http://www.the-coffee.org Talking about coffee Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:47:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CHICAGO –John Hancock Observatory, one of Chicago’s most visited attractions, is proud to announce the opening of the world’s newest – and highest – Espression by Lavazza café. Featuring award-winning, casually-elegant European style, the unique concept café is unlike anything else the city has to ... http://www.the-coffee.org/2009/06/second-espression-by-lavazza-cafe/ Illycaffè is indebted to the southern hemisphere countries producing the finest Arabica coffee, the raw material in its single blend, and undertakes long-term projects with them to improve quality improvement and transfer know-how and technology. For their part, countries in the southern hemisphere have outstanding scientists who do not always obtain ... http://www.the-coffee.org/2009/06/trieste-science-prize/ Fifty beans are needed for each cup of coffee. This is illycaffè’s formula: premium Arabica beans picked in South America, India, Africa and Central America. The beans are skillfully roasted and blended to create a consitently unique experience of flavor and aroma. But it is also something more: an elixer ... http://www.the-coffee.org/2009/06/50-beans/ Brazilian coffee is the base used for the espresso blend. Brazil is the world’s top producer of Arabica, with over one third of world production: 5 billion plants, 35-45 million bags a year, 10% of its GNP and 20% of exports, 5 million people employed, 300 000 producers. With 10% ... http://www.the-coffee.org/2009/06/countries-coffee/ Espresso is one of the one of the most successful symbols of “made in Italy” worldwide. The Italian Espresso National Institute protects its tradition and quality through the Certified Italian Espresso. The Italian Espresso National Institute safeguards and promotes the original Espresso through a product certification (certificate of product conformity Csqa ... http://www.the-coffee.org/2009/06/italian-espresso/