• The coffee

    The nectar and black gold of life!

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    I am among the millions of people who are fans of a peculiar drink that reports a lot of benefits for the human organism and that is the most consumed in the world after water: Coffee, its origin dates back several centuries and it can be said that its consumption in certain regions of the Middle East dates from approximately 800 AD for the archaeological remains found in the Arabian Peninsula.

     

    The first historical hint of coffee is in the Ethiopian region of Kaffa, around the 10th century A.D. The first documents attributed healing properties to the coffee plant. It is said that Al Razí, an Arab doctor of the time was one of the first to describe the coffee plant, the grain and its stimulating properties "very appropriate to combat melancholy."

     

    But the relevant thing that black gold "coffee" has is its properties for humans. The main compound for which it is so known is caffeine, a stimulant of the nervous system that reduces fatigue because it gives us and makes us feel more energetic.

    The caffeine content varies greatly between the two cultivated coffee species: robust coffee and Arabic coffee. The first has an amount of caffeine of almost double that of the second. In addition, the type of coffee maker influences, increasing the concentration the longer the coffee is in contact with the boiling water.

     

    According to a study published in the journal of the American Medical Association of Harvard University, coffee does not raise the risk of hypertension. In this, as in other cases, the main thing seems to be in moderate consumption. We must not abuse it because it can cause the opposite.

  • ORGANIC COFFEE

    What is?

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    In the world, the consumption of those organic products is increasing more and more due to its multiple benefits, but if you have doubts about exactly what organic coffee is and how it differs from conventional coffee, keep reading this content.

    What is an organic coffee product?

    An organic coffee product is grown without the use of pesticides and fertilizers that have chemicals, in addition all its cultivation is carried out with natural methods, that is, organic fertilizer, organic pesticides and organic herbicides. Through this method of organic cultivation we help the planet to reduce soil contamination caused by agriculture.

    Among the organic products used as fertilizer is animal manure, which is loaded with vitamins and minerals that contribute to coffee plants that are super necessary and the positive of this is that it does not contaminate the soil.

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    Why consume organic coffee?

    Coffee is a product of daily consumption, and increasingly increases its consumption worldwide, so we do consume more coffee of organic origin, because we are contributing to the planet and at the same time taking care of our body of those harmful chemical agents for our health.

    When coffee is grown organically, we contribute to the reduction of the greenhouse effect, and the decontamination of soils, creating ecosystems for other animals and purifying the soils of the chemicals that are normally used for cultivation.

    Among the benefits of organic coffee are that coffee is at its purest or natural level, better preserving antioxidants that slow the aging of cells and it has also been proven that coffee helps to be less likely to have an attack. cardiac.

    It also works as an energizer without risking your health like other types of energy drinks, it has a better flavor and contains many vitamins, on the other hand organic coffee will keep you active and increase your energy.

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    Difference between organic coffee and conventional coffee

    One of the most notable differences for consumers is the price and that is due to the difficulty of growing organic coffee, as it is usually more expensive than conventional coffee, more labor is used and its cultivation is more complex. This is one of the reasons why some people have not switched to the consumption of organic coffee.

     

    Another difference is the level of purity, as conventional coffee is usually loaded with pesticides and chemical fertilizers are often used to accelerate the development of the plant and thus massify production, apart from all these chemical processes in the crop, for the preparation are more massive chemical processes, adding preservatives and other substances.

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    Support the handmade product with organic coffee

    Another reason to consume more organic coffee instead of conventional coffee is that mostly those who produce this type of coffee are small family crops that invest a lot of effort to make the production, you also support the

    handmade product, the flavor is preserved and even It is better and healthier.