manually brewing coffee at home has many advantages. It’s relatively inexpensive and easy to do, making it popular with those getting familiar with coffee for the first time. It’s also a brewing method that you can experiment with, making it equally popular with coffee professionals and coffee shops. Whether you’re a home brewer wanting to Read more about Methods   A Brief History of Manual Brewing # 14[…]

In practice, grinding coffee is a simple process. Take a handful of roasted coffee beans, throw them in a grinder hopper, press a button on the coffee grinder, and voila: you now have the coffee grounds to brew a cup of coffee. This may not seem like rocket science, but the proven truth is that Read more about WHY COFFEE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION MATTERS FOR YOUR COFFEE # 13[…]

  What’s New with Cascara? DECEMBER 31, 2019 JANAE EASLON From Starbucks to Shake Shack, cascara has been popping up on menus everywhere, including at specialty coffee shops and tea houses. When Fresh Cup wrote about cascara back in 2014, no one here predicted it would still be our most-read article as we started 2020. But what Read more about What’s New with Cascara ?[…]