Coffee Notes

Sleep… There’s nothing like it. Lovely, gorgeous, beautiful sleep. Don’t we all want 8 hours every night? But let’s get real here for a moment. Sometimes that doesn’t happen. Sometimes life. A recent study in Germany set out to discover if coffee really can fill in the gaps of those sleepless nights. They created an…

I recently watched a cooking video where the chef was challenged to make an entire meal with a secret ingredient. It was coffee. They decided to pressure cook the coffee in hopes that the beans would soften. It was an epic fail. Lots of other stuff they did was great but after an hour in…

You may be hearing rumors of coffee shortages. Turns out the rumors are actually true. Much like one’s Facebook relationship status, the reasons are many and complicated. Coffee is literally grown all over the world and there are environmental, political, and population factors influencing every country independently and the coffee industry globally. Since I am…

Everette likes coffee. When we first met he was drinking coffee by the gallon. Like for real, he was drinking a gallon or more of coffee a day, two to three pots. He was also sweaty and only slept about two hours a night, and just a tiny bit irritable. Because I love him, I…

I mean who doesn’t love a treat from Starbucks or CopperMoon if you’re local. Me. I do. I get it. Even our delivery runner son begs me to take him to Starbucks while we’re out delivering coffee. The irony is not lost on me, which is why I say no. But I will say that…

Coffee is delicious. It’s a great way to start your morning. But popular thinking has been all over the place about whether or not it is good for you. Recently a study involving almost 111,000 participants over 9 years, showed “Coffee was significantly associated with a reduction of cardiovascular diseases.” The study revealed one cup…