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<title>James Grierson - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm currently the founder and owner of Galla Coffee.  We specialise in selling coffee equipment and accessories to consumers online.

I first became interested in speciality coffee, while working in a caf? in Snowdonia - I needed to earn some money quickly after travelling round the world for seven months.  The caf? was supplied speciality coffee by a passionate micro-roaster and tea merchant, whose love for coffee rubbed off on everyone he'd talk to about it.]]></description>
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<title>Did John Smith Introduce Coffee to America?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 16:50:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[America is the largest coffee drinking society, yet nobody is quite sure who introduced it there. In the early history of this country, no one laid claim to first importing coffee. The first settlers probably thought this was insignificant to record in their journals compared to: exploring new lands, meeting the natives and of course fighting for survival.]]></description>
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<title>Indiana Jones Sells Coffee?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:21:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who'd have thought that an Indiana Jones wannabe; trekking through the Amazon rainforest, hunting for fairies to catch in coffee jars; would help sell more Nescafe? Not me.]]></description>
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<title>Caffeine! - Coffee's Ball and Chain</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:46:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I recently read an article in the newspaper on a study by the University of Palermo, stating that because of its caffeine content, espresso can be bad for the heart. Right next door to this, another article quoted a study declaring that chocolate was good for us as it helps prevent a stroke. ]]></description>
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<title>Handpresso Intense Portafilter</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:42:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We've recently started to stock an alternative portafilter to the standard one shipped with Handpresso espresso machines. So I thought it would be a good idea to put the new Intense portafilter through its paces.]]></description>
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<title>Filter Vs Cafetiere Coffee</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:30:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is the best way to brew coffee? Well I'm afraid to say I'm sitting on the fence with this one. Each brew method produces a different taste so in my book they're all good (well most of them).]]></description>
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<title>3 Ways to Improve Your Coffee For Less Than 20 GBP</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:43:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are three items you can buy, for less than 20 pounds, that will improve the taste of your coffee. They are: a coffee grinder, a water filter and some digital scales.]]></description>
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<title>Is Instant Coffee Really Better For the Environment?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:10:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to a recent report in New Scientist, instant coffee is better for the environment than filter coffee. Dr. Dave Reay has calculated that filter coffee has a much larger carbon footprint than its instant counterpart.]]></description>
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<title>What is an ESE Coffee Pod?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:55:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A coffee pod is the coffee making equivalent of the teabag: a pre-portioned serving of coffee wrapped in a paper filter, ready to be infused with water.  ESE (Easy Serving Espresso) is the worldwide industry standard for coffee pods.  Any pod that meets the ESE standard can be used in any espresso machine that is ESE compatible.]]></description>
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<title>Definition of an Espresso</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The definition of an espresso is a much debated subject, as people's ideas of espresso vary according to their own taste perceptions. Almost every aspect of espresso making is up for discussion: from espresso blend to tamping technique to volume of the espresso.]]></description>
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<title>Guide to Coffee Grinders</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:52:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To keep coffee as fresh as possible you need to minimise its contact with air. Air is one of coffee's worst enemies as it destroys delicate flavours by turning the natural oils present in coffee rancid.]]></description>
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<title>The Five Elements For Great Espresso</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:51:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In Italy there is a traditional rule, known as the five M's, which all must be achieved to make great espresso. Espresso is rarely ever made with a single-origin coffee. As espresso intensifies the flavour, it is found that single-origin coffees lack balance because the espresso highlights one particular characteristic. To give an espresso complexity and balance a blend of coffees from different regions is required.]]></description>
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<title>Espresso Basics - A Step by Step Guide to Brewing Espresso</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:23:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is the basic technique to brewing espresso. Once you have mastered this you can then start to experiment and find your very own 'Espresso Nirvana.'  Use filtered water in your espresso machine. Water from the tap may contain particulates (such as dirt, sediment and rust) that can affect the taste, texture and aroma of espresso.]]></description>
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<title>Instant Coffee</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 11:06:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Instant coffee bears little resemblance in taste to freshly brewed coffee.  It is commonly made with inferior 'robusta' beans.  It is the product of a complex scientific process, yet we British love it. It may be convenient, but do we actually know what we are drinking? Have you ever wondered how they make coffee soluble?  After all coffee is made using tough coffee beans that surely cannot be made to dissolve in water.  ]]></description>
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<title>Fairly Traded Coffee</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:29:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Speciality coffee by its nature is fairly traded.  Rather than being treated as a commodity on the futures market, it is traded on its quality, which in turn demands a premium price for the farmer.  For example, in May 2006 'Hacienda la Esmeralda Geisha' coffee, from Panama, set a record of USD50.25 per pound at online auction (This award winning coffee retails for over USD100 a pound).  More over, it is not only third world countries which grow coffee, developed nations such as Australia and United States (Hawaii) also have established industries. ]]></description>
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<title>Caffeine in Coffee</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:43:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Caffeine is only one of several hundred chemicals found in coffee.  However it is the most notorious because of the many physiological affects it has on the human body.  Caffeine naturally occurs in many other plants apart from the coffee bush, such as tea and cocoa plants.
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<title>History of the Stove-top Espresso Maker</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:04:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The story of the stove-top espresso maker begins in 1918, when Alfonso Bialetti returned to his native Italy from France, where he had worked in the aluminium industry, to start a small workshop manufacturing metal household goods.  
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<title>History of the Cafetiere</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:58:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cafetieres are probably the most commonly used method of brewing coffee.  Many coffee lovers swear on the fact that the cafetiere is the best method, as it preserves the delicate flavours in the oils, giving a smooth, rich bodied coffee. ]]></description>
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<title>Coffee: From Harvest to Cup</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:44:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Coffee is a plant.  However, before it can be drunk it must pass through a number of stages and travel thousands of miles.]]></description>
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<title>History of Coffee: Part V - Speciality Coffee</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:35:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With the large multi-national coffee companies focused purely on coffee as a commodity rather then a drink to be savoured, it allowed a new sector to emerge in the coffee industry: Speciality Coffee.]]></description>
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<title>History of Coffee: Part IV - Commercialisation of Coffee</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:33:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For many connoisseurs, the period from the mid-19th Century to the late 20th Century is the 'Dark Age' of coffee.  During this era, coffee lost its Middle-Eastern mystical charm and became commercialised and, quite frankly, ordinary.]]></description>
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<title>History of Coffee: Part III - Colonisation of Coffee</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:22:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By the 17th Century, with the popularity of coffee ever increasing in Europe, the interest of the then World Superpowers - Britain, France, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain - also grew.  Up until this point, coffee imported into Europe had come from the Arabian Peninsula, over which none of these nations had any control.  ]]></description>
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<title>History of Coffee: Part II - Spread of Coffee to Europe</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:54:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[From the introduction of coffee to Europe by Venetian traders to the spread of coffeehouses throughout Britain.]]></description>
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<title>History of Coffee: Part I - Africa and Arabia</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:05:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A brief history of coffee from its discovery in Ethiopia to its spread across the Arabian Peninsula.]]></description>
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