We don’t see as much plain coffee these days as we used to. What could be the reason for it? It’s probably because it is very easy these days to brew up a cup of gourmet coffee for your family, friends, and acquaintances. There are now coffee clubs and coffee social areas where coffee is taking on the look of a social group. These meeting places can take place within the shops and community or on the Internet.
Gone are the days when you just went to a coffee shop to get a regular cup of coffee.
This is a happening because of an obsession by coffee fans all over America for the gourmet or specialty coffee. These people visit all the coffee specialty stores and order it from catalogues or the Internet. They love grinding the coffee beans themselves. And when they take trips to places like Costa Rica, they look for and bring back the specialty coffees. Now we have “coffee tasting” events much like wine tasting.
There is even interior design products and furniture coming on the market touting a coffee theme — great gifts for the coffee fan.
Coffee had its beginnings as a stimulant in 900 A.D. It has also had its beginnings...