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Perfect Coffees.Com Newsletter Issue #34

November 1, 2006

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In This Issue
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=> How Gevalia Coffee Offer Works
=> Feature Article
=> Recipe Of The Month
=> Coffee Trivia
=> Looking For A Coffee Maker?
=> Contact Us

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How Gevalia Coffee Offer Works
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You've probably heard about the Gevalia Coffee offer with a free coffee maker but may not be sure how it works. So here is a simple explanation.
For new members of Gevalia Kaffee, all you have to do is try two pounds of Gevalia Coffee and receive a free 12-cup programmable Gevalia coffee maker as a special gift.

Then approximately every six weeks you will receive additional shipments of Gevalia coffee, which are four ½ lb packages.

Gevalia coffee offers you the opportunity to cancel this arrangement any time after receiving your introductory shipment without obligation to accept any further shipments.

The free Gevalia coffee maker is yours to keep regardless of your decision. You may also select different blends or types of coffee and change the frequency of your shipments at any time.

But what if you only want to try Gevalia Coffee and not join their coffee club? PerfectCoffees.com offers you all Gevalia coffees for individual purchase without having to join the Gevalia coffee club at http://www.perfectcoffees.com/gevalia.html.

So whether you are looking for a special gift for a coffee lover and choose the Gevalia coffee offer with the free Gevalia coffee maker or just want to experience a truly wonderful coffee with no strings attached, Gevalia Coffee is a perfect choice.

Gevalia Coffee

Gevalia Coffee Offer with coffeemaker

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Feature Article
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Is Decaf Coffee Caffeine Free?

Many people drink decaf coffee because caffeine makes them jittery or keeps them awake. Other people have been advised by their doctor to stay away from caffeine because of a medical condition. But if you buy decaf coffee, does that mean it's caffeine free?

Most decaf coffees are not totally caffeine free even though they have far less caffeine than a cup of regular coffee. To qualify as decaffeinated coffee in the United States, coffee must have at least 97 percent of its caffeine removed.

That means around 5 milligrams of caffeine are still left in a 6 ounce cup of decaf coffee compared to the 100 to 150 milligrams in 6 ounces of regular coffee. Tea has much less caffeine than coffee, so most decaf tea has even less caffeine than decaf coffee.

If you are a label reader, you'll notice that coffee is sold as decaffeinated rather than caffeine free. That's because decaffeinated means that the caffeine has been removed where as caffeine free means no caffeine.

There are several methods currently used for decaffeinating coffee. The direct contact method is where the beans come directly in contact with decaffeinating agents, such as methylene chloride, after being softened by water or steam.

The indirect contact method involves a water and coffee solution that is used to draw off the caffeine. The solution containing the caffeine is treated with a chemical found naturally in many fruits called ethyl acetate, and mixed back into the beans for reabsorption of the flavorings.

With the water processing method, the coffee beans are soaked in hot water then the solution is passed through a carbon filter to remove the caffeine.

In the Swiss Water Process method, the caffeine is still extracted with carbon filters but the beans soak in hot water that is saturated with coffee flavor. This method keeps more of the coffee flavors intact.

With the carbon dioxide method, the beans are soaked with water-softened materials in highly compressed carbon dioxide. The small caffeine molecules are extracted from the beans allowing the larger flavor molecules to remain untouched.

So what do they do with all of that caffeine? The extracted caffeine is manufactured and used mostly in medicines and soft drinks. The caffeine content in soft drinks mostly comes from the caffeine extracted from these decaffeination processes.

Many people drink decaf coffee just because they love the taste of coffee and don't want the effects of caffeine. Even though there is a slight amount of caffeine left after the decaffeination process, it's usually too small to even notice.

Gourmet Decaf Coffee

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Recipe Of The Month
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Pumpkin Coffee Cake

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/4 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 3/4 cup solid-pack canned pumpkin
1 egg, beaten lightly
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
For the streusel topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup butter
2 tsp cinnamon 1 cup chopped nuts

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 325F.
Cream together butter, 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla.
Beat in 3 eggs.
Combine flour, baking soda and powder, and add to the butter mixture along with the sour cream.
In another mixing bowl, mix pumpkin, 1 beaten egg, 1/3 cup sugar and pumpkin pie spice.
In a 13x9 baking pan, pour half the plain batter, then half the pumpkin batter, then half the streusel.
Repeat layers, making sure to end with the streusel. Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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Coffee Trivia
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Frederick the Great punished anyone in his army caught drinking a cup of coffee.

Roasting time for coffee is usually from ten to twenty minutes.

Coffee plants first were cultivated in Brazil as a result of seedlings smuggled from Paris in 1727.

Coffee plantations are normally situated in the altitude range of 984-6562 feet around the Equator.

In the 1800s, competitive swimmers in the Netherlands used caffeine to go faster.

October 1st is the official Coffee Day in Japan.

The Arabs started to cultivate coffee plants in the 14th century.

Coffee beans are decaffeinated before they are roasted because that's when it has the least effect on the beans flavor.

A Hoshidona is a patio for drying coffee unique to Kona.

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Looking For
A Coffee Maker?
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Our sister web site to Perfect Coffees.com Best-Coffee-Makers-Online.com allows you to easily shop by brand and compare coffee makers to purchase exactly what you're looking for at great values.

Isn't it hard to believe that it's time to think about Christmas shopping again? Coffee makers make perfect gifts so remember the coffee lover on your Christmas list.

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