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History of Brand: blue Mountain Coffee (JABLUM)

History of Brand: blue Mountain Coffee (JABLUM)

Gourmet Blue Mountain Coffee (JABLUM) is an authentic Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee brand with a long history, which is produced by the Mavisban Coffee Company, which accounts for 40% of Jamaica's Blue Mountain Coffee production every year. Blue Mountain Coffee, produced in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, is famous all over the world for its unique excellent quality. The Blue Mountains are located in Jamaica.

May 23, 2014 173 views #Blue Mountain Coffee #Blue Mountai
Gourmet emotion: three realms of drinking coffee

Gourmet emotion: three realms of drinking coffee

I think drinking coffee is really like tasting the different realms of life. The need for sugar and milk is like childhood. Fruit candy, chocolate, cake and ice cream are favorites at this time. The strong, sweet taste is like the warm and bright color on the canvas of life. At this age, there is no time, no patience, and no disdain to taste anything other than sweet.

Aristocracy of Chinese Coffee

Aristocracy of Chinese Coffee

This thing puzzles me. A cup of coffee is actually less than one cup. Such a small cup is like feeding a bird. It costs more than 30 yuan. Why? On what grounds? 99% of it is water. Who are you kidding?

May 23, 2014 91 views #Coffee culture #aristocracy
Melbourne coffee Italian

Melbourne coffee Italian

Regular sugar-free coffee (flat white): a variety like cappuccino cappuccino served in a ceramic cup (without foam or chocolate on it). Small black coffee (short black): Italian espresso served in a small coffee cup. Large black coffee (long black): a cup of espresso mixed with hot water. Low-fat coffee (skinny cap)

May 23, 2014 118 views #Melbourne coffee #coffee Italian
A brief History of World Coffee (3)

A brief History of World Coffee (3)

An English coffee shop was born in Boston in 1688. Coffee cultivation began in 1696 from the Netherlands and western India to Java. Coffee was successfully cultivated on the Dutch island of Java in 1699. In 1706, cafes in Java shipped goods to the Netherlands for the first time. At the same time, the seedlings were sent together and planted in the Amsterdam Botanical Garden. In 1720, F in Venice

May 23, 2014 104 views #Coffee history
A brief History of Coffee in the World (2)

A brief History of Coffee in the World (2)

The first European description of coffee in 1573 was through German doctors staying in Syria. In the second half of the 16th century, the European people who traveled on the east coast of the land gradually spread. The British East India Company was established in 1660 and the East India Company was established in the Netherlands in 1602. The East India Company refers to the trade between Asia and Europe, South Asia and the East in the 17th and 19th centuries.

May 23, 2014 162 views #Coffee history
A brief History of Coffee in the World (1)

A brief History of Coffee in the World (1)

In 622, Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, led the believers to migrate from Mecca to Medina and began to establish a church state, which developed into a powerful empire spanning Central Asia to the Liberian Peninsula in a century. Ethiopia, the origin of coffee, was included in the Ilan Empire and remained independent as a Christian country. Coffee began to flow from Ethiopia to Afghanistan in the early 11th century.

May 23, 2014 99 views #Coffee history
United Arab Emirates authorities plan to ban hookah cafes

United Arab Emirates authorities plan to ban hookah cafes

By the end of this year, Dubai municipal authorities will clamp down on shisha cafes that do not comply with anti-smoking laws. If the venue of the coffee shop is smaller than the area stipulated in the new law, they will have nearly a year to move to the new site. According to the current regulations, the building of a coffee shop must be 1500 square feet, which is less than this if you want to continue to sell shisha or allow smoking.

May 23, 2014 127 views #Coffee culture #coffee shop #coffee bean
Coffee carving my time in Africa

Coffee carving my time in Africa

The best thing that Africa has left me is that I have learned that I can sit down anytime, anywhere and quietly savor the mellow smell of a cup of coffee. JAVA and Friday Coffee the most popular cafe in the Kenyan capital Nairobi is the JAVA Cafe. At first, I thought the name was taken from that computer language, but later, when I looked up the dictionary, I realized that JAVA is coffee in American slang.

May 23, 2014 172 views #Coffee shop #coffee bean #coffee shop
The aroma of coffee has been floating for three hundred years.

The aroma of coffee has been floating for three hundred years.

Europeans drink coffee, but they know when the habit began, only in Austria. Legend has it that when the Turkish army who invaded Austria was defeated and retreated, it dropped two bags of coffee and the Viennese tasted it. It tasted good, so coffee became popular in Austria. It is said that this happened in 1687. Over the past three hundred years, Austrians have not only had three meals a day, but also had a cup of coffee after meals.

May 23, 2014 180 views #Coffee fragrance #coffee beans
The relationship between coffee and water

The relationship between coffee and water

There are all kinds of water around us. Some are called Mingshui. There are also rich types of mineral water in countries all over the world. However, the most convenient water is tap water that can be turned to a tap. So, what kind of water can be named coffee is more delicious? It doesn't seem to taste good to make coffee after boiling mineral water. There must be a lot of people who have had this experience. Why? Actually, that's because

May 23, 2014 156 views #Coffee and water
The sour and mellow taste of coffee is bitter

The sour and mellow taste of coffee is bitter

The color, aroma and taste of coffee are caused by some complex chemical changes that take place during the baking process. So raw coffee beans must go through a proper chemical process to achieve the most balanced state of its essential ingredients in order to be regarded as the best baked beans. The aroma of coffee will change with the heat, so the baking time should be shortened as much as possible, and the heat should be controlled within the range of heat.

May 23, 2014 163 views #Coffee culture
Muscat does not continue coffee, please shake the cup.

Muscat does not continue coffee, please shake the cup.

Muscat, the capital of Oman, has a history of 900 years, but it is a smaller city. In addition to relying on the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, Malaysia is also built on mountains. The three major urban areas of the horse city are scattered in the valleys. City: the small house with the palace, the old city, the new city, Muscat, across the mountain pass, is an ancient port city in the Middle Ages. Muscat has had many names in history.

May 23, 2014 167 views #Muscat #coffee cup.
The origin of coffee divination

The origin of coffee divination

Coffee divination, also known as "Greek coffee divination" or "Turkish coffee divination", is also popular in countries once ruled by the Ottoman Turkish empire. However, since there have been frequent disputes between Turkey and Greece in the past, if you come to Greece, you must not say that you want a cup of Turkish coffee, otherwise you will get two white-eyed beads. Greece

May 23, 2014 183 views #Coffee culture #coffee divination
The method of coffee divination

The method of coffee divination

The method of coffee divination in general, coffee can not be used for divination, because coffee divination is mainly after drinking coffee, using the remaining residue, shape or pattern to predict good or bad luck, so only Greek coffee or Turkish coffee can be used for divination. The principle of coffee divination is to watch the patterns formed by the residue after drinking coffee to predict events.

May 23, 2014 178 views #Coffee culture #coffee divination
Coffee culture around the world

Coffee culture around the world

Local coffee culture each coffee country has its own specific coffee culture and drinking methods. The United States: no taboos American style Americans drink coffee, like playing a game without rules, laissez-faire, no taboos. Americans are dismissive of all kinds of exquisite coffee made by Europeans. Americans drink coffee freely, and it is difficult for coffee to go deep into their lives at the same time

May 23, 2014 206 views #Coffee culture #all over the world
Professional ESPRESSO

Professional ESPRESSO

First of all, I would like to introduce to you the base of all espresso, the essence of espresso. Several major laws of Italian coffee: with 8-9 bar (atmospheric pressure) water pressure, a single cup of 7-8 grams of coffee powder, a double cup of 14-15 grams of coffee powder, 92 degrees of water temperature (the water temperature of the brewing head will exceed 92 degrees when the coffee machine is not in use for more than 10 minutes, so please note that there is no coffee powder for a certain period of time.

May 23, 2014 169 views #ESPRESSO #professional