Barb's Coffee Break

Spiced Coffee 1 cup water 1 cinnamon stick 8 cardamom pods, split 8 black peppercorns 3/4 cup half and half 3 tablespoons sugar or to taste 2 cups strong freshly brewed coffee Pinch nutmeg Instructions Combine water, cinnamon stick, cardamom, and peppercorns in a small saucepan over medium heat. When water comes to a rolling boil, lower heat to low and simmer for five minutes. Strain spices and return water to the heat. Add sugar, and stir until dissolved. Add half and half; stir well....

Flavored coffee syrups are a popular method of changing the basic flavor of coffee. The flavor can be added directly to the gourmet coffee bean or directly to that freshly poured cup of coffee. Which ever you choose, syrup allows you to change the flavor to your own custom approval. Some of the most popular syrups are listed below and not listed in any particular order. 1. Vanilla flavored coffee syrups. Mmm, vanilla is a popular flavored syrup. Vanilla is actually a wonderful smell as well. Vanilla is popular because it is basic but adds a touch of elegance to everything it is added. Choosing ...

It's time for a cup of coffee. Finns drink coffee anywhere and everywhere. More coffee per person is drunk in Finland than anywhere else in the world.

February 21, 1909 A Mill, A Bicycle and a Pair of Feet to Do the Trick. LATEST METHOD OF GRINDING COFFEE A combination exerciser and coffee grinder is the latest product of the inventive genius of Curtis F. Smith, a Kansas City, Kas., grocer. On the rear porch of the grocery store at 2063 North Thirteenth street, Kansas City, Kas., a large coffee mill is connected by a belt with a bicycle which is propped up so as to act upon the principle of a treadmill.When the Saturday orders are in, a...

Coffee: the get-up-and-go juice of men and women around the world; the elixir every insomniac worships; and the drinkable oil that greases the cogs of our restless mind. Whatever coffee means to you, no one will argue that coffee has deep roots in the culture of our society. Coffee can bring two distinctively opposite individuals together in a ranting, super-charged explosion of camaraderie only describable as totally remarkable and inspiring. No one would dare deny that a good cup of gourmet coffee is one rung higher on that latter of inspired preeminence than an average blend of coffee. What ...