Wednesday, October 30, 2013

'Baked & Wired' Named Washington D.C.'s Best Coffee Shop


Readers of The Washington Post voted on their favorite coffee shop in the DC area and here are the results: Top 5 Coffee Shops in D.C.

Win Some Kick Ass Coffee


 Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer is giving away a can of Kick Ass® coffee from Kicking Horse Coffee company. Deadline November 22, 2013

http://www.coffeeaddictedwriter.com/2013/10/kicking-horse-kick-ass-coffee-review.html


Turkish Coffee Brownies

Forget peanut butter and jelly. Cocoa and espresso are the true match made in food heaven.


Photo credit: Quentin Bacon/Serious Eats

This recipe makes about 16 brownies. Just enough for one person. Hey, sharing isn't always caring. Sometimes sharing is just downright scary.

Find the recipe at Serious Eats

Top 11 Coffee Roasters in America

After polling some of the most devoted coffee-lovers, The Thrillist, has narrowed down the country's top coffee roasters.

This is the perfect opportunity to try a new brew. Find out who made the list and why they are the best in the nation.

http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/best-coffee-roasters-in-america

Tim Hortons Trying A New Coffee Blend

Popular coffee brand, Tim Hortons, is currently testing a brand new blend of coffee at 80 locations in Ohio. The "Dark Roast Coffee" will be the first time the company has tried a new blend in it's 49 years of existence.

Read more at The Columbus Dispatch

8 Benefits of Drinking Coffee

It's always a good day when you hear about the health benefits of drinking coffee.

The Norwich Bulletin has listed "8 Surprising Health Benefits of Coffee", which include warding off depression and decreasing your risk of diabetes.

Check out the benefits yourself and drink up. http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20131027/NEWS/310279960/10298/LIFESTYLE

Drink More Coffee For A Healthy Liver


From Huffington Post:


Coffee Drinkers May Have Lower Liver Cancer Risk 

Coffee drinkers might be less likely to develop the most common type of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a new review of studies.
Researchers from the Università degli Studi di Milan in Italy looked at 16 studies published between 1996 and 2012 that included data from 3,153 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Coffee consumption was associated with a 40 percent decreased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, with some studies even suggesting a more than 50 percent decreased risk from drinking three cups of coffee a day.

Read more on Huffington Post Healthy Living