Have you ever wondered how a blind person pours water in a glass without spilling? How about filling it 3/4? Use your finger to feel? How about if the water is hot?
This coffee mug has the answer to it. It uses 3 indicative levels on the handle and liquid-level sensors within the mug. The blind people only need to choose their levels and keep pouring till the bell sounds.
North Americans are usually turned off by that last bit of wet, dark grinds found at the bottom of a coffee mug. While most Europeans treat the last sip of coffee as an extra end treat of concentrated goodness. Designer Sunman Kwon has found a new reason to drink your coffee to the last drop. By incorporating a cleverly concealed symbolic message in his coffee mug, your journey to the bottom of your cup becomes a journey into the universal language of love. Acting like a slow strip tease of affection, this message of love is only fully revealed after you have consumed your entire cup of caffeine, giving you new carnal ideas to channel your fresh burst of energy.
This week was more about irregular coffee machines, like the The Hourglass Coffee Maker, the Kahve Coffee Maker and the Handpresso. Also as a concept we covered the Nespresso portable coffee machine and made the first review on this blog about the DeLonghi KG39 Grinder.
We also learned more about how to make a perfect Irish Coffee and how to start your own coffee shop. For the coffee roasters the article about the aromas lost after coffee has been ground for 30 minutes was very interesting and may get continued in the future.
Next week i will definitely have two reviews about both the Bumper professional tamping stand and the knockbox.
Two German scientists, Klaus Sedlbauer and his colleague Herbert Sinnesbichler were wondering how to solve the problem of your coffee never having the perfect temperature when you drink it. Wether it’s to hot or to cold, they have it figured out for you. Using PCM (Phase Changing Materials) they created a coffee mug that absorbs the heat of your freshly brewed coffee immediately. When this happens the PCM turns liquid and stores the warmth of your coffee. Then slowly, it brings down to the optimal temperature which for coffee is 58 degrees Celsius. Under ideal conditions it can keep your coffee at this perfect temperature for 20-30 minutes.
For more information visit www.bookofjoe.com
In Seattle, Washington, Lori Bowden, an entrepreneur, has found the answer. Her company, Cowgirls Espresso, is a coffee drive-trough kiosk company. She knew her coffee kiosks were have to stand out in Seattle, due to the sheer number of them. So she painted the espresso kiosks white, and covered them in big, eye-catching black cow spots. Then, one unusually hot summer, an employee asked if she could wear a bikini on wednesday to stay cool. Since then, they have discovered an entirely new niche coffeemarket. Lori Bowden, which now owns up to 10 different kiosks has continued to use this wonderfull idea and exploit it.
Now, every employee which is hired is a well-looking female with just the minimum clothing required by law. Based on a different theme every day, the employees have to dress up differently.
There is Military monday, Cowgirls tuesday, Bikini wednesday, School Girls thursday and Fantasy friday. This last one, Fantasy friday, is the most beloved one. The employees can wear whatever they want and even give the customers an input on what they’ll wear. The concept has been very popular since then.
For more info visit Cowgirlsespresso.com
Oxidative stress is involved in many neurodegenerative processes leading to age-related cognitive decline. Coffee, a widely consumed beverage, is rich in many bioactive components, including polyphenols with antioxidant potential. In this study, regular and decaffeinated samples of both roasted and green coffee all showed high hydrophilic antioxidant activity in vitro, whereas lipophilic antioxidant activities were on average 30-fold higher in roasted than in green coffee samples. In primary neuronal cell culture, pretreatment with green and roasted coffees (regular and decaffeinated) protected against subsequent H2O2-induced oxidative stress and improved neuronal cell survival (green coffees increased neuron survival by 78%, compared to 203% by roasted coffees). All coffee extracts inhibited ERK1/2 activation, indicating a potential attenuating effect in stress-induced neuronal cell death. Interestingly, only roasted coffee extracts inhibited JNK activation, evidencing a distinctive neuroprotective benefit. Analysis of coffee phenolic compounds revealed that roasted coffees contained high levels of chlorogenic acid lactones (CGLs); a significant correlation between CGLs and neuroprotective efficacy was observed (R2 = 0.98). In conclusion, this study showed that roasted coffees are high in lipophilic antioxidants and CGLs, can protect neuronal cells against oxidative stress, and may do so by modulation of the ERK1/2 and JNK signaling pathways.