Monthly Archives: February 2017

After water, coffee is the most-consumed drink in the world. Caffeine increases your alertness and reduces tiredness. But what actually happens to your body when you drink a cup of coffee? An Australian coffee company, Map Coffee, made an infographic about it, and we’ve summed up the findings for you here.

This is what happens to you when you drink coffee

After you’ve switched on the coffee machine in the morning and that lovely coffee smell has drifted through your home, it’s time to enjoy your freshly brewed cup of coffee. After a few sips, things start to change in your physical and mental state. The effects in order:

After 10 minutes - caffeine enters your bloodstream

As soon as the caffeine enters your bloodstream, your heart rate and blood pressure go up slightly. Did you know caffeine can also make the effects of alcohol feel less noticeable between 10 and 90 minutes after drinking a cup of coffee?

After 20 minutes - your alertness rises

You start to feel more alert and your concentration

Sometimes you fancy something different from your standard cup of coffee. Something to treat yourself or your guests with. So today we’re going to explain how to make a caffè latte. Without paying £3 or more at a fancy coffee bar, just using the bits and bobs you probably already have at home.

What is a caffè latte?

A caffè latte is a coffee drink made from espresso and warm milk; in some countries a caffè latte is also called a café au lait. For simplicity’s sake, let’s call the caffè latte a milky coffee Italian-style. Really, it’s a mild cappuccino without foam, with a slightly lighter colour and a soft, creamy flavour. If you want to make it really exciting, you can add a flavour with a coffee syrup, such as hazelnut.

What do you need to make one at home?

Let’s assume you don’t already have a pricey espresso machine sitting on your counter that you can use to make a caffè latte. So we’ll explain how to make a caffè latte using a normal coffee machine. The sort where you simply put a

Right, here are the best research findings 2015 still has in store for us. Coffee is SUPER HEALTHY. That’s what emerges from a coffee study by the renowned Harvard University. Drinking coffee is getting trendier and that’s not a bad thing, it seems. Coffee drinkers actually live longer!

The Harvard University study ran for about 30 years and involved 200,000 doctors and health professionals. People who drink one to five cups of coffee a day are less likely to die, even if they have diabetes or smoke.

Besides living longer thanks to drinking coffee, there are loads more benefits; you’re less likely to suffer from brain and heart diseases, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. And it doesn’t matter whether you drink coffee with or without caffeine.

If you’re not yet a coffee drinker, we hope we’ve won you over ;-).

Former footballer David Beckham, who played for clubs including Manchester United and Real Madrid, spotted a first responder helping a man who had collapsed in the English capital, London. While paramedic Catherine Maynard was waiting with the casualty for the ambulance, none other than Beckham stepped over to ask if the man was alright. After getting confirmation, he got back into his car. But that wasn’t the end of it; a few minutes later he came back with hot coffee! Paramedic Maynard told the BBC that at first she couldn’t believe it and thought it was someone who just looked like Beckham. What a top bloke, that Beckham!

Thank you David Beckham for buying a tea and coffee for Cycle Paramedic Catherine and her patient #buyitlikebeckham pic.twitter.com/IFvnwuGSJI

— London Ambulance (@Ldn_Ambulance) 1 February 2016