“Cupids cupcakes”

Easy to make coffee frosting is perfect to add to the top of home-made or store bought brownies, cookies or cupcakes! Bring the tasty treats to any Valentines Day social function.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon freshly ground coffee

¼ cup of milk

½ cup Ghirardelli sweet chocolate peppermint cocoa

4 cups confectioners’ sugar

6 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons vanilla

Blend all ingredients until smooth, then use as icing. Add whole flavored coffee beans and sliced raspberries as decoration on top of the dessert!

 

“Double the chocolate, double the love-hot cocoa”

For your co-workers, customers or students we have something simple, beautiful and sure to please everyone!

Dip the rim of a mug into heavy cream and then into a sugar and cinnamon mixture.  Fill the mug with Ghirardelli double chocolate hot cocoa and hot water or fill with your favorite CoffeeAM gourmet coffee. Top with whipped cream and red-hot candies for a gorgeous presentation!

 

“Espresso your love!”

Wake up the one you love by serving this tempting espresso beverage in bed!

Steam 8 ounces of milk. Pour in 2 shots of espresso Prima from CoffeeAM

add 1 1/2 oz of Monin sugar free hazelnut syrup. Top with whip cream and sprinkled chocolate and serve with a side of fresh sliced strawberries in the shape of a heart.

 

“Smoothie smooches”

Here is one for the kiddos… After all, they are the love of your life!

In a blender, add to 7 ounces of Raspberry Maui smoothie; add 8 ounces of ice, 2 bananas and ½ cup of their favorites wheat, oat or granola cereal.  Blend until smooth and serve.  Top with blueberries and fresh raspberries and sprinkle with Ghirardelli sweet chocolate peppermint!

 

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Irish crème Cocoa

This delight is sure to warm your body and your soul! What a treat to share at the office or with close friends!

In a small saucepan, whisk together 3 oz Ghirardelli double chocolate hot cocoa mix, 3 cups gourmet coffee, ¼ cup half and half cream, 2 tablespoons Flavorganics Irish crème syrup, until cocoa powder is dissolved.  Heat through and pour into coffee mugs.  Top with fresh whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Mighty Magnificent Mocha

Beautiful, yet easy enough to whip up when those surprise guests pop in. This mocha treat is one you can enjoy all winter long!

In a sauce pan, combine 6 cups of gourmet hot coffee, ¾ cup half and half cream, 6 tablespoons Ghirardelli chocolate sauce, and 7 teaspoons sugar.  Cook while stirring over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and it is heated through.  Pour into six individual coffee mugs and top with fresh whipped cream and sprinkle with Ghirardelli cocoa.

Eggnog coffee creation

Warm and inviting, this smooth and delightful coffee beverage is incredibly comforting.  All the traditional flavors of the holiday are combined to bring you this easy to make beverage to share with friends and family.  Ready in minutes, its perfect for guests that drop in to wish you a Happy New Year!

Pour ½ cup freshly roasted gourmet coffee into a coffee mug.  Fill remainder of mug with hot eggnog. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with nutmeg. Garnish with cinnamon stick

Perky Peppermint mocha

Add a little zing to your Mocha with the fresh clean flavor of peppermint! Monin syrups are like nothing you’ve ever had before, with flavor that is clean and true, you’ll be surprised at all the recipes you find yourself adding a splash!

In a saucepan with 6 cups freshly brewed gourmet coffee, melt 4 squares semi-sweet baking chocolate.  When chocolate is melted, add 1 ½ cup hot milk and 1 tablespoon Monin peppermint syrup and stir until blended. Pour into coffee mugs and garnish with a candy cane!

Bejeweled Butterscotch coffee

Watch your guests faces as you serve them this beautiful beverage, perfect for a tall clear glass, with the decoration on top! “Wow” is the reaction you are sure to get with this surprisingly easy recipe.  Go for it!  Add a little something special to your dessert coffee and enjoy the responses…we won’t tell them how easy it was!

Melt ½ cup of butterscotch chips, stirring occasionally. Fill pastry or plastic bag with melted chips and insert #4 round tip or cut a corner in your baggie.  Pipe out a holiday design/word (which will set onto the whipped cream toping later) onto wax paper and refrigerate 10 minutes or until set.

In a large bowl, combine 8 cups freshly brewed gourmet coffee & ½ cup butterscotch chips until melted. Stir in ½ cup half and half and pour into coffee mugs.  Top with homemade whipped cream and place set ornament on top!

Don’t forget to have a couple flavors of Monin syrup in the house!  A little splash of Monin peppermint or gingerbread flavored syrup in something as simple as club soda can make for a refreshing holiday treat! Espresso, caramel and white chocolate drizzled over angle food cake, brownies, Tortuga Rum cakes or even cookies turns ordinary into extraordinary!

Make sure to check out the wintertime flavored coffee list to keep you in the holiday spirit everyday. For your lucky family and friends, there is also a selection of gourmet coffee gifts!

Happy Holiday!

 

 

Gourmet coffee baskets, Coffee of the month clubs and Gift certificates…varying from a little something nice, to an eye-popping presentation, are a unique idea for guaranteed gift giving success.

Check out these gift-giving ideas

Coffee of the month club:

Here’s how it works: Choose the Grind-Type and Coffee Type and every 3rd Friday of the month, we ship 2 different one-pound bags of fresh-roasted premium coffee right to the home or office of your choice. Satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! Explore exotic coffees from around the globe! Only $19.95 + shipping per month. No obligation! You may cancel at any time. This is the gift that keeps on giving!

Gourmet Coffee samplers:

CoffeeAM gourmet coffee sampler packs are a great way to introduce your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers to the world of specialty coffee. Our sample packs give them the ability to explore the world of coffee with a variety of flavored or traditional single origin coffees. Half or full 1 lb bags, these generous sized packs contain samples of the finest coffee the world has to offer.

Holiday coffee gift baskets:

Gourmet coffee is a luxury, but it doesn’t have to come with a lavish price tag. Check out the huge selection that will fit your needs at a price you can afford. CoffeeAM gourmet gift baskets are beautifully wrapped and at your request can be shipped directly to the lucky recipient. Always an exceptional gift of elegance, CoffeeAM can create custom holiday coffee gift baskets for a minimum order of only 10 or more. Perpetually going the extra mile to please you, our customer service department will gladly ship each coffee gift basket directly to its destination simply by having you email us a list of addresses. CoffeeAM guarantees convenience, excellent customer service, prompt and dependable shipping, all with the simple click of a button.

These gourmet coffee gift baskets are prepared the day you call to ensure the freshest premium coffee possible. Imagine tearing open the cellophane, and that gourmet aroma hitting you in the face…. Mmmm!

CoffeeAM.com Gift Certificates:

Sent directly to the recipient via email, you can customize your gift certificate with a personalized message of your choice. Your recipient will receive the custom email and a Gift Certificate Code to be entered at checkout from CoffeeAM 2-3 days after you place the order. No more worries about losing a printable gift certificate, or getting a restaurant gift certificate that they may not enjoy. With choices from Gourmet coffees, herbal teas, hot cocoa or new beverage equipment for the home, there is something for everyone at CoffeeAM. It’s just that easy and convenient!

CoffeeAM.com gourmet gifts and gift baskets are not only unique but are the perfect symbol of appreciation, friendship or affection. Shop around; we’ve got what you are looking for! Freshly roasted Coffees and gourmet Teas are gifts that are always in good taste!

The personal shoppers in the CoffeeAM customer service department specialize in designing custom gifts, or sending multiple gifts to multiple locations – call them at 1-800-803-7774. All the arrangements are made to make your gift giving easy and effortless, that’s the CoffeeAM gift to you! The CoffeeAM.com online store is open 24 hours or you can call our toll free number 1-800-803-7774 to speak with a live, friendly CoffeeAM operator Monday Through Friday from 8:30am to 5:30pm EST.

Happy Holiday!

CoffeeAM.com has a complete line of gourmet syrup flavors, from all-time American favorites like Vanilla to exotic choices like Swiss Chocolate and Kiwi syrup, and everything in between. These coffee syrups are fantastic for adding a little excitement to everything from sparkling water, to ice cream, and breakfast foods. Coffee, tea (iced or hot), or dripping off a freshly baked sponge cake, we have a syrup for that! Make sure that you take a look at our Monin sugar free and carb free syrup line if you have special health concerns and our Flavorganics Syrups that are 100% certified organic.

Our line of Monin flavored syrups are for anyone and everyone to experiment with and enjoy! With rich, natural flavors, nothing compares to, or tastes as delectable as Monin. Monin syrups are highly concentrated and made from natural fruits, nuts, spices, water, and sugar. All of our delicious flavored syrups can be used to flavor your espresso, cappuccinos, lattes, hot or iced coffee, tea, milkshakes,smoothies, granitas, and countless other beverages. With no fat or cholesterol, you can’t go wrong with these Monin Syrups.They can be used in your home, bar, restaurant, or coffee shop. The sky is the limit when it comes to flavored syrup possibilities…go ahead, pick a flavor and see what all the fuss is about. You’ll be oh so glad you did!

Check out our Cappuccino Accents which presents the ultimate in topping options for your coffee beverage! This single canister holds 4 different delicious toppings: Vanilla, Chocolate, Cinnamon, and Sweet Nutmeg. Each flavor is in its own easy to use flip-top compartment. Simply sprinkle the flavor of your choice on top of your cappuccino for a gorgeous presentation with a little added sweetness. Don’t under estimate the uses of this topping canister…Sprinkle anyone of these delicious flavors on top of French toast, ice cream, cookies, cakes, smoothies, and so much more! Cappuccino Accents makes topping your cappuccino’s fun, easy, and turns everything you sprinkle into a feast for the eyes as well as the palate!

Gourmet vanilla powder is much like confectioners’ sugar, but so much more unique and delicious! Delicate and light it dissolves easily in warm liquids and is perfect for dusting the top of cappuccinos or Lattes, but don’t limit yourself with its uses. You can gently sprinkle over pancakes, oatmeal, cookies, cakes, waffles, the possibilities are endless! Kids and adults alike will go crazy for cinnamon/vanilla toast or maybe a little vanilla in the kid’s milk for a special treat. Everything tastes better with sweet gourmet vanilla powder and it also makes for a special added touch to your presentation. Gourmet vanilla powder is perfect for so many things; you’ll wonder how you ever did without it. Nothing beats the warm and inviting aroma of vanilla dusted over your coffee!

CoffeeAM.com is excited for you to try new things with your favorite coffee. Need ideas? Call your CoffeeAm representative and ask what’s brewing in our kitchen!

Monin Irish Cream syrup

Since Irish Cream liqueur was brought to the United States back in 1970, people from all over have grown to love the warm vanilla cream and whiskey flavor that you can now enjoy with our Monin Irish Cream syrup.  Without the worry of alcohol you can take pleasure in Monin Irish Cream anytime with a splash in your coffee, smoothie, milk shake or any number of beverages. Delightfully delicious over pound cake, brownies and pancakes!

The toffee like rich aroma and caramel nut taste will have you coming back for more. Impress your friends and neighbors by serving up Irish coffee, they won’t have any idea how easy CoffeeAM made it for you! Make sure to take advantage of our ‘Monin by the case’ price and pick your six favorite flavors for a great low wholesale price. We ship next day, so get those recipes ready and pour on that Monin Irish Cream!

Irish Mocha Mint Flavored Coffee

The smooth creamy flavor of Irish Cream combined with the flavor of Chocolate Mint is indescribably delicious! This CoffeeAM coffee offers an incredible flavor combination with the cool and refreshing taste of chocolate, mint and warm delectable Irish cream. Infused with our carefully selected Arabica coffee beans, and specially crafted to perfection, this coffee blend is sure hard to resist! One sip of Irish Mocha Mint flavored coffee and you’ll want to kiss the blarney stone!

A heat-sealed valve bag from CoffeeAM will ensure the freshest coffee which will be fresh roasted the day it ships. Coffee so good, you’ll want to kiss us…but thats okay, everyone is Irish on St. Patty’s Day!

Since Irish Cream liqueur was brought to the United States back in 1970, people from all over have grown to love the warm vanilla cream and whiskey flavor that you can now enjoy with our Monin Irish Cream syrup. Without the worry of alcohol you can take pleasure in Monin Irish Cream anytime with a splash in your coffee, smoothie, milk shake or any number of beverages. Delightfully delicious over pound cake, brownies and pancakes!

The toffee like rich aroma and caramel nut taste will have you coming back for more. Impress your friends and neighbors by serving up Irish coffee, they won’t have any idea how easy CoffeeAM made it for you! Make sure to take advantage of our ‘Monin by the case’ price and pick your six favorite flavors for a great low wholesale price. We ship next day, so get those recipes ready and pour on that Monin Irish Cream!

Irish Mocha Mint Flavored Coffee

The smooth creamy flavor of Irish Cream combined with the flavor of Chocolate Mint is indescribably delicious! This CoffeeAM coffee offers an incredible flavor combination with the cool and refreshing taste of chocolate, mint and warm delectable Irish cream. Infused with our carefully selected Arabica coffee beans, and specially crafted to perfection, this coffee blend is sure hard to resist! One sip of Irish Mocha Mint flavored coffee and you’ll want to kiss the blarney stone!

A heat-sealed valve bag from CoffeeAM will ensure the freshest coffee which will be fresh roasted the day it ships. Coffee so good, you’ll want to kiss us…but thats okay, everyone is Irish on St. Patty’s Day!

There are popular misconceptions on the way fresh roasted coffee should be stored and maintained. The enemies of roasted coffee are moisture, air, light, and heat. Storing your coffee away from them will keep it fresher longer. Therefore, an airtight container stored in a cool, dry, dark place is the best environment for your coffee.

Freezing Coffee – Not as Good as an Iced Mocha

Some people store their coffee in the freezer thinking it is going to keep the coffee fresh. Here are a couple of reasons why storing coffee in your freezer is a bad idea:

• Coffee is porous. This is a good thing for fans of flavored coffee as the beans absorb the coffee flavoring syrups and oils that are used to make flavored coffee. However, if given the chance, coffee can also absorb other things like the flavor of seafood or the moisture that your freezer produces. This moisture will in turn deteriorate the coffee and even make it taste like, well… like a freezer.
• When coffee is roasted, the beans release their oils and essences to give the coffee its distinct flavor. You’ll notice these oils are more prominent on dark-roasted coffee and espresso. When you break down these oils by freezing, you are removing the flavor.

Think about it…if coffee tasted better and fresher from the freezer, then you would buy it in the frozen food section, your local coffee shop might look more like an ice cream parlor, and our power bills would be through the roof trying to maintain a meat-locker the size of a warehouse.

When to Freeze Coffee

How long does coffee stay fresh? A good rule to use is two weeks. Now, if you happen to have found a great price on bulk coffee, and you don’t plan on using it within two weeks, the freezer can be an acceptable one-time shot. What this means is that once you take it out of the freezer, it should never go back in. The constant changes in temperature will wreak havoc on your coffee. The frozen moisture on your coffee will melt and be absorbed into the bean. When you put it back into the freezer, you are repeating the process.

The goal in freezing coffee is to keep it away from moisture. If you have a five-pound bag of coffee to store, divide it up into weekly portions. Wrap those portions up using sealable freezer bags and plastic wrap. I’ve even read you should go so far as to suck out the excess air from the freezer bag using a straw!

Remove the weekly portion when you need it, and store it in an air-tight container in a dry place like your pantry. Do not put it back into the freezer!

When to Refrigerate Coffee

Never, unless you are conducting a science experiment on how long it takes to ruin perfectly good coffee. The fridge is one of the absolute worst places to put coffee.

Buy whole beans and keep them whole as long as you can.

Would you cut a cake into pieces the day before you plan to serve it? Would you buy it pre-sliced? Of course not!  The pieces would quickly become stale and the frosting would start to dry out. The same goes for coffee. Grinding the coffee breaks up the beans and their oils, exposes the beans to air, and makes the coffee go stale a lot faster, no matter how you store it.

This holds especially true for flavored coffees!

For the best tasting coffee, buy your beans whole and store them in a sealed container in a dark place. Grind right before serving.

Vacuum-sealed coffee

Vacuum-sealed coffee does not equal fresh coffee. When coffee is roasted, it releases carbon dioxide and continues to release it for days afterward. Fresh-roasted coffee can be packaged in valve-sealed bags to allow the gasses to escape and will taste best about 48 hours after roasting. To be vacuum sealed, the coffee has to first release all its CO² or it will burst the bag. The vacuum bag will indeed help preserve coffee longer while it ships and maybe sits on a store shelf, but before it shipped it had to sit around for a while before it was “sealed for freshness.” Vacuum sealing is best for pre-ground coffee, which we already know is not going to taste as good as fresh-ground coffee.

A quick review for serving the best coffee:

1. Buy whole beans directly from a coffee roaster if possible.
2. Look for valve-sealed bags, not vacuum-sealed.
3. Store your coffee beans in a sealed container in a dark place.
4. Grind your beans just before brewing.
5. Enjoy!

The Blue Mountains of Jamaica are covered in an almost perpetual fog that appears to stand guard over the most prized and sought after coffee grown. The region has an ideal climate for producing this world most renowned coffee. Because of the extraordinary demand and limited production, roasters from North America, Japan, Europe, and Australia constantly battle each other for enough top-grade Jamaican Coffee to make it through the year. We have been very fortunate to have secured a significant quantity of the highest grade available. This extra supply has provided our Roastmaster with a luxury that other roasters do not have. True to his title he has created a masterful combination of varietals that produce a delicate spiciness, a mild body, and a silky finish.

Handpicked, hand washed, and small batch roasted the day you order, are a few reasons why this Jamaican Blue Mountain Reserve is so exceptional and so smooth it was chosen time and time again in blind cuppings over other Jamaican Blue Mountain coffees.

Founded in 1993, CoffeeAM.com is the world’s largest online gourmet coffee & tea company. We roast, blend, and flavor all of our own coffees as well as blend and create our own line of gourmet teas. To ensure outstanding quality, all of this is done under one roof, right here in our home office warehouse. CoffeeAM.com fresh roasts our coffees daily in small batches, so your coffee is roasted the same day it ships. We are known for offering the highest quality of coffees and we think that when you experience CoffeeAM.com coffee, you’ll see the difference that hand-selected coffees, roasted to perfection, and delivered promptly can make.

If you are already a Jamaica Blue Mountain lover, than you know there is no other bean like it in the world. Enjoy our exclusive JBM Reserve and see just how talented our Roastmaster is, that he can actually improve… on perfection!

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Did you know that coffee beans from around the world are graded in various ways? Kenya coffees are graded as A, B and C. Kenya AA is the best coffee from that region.

In Costa Rica, coffees are graded as Strictly Hard Bean, Good Hard Bean, Hard Bean, Medium Hard Bean, High Grown Atlantic, Medium Grown Atlantic, and Low Grown Atlantic.  You would find Costa Rica Reserve to be an excellent choice of Costa Rican coffees.

Coffee beans from Colombia are labeled as “Supremo,” such as our La Valle Verde, “Excelso”, “Extra” with the lowest grade being “Pasilla”.

How do you take your coffee? The Italians drink their espresso with sugar, the Germans and Swiss enjoy it with equal parts of hot chocolate, the Mexicans add a nit of cinnamon and the Belgians stir in some chocolate. Moroccans drink their coffee with peppercorns and the Ethiopians with a pinch of salt throw in. Coffee drinkers in the Middle East will sometimes add cardamom and spices and whipped cream topping is the favorite among Austrian coffee drinkers.

Visit Egypt and you will find they are extremely fond of pure and strong coffee. On a daily basis they drink it straight with no sugar, milk or cream.  It is custom to serve unsweetened coffee to mourners and sweetened coffee at weddings.  In Africa they don’t even necessarily always take the time to brew coffee… they eat raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices which are then chewed like candy as an on the go snack!

Japan is now the third largest consumer of coffee. For thousands of years they have been using coffee grounds to improve their skin, and reduce wrinkles, by bathing in grounds that were fermented with pineapple pulp.

In Greece and Turkey, it is the custom that out of respect, the eldest is served coffee first. The Turks have promised to serve their wives coffee every morning in their wedding vows.  If they were to not serve their wife coffee in the morning, it is grounds for divorce!

Who invented the espresso machine? The French were the first to innovate a crude espresso machine. The Italians then perfected this machine by combining the beauty of gourmet espresso with the beauty of technology and became the first to manufacture it. Today’s Italians do not drink espresso during meal times as it is considered to be a separate event and is given its own honored and respected time.

So, who drinks the most coffee you wonder? In the last three centuries, 90% of all people living in the Western world have switched from tea to coffee. The three biggest coffee drinkers in the world are the Americans, the French and the Germans. They consume some 65% of the total world’s consumption of coffee!  Although coffee has been around for over 11 centuries and is currently the most widely consumed beverage in the world, Cappuccino has become the popular choice of exotic coffee lovers everywhere.

So now we have some insight as to how coffee is enjoyed throughout the world, which makes me wonder…how do you like your coffee?

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CoffeeAM takes pride in educating their customers so that they may better find coffees that best suit their taste.  It is our sincerest hope that these gourmet coffee “cupping” terms help you better understand the descriptions of each gourmet coffee, enabling you to make purchases that will please your palate and thrill your taste buds!

Aromas-

Burnt/smoky-usually found in dark roasted or oven-roasted coffee, this aroma is associated with the smell of burning wood and is indicative of a dark roasted coffee gourmet coffee. Check out our coffee characteristics profile to find a perfect coffee for you!

Chocolate like-this aroma is sweet and would make you recall either a dark or milk chocolate or cocoa powder.  Sumatra Black satin is a best selling gourmet coffee with a chocolate like aroma.

Caramel-This aroma and flavor is reminiscent of caramelized sugar, without burning it.  A great example is our Italian roast blend coffee.

Earthy-Noted in coffees like Bali Paradise valley, this coffee has the aroma of fresh, wet soil or earth.  Like radish or raw potato, the coffee would taste of the earth it was cultivated from.

Floral- Similar to the fragrance of a bouquet of flowers, you might smell the aroma of Jasmine, honeysuckle or dandelion as you sip your coffee.

Fruity/citrus- Most high acidity coffees are going to be correlated with citrus characteristics. The aroma of berries is most commonly associated with coffee having a citrus attribute. Enjoy delicate floral berry and citrus aromas in our Ethiopian Longberry gourmet coffee.

Grass/herbal-This aroma may remind you of a freshly mowed lawn, green grassy herbs, unripe fruit or green foliage.

Nutty- The nutty aroma will be reminiscent of fresh roasted nuts.  A fabulous example of a nutty aromatic coffee is our Hawaiian Kona Volcanic estate.

Spicy-This term is not used for savory spices, but instead for sweet spices such as cloves, cinnamon and allspice.  A coffee such as our Guatemala Antigua is a spicy gourmet coffee.

Tobacco- This aroma can be depicted by the faint whiff of tobacco rising from your cup. You will notice an odor and slight flavoring of tobacco within the coffee.

Winey- breathe in the smell of dry wood, an oak barrel or cardboard paper with winey aromatic coffees such as Costa Rica Reserve or Organic Peru Andes gold.

Taste-

Acidity- Acidic coffee has a desirable sharp, vibrant yet pleasing taste, which can be delightfully strong. It will place a dry sensation on the edges and back of your palate, much like a dry wine. Our bestselling acidic coffees are Tanzania Peaberry, Kenya AA and our Ethiopian Yirgacheffe.

Bitterness- Affected by the degree of roasting, bitterness is desirable up until a certain point. Characterized by the solution of caffeine and other alkaloids, a Roastmaster experience really shines through when perfecting bitterness in a gourmet coffee.  We suggest Sumatra Black Satin to taste a smoky coffee done right!

Sweetness- Free from other flavors, this coffee is one that will usually have the aroma of chocolate, caramel or fruit.  It will be reminiscent of fructose or sucrose like in our India Mysore or Organic Galapagos coffees.

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