We cannot have a business without you guys. You have been so great and supportive to us over the years. As we continue to roast better and better coffee, we meet so many people in the industry. It is an art to us and we support all who enjoy this art. It is a niche to be able to have one of our customers come up to us and start discussing coffee. It’s what we do, and we do it not just as a business, but as an art. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. ~ The Crew

ZAC CADWALADER FEBRUARY 2, 2021 WIRE

By now you know that coffee is the cure for what ails you. Did you also know it may also be what keeps you from ailing in the first place? New research from Virginia Tech University finds that coffee filters not only keep oils from making their way to the cup during brewing, but may also block the coronavirus?

As reported by KGW in Portland, researchers from VT examined the efficacy of paper coffee in blocking COVID-19 sized particles. For the study, researchers compared particle transmission when using one, two, and three filters. They found that while one and two filters didn’t have much of an effect, using three filters had a beneficial outcome. As explained by Portland State University’s Dr. Richard Corsi, an air quality expert:

If you put three coffee filters layered on top of each other, you can get on the order of 50, 60 or even 70 percent removal efficiency for particles the size that we care about for the coronavirus.

Dr. Corsi notes that, while effective, using three coffee filters comes with a cost: the impromptu mask is difficult to breath with. The same filter keeping out coronavirus-sized particles also impedes oxygen flow.

Not discussed in the article is exactly what type of coffee filters were used. Are we talking Mr. Coffee filters here? How would a thicker Chemex filter fare? Bleached or unbleached?

One thing is for certain, with the newer, more robust strains of COVID-19 finding footing globally, wearing a mask (or maybe even two!) is more important now than ever. And if you’re not ready to give up on your cloth mask collection you’ve accrued over the last :gulp: YEAR—that’s right, we’ve been doing this shit for a year—maybe consider popping a coffee filter under that bad boy. And stay at home whenever possible. Take out is your friend.

Disclaimer: Zac Cadwalader is not a medical professional nor does he hold an advanced degree in any science. He is simply an enthusiastic young man with a 6th grade education and an abiding love of coffee.

Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

Drinking coffee could boost your chances of a longer life, research shows, even for those who consume as many as eight cups a day.

In a study of around half-a-million British adults, coffee drinkers were found to have a slightly lower risk of death over a 10-year follow-up period than non-coffee drinkers.

The apparent longevity boost comes as yet another piece of good news for coffee lovers, with health benefits recorded in drinkers of instant, ground and decaffeinated coffee. The study is also the first of its kind to suggest health benefits in people with so-called genetic glitches affecting how their bodies react to caffeine.

Health experts warned people should not start drinking coffee, or increasing their intake, for medical reasons. They also warned too much coffee for women during pregnancy could be harmful.

Health benefits

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) used data from people taking part in a genetic study called the U.K. Biobank. The participants of that study volunteered to give blood and answer detailed health and lifestyle questions.

For the latest study, published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Internal Medicine, NCI researchers analyzed information provided by approximately 500,000 people, who answered questions about coffee consumption, smoking and drinking habits, medical history and more.

Around 14,200 of those same people died in the 10-year follow-up period. However, the researchers found people were more likely to live longer with nearly every level and type of coffee consumption.

Overall, coffee drinkers were found to be about 10 percent to 15 percent less likely to die than non-coffee drinkers during a decade of follow-up checks. The differences recorded regarding the amount of coffee consumed and genetic variations were minimal.

Other studies have claimed substances in coffee might reduce inflammation and improve how the body uses insulin, which could decrease the likelihood of developing diabetes.

Late last year, researchers at the University of Southampton in the U.K. found people who drink three or four cups of coffee every day could significantly reduce their chances of early death.

DRINK ON MY FRIEND………….DRINK ON…………

Contrary to popular belief that drinking too much coffee is bad, a recent study revealed that drinking more than three up to eight cups a day makes you live longer. It even improves your skin, social skills and alertness and helps you maintain a positive outlook.

According to a recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association, constantly drinking coffee can be a part of a healthy diet which improves your mortality. Coffee drinkers aged 38 to 73 were tested in the UK to determine how the body absorbs caffeine and whether it does improve mortality rate.

From: medicaldaily.com

A new study developed by Spain's University of Navarra and University of Jaen claims a diet filled with coffee, red wine, fruits, and vegetables can help prevent breast cancer in women, Yahoo!reports.

The research followed 11,028 women and their diets over the course of 12 years and was specifically looking at the link between phenolic acids and breast cancer. They found that those consuming the greatest amounts of hydroxycinnamic acids (a type of phenolic acid) had 62 percent reduced risk of the cancer versus the women who consumed less of the acids.

Those acids are found mostly in coffee, fruits, and vegetables. The researchers point to raspberries, blueberries, apples, citrus fruits, plums, onions, coffee, red wine, cocoa, wholewheat, rice, corn and oats as other examples of good sources of phenolic acids.

Nothing found in the study is particularly surprising, as "we’ve long known that eating fruit and vegetables as part of a balanced diet can help lower your risk of breast cancer by helping you maintain a healthy weight,” research communications manager at Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now Dr. Kotryna Temcinaite told the site.

That said, researchers encourage women to add more fruits and vegetables to their diets wherever possible.

You can read more about the research here.

New research analysis highlights what many athletes have believed for years. Taking caffeine before exercise may improve performance.

In reviewing past research, the authors of a report in the British Journal of Sports Medicine write that caffeine could help speed, power, strength, and endurance.

"Supplementation with caffeine is highly prevalent among athletes, with one study from 2011 indicating that around 75% of urine samples from athletes competing in the Olympic Games contain measurable levels of caffeine," said lead author Jozo Grgic of Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.

Caffeine was removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency list of substances banned during competitions in 2004 and "since then, the intake of caffeine among athletes has only increased with no signs of slowing down," Grgic told Reuters Health.

Grgic and his colleagues looked at results of earlier reviews that analyzed multiple studies of caffeine and exercise performance. They found that caffeine helped muscle endurance, muscle strength, jumping performance, exercise speed, anaerobic power, and aerobic endurance.

The "optimal" dose is not known, Grgic said, in part because the amount of caffeine varies with different beans, preparation method, cup size, and other factors.

"As a broad rule of thumb, two cups of coffee, consumed around 60 minutes before exercise, should exert an ergogenic effect in most individuals," Grgic said. "The response to caffeine ingestion varies from person to person.”

See the report: http://bit.ly/2FZMt6v

Here is an article from delish.com

For those of you whose morning isn't complete without a cup of coffee (or two or three), I have some good news from you: There's another study in your corner showing the habit could be good for your health.

"Association of Coffee Drinking With Mortality by Genetic Variation in Caffeine Metabolism," published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), "provides further evidence that coffee drinking can be part of a healthy diet and offers reassurance to coffee drinkers"—especially in regards to mortality

Researchers looked at more than 500,000 people between the ages of 38 and 73 in the U.K., 380,000 of whom were coffee drinkers. Their objective was to study the links between drinking coffee and mortality based on how well your body can absorb caffeine.

The results will surprise even the heaviest of coffee drinkers: They found that coffee was inversely related to mortality among people who drank 1 to 8 or more cups of coffee a day, even for those whose bodies were slower to absorb caffeine. This includes ground, instant, and decaf coffee, interestingly enough.

In other good-for-Starbucks-lovers news, coffee might be good for your skin. Another study published in JAMA last December found that participants who drank 4 cups of coffee per day were less likely to develop rosacea compared with participants who did not drink coffee. Who knew!

We get people sometimes asking for “grape” flavored, “caramel” flavored or even “'s’mores” & “hazelnut” flavors. Unfortunately, many coffee drinkers remain in the dark about artificially flavored coffee.

It’s true - The popular coffee flavoring chemical compound propylene glycol, also exists in antifreeze! Irish Cream is made with ethyl alcohol, dimethylamine-D1, and formamidine acetate.

Also, don’t be fooled by the cover up of quality. A majority of your big-chain roasters use cheaper Robusta coffee beans, which are highly acidic and bitter tasting. These beans are simply the carriers of the chemical flavors.

Calico Jack Coffee stays away from harsh chemical additives for environmental and health reasons. We invest our time in bringing natural flavors out of the beans and to your taste buds.

Coffee has more flavor potential than wine. Properly roasted coffee can release the power of 800 naturally occurring chemical compounds. To give you some perspective, wine has only 200 flavor compounds. Coffee is packed with flavor — you just have to roast it right.

Freshness is key - Protect your coffee experience with fresh coffee. Coffee loses its flavor within the first few weeks after roasting. To give you some perspective, grocery store coffee (not local) is, on average, 3 months old due to the logistics of transportation and distribution. Protect your coffee flavor by only buying coffee that’s been roasted fresh within the past few days.

Where we buy our green beans is a high priority. The coffee tree is affected by the climate and elevation of the coffee’s country of origin. The higher the elevation the better. The more tropical the climate the better. The combination of soil type, climate, and elevation all combine to give you 800 chemical compounds that make up coffee’s complex flavor.

What are you waiting for? You have our stamp of approval for goodness.

We have been extensively trying out new green coffees, creating perfect profiles with our software and taste buds. Cupping is so important to our process bringing you the best quality and flavor that bean origins can have. We don't add syrups that give false flavors to our roasted beans. Those flavorings are not good for you or the environment. We care for coffee and you. 

NOTE: If you are interested in learning to cup coffee, and have a passion for flavor, let us know. We have a sample program with free coffee. Email us with the subject "sample program" and we will get you set up. With you joining our program, receive 15% on any order you place. 

- We don't live to drink good coffee, we drink good coffee to live.-