http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com All about coffee! Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:18:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My husband recently started a new job, and one morning during his first week, he called to tell me the office has a Keurig coffee maker, which I have been secretly coveting for months. Apparently at his office they have the B3000 Keurig Brewing System, which features use of K-Cup® with automatic ejection ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/at-the-office-with-keurig/ [caption id="attachment_234" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Ed's home roast (photo courtesy of Storygoil/Today Is Pretty at Flickr)."][/caption] Remember when I told you about Ed? Well, he's back, and he's got the hand-crafted, home roasted beans to prove it. He's been busy roasting Finca Mauritania beans lately, with the promise of a spring roast in the near ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/new-year-new-brew/   Save On Crafts has a really cool DIY Christmas Ornament project involving--you guessed it--coffee beans! The required materials are: Styrofoam Ball--any size, as long as you're prepared to cover it! Acrylic paint in dark brown Glossy acrylic sealer Whole roasted coffee beans, enough to cover the ball 1-1/2" ribbon, at least 1/2 yard in any color you'd like ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/diy-coffee-bean-ornament/ Besides the obvious (grinding and drinking), there are many other uses for coffee beans. To freshen your breath, you can suck on a coffee bean for a while. To remove odors from your hands, put some whole beans in your hands and rub them together, and when the odor is gone, wash your hands ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/coffee-bean-uses/ [caption id="attachment_198" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Photo courtesy of INeedCoffee @ Flickr"][/caption] According to Natural Solutions magazine, one way to reap the benefits of caffeine, a natural skin firmer that stimulates fluid flow, simply fill your tub a couple of inches high with ground coffee, add warm water, put on some panty hose ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/kick-cellulite-with-caffeine/ I recently stumbled across Kikkoman Pearl® Soymilk, which is made with real, brewed organic coffee and tastes great hot or cold. Pearl® Coffee Soymilk is made with preservative-free organic soybeans, organic cane juice as a natural sweetener, and fortified with calcium and vitamins A and D. One 8-ounce glass yields 6 ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/coffee-soymilk-yum/ If you were always told that nothing good is ever free, think again. Check this out--complimentary (yep, FREE) holiday coffee tastings at your local Peet's. Saturday December 13, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Free tastings of three coffees featured in Peet's Holiday Coffee Gifts: Holiday Blend, Major Dickason's Blend® and Arabian Mocha Java. Saturday December 20, ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/free-holiday-coffee-tasting-peets/ Chemical engineers at the University of Nevada say they've made a high quality biodiesel from coffee grounds. The researchers estimate their process could produce about 340 million gallons of biodiesel from coffee world wide, and they could make about $8 million in profits just from Starbuck's coffee grounds. Here's the full ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/java-fuel/ Adjustable bracelet with recycled blue glass beads and Kentucky coffee beans (pictured above). Since I don't have an artistic bone in my body, I am constantly amazed at what artists come up with. That's why this new find has me beaming ear to ear. Kentucky artists Josie Lamb Williams and Mark Williams ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/java-jewelry/ I didn't start drinking coffee until I was in my 20s. Of course, growing up in the 80s coffee wasn't the phenomenon it is now. Kids didn't have to "get their Starbucks" before school, and my only experience with coffee was the bitter stuff my Dad drank. So how young is too ... http://coffeeonlinemagazine.com/is-coffee-appropriate-for-kids/