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The main goal of the International Coffee Day is to bring coffee culture to the people. The whole journey of a coffee bean; from planting, cultivating, harvesting, to roasting, and finally enjoying a delicious sip of coffee. On this day, coffee experts also present an interesting coffee history and introduce coffee lovers to individual cultures and traditions in different countries.

What Can Be Made with Coffee?

An alternative to common coffee types, such as espresso, cappuccino, instant coffee, and more, there are decaffeinated drinks that will delight every evening-coffee lover, without having to worry about their sleep. BIO coffee or green coffee are also gaining popularity. You can learn more about current trends in coffee making here. Coffee is also being served in a various types of foods, such as coffee deserts with cream.

i Do you know that coffee came to Bohemia at the end of the 16th century, but mass consumption did not begin until the First Czechoslovak Republic? The very discovery of coffee dates back to 9th century Ethiopia.

How to Enjoy a Delicious Cup of Coffee

Turn your daily coffee into a ritual, enjoy a delicious cup of coffee in your favourite armchair. Perfect coffee enjoyment begins already during its preparation. Try to skip the usual instant coffee and get a coffee maker. You will find a wide variety of devices and coffee makers on the market, along with various possibilities of how to prepare coffee - depending on how much time you want to spend on the process. You can enjoy coffee beans, ground coffee or coffee capsules. In addition to coffee machines, there are also several alternative methods of coffee preparation. You can choose a simple dripper or chemex, and everyone‘s favourite; the moka pot, a french press or aeropress or even a vacuum pot. You can find more about these less common preparation techniques in our article.

i Did you know that the coffee is considered a fruit? The fruits – coffee cherries or coffee berries – most commonly contain two seeds with their flat sides together, forming a coffee ‘bean‘.

Benefits of Drinking Coffee

Coffee is considered a stimulant as it induces higher cardiac activity and increases blood pressure. At the same time, it also helps burning fat by accelerating metabolism. Its effects are most prominent between 9:30 am - 11:30 am. Caffeine can also improve sports performance and reduce muscle pain. It also supports thinking and brain activity, and is therefore the most popular work drink. And while drinking coffee is a daily ritual and a habit, the good news is that it does not cause physical dependence. There is a great number of advantages of drinking coffee, so we have prepared two amazing coffee recipes, that you will instantly fall in love with!

Recipe for a Coffee Cocktail: Blue Cool

Freshly brewed espresso
Lemon-flavoured soft drink, e.g. Sprite
Curaçao
Ice

Fill the glass, a Martini glass is perfect for this drink, with ice cubes up to the edge, fill 2/3 with the soft drink, add a shot of curaçao and finally pour in the espresso.

I Do you love iced coffee but hate when the ice melts and dilutes the coffee so much it loses any taste? Try pouring the fresh coffee (with or without milk, according to taste) into an ice form and freeze it! You can use these coffee-ice cubes in your iced coffee. It tastes great and creates a visually appealing effect.

Recipe for a Hot Cinnamon Coffee

Freshly prepared coffee
1 tablespoon cinnamon syrup
Whipped cream
Cinnamon

Pour syrup into a cup and add the freshly prepared coffee. Serve with home-made whipped cream and sprinkled with cinnamon. You can create several other variants of this drink, like using a high-quality creamy alcohol, such as Baileys.

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