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Coffee: The Great Cultural Connector

Coffee: The Great Cultural Connector

Coffee Thoughts

This is a guest post by Jessica. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee. Coffee is the second most widely traded commodity in the world, after petroleum. It is one of the most highly consumed liquids, right up there with water and tea. Today, coffee is found all over the world [...]

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I Need Your Help - Win Coffee In This Blog Post

I Need Your Help – Win Coffee In This Blog Post

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I’m taking break from our standard programming today to get your feedback about Daily Shot Of Coffee. Every year I do a survey, asking you guys and gals about what you think about this blog and how it can improve. The feedback is always great and very helpful. I followed the suggestions as much as I could [...]

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Top Five Foods To Eat With A Cup of Coffee

Top Five Foods To Eat With A Cup of Coffee

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This is a guest post by Cyndi Laurenti. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee. Far too many people think of coffee as an on-the-go type of drink. This is probably because companies such as Starbucks have made getting a cup on the go easy for working professionals, masters degree students, [...]

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How Fair is Fair Trade?

How Fair is Fair Trade?

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This is a guest post by Michael>. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee. Recently I was lucky enough to travel to Kenya where I was able to visit one of the many coffee plantations in the country. One thing I wasn’t surprised to find was just how poorly the farmers [...]

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The Problem of Cupping Notes and Realism and Andy Warhol’s Solution for Both

The Problem of Cupping Notes and Realism and Andy Warhol’s Solution for Both

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This is a guest post by Jeremy Spainhour. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee. I have recently been asked how I come up with my cupping notes. Do I really taste things like “musty cocoa dusted over-ripe strawberries,” “apricot syrup,” “sweetness like meringue over cooked bananas,” “damp pipe tobacco,” [...]

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The Beginnings Of Project Vvlgar

The Beginnings Of Project Vvlgar

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This is a guest post by Peter John McLean. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee. It started on a rainy Thursday. I was brewing coffee and thinking about an email I had just sent to my former boss, a very astute coffee geek, who had trained me thoroughly and [...]

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Coffee in College

Coffee in College

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While college is a time of great learning, it’s hardly a time for making wise decisions. Countless college students every year drink more alcohol than their bodies can handle, but then there’s caffeine addiction. Even the best students sometimes only get through the days of cramming in the library or finishing up online college classes [...]

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8 Things You Need To Do To Improve Your Cafe

8 Things You Need To Do To Improve Your Cafe

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If you run a cafe it is important to stay ahead of the game so you remain competitive. There are a lot of cafes out there and you need to look at ways to make yours stand out from the competition. Whether you make structural improvements, like adding a retractable awning so customers can sit [...]

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Why I Think Coffee Is Wonderful

Why I Think Coffee Is Wonderful

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Coffee is controversial. There are religious faiths that advise members against drinking it. There are people who think serving it with sugar and milk is a perfectly fine thing to do. I’ve even heard people say it’s unhealthy. But I think it’s the most wonderful thing on the face of the Earth, and I’ll tell [...]

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The Value Of Granted

The Value Of Granted

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In Venezuela, talk about Specialty Coffee is to talk like a Chinese. In a country where there are so many ways to drink coffee from a study not of the menu but as a product of the mind of the drinker, there is awareness of the term Barista, Coffee Roaster or origin coffee. Here, is [...]

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