Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Coffee Spoon Recipes from the Bean

Supreme Black Gold ©

Ingredients:
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon stick.
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice.
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg clove.
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves.

  • 6 tablespoons of fresh drawn butter.
  • 2 cups of packed cane or natural sugar.

  • 1 cup of dark rum or a tip more.
  • 2 cups of hot espresso coffee or x4 strength dark coffee.

  • Lots unless you insist of "fresh" whipped cream don't make me come over there.

  • Grated orange and a twist for garnish.

  • Reserve a little spice to garnish or mix a little extra. tip: your cup up-side down and dip it in the sauce pan; it is sweet and helps to coat the cup in spices.

  • Combine spices in small sauce pan and mix in butter until bubbling and add sugar slowly to pan until bubbly. Remove from heat for a couple minutes and add half the rum Wisk gently for a second.

  • Season your cup in spices one half of the rim as well, Divide the remaining rum, and top with piping hot coffee. Garnish with Lot’s of very fresh whipped cream and your orange twist. Makes 6 cups if you leave room for the whipped cream add more coffee to lighten it up a bit.

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Coffee Spoon : Coffee News ; TCS newswire

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Calgary Coffee Bean ........... Java Bean ................. Alberta Canada


  • TURKISH COFFEE ; Turkish coffee is not a degree of roast or an indicator of Turkish heritage, although usually dark Turkish is not a degree of roast. Turkish coffee means "super extra fine grind". Coffee beans ground to a very fine powder. Typically, the coffee bean is roasted to a dark brown to attain a brittle quality increasing the beans ability to be ground fine. Turkish coffee can be a blended two or three bean affair or flavored, I assure you a nice crispy "Master Dry Roasted Dark" bean of the highest quality ground and fresh brewed in the grand Turkish style will amaze you.
  • ESPRESSO ; Espresso is a particular and very distinct way of making coffee. It stands on its own. Espresso means at its root or origin EXPRESS. Modern "high end" machines are a wonder, steel tank of super heated water. Freshly ground coffee is packed with a small damper into a handle containing a small sieve. The handle is fitted with precision and steaming hot water is allowed to force through the grounds and the delicious essential golden brown mosaic that is crème forms.

Sunday, January 16, 2005

LING ZHI Reishi Ganoderma Lucidum

LING ZHI Reishi Ganoderma Lucidum: "Red Reishi Mushroom / Ganoderma lucidum / Ling Zhi
Red Reishi Mushroom / Ganoderma lucidum / Ling Zhi: 'Red Reishi Mushroom General Information
Even though there are several different colors of Reishi mushrooms, Red Reishi is the one that is most well known and used. For over 4000 years, Red Reishi mushrooms have been most revered in traditional Chinese medicine equaling ginseng as a premier substance for the attainment of radiant health, longevity, and spiritual attainment. Traditionally, Reishi has been used as an anti-aging herb to treat many diseases and disorders. Daoist traditionalists rever this mushroom as the elixir of immortality, claiming it promotes calmness, centeredness, balance, and inner awareness and strength. Reishi contains sterols, coumarin, mannitol, polysaccharides, and triterpenoids called ganoderic acids. It is thought that ganoderic acid lowers blood pressure, LDL (low density lipoprotein cholesterol), and triglyceride levels. Those triterpenoids also play an important role in lowering the risk of coronary artery disease.'"

Friday, January 14, 2005

Coffee Quebec

Coffee Quebec: "* 600-800 AD -- the era in which an Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi reportedly discovered coffee after observing that his goats become very excited upon eating coffee berries"