The Coffee Poet

Gift giving can be a tedious process at times, especially if the person you are trying to buy a gift for seemingly has it all. A classic gift that never goes out of style, however, is a personalized coffee cup. You can purchase one of these personalized mugs for just pennies on the dollar; yet they will continue to bring a smile to the recipient's face for many years to come.

A good coffee cup can outlast generations of coffee makers, coffee shops, and even the famous coffee brands we've all come to know and love. If you've been looking for an extra special gift for that special someone who has everything, just take a look at the many ways that you can personalize one of these extra special gifts.

Personalizing Your Mugs

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Coffee cake falls into two categories; cake that actually has coffee in it and coffee cake that is eaten with coffee. The latter is most associated with the term coffee cake and is usually flavored with cinnamon, nuts and apples. Apple coffee cakes are quite common and often have a crumbly topping. Whichever you decide to make, there is sure to be a delicious coffee cake recipe that you can whip up to have with tea or as a luxurious breakfast food.

Apple Coffee Cake

This apple coffee cake recipe is very easy to make and ideal if you don't often bake. There are no fancy baking techniques when you make this coffee cake recipe. First cream a half cup of butter with one and a half cups of sugar. You can use a hand mixer or good old fashioned elbow grease and beat it all up till it is pale and smooth. Then add two eggs and one cup of milk and blend it till everything is mixed together.

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Cake historians suggest that coffee cake was not invented by a pastry chef along time ago but rather it evolved; beginning with tasty honey cakes then progressing to French galettes which inspired fruitcakes which led to creating the sweet yeast rolls which inspired the Danish cakes which contained coffee. Eventually the cakes were made in mass production and have become very common.

Recipes Brought To America

The idea of a coffee cake, which in the early years was simply consuming some sweet types of cakes while sipping on a cup of coffee, probably began in Europe during the seventeenth century. Historians have come up with this hypothesis because countries in Europe were well known for serving sweet yeast breads and when coffee arrived on the scene they made a great combination in the morning. Historians have noted that the Germans, the Scandinavians as well as the Dutch immigrants brought with them their various recipes for the tasty pastry and therefore introduced coffee cake to America.

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When you think of coffee beans, is the first thing that comes to mind a prepackaged bag of ready to grind beans? Most people have little or no idea of the process that actually brings those bags of beans to their kitchens, and are completely unaware of where the makings for America's favorite beverage actually comes from. This article is geared to give you a better understanding of just what it takes for you to have those wonderfully rich beans in your kitchen cupboard, day after day.

Types

There are basically four different varieties of coffee beans sold today. Coffea Arabica is by far the most popular, and accounts for roughly 75% of the coffee currently sold. Also available are Coffea Robusta, Coffea Liberica, and Coffea Excelsa, which are grown mostly in areas where Coffea Arabica cannot be cultivated.

Where Do They Come From?

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As funny as it may sound, coffee addiction affects millions of people around the world. And it's not just adults who face the terrible consequences of this terrible addiction; with a glamorous coffee house on every corner of the civilized world, teens are more likely now than ever to also suffer from a coffee addiction.

Coffee addiction symptoms are much like those of any other recreational drug use. From sleeplessness to nausea, those who are experiencing caffeine withdrawals often find themselves suffering form shakes and other symptoms normally thought of as reserved for drub abusers going through the detoxification process.

Signs To Look Out For

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