2008年3月29日 星期六

The Introduction

1.The origin of Coffee(fairy tale):
Kaldi v.s. goats

Long time ago,in the 6th century there was a sheepman called Kaldi.
One day he found his sheeps were very excited,jumped like dancing and
he found out that was because the sheeps ate a kind of red fruits from
a short tree. He told the monks in the abbey and they tried to drink
the juice from these fruits which was boiled and extracted. All the monks
felt full of power when they drank it and these kinds of fruit is called
"coffee bean" now.


2.Different kinds of coffee beans:
Products in the world plant location habitat
Arabica: 70%, high sea level 500~1000m, Middle& South America
Robusta: 20%, lower than 500m, Africa Philippines and etc
Liberica: few European, lower than 200m, India Philippines Liberia and etc




*Arabia is the best of them.

3.Different kinds of coffee:
single estate(by hebitat)


<1>MANDELING:
a.habitat: Sumatra/Asia
b.characteristic: strongly bitter and aroma,adequately sour.
<2>MOCHA:
a.habitat: Yemen /Africa
b.characteristic: have gentle tastes and sour like yogurt.
<3>BLUE MOUNTAIN:
a.habitat: Jamaica/Middle America
b.characteristic: is considered as the best coffee in the world.
<4>SANTOS:
a.habitat: Brazil/South America
b.characteristic: usually used for combined coffee.

Flavor coffee

*Cappuccino: Espresso + milk + Foamed Milk and Cinnamon Powder
*Latte: Espresso + milk
*Caramel Macchiatto: Espresso + milk + Caramel + vanilla
*Caffe Mocha: Espresso + milk + cocoa + butter







Thanks to:
http://www.kohikan.com/culture/breed/breed.htm
http://studentweb.bhes.tpc.edu.tw/92s/s870455/www/new_page_2.htm
http://sbsd.psjh.cy.edu.tw/~y9190583/p4.htm#p1

2008年2月28日 星期四

Coffee,"Make your foot fly!!"


  The reason why I wanna to select this topic is that I have to study all day long, day by day, week by week, in order to prepare the test for graduated school. So every time I feel exhausted, it really work to give me power like a magic! I can't live without coffee!! Actually, we all know about the good effects coffee bring for our body,but... 1、where does it originated from? 2、how many kinds of them in the world and how can we tell between good and bad quality? 3、 Do you know the limit of dosage about caffeine we take each day? 4、The most important is the skill and the art to enjoy the coffee~ In the following article, I will bring the knowledge for you, so, will you expect?! This picture is from: http://www.westworld.com/~zick/pix/atelier/portfolio/coffee.html