Flavored Coffee, Some History!

Although many people regard flavored coffee 
as a modern invention, its origins are nearly as
old as the original beverage itself.

History shows that a few hundred years ago in
the Middle East, people enjoyed drinking flavored
coffee blended with nuts and spices.

In modern times, innovative marketers have
capitalized on coffee drinkers' desire for more flavors 
than nature can provide and have found new ways to
introduce flavoring agents into coffee.

First, flavored syrups were used to spike brewed coffee
with a touch of a favored flavor. More recent improvements
in food science have led to ways of introducing complex
flavors directly onto the beans as part of a post-roasting
process. When these flavored coffee beans are used for
brewing, the flavor is extracted into the resulting beverage.

Today consumers can choose from a wide
array of gourmet flavored coffee beans with names like
"Chocolate Swiss Almond," "Hazelnut," "Amaretto Supreme,
" "Irish Crème," "French Vanilla," and "Georgia Pecan."

"Anytime Is Coffee Time!"