The Healing Powers of Coffee: A Complete Guide to Nature's Surprising Superfood - Softcover

Orey, Cal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0758273304 ISBN 13: 9780758273307

Verlag: Kensington, 2012

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A cup or two of Joe every day is a good way to boost mood, energy and overall health. --Julian Whitaker, M.D., founder of the Whitaker Wellness Institute

Wake Up To The Amazing Perks Of Coffee!

Java facts you didn't know. . .

According to legend, an Ethiopian goat herder was the first to discover the energizing benefits of the coffee bean plant centuries ago.

Drinking freshly ground coffee from whole beans can help lower the risk of heart disease, cancer (including breast, prostate and skin), cirrhosis, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease!

Coffee is the number #1 source of antioxidants in the U.S. diet.

Two antioxidants key to coffee's health buzz are chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid; and coffee boasts more antioxidants than cocoa and tea!

Coffee can relieve a host of ailments, including asthma, dental woes, gallstones, headaches, short term memory loss, muscle pain, as well as help you slim down and shape up!

Percolating with information about the world's favorite "new" health food, as well as interviews with medical doctors, researchers, and coffee roasters, this intriguing book (with a jolt of past and present coffee culture) reveals coffee types and blends, and flavored varieties (both regular and decaf), like chocolate, fruits, nuts, and spices. Discover why this potent elixir has gone from vice to virtue and how to incorporate coffee in Mediterranean-style, healthful recipes like Cappuccino Biscotti, Thai Coffee Spice Chicken Sates, Coffee Cheesecake and Maple Espresso Pudding (plus DIY espresso drinks). Also included are more than 50 home cures that fight seasonal affective disorder to fatigue, plus beauty and anti-aging treatments, and eco-friendly household uses--all made with coffee's magical beans!

"For heart, mind, and body, Cal Orey shows us why coffee is the most comforting health food on the planet." --Will Clower, Ph.D., founder and president of Mediterranean Wellness, Inc.

"Can coffee be a fountain of youth? Yes! This book can help you add years to your life." --Karlis Ullis, M.D., Medical Director of Sports Medicine and Anti-Aging Medical Group in Santa Monica, California

"This book is a wake-up call to show coffee, an emerging ancient remedy, is now the ‘newest' health food." –Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D.

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Cal Orey is an accomplished author and journalist. She has a master’s degree in English from San Francisco State University, and for three decades has written hundreds of articles for national and international magazines. She specializes in topics such as health, beauty, nutrition, relationships, science, and pets. Her books include The Healing Powers of Olive Oil, The Healing Powers of Coffee, The Healing Powers of Honey, The Healing Powers of Chocolate, The Healing Powers of Vinegar, 202 Pets’ Peeves, and Doctors’ Orders. She lives in Northern California. Readers are invited to visit her website at calorey.com, read her blog The Writing Gourmet at calorey.blogspot.com, find her on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter.

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The Healing Powers of Coffee

A Complete Guide to Nature's Surprising SuperfoodBy CAL OREY

KENSINGTON BOOKS

Copyright © 2012 Cal Orey
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-7582-7330-7

Contents

Foreword........................................................xiPreface.........................................................xvAcknowledgments.................................................xviiPART 1 A Time for Coffee........................................11. The Power of Coffee..........................................32. An Awakening of Java.........................................16PART 2 Coffee: The Magical Beans................................273. A Historical Testimony.......................................294. Where Are the Secret Ingredients?............................405. Coffee, the New Health Food..................................516. The Mediterranean Cuppa Comfort..............................60PART 3 Healing Coffees..........................................717. Types of Blends and Roasts...................................738. Flavored Coffees.............................................89PART 4 More Coffee Companions...................................1059. Sweet Mates..................................................107PART 5 The Ultimate Brew........................................11910. The Skinny Beverage.........................................12111. Antiaging Toast to Life.....................................129PART 6 Coffee Cures.............................................13712. Home Remedies from Your Kitchen.............................139PART 7 Future Coffee............................................17513. Coffee Craze: Grounds for the Household.....................17714. The Beauty of Coffee........................................18915. Specialty Coffee Connoisseurs...............................19716. Coffee Is Not Hot for Everyone..............................20817. The Joy of Cooking with Coffee..............................218PART 8 Coffee Recipes...........................................22718. Here Comes the Coffee.......................................229PART 9 Coffee Resources.........................................277Where Can You Buy Coffee?.......................................279Notes...........................................................287Selected Bibliography...........................................297

Chapter One

The Power of Coffee

Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine! —J. S. Bach, "Coffee Cantata"

More than half a century ago, I was born in a Brazilian villa sitting upon a lush green coffee tree plantation. My mother and father were third-generation migrant coffee roasters. So, I grew up in an atmosphere of a tropical delight. Playing amid the magic of coffee trees with white flowers, red berries, and green beans to cups of java was part of my Coffee World. My father, Jack, from Italy, was a hard worker out in the field overseeing the coffee workers; and my mother, Patricia, with Spanish roots, ran a charming coffee café. That is my fantasy.

In the real world as a little girl (with a big imagination) I didn't live in Brazil, nor was I raised surrounded by coffee trees (actually an evergreen shrub or plant). Back in the fifties, I was born in a suburban neighborhood in San Jose, California—a place where coffee was bought in a can at the store and percolated in an electric coffeepot. My life as I knew it was simple amid houses with white picket fences, sidewalks, and planted shrubs and flowers. It came with two parents—my father was Scottish, my mother Irish Catholic—two siblings, a dog and cat, and the music of the ice-cream man and milk bottles delivered on our doorstep. In our house there was a European-style round table, wall oven, dishwasher, and salmon-colored countertops. I was familiar with the aluminum coffeepot—a constant in my parents' world. It created a strong, familiar coffee aroma wafting into my bedroom seven days a week, including Sundays, the day I went to church.

One fall day, during the priest's sermon, I, a seven-year-old kid, was desperately trying to stay awake. My mother whispered, "Sit up," and nudged my arm. The words "ice cream" were my mantra to help pass the grueling prayers in Latin. After Holy Communion we were released and my mom treated me and my siblings to a local ice-cream parlor.

She ordered a large cup of hot, black coffee (not the kind she served to our priest when he came to dinner). My first coffee experience was in the form of ice cream. Since it was a flavor for grown-ups, I felt like I was entering the land of forbidden fruit. The cold, creamy coffee ice cream was bittersweet. The flavor intrigued me. My taste buds didn't love it; in my mind I liked it. This event began a Sunday ritual. I was hooked on coffee ice cream (maybe it was the caffeine), which ignited my journey into Coffee World.

These days, coffee has a place in my grown-up life as I know it. I wasn't raised on a coffee plantation, but coffee did have a way of permeating its way into my run-of-the-mill life in suburbia—a place where it looked perfect but it was a place from which I yearned to escape to an exciting world. And I got a taste of coffee and its healing powers throughout the years of growing up and blossoming like a young coffee plant with potential to branch out and away from its farm.

Today, I sit here in my mountain cabin, like a coffee tree on a high mountain elevation, and I feel the spirit of the fruitful plant as I work on The Healing Powers of Coffee. My kitchen is chock-full of coffees—all kinds—as I scrutinize each one like it is a new, exotic fish in an aquarium. I am discovering the powers of coffee, and a world I've called Coffee World that I want to share with you.

Java Jolt: Nature's Surprise

As legend has it, nature's amazing coffee tree—a member of the Rubiaceae family (genus Coffea)—was first discovered in Ethiopia. Its magical healing powers made eyes open up in Arabia. Then, coffee via man made its journey from country to country, including Turkey, North Africa, and Persia, southern India, and the Balkan states, into Europe, and eventually the United States. As time passed, coffee had made its place throughout the world. And nature's miracle brew continues to surprise people with its plethora of healing virtues.

The first coffee bean (among Turkish rugs and silks) was noted in 1615 in the trade center of Venice. When Pope Clement VIII tasted the coffee, he described it as "heavenly." This declaration upset Italian Christian leaders who claimed it to be "satanic." So, the devil's brew continued to make a controversial presence from the past into even the present day.

Meanwhile, coffee lovers can and do enjoy a variety of coffee beverages—from a simple mug of American roast and espresso-based drinks, such as a cappuccino or latte enriched with milk, to flavored coffees and special blends from regions around the world.

Coffee Plants in a Bean Shell

Welcome to the coffee plant, a member of the Rubiaceae family (genus Coffea). Technically speaking, the three most popular species of coffee grown commercially are arabica, robusta, and liberica (similar to robusta). Coffee drinkers, about 75 percent, take to arabica, which is mild, aromatic, and has less caffeine than robusta. The other 25 percent drink robusta (not as high quality as arabica), which is intense and bitter tasting but boasts more caffeine power. Its main use is for its role...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kensington
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0758273304
• ISBN 13: 9780758273307
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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