all about coffee

So, this is the scond post in food category.. Coffee... I bet, not so many girls like coffee, but they will go to the famous coffee cafe at Starbucks... Ehem.. why do they so?

Hi and welcome to Coffee Info!

I try to post as much useful information about coffee here as possible. Coffee is the second biggest industry in the world at the moment, bigger than tabaco and alcohol. We all know why… because it’s so good! We drink about 2 billion cups of coffee in the world every day so we must be doing something right. But… there is much to learn!

Coffee beans come from 2 coffee plants called Arabica and Robusta. These plants grow best in an area know as the Bean Belt, the band around the earth in between the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. Coffee beans are usually mixed together to create a coffee blend. Different flavours are blended together to create one good mixture of coffee beans from different origins. Flavours of coffee beans are very complex and conditions like region, soils, country, altitudes, amount of rain and sunshine, and processing of the coffee beans all affect the flavour of the beans.

How much caffeine?

How much caffeine is there in the most popular drinks? See the table below for more info.
Product Caffeine Content
Regular coffee (drip method, 5 oz) 60 – 180 mg
Regular coffee (percolated, 5 oz) 40 – 170 mg
Regular coffee (instant, 5 oz) 30 – 120 mg
Decaffeinated coffee (drip method, 5 oz) 2 – 5 mg
Decaffeinated coffee (instant, 5 oz) 1 – 5 mg
Espresso (1 oz) 30 – 50 mg (1 oz)
Tea, loose or bags (5 oz) 20 – 90 mg
Iced Tea (12 oz) 67 – 76 mg
Hot Cocoa (5 oz) 2 – 20 mg
Coca Cola (12 oz) 46 mg
Pepsi (12 oz) 38 mg
Milk chocolate (1 oz) 1 – 15 mg

Source: US Food and Drug Administration and National Soft Drink Association

So, do you rather just drink Pepsi and Cola other than Coffee that has antioxidant in the coffee???

health info refer to chocolate....

So, we move on to the second sub topic which is refer to the food that give us blissful when we eat it. It is depends on the people on what they like to eat but usually people do likes chocolate. Believe me that, especially girls out there. So, boys just give chocolate for the present, no doubt they will like it. So, little bit info about dark chocolate that give us lots of benefits, other than just give us blissful nad cheer up in life.


Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?
Of course chocolate is made from plants, which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids, which act as antioxidants. What is antioxidants? Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Dark chocolate contains a large number of antioxidants (nearly 8 times the number found in strawberries). So, which one better? Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the production of nitric oxide, and balance certain hormones in the body.
Dark chocolate is good for your heart. A small bar of it everyday can help keep your heart and cardiovascular system running well. Two heart health benefits of dark chocolate are:

•Lower Blood Pressure: Studies have shown that consuming a small bar of dark chocolate everyday can reduce blood pressure in individuals with high blood pressure.
•Lower Cholesterol: Dark chocolate has also been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) by up to 10 percent.

Then, what are YOU say when you read this? Well, we heard lots of story about chocolate that have fats and so on... is it just a myth?
Here is some more good news, some of the fats in chocolate do not impact your cholesterol. The fats in chocolate are 1/3 oleic acid, 1/3 stearic acid and 1/3 palmitic acid: What is that?

•Oleic Acid is a healthy monounsaturated fat that is also found in olive oil.
•Stearic Acid is a saturated fat but one which research is shows has a neutral effect on cholesterol.
•Palmitic Acid is also a saturated fat, one which raises cholesterol and heart disease risk.
That means only 1/3 of the fat in dark chocolate is bad for you.

Still afraid about having chocolate? Here's some tips..
Chocolate Tip - Balance the Calories:
This information doesn't mean that you should eat a pound of chocolate a day. Chocolate is still a high-calorie, high-fat food. Most of the studies done used no more than 100 grams, or about 3.5 ounces, of dark chocolate a day to get the benefits.

One bar of dark chocolate has around 400 calories. If you eat half a bar of chocolate a day, you must balance those 200 calories by eating less of something else. Cut out other sweets or snacks and replace them with chocolate to keep your total calories the same.

So, don't afraid about chocolate. Just have it without any hesitation, but beware don't take it too much... Enjoy your chocolate... What is your favourite chocolate? for me....???

JASON MRAZ - IM YOURS

Jasom Mraz

i'm yours is the first single released from the album we sing.We dance.We steal thing.the singer was Jason Mraz and this is his third studio album.The song was originally released on a limited edition,called extra creadit as a demo in 2005.This song was performed to promote his second album before.I'm yours was nominated for Grammy award for song of The year at the 51st Grammy award.I'm yours music vedio was taken at 8 different place in 3 minutes song.

The song actually not refering to a girl.You can refer it to a some that you like but not Jason Mraz.It was about his derotion to Hwaii.That what was his vedio clip about H was an impulsive decision but he can't waiting longer to be in his paradise.Living in the moment and living in harmony with other message he try convey.
Overall of the story is the singer was pressure by the fast paced world of where he was before and wants to get back to hawaii at all cost.

music and life

LOVE STORY

The famous writer and singer born in UK, Taylor Swift that already famous with her hit single song 'Love Story'. Taylor Alison Swift was born on december 13, 1989. She has the previous album and single named Tim McGraw. Eventhough, the previous single was not that hit like 'Love Story'. The latest album was Fearless and Love Story was the first hit on September 12, 2008. The Fearless album was out on November 11, 2008. The album debuted #1 on the billboard 200 in US. It is sales 592,304 worldwide copies and were the highest debut of any country artist in 2008. The writer and the composer for the song was herself anyway. She added, 'the Love Story was accompanied by music video that based on the Romeo and Juliet'. Love Story was her first International Hit eventhough she has the debut with the previous album, Tim McGraw. Love Story making her own history by surpassing senior country singer, LeAnn Rimes with the country song, 'How Do I Live' by 1 million copies. Love Story become the first country crossover recording to hit number one on the Nielsen BDS top 40 chart.

For the chart week of September 27, 2008, it debuted at number 25 on the Billboard, becoming Swift's the highest debuting song on that chart in her career ever. For the chart week of November 22, 2008, it became her third number one on the Hot Country Songs chart. On the Billboard Top 100, the song debuted at number 16 making it Swift's fourth-highest debut on that chart in her career and peaked at number four. It has also become her second biggest airplay hit peaking at number two on the Billboard Top 100 Airplay chart and number one on the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay chart.

The song is a mid-tempo, accompanied by guitar. In the lyrics, the narrator alludes to Romeo and Juliet and poem, The Scarlett Letter to describe a lover whom her father will not let her see. In the end, however, the father and the lover proposes to the female character. Swift has repeatedly mentioned in interviews that the song was written around the lyrics, "This love is difficult, but it's real"

LOVE STORY LYRICS FOR YOU GUYS.....

We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know

That you were Romeo
You were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go

And I said
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby, just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes, escape this town for a little while

Oh, oh, oh

'Cause you were Romeo,
I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go

And I said
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby, just say yes

Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story, baby, just say yes

I got tired of waiting, wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town

And I said
Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head, I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and he pulled out a ring
And said

Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, you'll pick out a white dress
It's a love story, baby, just say yes

Oh, oh, oh, oh

We were both young when I first saw you