No doubt sipping a strong cup of coffee can help do away with drowsiness, but can the aroma of the beverage also perform the same task? Well, Japanese scientists say yes, it may.
Dr Yoshinori Masuo of the National Institute of Industrial Science in Japan carried out tests on sleep-starved rats, and found the aroma-boosted genes that produce chemicals in the brain to fight fatigue and sleep deprivation.
He said that the aroma of coffee also boosted genes that control anxiety, and made the rats less stressed.
"Many of the genes have human equivalents," the Mirror quoted him as saying.
Dr. Masuo revealed that his team was planning studies to identify the chemicals in coffee aroma that cause such effects.
He said that such research efforts might give rise to a potential new approach to liven up tired workers who would not have time for a coffee
JUST IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THE WORLD OF COFFEE??? BOTH COFFEE LOVERS AND BUYERS....THE COFFEE COMPANIES............THERE MIGHT COME A DAY WHEN YOU HAVE COFFEE INTERACTIVE SITES WITH SMELL RELEASERS......SO GET READY TO GET THE SMELL OF FRESHLY BREWED COFFEE........AS U PERUSE YOUR MAIL EARLY IN THE MORNING...AND NO HASSLES OF SWITCHING ON THE PERCOLATER.......
Thought i'd share some of my favourite coffee recipes with you guys.......
Cafe Au Lait ( Coffee with Milk )
Ingredients:
1 c Milk
1 c Light cream
3 tb Instant coffee
2 c Boiling water
How To:
Over low heat or in double boiler, heat milk and cream till hot. Meanwhile, dissolve coffee
in boiling water. Before serving, beat milk mixture with rotary beater-till foamy. Pour milk
mixture into one warmed pitcher or server, and coffee in another. To serve: Fill cups from
both pitchers at the same time, making the streams meet en route. Makes 6 servings.
Buttered Rum Coffee
Ingredients:
1/3 c Ground coffee
1/4 ts Freshly ground nutmeg
1 1/4 ts Rum extract
1/8 ts Liquid butter flavouring
How To:
Place coffee and nutmeg in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade. In a cup,
combine remaining ingredients. With processor running, add flavorings. Stop processor
and scrape sides of container with a spatula. Process 10 seconds longer. Store in a
refrigerator. Yields: Mix for eight 6-ounce servings
Black Forest Coffee
Ingredients:
6 oz Fresh brewed coffee
2 tb Chocolate syrup
1 tb Maraschino cherry juice
Whipped cream
Shaved chocolate/chips
Maraschino cherries
How To:
Combine coffee, chocolate syrup, and cherry juice in a cup; mix well. Top with whipped
cream, chocolate shavings and a cherry.
Arabian Coffee
Ingredients:
1/2 litre (about 1 pint) water
3 tablespoons coffee
3 tablespoons (or more) sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Cardamom
1 teaspoon vanilla or vanilla sugar
How To:
Mix all ingredients in a saucepan and heat until foam gathers on top. Do not pass through
a filter. Stir it up before you serve it.
Cafe Cappuccino
Ingredients:
1/2 c Instant coffee
3/4 c Sugar
1 c Nonfat dry milk
1/2 ts Dried orange peel
How To:
Crush in mortar and pestle
Use 2 T. for each cup of hot water
Cafe Con Miel
Ingredients:
2 c Prepared coffee, (fresh, instant, or decaf)
1/2 c Milk
4 tb HONEY, more or less to taste
1/8 ts Cinnamon
Dash nutmeg or allspice
Dash vanilla
How To:
Heat ingredients in a saucepan, but do not boil. Stir well to combine. Serve as a light
dessert.
Cafe De Ola
Ingredients:
8 c Water
2 sm Cinnamon sticks
3 Whole cloves
4 oz Dark brown sugar
1 Square semisweet chocolate or Mexican chocolate
4 oz Ground coffee
How To:
Bring the water to a boil, then add the cinnamon, cloves, sugar, and chocolate. When the
liquid comes to a boil again, skim off any foam. Reduce the heat to low and make sure the
liquid does not boil. Add the coffee, and let it steep for 5 minutes. Serve the coffee in an
earthenware pot with a ladle.
Cafe' Mexicano
Ingredients:
1 oz Coffee liqueur
1 ts Chocolate syrup
1 ea Hot coffee
1/2 oz Brandy
1 ea Dash ground cinnamon
1 ea Sweetened whipped cream
How To:
Combine coffee liqueur, brandy, chocolate syrup and cinnamon in a coffee cup or mug. Fill
to the top with hot coffee. Top with whipped cream.
Cafe Royale
Ingredients:
3/4 c Hot Strong Coffee
4 ts Brandy
1 Sugar Cube
How To:
Pour coffee into warmed mug. Float 2 teaspoons brandy on coffee. Put remaining 2
teaspoons brandy into a tablespoon with sugar cube. Warm spoon over hot coffee. With a
match, carefully ignite brandy in teaspoon. Slowly lower spoon into coffee to ignite floating
brandy. Wait 1 minute after flame has died before drinking.
Cafe Vienna Look-alike
Ingredients:
1/2 c Instant coffee
2/3 c Sugar
2/3 c Non-fat dry milk
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 pn Cloves
1 pn Allspice
1 pn Nutmeg
How To:
Blend in blender until very fine powder. Use 2 teaspoons per cup
Cappuccino Shake
Ingredients:
1 c Skim milk
1 1/2 ts Instant coffee
2 pk artificial sweetener
2 dr Brandy or rum flavouring
1 ds Cinnamon
How To:
In a blender, combine milk, coffee, sweetener and extract. Blend until coffee is dissolved.
Serve with a dash of cinnamon. For a hot drink, pour into a mug and heat in a microwave.
Chocolate Almond Coffee
Ingredients:
1/3 c Ground coffee
¼ ts Freshly ground nutmeg
½ ts Chocolate extract
½ ts Almond extract
¼ c Toasted almonds, chopped
How To:
Process nutmeg and coffee, add extracts. Process 10 seconds longer. Place in bowl and stir
in almonds. Store in refrigerator. Makes 8 six ounce servings. To brew: Place mix in filter
of an automatic drip coffee maker. Add 6 cups water and brew
Chocolate Coffee
Ingredients:
2 tb Instant coffee
1/4 c Sugar
1 ds Salt
1 oz Squares unsweetened chocolate
1 c Water
3 c Milk
Whipped cream
How To:
In saucepan combine coffee, sugar, salt, chocolate, and water; stir over low heat until
chocolate has melted. Simmer 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk, stirring
constantly until heated. When piping hot, remove from heat and beat with rotary beater
until mixture is frothy. Pour into cups and sail a dollop of whipped cream on the surface of
each. Makes 6 servings.
Creamy Iced Coffee
Ingredients:
1 c Chilled brewed coffee, made double-strength
2 tb Confectioners' sugar (rounded tablespoons)
3 c Chopped ice
How To:
Combine the coffee, sugar, and ice, and blend until creamy.
Creamy Irish Coffee
Ingredients:
4 c Strong fresh coffee
1/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Irish whiskey
1 c whipping cream
2 tb Sugar
2 tb Irish whiskey
How To:
Place 4 cups of strong fresh coffee in a saucepan with 1/4 cup of sugar, or to taste. Add 1/2
cup Irish Whiskey and heat thoroughly but do not boil. (Scotch, Bourbon or other
whiskeys could be used.) Meanwhile whip 1 cup whipping cream until light. Beat in 2 tb
each of sugar and Irish whiskey. Pour coffee into mugs or goblets and pipe or spoon
flavoured cream on top.
Flavoured Coffees (mocha)
Ingredients:
1/4 c Powder non-dairy creamer
1/3 c Sugar
2 tb Cocoa
1/4 c Dry instant coffee
How To:
Place all ingredients in mixer, beat at high until well blended. Mix 1 & 1/2 TB mix w/ 3/4
cup hot water. Store in air tight jar.
Homemade Coffee Liqueur
Ingredients:
4 c Sugar
1/2 c Instant coffee
3 c ;Water
1/4 ts Salt
1 1/2 c Vodka, high-proof
3 tb Vanilla
How To:
Combine sugar and water; boil till sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to simmer & simmer 1
hour. LET COOL. Stir in vodka & vanilla. Pour up.
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