Monthly Archives: May 2017

The Dutch drink on average around two cups of coffee a day, which equates to roughly seven kilos of coffee beans a year. That puts them in the top three of coffee drinkers in the world, after Norway and Finland. The popularity of coffee comes hand in hand with conflicting advice and findings, for example from health coaches. So today we’re busting three stubborn myths about coffee.

1. Drinking coffee dehydrates you = nonsense.

Caffeine is a diuretic, you need to pee a little more often as a result, and so it has a dehydrating effect. At least, it would, if the main ingredient of coffee weren’t water.

The amount of water in coffee counts towards the daily recommended water intake people should be drinking. A study on caffeine intake shows that a normal amount of caffeine doesn’t cause dehydration. The bottom line is that the water in coffee is enough to make up for the extra water leaving your body. Three cups of coffee a day hydrates as much as three glasses of water a day, according to

Italy and coffee: a combination you really can’t miss. In almost every country in the world where coffee is drunk, the flavours and habits are based on Italian coffee culture. Italians are the founders of this coffee culture; they start with it early in the morning and even after a late Italian meal, coffee is drunk. Time to take a closer look at Italian coffee culture. You’ll find everything about the customs and traditions here so you won’t look out of place when you order a coffee on your trip to Italy. Once you’re back from your well-earned holiday, you’ll naturally want to recreate those Italian vibes, which is why we’ve got the best Italian coffee beans for you.

The day begins with... cappuccino

The beginning of the day is the ideal moment to enjoy a delicious cappuccino. Preferably alongside a sweet croissant, which is sometimes filled with jam. But take note: after around 11 or 12 in the morning, it’s best not to order a cappuccino anymore — according to the Italians, it’s more

I didn’t really like coffee much when I was younger either. That changed when I was about 14 and started working in the washing-up kitchen of a restaurant. I’d said I didn’t need any coffee, but unasked, by the end of the day there were always five full, cold cups of coffee sitting next to me on the worktop. A waste, of course, so at some point I gave it a go anyway. And, well, after that I kept going..

Most children will pull a face when they take a sip of coffee, as if they’ve bitten into a lemon. Yet a few years down the line, a lot of those same youngsters are happily drinking coffee, so how does that actually happen?

Children have more taste buds than adults, and those taste buds are also spread more widely across the mouth. So different flavours come across differently for children than they do for adults. Coffee without milk and sugar has quite a strong flavour on its own, which is why even many adults only drink it with, say, a splash of milk. On top of that, you naturally get used