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Give your skin a caffeine lift

Posted on by Sara Walker

coffee-beauty-recipes-homeWe all know how invigorating that first cup of coffee is in the morning, the caffeine giving you an instant energy lift and making you feel you’re fit to face the day. Did you know, though, that caffeine can have the same effect on your skin and body, as well? Here are a few ways to incorporate caffeine into your beauty routine.

Stress buster

If you’ve been burning the candle at both ends, the first place it will be visible is your eyes. Tired, puffy skin and bags under your eyes is never a good look. Save some coffee grounds, and chill them in the fridge. Wrap two teaspoons of coffee grounds in two small piece of muslin cloth, and lie back with one under each eye. Relax for twenty minutes while the caffeine does its work.

Smooth skin

To tighten and exfoliate, mix a handful of coarse seasalt with a tablespoon of olive oil and a handful of ground coffee and use as a body scrub.

Healthy hair

You can even use coffee on your hair – it will enhance the tones and highlights in brunette hair. Mix a couple of teaspoons of ground coffee into a squeeze of conditioner. Wash your hair, apply the conditioner and let it sit for at lease five minutes before rinsing out.

Face mask

For the perfect morning pick-me-up, mix two tablespoons of plain yoghurt with half a teaspoon of clear honey and one tablespoon of ground coffee and apply to your face. Leave it on for 10 to 15 minutes before rinsing.The caffeine will stimulate circulation, giving you a healthy glow.

Tired feet

We all know that drinking coffee too late in the evening can affect sleep patterns, but caffeine in a foot soak will only help you relax. Mix a handful of ground coffee, a tablespoon of olive oil and a few drops of lavender oil into a thick paste. Apply to your feet in a circular motion, then sit with your feet in a bowl of warm water for 10 minutes before rinsing and drying.

 

 

Here at the Wholesale Coffee Company, you can find a wide range of ground coffee, coffee beans, coffee accessories and coffee supplies online, all at competitive wholesale prices. To find out more, visit www.wholesalecoffeecompany.co.uk.

UK becomes a nation of coffee drinkers

Posted on by Sara Walker

beans and groundsBritain might be enshrined in the view of the world as a country of tea drinkers – all bone china cups and cucumber sandwiches – but these days, the UK’s favourite drink is coffee. We get through a staggering 70 million cups of coffee every single day. Step onto any high street, and you’ll see at least one coffee shop and probably several. We’ve even just celebrated UK Coffee Week 2016 (11th to 17th April). First run in 2011, the event is a way for the UK coffee industry, including professionals and customers, to celebration the diversity of British coffee and to put something back into the global market. This year, all funds raised went to Project Waterfall to raise month for sanitation and clean water in coffee-growing communities worldwide,

Britain now has one of the most diverse coffee cultures in the world, with influences from America as well as southern Europe. With the rise in popularity of the flat white, which originated in Australia, Britain’s coffee culture is now truly global.

As, unlike Mediterranean countries, we don’t have a history of drinking coffee (until comparatively recently, instant coffee was the UK’s favourite tipple!), Britain was open to the coffee revolution when it arrived and borrowed the best drinks from around the world. The rise in home coffee machines has also led to a growth in the number of people drinking coffee, as it’s now possible to prepare a commercial-standard drink in the privacy of your own home. Good quality beans are more accessible than ever, with online ordering bringing a variety of choice that we’ve never had before.

For the discerning coffee drinker, we’ve a wide range of coffee accessories, coffee beans and everything else you need for your coffee business, all at competition wholesale prices. To find out more, take a look at our main website www.wholesalecoffeecompany.co.uk.

 

 

 

 

Coffee and health facts

Posted on by Sara Walker

coffee-beans-healthFrom the highlands of Ethiopia to the smart coffee shops of London, mankind has a relationship with coffee stretching back for hundreds of years. In that time, coffee has accumulated a lot of myth and mystery. To help you separate fact from fiction, here are some health-related coffee facts about our favourite drink that you might not have known.

  • Coffee is a great source of antioxidants. Antioxidants can help protect your cells from premature aging of the skin, as well as fighting heart disease and other age-related problems. A daily coffee intake can boost natural antioxidant levels, helping reduce the signs of ageing.
  • If antioxidants is what you want from your coffee, you can choose either caffeinated or decaffeinated as both contain the same health benefits.
  • Coffee is a low calorie choice – in fact, a cup of black coffee contains almost no calories. Adding sugar, milk or syrup is what boosts the calorie content, so if you’re dieting switching to black coffee will help you maintain weight without any hidden calories.
  • Coffee boosts mental performance, helping kickstart alertness in the morning and maintain it throughout the day.
  • It also helps physical performance, helping endurance athletes to maintain peak performance for longer. It’s not clearly understood exactly what role caffeine plays, but it’s thought that it may help to inhibit fatigue signals from the brain.
  • If you’ve got a headache brewing, taking one paracetamol tablet, one ibuprofen tablet and drinking a cup of caffeinated coffee can help to stave it off as caffeine helps constrict blood vessels in your brain and reduce tension.

Drinking two cups of caffeinated coffee and a cup of decaf a day is a great way to get the health benefits. To take a look at our range of coffee beans and blends, visit our main website at www.wholesalecoffeecompany.co.uk.