Lifestyle / Coffee / Robusta: High in caffeine and rather bitter. Generally less acid and less aromatic than arabica coffee. Often slightly woody. MORE
Lifestyle / Coffee / Bitter: A basic taste characterized by solution of quinine, caffeine, and certain other alkaloids. Perceived primarily at the back of the tongue. Generally normal characteristics of coffees connected with the MORE
Lifestyle / Tea / Tisane: Dried herbs or fruits are infused in water and often called 'Herbal Tea'. Because Tea leaves from the Camellia Sinensis plant are not used, these beverages often do not contain caffeine. MORE
Lifestyle / Coffee / Coffea Canephora: Also Robusta. Currently the only significant competitor among cultivated coffee species to Coffea arabica. Robusta produces about 30% of the world's coffee. It is a lower-growing, higher-bearing tree MORE
Lifestyle / Coffee / Traditional Process: A group of decaffeination methods that use solvents to remove caffeine from green coffee beans. The direct solvent method involves treating the beans with solvent, which selectively unites with the ca MORE