A Taste Of Salty Coffee In Taiwan

August 17, 2009
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This might be weird for some (even for me), but apparently salty coffee is now becoming popular in Taiwan. Why? It is because salt can actually reduce bitterness in coffee. Wow, who would have thought huh?

“It gives you three tastes. First, you get the slightly salty taste from the cold cream foam, second, the mixed taste of the salty cream foam and hot coffee, third, the aroma of coffee,” according to the China Daily. Salt can moderately reduce bitterness in coffee. But be careful, of course, as you might actually put more than what is needed to imbibe the bitter taste of coffee beans. It can turn your coffee salty…

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Iced Coffee Has More Calories Than Your Meal

August 6, 2009
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After eating dinner, I always have to drink a cup of my Java Chip from Starbucks (just because). But up until lately, I never realized why I always feel full after every cup. The thing is, cold coffee can actually have more calories than your dinner or lunch.

The World Cancer Research Fund found that “most iced coffees contain at least 200 calories,” with others having more than 400 calories, at best. In fact, a venti frappuccino from Starbucks (Dark Berry Mocha Frappe) contains 561 calories.

Here are a few suggestions according to one blog on how you can quench your thirst without taking in all that calories:

- Don’t have whipped cream…

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Counting The Sugar In Starbucks’ Iced Coffee

June 30, 2009
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If I can consume one drink for the rest of my life, I’d probably go with Starbucks’ Iced Coffee. The stuff just tastes heavenly to me. There’s nothing like cold coffee to get me through a day of grueling work.

But unless you order an unsweetened version of your normally sugar-laden iced coffee from Starbucks then, you’re going to get approximately around 90 calories per syrup shot. And believe me, Starbucks doesn’t put just one shot of it in your cup. Do you think your coffee would taste heavenly without sugar in it?

The Starbucks iced coffee is described as a “Starbucks Terraza Blend, served chilled and slightly sweetened on ice.”

I know…

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Be Smart In Choosing Supermarket Coffee With These Helpful Tips

June 10, 2009
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For us hardcore coffee lovers, there is nothing more insulting than serving us with a cup right off the supermarket racks. I can’t take anything less than freshly grounded whole coffee beans.

But if you can’t get the freshest coffee beans in your place, try the few pointers that the Atlantic Food Channel gave recently for selecting the freshest coffee beans from your local store.

If coffee is properly packaged in a valve bag (those with small internal buttons and slits), it will probably taste better than bulk beans. Smell the coffee beans through the valve and evaluate whether it smells like fresh ground or whole beans.

If you supermarket, however, is the…

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