What you didn't know about Coffee
What you didn't know about Coffee
Asher Yaron has been a coffee freak for over 20 years and currently resides in Valencia, Negros Oriental, Philippines. He is the creator and founder of F.R.E.A.K. Coffee in Ubud, and now in the Philippines. Asher’s research and discoveries about coffee focus on the pharmacological effects this natural substance has…
Who drank coffee this morning? You, and hundreds of millions of others like you around the world. Coffee is arguably one of the most important discoveries in the history of humankind. Today, it is the second largest traded commodity in the world, second only to crude oil, and the second…
Recently I have been thinking a lot about how I can simplify and share my coffee knowledge with as many people as possible. My mission is to reach the masses, and spread the word that the biggest change someone can make in their daily coffee ritual is to roast, grind,…
(This week Asher takes up a reader’s question – our thanks to Kathleen for asking) Great question! Decaf coffee has two disadvantages which make it inferior: A suggestion: Are you positive that you cannot drink coffee made from 100% Arabica? Arabica has 1/2 the caffeine as the Robusta variety and,…
In this second interview episode, Gary and I discuss various grinding and brewing methods to get the most out of your coffee experience. “Biohackers Lab is a lifestyle project on a mission to optimize our minds and bodies using the latest scientific research, knowledge & technology.” To see the full…
After viewing my TEDx talk, Gary Kirwan, the creator and founder of the Biohackers Lab podcast, contacted me about doing an episode about my discoveries regarding coffee and fresh roasting. We had so much to talk about that we ended up conversing for two hours and created 2 one hour…
In November 1974 Michael Sivetz applied for a patent for a fluid bed coffee roasting machine (the same roasting method employed by The Power Roaster). In his patent application, Mr Sivetz included this description of current, then and now, commercial coffee roasters: Accepted commercial coffee bean roasting methods have not undergone…
Josh Estey is a well known professional photographer/videographer based out of Jakarta, Indonesia. He is American and originally from Florida. We met in 2010 at the Green School in Bali, Indonesia where our children were attending school. My first F.R.E.A.K. Cafe opened at the school in 2011 and after Josh, a passionate…
The history of coffee can be defined as a series of epochs (time periods), or “Waves”. Ever since the discovery of coffee some 1,300 years ago, as legends describe, coffee has evolved into the most widely used psychoactive substance on the planet. The early part of this evolution has focused…
Fresh Roasted 100% Organically grown Arabica coffee has many components and is a powerful drug (I am not just talking about caffeine here) that acts upon human consciousness (our thoughts). But you have to know how to use it correctly for it to be in its most potent form. When…