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  Is a clear Styrofoam cup in your future? Most likely at some point. The standard Styrofoam cup comes in all colors and art work know to man except one, clear. Now I am not talking clear plastic but true Styrofoam.  "Caution contents HOT" has real meaning when served in a standard plastic cup clear or other wise.   Plastic cups have little no insulation property's and that paper sleeve is little help. Why clear you ask? Your coffee will taste better, really. Test have given us this insight into the human mind. Trendy cup have been hitting the news lately like the KFC's Cookie cup. Cups with seed in them. Bio degradable cups and so on and so on. It is only a mater of time before a clear Styrofoam cup comes to market. With consumers willing to pay high dollar for  K cups. A new trendy clear Styrofoam cup will be an instant hit. But will they get the feel right?

   Around 400mg of caffeine per day is commonly cited as a safe intake level for healthy adults. That's about 6-7 cups of black tea, 4-5 cups of home brew coffee, 2-3 Starbucks Grande Lattes, 8 cans of Diet Coke, or 5 cans of Red Bull. A typical serving or portion of caffeine is usually an 8 fl oz cup of home brewed coffee, a 20 fl oz diet cola, a 1.5 fl oz espresso shot and an 8.4 fl oz energy drink, all of which are about equal with a range of approximately 70-90mg.   Caffeine is found in the seeds and leaves of more than 60 plants around the world. Coffee beans, tea leaves, cocoa beans, kola nuts, guarana plants, and yerba mate are just a few that contain caffeine.

  You can drink up to 5 cups of coffee a day, or up to 400 milligrams of caffeine, without detrimental effects, according to a new report that will help shape the official government dietary guidelines.    This is the first time caffeine has been mentioned in the advisory report, which is submitted by a panel of experts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services every five years.    The advisory committee determined moderate coffee consumption was not associated with health risks, including but not limited to cardiovascular disease and cancer. In fact, the committee noted that there's evidence coffee has some health benefits, including reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. There's also some evidence caffeine offers protection against Parkinson's disease, the committee wrote.    Still, pregnant women and children should limit their caffeine consumption, the...

Ingredients; 1/2 cup milk 3 to 4 tablespoons caramel flavored syrup* Whipped cream Smucker's® Sundae Syrup™ Caramel Flavored Syrup, for garnish 1/4 cup hot, fresh strong brewed Millstone® 100% Colombian Ground Coffee Baking toffee bits, for garnish Directions; POUR milk into 1-quart microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until hot but not boiling. Whisk until foamy. POUR caramel syrup into standard-size coffee cup. Microwave on HIGH 20 seconds to warm syrup. Stir in hot coffee. ADD steamed milk to brim of cup. Top with swirl of whipped cream. Drizzle with caramel sundae syrup. Sprinkle with toffee bits. Serve immediately.

  Ingredients 1 (13.5 oz.) can coconut milk, chilled 2 tablespoons Folgers Classic Roast ® Instant Coffee Crystals 1 (14 oz.) can Magnolia ® Sweetened Condensed Milk , chilled Ice cubes Directions COMBINE coconut milk and coffee crystals in blender container until coffee is dissolved. Add sweetened condensed milk. PROCESS 2 minutes or until blended. Pour over ice in glasses.

Ingredients 1/2 cup milk 3 to 4 tablespoons vanilla flavored syrup* 1/4 cup hot, fresh strong brewed Folgers ® French Roast Coffee Or 1/4 cup hot, fresh strong brewed Folgers ® Black Silk Coffee Whipped cream Ground cinnamon, for garnish Directions POUR milk into 1-quart microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until hot but not boiling. Whisk until foamy. POUR vanilla syrup into standard-size coffee cup. Microwave on HIGH 20 seconds to warm syrup. Stir in hot coffee. ADD steamed milk to brim of cup....

Is it just me or is the price of a iced coffee at a coffee shop seem a little high?  Well the buzz is that not only with the up tick in bean prices partly to blame but it's the ice, the special cup, the amount of coffee used in iced coffee. Cry me a river! A typical 16 oz iced coffee is over $2.75 in my location. If you cant turn a profit at that price on something that is over 90% water. Your overhead is out of control. Oh! it takes a lot of ice they say and ice is expensive to make or buy.  The cup is not a typical paper cup and is more expensive.  It takes almost twice as much coffee to make iced coffee. Bean prices are going up. Sounds like big oil talking to me. Or perhaps big coffee.  

Ingredients 3/4 cup hot brewed Folger's coffee 2 tablespoons Jif® Mocha Cappuccino Flavored Hazelnut Spread Or 2 tablespoons Jif® Chocolate Flavored Hazelnut Spread Whipped cream Ground cinnamon, for garnish Directions 1. FILL coffee mug with hot coffee. Stir in mocha cappuccino spread mixing until blended. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle of cinnamon, if desired

     Last year Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano to the International Space Station. His main complaint was the lack of decent espresso. Seeing a new market, Italian espresso manufacturer Lavazza said it had partnered with Argotec, an Italian aerospace engineering company, to create a space worthy espresso machine for the International Space Station.     Called the “ISSpresso,” the new machine uses a capsule system to make espresso, caffè lungo, coffee, and other hot beverages. The company says the space coffee machine weighs 44 pounds and works under extreme conditions. It even works upside-down.     Lavazza says it expects the ISSpresso to be ready to go into orbit in November, when the Italian Space Agency sends its second long-term mission to the space station.  But with the recent drought and rust problem will the space station be able to afford the coffee? tags; space station, nasa, decaf, moca...