Greed, Trickery, and Deception: The Untold Story of the Coffee Bean - Part 1

Greed, Trickery, and Deception: The Untold Story of the Coffee Bean – Part 1

Coffee Information

This is a guest post by Raza Imam, from The Coffee Maker Store. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee here. Coffee, as legend has it, was first found by Ethiopian shepherds over 1000 years ago who noticed their goats eating the berries of a certain tree. They started [...]

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Fresh Brews: Coffee Smelling Rasins? Coffee During Pregnancy & More

Fresh Brews: Coffee Smelling Rasins? Coffee During Pregnancy & More

Coffee News

You never know what is going to happen next in the coffee world. Fresh Brews is a weekly attempt to wrap up everything going on in the news and on the blogs. Coffee Blogs Confessions Of A Coffee Junkie Does My Coffee Smell Like Raisins? Coffee Kween shares how anyone can smell and taste coffee, [...]

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Poll: Coffee Maker Or French Press For Reviews?

Poll: Coffee Maker Or French Press For Reviews?

Polls

This week’s poll is “Coffee Maker Or French Press For Reviews?” It has a lot to do with last week’s poll “How Do You Make Your Coffee?” The number one answer last week was the drip coffee maker. French Press, which is the standard that most coffee reviewers use, didn’t even come in second. It [...]

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The First Morning Cup Of Coffee

The First Morning Cup of Coffee

Coffee Thoughts

I am not a coffee snob but I do enjoy a tasty well brewed cup of coffee yet I must admit that that first morning cup, the one that sears my tongue and jolts me to a heightened state of awareness, can be swill if need be just to get me awake and functioning. Now [...]

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Winner Of Six Bags Of Newhall Coffee

Winner Of The Six Bags Of Newhall Coffee

Coffee Contests

And the winner of six bags of Newhall Coffee is sebastianiwine. Her tweet about the contest was entry number 74, the lucky number chosen randomly Random.Org. She wins12 ounces of each of the following Newhall Coffee’s: Organic California Blend, Mammoth’s Bow-Chicka-Pow-Pow Blend, Beatnik Espresso, Surf & Snow Blend, Earthquake Blend and Sunset Blvd. Blend. Huge [...]

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Costa Rica Finca Genesis From Velton's Coffee Review

Costa Rica Finca Genesis From Velton’s Coffee Review

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Costa Rica Finca Genesis From Velton’s Coffee Type: Single Origin Whole Bean Overall Rating: 3.75 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs Not too long ago Starbucks Melody, did the unthinkable and visited a non-Starbucks coffee shop, Velton’s Coffee Roasting Company and was kind enough to blog about the experience for Daily Shot Of Coffee. [...]

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Best Coffee Name Ever? Mammoth's Bow-Chicka-Pow-Pow Blend From Newhall Coffee Review

Best Coffee Name Ever? Mammoth’s Bow-Chicka-Pow-Pow Blend From Newhall Coffee Review

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Mammoth’s Bow-Chicka-Pow-Pow Blend from Newhall Coffee Type: Sumatra Blend Ground Overall Rating: 3.5 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs I’ve sampled some coffees with some great names: Meth Coffee and Rocketfuel Coffee to name just a couple, but my new favorite is Mammoth’s Bow-Chicka-Pow-Pow Blend from Newhall Coffee or as I like to run [...]

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A Coffee Blog By Any Other Name

A Coffee Blog By Any Other Name

Coffee Thoughts

This is a guest post by Coffee Joe. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee here. Would Smell As Sweet…Coffee Joe Says started over a year ago. The real test was trying to come up with interesting coffee, tea and cocoa topics and articles that someone would actually enjoy, [...]

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The Coffee Calorie Calculator

The Coffee Calorie Calculator

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This is a guest post by Raza Imam. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee here. I know two things to be true: people love looking good, and people love drinking coffee (not always in that order). So while you’re busy trying to slim down for the summer, big [...]

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Fresh Brews: Iced Coffee Secrets, Abused Coffee Terms & More

Fresh Brews: Iced Coffee Secrets, Abused Coffee Terms & More

Coffee News

You never know what is going to happen next in the coffee world. Fresh Brews is a weekly attempt to wrap up everything going on in the news and on the blogs. Coffee Blogs Daily Shot Of Coffee Win Six Bags Of Newhall Coffee A little shameless self promotion this Sunday, but I wanted to [...]

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