A few years ago, scientists from Harvard Medical School researched the relationship between coffee beans and depression in women. You can read the full report published by the Jama Network here. From 1996 to 2006 50,739 US women who were free from depressive symptoms at baseline recorded the amount of coffee they consumed on a […]
Today, I had my first iced coffee of the year – a delicious mix of espresso, milk, ice and sugar. However, as I was drinking I found myself feeling a little frustrated that all the sugar had gone straight to the bottom of the cup, so I had to keep stirring with my straw. Next […]
What is the third wave of coffee? Rather than coffee beans being a commodity like wheat, there’s a fast growing movement aiming to make coffee beans a niche market like chocolate, tea and wine. Features of the third wave include direct trade, single-origin (as opposed to coffee blends), light roasts, better quality coffee beans and […]
Tea may well be our national drink, but coffee is catching up – it’s now the drink of choice for many us throughout the UK. So, what better way to celebrate your love for coffee beans and stock up on your coffee bean supplies than at the London Coffee Festival? The London Coffee Festival is […]
Italy was the first country to introduce the idea of a ‘suspended coffee’. The idea has since spread to Bulgaria and hopefully will take off in the UK. What is a suspended coffee? Rather than giving money to homeless people on the streets or those struggling financially, you can now buy people suspended coffees or […]
Once you’ve stocked up on your coffee bean supplies and you’ve got yourself a decent cafetière (French Press), how do you make the perfect coffee with freshly ground coffee beans? Wholesale Coffee Company explains how. Before you begin Before you spoon in the ground coffee beans, preheat your cafetière with hot water. Which coffee beans […]