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Coffee Mugs
Coffee mugs and coffee cup choices are something a serious coffee drinker doesn’t take lightly. So we make sure our selections not only hold your caffeine fix, but do it in a variety of styles and shapes.
Whether your hot drink choice is caffeinated or decaf, latte or hot chocolate, chances are you’ll find one of these coffee mugs or coffee cups is the perfect choice and will soon become your favorite.
Starbucks Travel Mugs
Starbucks travel mugs are so unique they deserve a page all of their own. These Starbucks travel mugs and tumblers are made from 18/8 stainless steel, are virtually unbreakable and all have a non-skid surface so they won’t slide around.
If you have read any of our articles, that’s exactly what we tell you to look for in a travel mug. So now when need to take your favorite Starbucks beverage with you on the road, you can do it with one of these beautiful Starbucks travel mugs.
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New York Style Cheesecake Recipe
New York style cheesecake recipes are made with cream cheese and combined with Italian cheese cakes that are made with ricotta cheese. New York style cheesecake recipes are made with a particular silky style of cream cheese which was developed in the New York area in the early 1920s.
New York style cheesecake recipes were introduced by Jewish delicatessens in New York City. Arnold Reuben Jr., owner of the legendary Turf Restaurant at 49th and Broadway in New York City, a descendant of immigrants from Germany, claimed his family developed the first cream cheese cake recipe. In 1929, Reuben’s New York style cheesecake recipe won a Gold Metal at the World’s Fair.
The qualities that make Reuben’s classic New York style cheesecake recipe is a graham cracker crust, a creamy texture, and distinct lemon flavor that is firm but light in density. Below you will find his Classic New York style cheesecake recipe.
Classic New York Cheesecake
Crust:
Heavily coat 10-inch spring form pan with cooking spray
1 1/2 cups commercial graham cracker crumbs
5 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. honey
1/4 cup sugar
Mix ingredients together with hands until well blended and crumbs appear moist. Pour into pan. With hands, spread evenly across the bottom and pat down firmly.
Filling:
5 8-ounce bars cream cheese, at room temperature
2 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. confectioners’ sugar
11/2 cups sugar
grated rind of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp. orange liqueur
3/4 tsp. vanilla
2 egg yolks at room temperature
5 eggs at room temperature
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place first five ingredients in large mixing bowl and beat on high until they are completely blended. Add vanilla and 2 yolks, and beat again. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Pour into prepared pan. Batter will fill pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
Top will be golden. Lower oven temperature to 200 degrees and bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until top browns, cake feels bouncy to the touch, and a toothpick tests clean. Cool to room temperature. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving this classic New York style cheesecake recipe.
Yield: 16-20 slices
The history of cheesecake was believed to have originated in ancient Greece. The first recorded mention of cheesecake was served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC. Centuries later cheesecake appeared in America, the recipes brought over by immigrants.
If you ask a New Yorker, the only cheesecake makers and connoisseurs are in New York. Every New York restaurant seems to have their own version of a New York style cheesecake recipe and thus the cheesecake from New York has been re-named New York cheesecake.
How Caffeine Is Extracted From Coffee Beans
Caffeine has become America’s most popular drug by far. 90% of Americans consume caffeine in one form or another every single day. Most of it comes from drinking coffee.
But if you’re a coffee lover who prefers to avoid caffeine, you can still enjoy a cup of coffee that delivers rich flavor with decaffeinated coffee.
It’s how the caffeine is extracted from coffee beans that is a mystery for most of us.
These are some of the methods currently used for decaffeinating.
Direct Contact Method
In the direct contact method the beans come directly in contact with decaffeinating agents, such as methylene chloride, after being softened by water or steam. Caffeine is removed by directly soaking the materials in the methylene chloride.
Indirect Contact Method
With the indirect contact method a water and coffee solution is used to draw off the caffeine. The solution containing the caffeine is then treated with a decaffeinating agent, such as ethyl acetate, and mixed back into the beans for reabsorption of the flavorings.
Sometimes this method is referred to as naturally decaffeinated because ethyl acetate is a chemical found naturally in many fruits.
Water Processing
This process is similar to the indirect method, except no chemicals are used. The coffee beans are soaked in hot water then the solution is passed through a carbon filter to remove the caffeine.
Swiss Water Process
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. The result is caffeine removal without removing the coffee flavors.
It’s referred to as Swiss Water Process because a Swiss company originally developed and patented the procedure.
Carbon Dioxide Processing
With this 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. This method retains the best overall flavor of all of the methods used.
Not all of the caffeine is completely removed with any of these current methods. To qualify as decaffeinated coffee in the United States, coffee must have at least 97 percent of its caffeine removed.
Coffee beans are decaffeinated before they are roasted because that’s when it has the least effect on the beans flavor.
The reason decaffeinated coffee costs more is because of the additional labor, equipment and material needed to remove the caffeine.
So what do they do with all of that caffeine? The extracted caffeine is manufactured and used mostly in medicines and soft drinks.
As an example, the caffeine content in soft drinks mainly comes from the caffeine extracted from these decaffeination processes. The kola nut accounts for less than 5 percent of the caffeine in cola drinks.
For the past 30 years scientists have done extensive research on coffee and the effects of caffeine. New research has even shown that caffeine has many positive effects.
Some of these effects include more energy, the ability to concentrate better and has even been used as an appetite suppressant.
But not all scientists agree with these findings and coffee and the effects of caffeine will continue to be thoroughly researched.
There will always be a market for decaffeinated coffee because some people just love their coffee without the caffeine buzz.
The rest of the 100 million regular coffee drinkers either love their coffee for the wonderful flavor or enjoy the effects of a caffeine boost. For most of us, I’m sure it’s a little of both.
Starbucks Coffee
Starbucks Coffee is a good start towards perfect coffee. Mix any of these blends with crystal clear water and enjoy some of the best tasting coffee on the planet. Starbucks is our most requested of all coffees and teas.
Finding and purchasing the best beans in the world is the first step that differentiates Starbucks Coffee from the rest of the coffee industry.
Starbucks Coffee is well-known for its exceptionally high quality coffees, care in selection, and expertise in roast. Each Starbucks coffee is selected for the defining qualities that distinguish its origin.
This careful selection process illustrates the passion Starbucks coffee has for buying and roasting the world’s best coffee.
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Travel Coffee Mugs
Top quality travel coffee mugs are a must when you need to take your coffee with you on the road. Keeping your coffee hot and keeping it from getting it all over you are two requirements a good travel mug should accomplish.
We search the Internet and recommend only top rated stainless steel travel coffee mugs that we know you’ll be happy with.
When you fly out of the door with one of these travel coffee mugs filled with steaming hot coffee you can be assured that your coffee will stay in the mug and will be hot and fresh until the last drop.
Applesauce Coffeecake
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix
1 2/3 cups applesauce
3 eggs
Pan – Bundt
325 degrees for 35 to 50 minutes
Special Instructions:
Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle 1 tablespoon over bottom of greased pan,
then set remainder aside. Mix cake mix, applesauce and eggs until moistened, beating
2 minutes at high speed. Reserve 2 cups of batter, then pour rest of batter in pan.
Sprinkle reserved sugar and cinnamon over batter in pan, then top with reserved batter.
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Apple Coffee Cake With Crumb Crust
2 – 3 small apples – peeled, cored and chopped
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
3/4 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pan – 9″ Round or 9-1/2″ Springform
375 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes
Special Instructions:
Use a fork to combine flour, brown sugar and butter until crumbly, then stir in nuts.
Press half of mixture into the pan to form crust. Add baking soda, cinnamon and salt to
the other half, then make a well in the center. Beat egg, sour cream and vanilla in
another bowl until smooth, put in well of crumb/flour mixture, and stir just until
combined, then fold in apples. Spread batter over crumb crust. You may need to lay a
piece of foil over the top for last 10-20 minutes of baking if the top browns too quickly.
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Apple and Cranberry Coffee Cake
4 cups unpeeled chopped apples
1 cup sugar
2 eggs (slightly beaten)
½ cup corn or canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
¾ cup butterscotch bits
1 cup broken nuts (walnuts or pecans)
1 cup chopped fresh cranberries
Pan – 2 loaf pans or 8″ or 9″ round cake pan
325 degrees for 25-30 minutes
Special Instructions:
Mix apples and sugar and set aside. Mix eggs, oil and vanilla in a separate bowl.
Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt with a fork in still another bowl.
Now combine egg mixture with apples and sugar and combine flour mixture with apple
mixture. Mix thoroughly (it’s very chunky). Add raisins, cranberries, nuts and
butterscotch bits and stir well.
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Almond Apricot Coffee Cake
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
8 ounces (1 cup) sour cream
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup slivered almonds, divided
1 (10 to 12 ounce) jar apricot preserves
Pan – 12-cup fluted tube pan
350 degrees for 55-60 minutes
Special Instructions:
Follow basic instructions to combine everything except almonds and preserves. Spread
half of batter in greased and floured pan. Sprinkle with half of almonds, then spread half
of preserves to within 1/2 inch of edges. Cover with remaining batter, then spoon
remaining preserves over batter to within 1/2 inch of edges and sprinkle with remaining
almonds. Cool in pan for 15 minutes, then carefully invert onto serving platter.
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