Coffee Bean Direct Blog

About Decaf

Monday, October 5th, 2009

I’ve been hearing a lot of questions lately about decaf coffee and the differences in decaffeination processes. So, I figured I would take the time to clear a few things up. (more…)

What Happened to Coffee?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Hey Everybody,

In my most recent internet quest in search of nuggets of wisdom for you guys, I came across a really great blog post. I was going to try and summarize it, but I felt it best to just let you guys read it for yourselves. It’s a post that touches on the importance of small specialty coffee roasters called “What Happened to Coffee?” So, thanks Coffee Break and Review… I couldn’t have said it better myself! Here’s the link!
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Who ordered the skimpaccino?

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Have you guys heard about this dude in Washington who is attempting to boost sales at his coffee shop by having his barristas sport bikini tops? Yikes! We all know sex sells, but you know what else sells… GOOD COFFEE. And if you make it they will come…
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Cool Stuff

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Hey Everybody,

Today a customer ordered our smoked coffee with the intentions of making her own smoked porter… um that’s pretty flippin’ cool, right? So, that lead us to Google things like ‘coffee and beer’ and ‘how to make beer in a coffee pot’. We found a few cool techniques that seemed way to complex to even try… have any of you tried something like this? Was is successful? What did you make? How did you do it?!
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Single serving coffee pods…

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Oh hey everybody!

So, I’ve been noticing that these single serving coffee pods are becoming quite popular these days… WHY!?
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The Coffee Cup News Review

Friday, August 28th, 2009

So, about a month ago I sent a few samples of our coffee to Jason Coffee (yes, it’s his real name… I think) of The Coffee Cup News. Finally, after weeks of anticipation Jason posted his review on YouTube. Here is what he had to say…
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Thanks for Reading Giveaway

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

4
10

Timestamp: 2009-08-07 15:00:55 UTC

Congratulations to Madeline and Andy!
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Coffee Cake Recipe

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

So, I was wandering around the office yesterday, looking for inspiration for a new post, when I stumbled across a citrus cream cheese coffee cake recipe on the back of a Jack Frost Sugar package. “Huzzah!” I thought to myself. I grabbed the package, took it to my desk and immediately began jotting down the recipe. Much to my surprise there is no actual coffee in coffee cake (apparently everyone else in the office knew this), which came as a huge let down because I have a whole pound of espresso waiting at home to be used in a recipe. But, oh well, coffee cake goes with coffee and we have plenty that around here, so I decided to carry on with the project.
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CBD Look-A-Likes

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

It was brought to my attention yesterday that two of our employees here at CBD look like Muppets!

This is how it went down…
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Irish Coffee

Monday, July 13th, 2009

This past week I had the opportunity to travel to Ireland and I must say that it was the trip of a lifetime! The people were friendly and the scenery was breathtaking… I would definitely like to go back some day.

But, enough about that let’s get to the topic at hand… Irish coffee! (more…)