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These professions drink more coffee than any job

A lot of people can’t start their day without a good cup of coffee.

Some employers have even discovered (like they should be surprised) that providing FREE COFFEE to their staff actually increases workers’ productivity and happiness vs those companies where coffee isn’t readily available.

Royal Kona Private Reserve 100% Pure Kona Coffee Whole Bean
Royal Kona Private Reserve
100% Pure Kona Coffee Whole Bean

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food How To

How to make perfect coffee, every time

Ah, the quest for the absolutely perfect cup of coffee.  It’s what Starbucks has built their reputation on, as has Keurig, Dunkin Donuts, McDonalds, and any number of locally-owned coffee shops around the country.

Songs have been written, one would think, about the quest.  Certainly, coffee played a major part in the writing of said songs.

Keurig K60/K65 Special Edition Single Serve Coffee Maker
Keurig K60/K65 Special Edition
Single Serve Coffee Maker

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food

Why Your K-Cup Coffee Habit Sucks

How much do you love your coffee?

Are you so totally addicted that you have to have a couple of cups of coffee at the drive-thru even before you get to the office, then brew your own “special” pot just because you can?  Do you have your own coffee station in your bedroom or master bathroom, because coffee is The Most Important Thing for your Morning?

Then maybe you’re one of those people who went out and purchased the KEURIG K-CUP COFFEE BREWING STATION, in part for the easy convenience of being able to brew a single cup of coffee without having to brew up an entire pot.

For households that have just one coffee drinker in the family, the Keurig system certainly makes sense.  Less mess, less waste.  How could this be a bad idea?

Biodegradable San Francisco Bay Coffee OneCup for Keurig K-Cup Brewers
Biodegradable San Francisco Bay Coffee
OneCup for Keurig K-Cup Brewers

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food Science

The ideal time of day to drink your morning coffee

What’s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning or arrive at the office?

You hang out in the kitchen and brew that first, most important pot of morning coffee in anticipation of that first sweet taste of caffeine.

But are you really doing your body and brain the best good by drinking your morning coffee at that particular time of the day?  Maybe… or maybe not.  Let’s find out…

Tassimo Maxwell House Cafe Collection Mild Morning Blend Coffee
Tassimo Maxwell House Cafe Collection
Mild Morning Blend Coffee

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10 Things Travel

Hotel guests prefer coffee over sex

Even the worst hotels in the country offer two things in every hotel room: a bed, and a coffee pot.

Now, that’s not to say that the bed is going to be the cleanest or most comfortable, and the same can be said for the coffee pot’s cleanliness status.

But at least the coffee is typically available in a single-serve package that (one hopes) hasn’t been tampered with.

I Had Sex Today! Coffee Mug
I Had Sex Today! Coffee Mug

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food How To

The best path to success is to drink beer AND coffee

When it comes to beverages, there are COFFEE PEOPLE and NON-COFFEE PEOPLE.

There are also people who LIKE BEER and those who HATE BEER.

Some parents have even gotten into the habit of lying to their children about coffee – telling them that you must be 16 years old before you could legally buy or drink coffee at all, putting coffee squarely into the “adult beverages” world that is usually exclusively assigned to alcohol.

Coffee Beer Bong
Coffee Beer Bong

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National Coffee Day is September 29th

How to Open a Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso & Tea Shop
How to Open a Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso & Tea Shop

Ah, coffee.

For some, the smell of coffee is the equivalent of a new morning, a fresh day ahead.

Starbucks and other gourmet coffee shops have brainwashed the world into believing a $4 cup of coffee is superior to anything that you can brew at home for pennies a cup (we’ve since learned that’s not true – otherwise, why would those same coffee shops be selling coffee beans to take home for self-brewing?).