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    Brazilian Coffee Recipe   Ingredients 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand ® Sweetened Condensed Milk 5 cups water 1 1/3 cups strong brewed Folgers Classic Roast ® Coffee Directions COMBINE cocoa, salt and cinn...

Cold Brew .......Coffee, not beer or wine Making cold brew coffee is a snap to make at home. These directions tell you how to make a cold brew coffee overnight in your sleep. For that fresh cold brew coffee the next morning.  Coarse-grind 1 cup of your favorite roasted coffee beans for every 3 cups of cold-filtered water. Stir the coffee and water thoroughly, don't get lazy here. stir it...stir it good to get a good initial soak.   Pour the mix into a glass jar and seal with its lid. A Mason jar works great for this step. Put the mix into the fridge for 12 hours minimum. A 24 hours soak gets you the best results.  Strain the mix into a new glass container after the soak in the fridge or straight into your chilled coffee cup with crushed ice.  

The world is drinking more and more coffee, with an increase in demand of about  25% in the next five years, according to the International Coffee Organization. Coffee sales are increasing in China, India and Latin America. Coffee demand is expected to increase to 175.8 million bags by 2020 up from 141.6 million bags now. The Africa Fine Coffee Conference in Nairobi was told last week.  Each bag of coffee beans weighs about 132 pounds. With a cost of about 91 cents per pound.  The strong demand projection comes at a time of tight global coffee supplies, which pushed prices to multiyear highs last year in large part because of the historic drought in Brazil, the world’s largest grower.  Hording is some country's has been reported in an attempt to maintain current prices. This has been mostly in the south east Asia market.