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  • The Perfect Grind

    The Perfect Grind

    To get the most out of your Blaze coffee beans you're going to need to grind them to release all that flavour. With so many different ways and styles of coffee grinds it can be a bit confusing about which is best for your needs.
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  • Coffee and Covid-19

    Coffee and Covid-19

    In these turbulent times it is important to stay healthy and safe. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends staying home whenever possible, practising social distancing and washing your hands.Back in 2015 the WHO decided to remove coffee from the list of possible carcinogens and since then studies have been done that show that there even may be health benefits to moderate coffee consumption. Drinking three to five cups of coffee, or about 400 milligrams of caffeine, is associated with a lower risk of mortality. Specifically coffee has shown to provide positive effects towards type two diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and various...

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  • What are Coffee Blends and Why Does it Matter?

    What are Coffee Blends and Why Does it Matter?

    At Blaze our coffees are blended to create the finest flavours for the most discerning coffee drinkers, but what does that mean to the non-aficionado? Blended coffee isn't coffee that's been put in a blender, but a mix of beans from different origins.
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  • All About Arabica Coffee

    All About Arabica Coffee

    Blaze coffee is made with one hundred percent arabica coffee, but what does that mean?

    Arabica coffee, or scientifically Coffea Arabica, is believed to be the oldest cultivated coffee species on the planet and makes up about sixty percent of all global coffee production.

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  • Keep that Blaze Coffee Ridiculously Fresh

    Keep that Blaze Coffee Ridiculously Fresh

    As you may or may not know, coffee beans are the seed of a fruit that grows in high altitudes among some hard-to-access parts of the world. From there it is bagged and shipped thousands of miles to our master roaster who blends art and science to turn this green bean into the roasted perfection you find in every one of our Blaze Coffee blends. From there you grind and brew your morning cup of joe. The reality is that your grinder and coffee maker controls only a few of the variables that determine the quality of your coffee. On...

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  • Quick and Dirty Coffee Facts

    Quick and Dirty Coffee Facts

    Coffee is the most popular beverage in the world, with more than 400 billion cups consumed each year. More than 450 million cups of coffee are consumed in the United States every day.   About half of the people in the United States over the age of 18 (that's 107 million) drink coffee every day. On average, each coffee drinker consumes three and a half cups each day. As early as the ninth century, people in the Ethiopian highlands were making a stout drink from ground coffee beans boiled in water. Coffee is grown in more than 50 countries in South America,...

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