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Confounded by Coffee ... The morning coffee may be a simple pleasure, but it's also complex physics! - Here's something to ponder over your next cup of joe: the physics of a humble bag of coffee grounds still holds surprises for scientists. ...
Perhaps you wonder about it--just for a moment--each time you open a fresh brick of vacuum-packed coffee to make that coveted morning mug.
Remarkable, you might think to yourself, how hard and strong the brick is before the "ssss" sound of cutting it open, and how quickly it becomes soft and pliable afterward. It's as if the coffee grounds themselves have transformed-a solid one moment, a powder the next.
Why does this happen?
Coffee grains have jagged irregular shapes. (Look at some through a magnifying glass and you'll see.) In a vacuum-packed bag, the pressure exerted inward by the atmosphere squeezes the coffee grounds from all sides; their odd shapes interlock to help hold them in place. Because each particle fiercely resists motion, the brick of coffee as a whole will be rigid. When the bag is opened and the pressure relaxes, the coffee grounds can tumble and flow like a powder.
Simple. Yet physicists cannot predict from theory exactly how hard a vacuum-packed bag of coffee should be ... or when it will change from a solid to a powder.
There's no mystery to an individual coffee ground. We can readily determine its chemical composition, its jagged shape, its density, its crystal structure, and so on. Individual grains are not the problem. It's the millions of individual grains rubbing together that are so hard to predict.
Coffee is an example of a granular material--substances that are as common as the sand beneath your feet, but which have no complete physical theory to describe their behavior. NASA is interested in granular materials for several reasons:
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"It's likely that large amounts of granular materials will have to be processed in order to provide oxygen and fuel for humans on Mars and the Moon," explains physics professor James Jenkins, a NASA-supported researcher at Cornell University. "Also granular flows are important in the formation of geological features such as dunes and avalanche deposits seen on distant planets and moons. A better understanding of grain flow could provide an indication of the conditions under which those features were formed." Planetary rings are granular, too, and astronomers would like to understand them better as well.
Mt. Everest avalanche.
"Granular flows are ubiquitous on Earth," adds Jenkins. "Avalanches of rock and granular snow are two examples. Flows of granular materials that resemble avalanches are important in coal-fired power plants, in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, in the processing of aluminum, and in the production of plastics from pellets. It's hard to think of an industry that does not employ a granular flow during some processing operation."
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Ever wonder where The Coffee Milk came from? - This Tokyo JR station ad explains it all...
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My wife and I run a bed and breakfast in an 18th century country house (see photo), an hour southwest of Paris. Looking back on it, we were crazy to take the plunge. We didn't know a thing about B&Bs, and I didn't speak French. After having spent a few years in the rat race in San Francisco, I did know that I wanted out and I wanted something different. For ourselves and for our kids. So we lept off the high dive into the countryside of France--before it was trendy or the subject of British TV shows. That was over 10 years ago. Today, we could write a book about running a B&B and living in France. ...
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"Natural Coffee“ - Tasty coffee specialities served in the atmosphere of a Havanna lounge: The trendy colours illustrate the world of natural taste.![]()
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Freshly Roasted Coffee
The aroma of fresh coffee is intoxicating and its beverage is tantalizing to the palate, while old coffee beans lack aroma and taste. Fresh roasted whole bean coffee has a shelf life for maximum taste and aroma of about one week, so treat your coffee like a perishable and buy only what you will use in one week. Your coffee should be stored in a cool, dry, and dark place in an airtight container (the best type is glass or porcelain). Refrigerating or freezing is not necessary, but if you do refrigerate your coffee, make sure the container does not breathe as coffee will absorb whatever odors exist in your refrigerator. fresh gourmet coffee
Storing coffee in the whole bean is the best method, as it exposes less surface area of the coffee to oxygen than ground coffee. ...
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COFFEE, CHEERS!
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Life is short -
have fun, breathe deep, laugh plenty
and drink great coffee. -
Cheers!
Debbie and Matt
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Ar!e$ wrote:Just had coffee***** and Tea^^^^^ mixed 2ghter...

HH wrote:Ar!e$ wrote:Just had coffee***** and Tea^^^^^ mixed 2ghter...
***** Cheers ... ^^^^^ ????? ... So ... "Ar!e$" ... Must Be CHEERFUL ... And ...![]()
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Ar!e$ wrote:Ar!e$ wrote:Just had coffee***** and Tea^^^^^ mixed 2ghter...
lol actually HH sir i fell alsp after drinking it*^*^*^


Christmas Coffee
With cinnamon and walnuts ... Christmas Coffee smells like Christmases of days gone by. Blend with regular coffee in the proportion of 1:2.
Ingredients - coffee, natural and artficial flavourings
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COFFEE - How Does Coffee & Tea Fit Into Your Diet Plan?
Are you allowed your favorite beverages while losing weight?
There are lots of new ways to look at eating and dieting these days, and sometimes beverags like coffee or tea may not fit with the rules of your new plan. While major food groups are always mentioned, sometimes beverages are harder to figure out. Make sure your morning cup fits with your diet regime. ... South Beach Diet, The Zone Diet, Atkins Diet Blood Type Diet ... & ... Paleolithic Diet ...
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"Coffee Cure"
I have coffee issues, and thanks to science, they are only getting worse.
A couple years ago, the first thing I would do after waking up would be to make a cup of coffee and immediately sit down and type out an entire page on my manual typewriter. An entire page of whatever came to mind, no rules, no parameters. Just as a little exercise.
I did this for about two years, every morning. Skimming through this 600-plus high stack of papers, I see that I usually wrote about coffee - how much I love it, how particularly good it is that morning, how I can't wait for another cup. Whenever I was in no-coffee phase (I told you, I have issues), it was all about how much I miss it, how I long for it, how poor of a substitute tea is. Eventually I found that there was nothing to write about if I didn't have coffee, so I'd start drinking coffee again.
Coffee is my Muse and my destroyer. Coffee is my inspiration and my perspiration and will drive me to premature expiration. There are those who claim to love the ritual of the morning cup of coffee, but they have nothing on me. Satanists would be shocked by the amount of ritual I have built up around my a.m. fix.
I'm a coffee snob, a coffee connoisseur and a coffee .... And with each turn of the roller coaster I have made a big deal about it to anyone within earshot, including the person selling me the coffee at the time.
And now, just as I am absolutely and finally done with the bean (I mean it this time), I see the headlines, "Coffee May Prevent Liver Cancer."
What? NO! Don't you dare prevent cancer!
Seems the Japanese have done a 10 year study showing that 1-2 cups of coffee a day cuts in half the chances of getting the most common form of liver cancer.
... But this new claim ... "Juan Valdez sez: Coffee prevents cancer. Drink up." This is science.
I thought science was supposed to help, and now here it is giving me the green light to get all jacked up again. "Drink coffee, Barry, your liver will thank you." Yeah, but my kidneys will kick my ass. And there's two of them and only one of me.
The study did show that going past the two-cup mark actually starts to INCREASE the liver cancer risk, but I don't need a third cup to be a jerk.
Just as I'm starting to get things under control, just as I'm beginning to be a good person, to quell the ravenous coffee desire, closing in on the twelfth step, about to silence that little whining voice that says, "Coffee makes you happy and interesting," then I get a bunch of statistics thrown in my face.
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I have no choice. Science has spoken. And the kettle is boiling.
Visit:
http://www.irrelativity.com/coffee_cure.html

"Coffee Cure"
I have coffee issues, and thanks to science, they are only getting worse.
A couple years ago, the first thing I would do after waking up would be to make a cup of coffee and immediately sit down and type out an entire page on my manual typewriter. An entire page of whatever came to mind, no rules, no parameters. Just as a little exercise.
I did this for about two years, every morning. Skimming through this 600-plus high stack of papers, I see that I usually wrote about coffee - how much I love it, how particularly good it is that morning, how I can't wait for another cup. Whenever I was in no-coffee phase (I told you, I have issues), it was all about how much I miss it, how I long for it, how poor of a substitute tea is. Eventually I found that there was nothing to write about if I didn't have coffee, so I'd start drinking coffee again.
Coffee is my Muse and my destroyer. Coffee is my inspiration and my perspiration and will drive me to premature expiration. There are those who claim to love the ritual of the morning cup of coffee, but they have nothing on me. Satanists would be shocked by the amount of ritual I have built up around my a.m. fix.
I'm a coffee snob, a coffee connoisseur and a coffee .... And with each turn of the roller coaster I have made a big deal about it to anyone within earshot, including the person selling me the coffee at the time.
And now, just as I am absolutely and finally done with the bean (I mean it this time), I see the headlines, "Coffee May Prevent Liver Cancer."
What? NO! Don't you dare prevent cancer!
Seems the Japanese have done a 10 year study showing that 1-2 cups of coffee a day cuts in half the chances of getting the most common form of liver cancer.
... But this new claim ... "Juan Valdez sez: Coffee prevents cancer. Drink up." This is science.
I thought science was supposed to help, and now here it is giving me the green light to get all jacked up again. "Drink coffee, Barry, your liver will thank you." Yeah, but my kidneys will kick my ass. And there's two of them and only one of me.
The study did show that going past the two-cup mark actually starts to INCREASE the liver cancer risk, but I don't need a third cup to be a jerk.
Just as I'm starting to get things under control, just as I'm beginning to be a good person, to quell the ravenous coffee desire, closing in on the twelfth step, about to silence that little whining voice that says, "Coffee makes you happy and interesting," then I get a bunch of statistics thrown in my face.
...
I have no choice. Science has spoken. And the kettle is boiling.
Visit:
http://www.irrelativity.com/coffee_cure.html

Creations in Coffee - Hyderabadi Winner!
CUPPA CHEER: Kaushik Aich*****, from Café Coffee Day, S.P.Road, Bronze Medal Winner (2003) of the India Barista Championship Organised by Speciality Coffee Association of India (SCAI)^^^^^, Brews a Signature Coffee
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Silver Co. Tea Coffee and Urn Service Set
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ChicoryCoffee Chicory
* Chicory’s curly, bitter-tasting leaves can be eaten raw or cooked like greens.
A relative of endive, chicory has curly, bitter-tasting leaves that can be eaten raw or cooked like greens. Roasted, dried chicory root is added to coffee for aroma and flavor, and is popular in New Orleans, where the brew is called Creole coffee.
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