When it comes to doing things better, easier, and faster Tim Ferriss is the man to talk to. From his top selling books The Four Hour Work Week and The Four Hour Body millions of people have changed the way that they exercise, work, and live their life. Now, with The Four Hour Chef he has changed the game again.

The first step of this should be to admit that I have a problem. Not just the search for the perfect cup of coffee, but with coffee in general. All I wanted for a while was to get as much inside of my stomach as possible and GO, GO, GO! The benefit of making a better cup of coffee is that you can actually enjoy it again, even if you are an addict like myself. Back to Mr Ferriss..

In his new book he covers his own search for the perfect cup of coffee. He talks to a variety of experts and the absolute top notch tool for making single cups of coffee at home is the Aeropress. They cost ~$25 and are one of the greatest investments for my coffee addiction in years.

I’ll attach a video below, but here is the general idea:

A lot of coffee aficionados that you talk to will swear by the French Press method, but it never really worked out well for me. I always found it too bitter, with too many bits and pieces left behind. The Aeropress is the same general concept although reversed. The water is manually pressed through a filter and into a cup using a filter that removes far more bitter components than a French Press does and leaves you with the perfect cup of coffee. Even if you are a French Press purist, there is a metal filter available that will give you a very similar taste and feel, but with much less clean up.

Let’s back up a little bit and review, however. Always used beans that have been roasted  no more than a month ago and always grind enough for your single brew needs.

Using An Aeropress for the Perfect Cup of Coffee

1) The general consensus is to use ~2 grams of coffee grounds for each ounce of water. Making 10 oz? 20 g of coffee grounds, easy enough, right? Tim recommends 12 g of coffee and 200ml of water for a single serving.

2) Insert the filter into the holder and place the plunger into the main cylinder of the Aeropress.

3) Flip it over and place it on your handy kitchen scale, tare, and measure out 12 grams of FRESHLY ground coffee.

4) Heat your water up to 175-180 degrees. Many people recommend more, but several studies have shown that this temperature range will eliminate a lot of the bitterness from your cup.

5) Pour in 100ml of water and then stir, finish it off with the remaining 100ml

6) Now you’re ready to go. Place the cap on and flip it over onto our coffee mug.

7) The secret here is to press down slowly and evenly. Don’t take too long, though! 15-20 seconds should be fine and you will have a cup of coffee like none other you have ever had! Enjoy your new and easy perfect cup of coffee.

Perfect Cup Of Coffee

Hey guys!

Just wanted to pop in and tell you guys about my recent experience with the Paramount Coffee company. They have a VERY helpful website at http://www.paraoumtcoffee.com.

I ordered their pumpkin spice and mint blends and both were just AWESOME!

Here is their own About Me description:

“The Paramount Coffee brand name has been well recognized and synonymous with quality coffee products since 1935.  Coffee lovers in restaurants, cafés, and offices have enjoyed Paramount Coffee for over 75 years.  That customer loyalty, grounded in the quality of rich, fresh coffee roasts, has helped us expand our retail and grocery coffee business so consumers can enjoy gourmet coffee at home.

Paramount Coffee has a strong product portfolio to help you meet your needs or your customers’ needs.  We’re large enough to be a coast-to-coast distributor; flexible enough to help you develop your own special blends, packaging and private labeling.”

They are great to order directly from. I ordered the two blends and they also sent me a couple of samples along with them. Shipping only took a few days and their prices really are great for a company their size.

Be sure to check out their seasonal blends throughout the year, too. Right now they have a medium Autumn Blend and one called Vermont Maple Grove.

What I really found interesting, though, was their “Single Origin” coffee. Here we have a package of ground coffee that came all from a single crop. None of that mix and match business here! What you get is an original taste that is unique to this crop, much like Single Barrel Jack Daniel’s, but with a little less guilt. They feature roasts coming from Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Kenya, Jamaica, Guatemala, Kona, and then some! This is something that people who appreciate the subtle points of coffee can really appreciate.

So be sure to check out http://www.paramountcoffee.com and get a special blend for yourself!

Coffee

Slimming Coffee

Everyone wants to lose a little bit of weight it’s safe to assume. I searched for years for something to help me drop the last few pounds that I had hanging around my midsection. Luckily, I found an answer in something I had loved so dearly for so many years….COFFEE!
Slimming coffee is usually sold online as being some special brand/species of the coffee plant that has magical powers to help you lose weight specifically from your waist, but I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about good ol’ fashioned black coffee.

The caffeine in coffee has a fat burning effect that makes it a staple of many over the counter fat burning supplements. The problem with a lot of people, though, is that they insist on packing it full of cream, sugar, and a variety of tasty things that aren’t helping their weight loss goals. In order for slimming coffee to work it has to be black!

This was hard for me at first since I’ve always had a sweet tooth when it comes to coffee. All you have to do is slowly start working your way down with the amounts of additives you put in your cup until you can actually enjoy the taste of it on its own.I have absolutely no problem drinking a cup of strong black coffee every morning now even though I couldn’t stand the thought of it a few months ago.

This helps in a number of ways. If you ingest some first thing in the morning you can get your metabolism jump started and get going on your day without laying in bed for another hour before heading off to work. Motivation to exercise is also easily obtained this way. Not least of all is the fat burning effect I mentioned above.

Here is what I prefer to do:

As soon as I wake up I drink a cup of strong black coffee as quickly as I can. Some people recommend grapefruit juice as well because it is thought to increase the fat burning effect. After that I drink my protein shake with 30g of protein powder. By doing this I have already kick started my metabolism and given my body fuel that won’t turn to fat like carbohydrates will.

That is a very basic thing that will help greatly with your weight loss goals. Slimming coffee doesn’t have to be something special, but it does have to be something without sweetener! Another way to increase the effect it has on your weight loss is to put a teaspoon of cinnamon into the cup as well. Cinnamon helps to counteract the effect of insulin in your body and reduces the carbohydrates in your food that are immediately used. Do this ESPECIALLY if you are like most people and have a low protein high carb breakfast of pancakes, hash browns, grits, and biscuits. Think about adding some eggs into your breakfast every day as well since they help raise testosterone.

Enough off topic talk!

Slimming coffee helped me drop another ten pounds after I had stalled with my weight loss. It can do the same thing for you! Don’t fall for hype from online retailers that only want to make an affiliate sale through some fly by night operation. Get yourself some good coffee, store it well, make it fresh, and enjoy!

Make sure to take a break, though, if you become addicted or simply have far too high of a tolerance. Every couple of months I have to take a few weeks off in order to reset my tolerance and get my normal energy back. This can be a big problem! If you are tired all the time, or cant get out of bed without your coffee than it is time to take a break!

Slimming Coffee

Coffee drinkers come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and they all drink the beverage for almost as many reasons. While some simply can’t live without it and others only drink just enough to get their day kickstarted. Regardless of what many people will perhaps tell you about healthy coffee, though, it is in fact fairly healthy for you and, depending on how you drink it, it can help with a variety of things.

First, we should differentiate between regular coffee and the many coffee derivative drinks that now exist on the market. When I talk about healthy coffee drinking I don’t mean coffee-esque energy drinks that flood your local gas stations shelves. These drinks do contain some form and amount of coffee, but they also contain loads of sugar and other chemicals purported to give you energy. Coffee, espresso, and cappuccinos are the primary ways to get energy, and a health boost.

Healthy Coffee

Now on to the actual benefits that these types of drinks will provide to you despite what people who worry about healthy coffee creamer would say. Coffee has plenty of benefits beyond the basic alertness and energy boost that most people are familiar with. Recent research shows that this rejuvenating beverage may also work to protect the liver and heart from diseases of various kinds. It also works as both a powerful antioxidant, diuretic, and laxative for many people. An important discovery, though, is the recently found potential to help prevent deteriorating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, which plague far too many people today.

There are a few things to be aware of, however, as you enjoy the healthy benefits coffee can provide. If you happen to begin drinking too much of this delicious beverage you may find a variety of ill effects. Most commonly you will find that you are unable to sleep as well as usual. Other things you may experience are an increase in anxiety as well as pulse rate and blood pressure. In order to avoid these kind of effects you should be making sure that you don’t drink more than a cup or two of coffee per day depending on your own individual tolerance.

In the end, coffee really does have a lot to offer, despite what skeptics may say when they offer “healthy coffee alternatives.” The important thing to keep in mind, though, is that you should be drinking coffee responsibly and not going overboard. If you simply drink a cup each morning you will soon find that there are more than enough benefits that you can gain from this beverage.

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