Cricketscoffee Blog

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 1/2 cup chocolate soy milk or low fat chocolate milk, chilled 1 teaspoon Folgers Classic Roast ® Instant Coffee Crystals 1 (4 oz.) container whipped chocolate yogurt 1/3 cup chocolate whey protein powdered drink mix 2 tablespoons Smucker's ® Natural Creamy Peanut Butter , stirred Ice cubes Cinnamon, for garnish Directions COMBINE soy milk and coffee crystals in blender container u...

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

      Ingredients 3/4 cup ground Folgers Classic Roast ® Coffee 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 cups cold water 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand ® Sweetened Condensed Milk Ice cubes Directions STIR together ground coffee and cinnamon. Brew in coffeemaker using 3 cups cold water. POUR sweetened condensed milk into 1 1/2-quart pitcher. Add hot brewed coffee, stirring until thoroughly blended. POUR coffee mixture over ice in tall glasses or cafe mugs. Serve immediately. ...

     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...

  Starting next year, all Connecticut state schools will not be allowed to sell coffee in their cafeteria. According to Superintendent Elliott Landon if the coffee is not removed, the school will lose its state aid. It is unclear why the state is mandating the removing coffee from the menu.     Connecticut State Department of Education School Nutrition Program for Fairfield and New Haven have made no public statements as to why coffee is almost as taboo as tobacco.   According to the Food and Drug Administration, studies show 100 mg to 200 mg (one or two cups of coffee) per day are not harmful.