Caribou Coffee Joins Forces with Sun Country Airlines
Its official, Caribou Coffee and Sun Country Airlines are partnering up. Both companies are based in Minnesota. Sun Country will be serving Caribou Coffee complementary on every flight.
“We are pleased to partner with another hometown company, Caribou Coffee,” said Stan Gadek, CEO of Sun Country Airlines. “We are proud to serve the great Caribou Coffee product on our flights. This will be yet another way we enhance the travel experience.”
“Caribou Coffee and Sun Country Airlines is a perfect partnership,” said Mike Tattersfield, Caribou Coffee President and CEO. “Sun Country works every day to deliver a world-class customer experience every day and so do we. And we know that our amazing coffee in-flight will make that experience even better!”
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Coffee Helps You Become and Stay Fit
You have heard it for years. Personal trainers practice it diligently and so do bodybuilders. It helps your workout making you more effective. What is this miracle substance? Coffee. Plain and simple, coffee has remained a sort of “supplement” of choice among fitness buffs to become fit and maintain fitness.
Coffee is very effective when consumed just before a workout according to research by Dr. Robert Motl of the University of Illinois. It helps to block muscle fatigue symptoms, alowing you to do more and push yourself that extra mile. Its important to remember to also consume enough water during your workout and the rest of your day to counter the fact that coffee is a diuretic.
Go ahead, drink up, workout hard and become fitter with less pain.
Roast Your Own Coffee At Home: Roaster Review
For those who are a fan of coffee, its always interesting to look into the roasting process. From the green bean right to your cup, its all very interesting. I have now found a new hobby, roasting my own beans at home.
There are a number of coffee roasters available for home use. Some are affordable and some are on the very expensive side. I tried out the more affordable FreshRoast + eight home coffee roaster which runs a little over $100. I found it to be a good product and I got 5 pounds of green beans for free to boot!
This particular roaster is perfect for a small household of one or two people. It looks very nice sitting on my kitchen counter as well. Always a plus! It only takes 7 minutes to roast 3.5lbs of green coffee beans. It has timer and a chaff collector. It is fairly quiet and does not smoke up the house. The smell of the roasting beans is amazing.
Starbucks To Test Alcoholic Drinks
Starbucks is testing out alcoholic beverages, just not at its coffee shops. The company is testing out beer and wine along with live music in some stores in Seattle, that are not under the Starbucks brand. They are also hosting book and poetry readings. They are trying to get back to their roots.
Although the company that owns Starbucks will also own these stores, they will not bear the Starbucks name or logo. Just a neighborhood-inspired name that will appear also on bags of Starbucks coffee sold at the stores, though the bags will reportedly contain the same coffee as traditional Starbucks, according to the Seattle Times.
Kona is King at Hawaii’s First Cupping Contest
Onouli Farm of Kona won top honors at Hawaii’s first coffee-cupping competition this weekend at the Hawaii Coffee Association’s 14th annual conference at Maui Tropical Plantation. There were 69 entries who were judged by 3 judges. The scores were based on wet and dry aromas, acidity, body, balance, sweetness and aftertaste.
In other cupping news, Rusty’s Hawaiian, a coffee company in Kau, earned the top score in a cupping of Bourbon varietal coffees by “Coffee Review: The World’s Leading Coffee Buying Guide.”
Save Money: Make Coffee at Home
You can save around $100 per month simply by making coffee at home. Many of us hit the road in the morning and go straight to the local coffee shop drive-through. Spending between $2.50 and $5 each morning can really add up over the course of a week. All of this adds up to one expensive habit.
Yahoo.com reported that “making your coffee at home will run about $0.12-0.28 per cu — small beans compared to store-bought. Assuming the higher end of that estimate calculates to just $1.40 per week or $5.60 each month. For that sweet price, you can afford to take a refill to the office in a reusable travel mug ($11.20 per month) for a later pick-me-up”.
As for me, I enjoy the variety and quality of coffee that I find from www.honeybean.com , however, there are many of shops where you can get great gourmet coffee whether you want to order it online and have it delivered to your door like me, or go to the store itself and pick it out. You get great coffee and a great value. Even in these tough economic times, you don’t have to sacrifice your coffee to balance your budget, just modify your routine.
Mocha Mondays at McDonalds
McDonald’s is giving another push in their quest to become number one in the coffee world. Starbucks started giving away ice cream. How will McDonald’s counter this freebie? Two words, “Mocha Monday”.
July 13 through August 3rd, participating McDonald’s will be giving away 7oz iced and hot Mochas on Mondays. Admittedly, the free Mochas are smaller than the regular 12oz size that the Mocha’s usually come in.
McDonald’s is estimating that they will give away around 10 million Mochas during this campaign. Neil Golden, chief marketing officer of McDonald’s USA said, “This is one of the largest sampling initiatives we’ve taken on as a company.”
Coffee May Lower Risk of Developing Alzheimers
New studies show that caffeine may reduce inflammation in the brain, preventing memory loss.
Dr. Jennifer Ashton, who appeared on the Early Show discussed the findings from studies recently preformed on mice over a period of two months. “Researchers gave the equivalent of 500 milligrams of caffeine per day to little lab mice, who have been induced to have the same kind of memory changes we see in Alzheimer’s disease, and they found a very positive effect on their memory and thinking actions over a two-month period. So put another one in the column of a good effect of caffeine,” she explained.
So how much would a person have to consume to expect the same results? About 5 medium cups of caffeinated coffee a day. “It looks like a lot, but it’s important to realize that now, when we go to a deli or a Starbucks, this could actually be just the equivalent of 2 1/2 large or Grande cups of coffee a day. While it’s a little bit more than most people have in the morning, it’s actually not such an excessive amount,” Ashton said.
So, how does it work? “Their thinking is that actually the caffeine worked by decreasing the inflammation in the brain, cuts down on the buildup of protein we see in the brain of people with Alzheimer’s disease.”
“People are affected by Alzheimer’s. While it’s important to remember that caffeine is a drug, this is something that’s readily accessible in our environment practically. It’s in people’s day-to-day, and something that can have an effect like this is very important and very encouraging.”
Ashton notes that some caution is advised. Caffeine is a drug, and can be associated with increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, jitteriness, palpitations and dehydration.
“For people who have irregular heart beats, hypertension, women who are pregnant or those who are sensitive to the effects of caffeine, coffee, tea or soda should be consumed in moderation.”
You can read about this study in the July 5th issue of Journal of Alzheimers Disease
Coffee Cures Cellulite
Women have fought to get rid of cellulite for years. Now it seems that there is a way to rid yourself of the unsightly stuff. Coffee!!!. That’s right, plain, caffeinated coffee.
Putting coffee on your skin seems to reduce cellulite, or at the very least, the appearance of it. Cosmetic companies have caught on to this and are now using coffee and/or caffiene in some of their anti-cellulite creams. Look for it on the label. Of course, you can also use coffee grounds to get the same effect, but it is much more messy than the creams, which can be expensive.
If you choose to use coffee grounds, its important to do so at least 3 times a week to acheive and maintain the desired results. To do the treatment with coffee grounds, apply warm coffee grounds all over your body and massage it in. Then you wrap yourself in plastic wrap for twenty minutes.
So how does this work?
The caffeine in coffee is the secret. Caffeine helps widen the blood vessel of the body and stimulates the fat cells, breaking them down. Warning though, if you drink huge amounts of coffee daily, your cellulite could look worse. It seems that caffeine when ingested promotes more cellulite formation. Topical application of caffeine does not have this effect.
The rule of thumb when it comes to cellulite? Slather the coffee on and keep it comming for cellulite free thighs.
Does Coffee Dehydrate You?
People who live in higher elevations, such as in Boulder, CO., often worry about dehydration. They feel that due to the dry climate and huge amount of outdoor activities, they must drink water from the time they get up until they lay their head on the pillow at night to stay hydrated. It also makes many wonder if coffee is a dehydrating drink. Some health professionals tell their clients to drink two glasses of water for every cup of coffee they drink in order to avoid dehydration. However, recent research is countering this assumption.
Vanderbilt University Institute for Coffee Studies and Positively Coffee have been doing research on the dehydrating effects of coffee. Their studies show that moderate caffeine consumption does not dehydrate people, but it is considered an acceptable contributor to a humans daily fluid intake requirement. A 2007 study looked at fluid balance, hydration and exercise in the heat. They concluded that if you have no more than 400mg of caffeine, there is no dehydration effect with either exercise or at rest. A 1.5 ounce sot of espresso contains approximately 77 mg of caffeine so a single or even a double latte in the morning will not hurt you. Many people even say that consuming coffee before they exercise makes them more productive during their activity.
For more information check out www.vanderbilt.edu/ics/ICS_Home.shtml
New York Man Finds Stained Image of Jesus in a Coffee Mug
Jerry Stolfi, 49, of Ravena, NY, said he noticed an image, which is smaller than a square inch, of Jesus’ face wearing the crown of thorns after finishing a cup of coffee April 29, 2009 and has since kept the mug carefully stored in a cupboard that has been re-dubbed a “shrine,” the Albany (N.Y.) Times-Union reported Thursday. He never plans to wash it.
Not everyone who has viewed the image sees it as Jesus’ likeness, Stolfi said. “It’s 50-50,” he said. “I don’t blame those that don’t see the image. I saw it straight off the bat.”
Mr. Stolfi is a former alter boy and is sharing the news of this image as a message of hope. He has no plans to sell the stained cup or otherwise profit off of it.
“You don’t hear about an image like this coming to everybody every day,” he said. “It’s so rare. He selected me for some reason.”
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