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Not long ago, I realized that I’m a fan of Ukrainian, British, and Italian traditions. In terms of coffee, as a barista, I will emphasize Italian coffee traditions, which are milestones of our coffee world. Modern coffee culture dates back to the beginning of the 20th century when the world’s first espresso machine was invented by Luigi Bezzera in 1901. A little bit later, in … [Read more...] about Best Italian Coffee Traditions

When I'm sick, I usually want to eat something tasty: fast food, sweets, or cappuccino with oat milk. Can we consume coffee when we have a cold? For a healthy person, coffee is of reasonable harm and slightly beneficial due to available antioxidants. During a cold, it is important to realize how it will affect your body and interact with the prescribed medicines. The obvious … [Read more...] about Is Coffee Bad When You Have a Cold?

There is a common belief that cappuccino is not coffee, it contains no caffeine, and it is suitable even for kids’ consumption. As a barista, I feel frustrated by customers who order a cappuccino, explaining that they don’t want coffee right now. This is a misbelief, so I’d like to explain the provenance of this name. This coffee drink is associated with the Capuchin monks. … [Read more...] about Does Cappuccino Have Coffee in It?

Raw coffee beans are actually green seeds that contain carbohydrates, water, proteins, lipids, acids, and alkaloids. Green coffee tastes and smells like peas and features a hard covering. Green beans should be roasted. The high-temperature processing allows us to alter the bean structure and its biochemistry and makes it fit for consumption. Similar to my opinion that grinding … [Read more...] about How to Roast Coffee Beans?

If you want to know how to grind coffee WITHOUT a coffee grinder, I’ll probably disappoint you because it is impossible to get proper coffee milling using improvised methods. The Internet is just teeming with tips on how to grind coffee in a blender, with a dough rolling pin, in a meat grinder, or even with a hammer. To understand why all these methods won’t give you good … [Read more...] about How to Grind Coffee Beans?