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Recommendations So You Can Find An Excellent Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans

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Recommendations So You Can Find An Excellent Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans

Author: Leslie Karren

Coffee and chocolate fanatics, alike, will love chocolate covered coffee beans. However, finding high quality products with just the right blend of coffee and chocolate is very hard to do. If you are searching for chocolate covered beans that will make your mouth water, this article will tell you how to find them.

There are no limits to the types of beans and chocolates available these days. You can now get coffee beans that are covered in dark, milk, or white chocolate. You can even find other flavors, including coffee flavored chocolate and orange flavored chocolate.

If you come across a large bag of incredibly inexpensive covered beans, you should be wary. Some brands do not cover their beans with real chocolate and they may also use poor quality beans. To be on the safe side, read the label and ingredients carefully. If you see phrases like chocolate flavored or coffee flavored, it most likely means that neither real chocolate or real coffee is being used.

Any time you are going to buy these beans, you should make sure that cocoa is one of the ingredients. When you see that cocoa is on the ingredient list, you know that real chocolate is being used. Also, if the beans are meant to be covered in dark chocolate, there should be no milk in the outer shell if the shell is made of true dark chocolate. [Read more…]

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Coffee Basics 101 – Choosing a Great Coffee!

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“I’m searching for a really great cup of coffee — what variety should I buy?”

I’ve been asked this question many times over the years and I always provide the same answer — “That depends!” Early coffee drinkers used to choose their coffee for the caffeine jolt it provided. But times have changed, and in today’s world, when choosing a great coffee — it’s all about the taste, and the taste depends on many things.

The taste of a great coffee depends on the climate, soil and cultivation methods involved in the beans’ production. Coffee beans contain hundreds of compounds that give them their flavor and aroma. The type of coffee bean you choose, arabica or robusta makes a huge difference in coffee quality and taste. Arabica beans are of a much higher-quality compared to robusta beans, which are normally used as filler for most lower-end coffees. The roasting and brewing process used on the beans can also greatly affect the taste. All of these factors, together, have an enormous impact on coffee taste and quality, and as a result, they do determine whether the coffee is really great or not.

But, I also think that when it comes right down to it, the most important factor that ultimately determines whether a coffee is really great or not is whether you the consumer like it. Not everyone prefers the same characteristics in a coffee; some prefer it light and mellow, while others prefer it heavy and full-bodied. So when asking what variety to buy in order to get a really great cup of coffee, you really have to look at your own personal likes and dislikes in a cup of joe. [Read more…]

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What you Should Know About Coffee Pod

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A coffee pod, essentially, is freshly roasted coffee that is tampered to the perfect temperature and then wrapped in paper. Using pods in your machine pretty much guarantees a perfect cup of coffee every time because the coffee has been accurately measured and ground to fit the coffee pod. It also helps avoid the mess of scooping the coffee to put into the filter area. By compartmentalizing the coffee like this, you can save tons of space and a lot of hassle in terms of creating the perfect cup of coffee out of your favourite grounds and your machine.

A coffee pod is also known as a coffee pad. These pods are a great way to make espresso as well because of the convenience associated with it and the ability it gives the user to create the perfect amount of coffee out of the pod. There are many sizes of pods available on the market, but the standard size is designed to fit around seven grams of ground coffee. There are additions to coffee makers that can help your maker adapt to allow a larger or smaller size of a coffee pod to fit and integrate into the machine to make that great cup of coffee. [Read more…]

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Coffee Pods

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A great day begins with a cup of freshly roasted coffee. And that you get from an excellent coffee pod. Pods or coffee pods or espresso pods are a simple way to get a perfect espresso and with excellent results. But for the beginners let’s answer a simple question first i.e. what are coffee pods? Coffee pods are freshly roasted coffee, ground perfect, tampered to the correct pressure and then encapsulated in a paper. It is the beginning of a rich experience of the way you drink coffee.

The original pod was first designed by Illy caffe around 10 years ago. It wa the year 1996 when Illy opened its idea to the coffee industry to bring a standard pod size to the market. Many coffee machine makers now offer adaptors with their machines to accept pods. By using pods in your machine not only can you guarantee perfect results, there is no mess and pods help to look after your machine. In fact used pods can even be used as fertilizer for your garden as well. That is why a rich coffee taste is always benefiting. [Read more…]

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