| Flavored coffee has been around ever since | | | | coffee. That's because coffee beans, like all things, |
| people first began growing and brewing coffee. | | | | undergo a natural aging process which results in a |
| The Arabs, for example, used to flavor their | | | | loss of flavor. Flavoring the beans then, combats |
| coffee with cinnamon, spices and alcoholic spirits. | | | | these effects once the coffee packaging has |
| Westerners stopped adding flavors to their | | | | been opened. |
| coffee, preferring a simple cup of pure black | | | | Adverse effects of flavored coffee |
| caffeine. But todays coffee flavoring revival began | | | | While flavor might be enhanced do keep in mind |
| back in the 1970s in America. | | | | that the processing a product undergoes by the |
| Now, coffee consumers worldwide demand more | | | | time it reaches you, the unhealthier it becomes. |
| flavor from their black brew. And coffee beans | | | | Coffee is the already the most highly processed |
| are being flavored with almost any flavor you can | | | | product on the market today and extra |
| imagine. A quick search on the Internet will bring | | | | processing to add flavor just makes it more so. |
| up hundreds of flavored coffee beans for sale, | | | | There are alternatives however. Many smaller |
| with flavors ranging from butterscotch to | | | | coffee manufacturers are produced organically |
| gingerbread to chocolate fudge and even baklava. | | | | flavored coffee, using real ingredients instead of |
| Here are five things to know about flavored | | | | identical flavorings. Seek these out. |
| coffee beans: | | | | Your own flavor the traditional way |
| Coffee beans roasted and flavored | | | | Flavors today are added before a coffee is |
| Flavor is added to the coffee bean once it has | | | | brewed. Coffee manufacturers use various |
| been freshly roasted. It is a relatively simple | | | | chemical additives to mimic real flavors. |
| process aided by modern-day technology, though | | | | But if you care to be more traditional about |
| the flavorings while mimicking real flavors, are | | | | flavoring, you can try creating your own flavored |
| quite often chemically reproduced. There are | | | | coffee instead of purchasing wholesale flavored |
| organic alternatives to coffee flavoring and they | | | | coffee. It's not a difficult process at all, and you |
| can easily be found at your local coffee retailer or | | | | can create any taste at all. Remember the Arabs |
| online. | | | | used cinnamon, cardamon, chocolate and even |
| How is flavor added? | | | | citrus peels. Your entire spice rack can be used to |
| The process of adding flavor to coffee beans | | | | flavor coffee. Just use your imagination. |
| begins with freshly harvested and roasted beans, | | | | All you need to do once you've opened your |
| which are coated with flavor compounds. These | | | | package of coffee is to warm up the beans or |
| flavor compounds supplement the original taste of | | | | even buy unroasted beans and learn how to roast |
| the coffee. | | | | them yourself. Once your coffee beans are warm |
| Benefits of flavored coffee | | | | or freshly roasted place them in an air-tight |
| Apart from the flavor injection, flavored coffee | | | | container. Before you seal the container, add any |
| boasts a longer shelf than regular unflavored | | | | flavor you desire. |