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So, I have been quite particular about my coffe during my romp through Dragon Age: Origins. I currently use a French Press style of making my coffee, Leliana would greatly approve;) Even more appealing is my local newspaper just released an article citing a Harvard study about coffee, and it had many excellent findings about this wonderful bean. To expounds on some of the benefits, it includes lowering rates of colon cancer, type 2 diabetes, parkinson's disease, heart disease, and increasing life span. Interestingly enough, while many believe coffee to be high in caffeine, it really only contains 2% caffeine, and 98% "other stuff," including more than 1,000 diffrent compunds such as vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. Researchers at the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid finds that each cup of coffee contains 1.1-1.8 grams of fiber, the kind that dissolves in water and helps prevent cholesterol from being absorbed by the intestines.

So I grind my own beans, slightly coarse, and right now I have a couple favorites.

Sulawesi Kalosi from Indonesia, seasonal beans, purchased from Starbucks. I have now tracked down the last 3 bags in my town, out of roughly 8 or so stores. This will make 5 bags weighing in at 1 pound that I have acquired of this particualr blend:)

Also worthy of note is the Starbucks: Anniversary Blend; Thanksgiving Blend; Sumatra; Komodo Dragon; Italian Roast; Espresso Roast. Also at select stores around town, there tend to be silery baggeed coffee beans, often organic, which are quite delicious as well, even if their names escape me now. That's what I get for not carrying any on hand.

So I do especially enjoy the Starbucks variety of beans. I was in Publix supermarket the other day and considered buying some beans from their various dispensers in the coffee section. However, upon inspection, those beans appeared to be dry and cracked, nothing like the dark black and oily beans that Starbucks quality tends toward. When I handle the beans, I like for there to be a slight oily residue leftover on my fingers, that to me is a sign of some powerful stuff!

So what is in YOUR cup this 24 hours?

Modifié par Pulse.01, 18 novembre 2009 - 09:20 .

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