​​​​​Coffee

Freshly brewed coffee with full of flavor 

Let’s have coffee Silhouette. Americans drink over 280 million cups of coffee each day at home - that's a whole lot of coffee.  With a Starbucks on almost every corner, at McCafé, and Dunkin’s as an integral part of many morning commutes, it's hard to believe that anyone drinks more coffee than Americans. While coffee drinking originated in Yemen in the 15th century, and the image of a Parisian Café or a Roman espresso bar are often the first thought when it comes to the "home" of coffee drinkers, none of these nations break the top ten in terms of how much coffee each citizen consumes.brewing coffee in the coffee houseWhen you get down from interstate by slowing down your speed limit to 55 mph or less, getting into some nearby busy street; you'll see varieties of fast-food centers to quench your thirst & satisfy your appetite; they're cheap, fast n' easy, served hot. Behind me is McDonald’s parking lot - sitting there for a cup coffee.  McDonald's is the world's #1 fast-food restaurant, serving customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice. Kids now recognize MAC as the home of the Golden Arches and its famous slogan, "I'm Lovin' It". It's nothing more refreshing than to have a freshly brewed coffee when I went out on a fine misty morning to make my day. The landscape behind me was breathtaking; the nature is having its first peek of spring blossoms, river flows like a thin ripple overlooking the park.  Chilled out in a splendid misty morning, sipping piping hot coffee is truly amazingly & refreshing. 

Top 10 coffee consuming nations in cold weather & long winter are: 1. USA 2. Finland 3. Norway 4. Iceland 5. Denmark 6. Netherlands 7. Sweden 8. Switzerland. Belgium 9. Luxembourg Russia 10. Canada. Coffee and espresso drinks are the beverages of choice for millions of people every morning, partly for taste, but mostly for caffeine boost. Unfortunately, not all of our bodies react well & we just get bored of drinking to liquid coffee products several times a day. Caffeinated drinks are not filling either.  My choice of snacking with coffee will be donuts or biscuits or a piece of cake. I walk on my own path, my destiny has chosen that, but I find people want to crash in & shove me off from what God has given me generously.

Pin up girls.

INSTANT COFFEE is dried powder/ freeze dried which is dissolved in hot water. There is a. Canned coffee, b. bottled coffee drink (lightly sweetened, pre-blended with milk.) c. Liquid coffee. When I go out for shopping I always look out for special sales, discounted items, prices marked down for special occasion, store closing sale & so on. Anything wrong with that? Ladies' boots, fancy shoes, flats, flip flops, high heel, pencil heel in bright colors from out of state. Beauty products but the prices are skyrocketing.

French girls drinking coffee at café in Paris.

                                                                                                       FRENCH–PRESSED CAFETERIA COFFEE may be served as white coffee with dairy product such as milk /cream or dairy substitute. BLACK COFFEE -with no cream or sugar milk is added in various forms CAFE LATTE – equal parts steamed milk & equal part milk froth added to coffee. CAPPUCCINO is made with hot foamed milk. When steamed milk forms pattern such as heart / maple leaves is called LATTE ART. My Friday night venture continued - Pitch black at night with no streetlights, shivering cold aches my bone with pain, stopped at gas station for fuming hot coffee, then headed towards where my son is having good time with a bunch of friends; at 10:30 pm he came out, another 20-minute drive back to the apt- what a day, enjoyed it. 

 Hot coffee everyday in the morning.

IRISH COFFEE is incorporated with alcohol. BREWING FOR FLAVOR, beans should be grounded mixed with hot water, enough to extract flavor, grounds are removed & liquid is consumed. Roasted coffee beans are grounded fine & course, brewed by boiling, steeped pressurized. DECAFFEINATION is the method of removing caffeine from the coffee Amount of caffeine content in brewed (1 cup) coffee – 1.35 grams approx. drip (1 cup) - 1.75 grams Espresso 1 shot – 1.00 grams 95 % caffeine is released from the coffee beans with in first few minutes of brewing’. 

It’s 6 am and you’re getting up for an early work meeting, and you’d like the next two hours of your life CASHEW COFFEE. It’s 10 am and you work from home and it’s kind of rainy, so naturally a cozy pre-lunch pick-me-up becomes necessary. CASHEW COFFEE. It’s 2 pm and you’re a stay-at-home mom and the kids are finally napping, and you want to give yourself a hug in celebration of fifteen minutes to yourself. CASHEW COFFEE. It’s just a cashew paste in the coffee blend. Coffee is more than merely a drink; in Jordan it is surrounded with custom & treated with reverence. It’s not only symbol of hospitality & trust, it is  is a traditional sign of respect & a way to bring people together. Black cardamom flavored Arabic coffee, also known as “qawwal salad “, is a deeply ingrained in the Jordanian culture. Serving coffee to guests is a large part of the Hashemite Kingdoms' warm hospitality. 

Coffee cups Clip art Set 

Beautiful brunette girls in the street café 

AUTOMATIC COFFEE MAKER brew coffee using hot water, grounds are held in coffee filter (made of paper) allowing to seep through a filter, extracting its oil & essence, the liquid drips through & filters into a pot. Coffee may be brewed by steeping ground coffee & hot water are combined for few minutes.  

Say hi & hello to morning coffee.                 

EXPRESSO method of hot pressurized /vaporized water through ground coffee. COLD COFFEE- is made steeping coarse ground beans in cold water for several hours then filtering it. STORED – once roasted coffee beans must be stored in a airtight container in a cold dark dry place preserving the freshness of the beans.                                                                                                                 

L-R 1. coffee beans 2. grounded coffee (roasted / unroasted) 3. Iced coffee 4. raw coffee beans 5.  coffee being served.  South American coffee- Colombia is the largest exporter in the world of washed Arabica coffees-third overall in terms of overall production. The coffees are generally grown at very high elevations in the Andes, and some of the better Colombian coffees come from Bucaramanga, Medellin and Huila.

Starbucks coffee

 Starbucks Corporation is an American office company & coffee house chain. Serving sizes:  8 oz. (short); 12 oz. (tall or small); 16 oz. (Grande or medium); 20 oz.  (Venti or long). Depending upon level of roasting from different grinds & brewing method roastings are light /medium /dark roast. 1 coffee scoop of ground coffee is for 6 oz. of water.

Dunkin Donuts is an American donut company & coffeehouse for sipping American favorite coffee & baked goods. Starbucks (west coast) vs Dunkin’ (dominating east-coast-landers) chains control about 60% of US coffee market. Starbucks does go head-to-head with Dunkin in its own backyard. Offering Dunkin' Donut are branded donuts - cake or cream-filled, Munchkins, English muffins, bagels, croissants, coffee roll, biscuit, Danishes, brownies, and drip coffee, dripped iced coffee, iced teas, hot tea, hot chocolate, milk, juice, soda and bottled water. When you get down from interstate by slowing down your speed limit to 55 mph or less, getting into some nearby busy city, you 'll be seeing varieties of fast-food centers to quench your thirst 'n satisfy your appetite: they r cheap, fast n' easy. Behind me is Mcdonald- luv their one-dollar spicy chicken sandwich & one cup of Coffee. .In the month of July, when life can't go on without AC to beat the heat & to quench your thirst thinking of having a big glass of cool refreshing Iced tea or may be iced Latte.

Merits & demerits for Coffee drinkers

Cuts the Pain ...Increase fiber intake. Protection against cirrhosis of the liver. Lowers risk of Type 2 Diabetes... Lowers risk of Alzheimer's disease. ...Reduces suicide risk and Depression. ...Protection against Parkinson's. ...  have less risk of heart disease. Adverse effect: Coffee containing caffeine can cause insomnia, nervousness and restlessness, stomach upset, nausea and vomiting, increased heart and breathing rate, sometimes headache "We want to do a lot of stuff; we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep. We're a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup." Jerry Seinfeld. Have some coffee flavored ice cream with chocolate chips & curls - it's yummy & delicious. In USA, cost of coffee or tea is the same, but coffee is expensive in Bangladesh.

Information collected from the local library & Photos from internet.

by Lubna Mahmood Chowdhury

Info & pics from Internet