A taste of South India without the airfare!
Ethiopia, our light roast organic coffee, is a marvel worth savoring like a fine wine.
The Quintessential Colombain Coffee. Honey, Caramel and Cherry!
Strong as death, sweet as love: the long rich history of Turkish coffee!
Coffee is a beverage brewed from the roasted and ground seeds of the tropical evergreen coffee plant. Coffee is one of the three most popular beverages in the world (alongside water and tea), and it is one of the most profitable international commodities.
Wild coffee plants, probably from Kefa (Kaffa), Ethiopia, were taken to southern Arabia and placed under cultivation in the 15th century. The popularity of coffee in the Arab world led to the creation of the coffeehouse, first in Mecca and then in Constantinople in the 15th and 16th centuries, respectively. Coffee was introduced into one European country after another throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
The acidity of coffee causes a person’s stomach to secrete a heightened level of gastric acid. Coffee contains chlorogenic acid, which causes the stomach to dump its content more quickly into the intestines. Coffee also increases the levels of gastrin in the body. Gastrin activates peristalsis, which pushes waste toward the rectum.