Coffee Beans For Christmas Decors

If you are tired of seeing all those traditional Christmas decorations then why not take the cue from coffee lovers and use coffee beans to create unique Christmas decorations? There are several decorations you can make out of coffee beans like a cone Christmas Tree or a Christmas Ball.

Here is how to make a Christmas Tree Cone made of coffee beans.

You will need a styrofoam cone, coffee beans, glue, felt paper, gloss finish sealer and paint. First you have to paint the styrofoam cone with brown paint then let it dry. Place glue on the base of the cone and press the coffee beans until you cover the whole cone with coffee beans. Spray the cone with the sealer and let it dry. Then cut a felt paper to match the size and shape of the cone base and attach it to the base of the cone tree.

Coffe Plant for Christmas

If you are short of Christmas gift ideas then here's one that will excite not only your coffee-binging friends (but if you have chosen your friends well then they are definitely coffee drinkers!) but your environment-friendly friends as well.

Why not give a coffee plant for Christmas?

The coffee plant has very dark green leaves so it goes well with the Christmas colors. You can place it in a nice pot, or even a coffee mug to be more creative. You can even personalize it by printing the recipient's name on the mug.

Coffee plants have white flowers that are fragrant it can fill the room and provides you the aroma of coffee even if nothing is brewing in your coffee maker. It can however grow big and bear fruit in three years so make sure you include some instructions inside your gift so your friend can transfer it to a bigger pot or plant it on the ground. The coffee fruit will ripen to a Christmas red sooner than you think.

You can be sure that your friend will think of you when he starts to harvest the coffee beans, oven-roast it and then grind it for brewing. Now, your friend can make his very own coffee, thanks to you!

how do you like your coffee?

"Coffee should be black as hell; strong as death, and sweet as love," says a Turkish Proverb. Rightly so. For coffee should be drank the way it should be---black, strong and sweet. But there are people who drink coffee straight, without any sugar at all.

I like mine drip. Drip coffee is what you commonly see in coffee shops. Drip coffee means brewed coffee. If you are a coffee lover then invest in a good coffee maker. There are plenty of cheap coffee makers for home use. You can try buying coffee beans in any of the local department stores. NCCC Mall in Davao City has a section with about four choices of coffee beans. Just buy the beans and they will grind it for free.

I have tried the coffee beans being sold in the local stores though but nothing has so far captivated my taste enough to make me sin against the Monk's brew. There's another one though which I tried in a small cafeteria at Mintal market. If you happen to drop by the area, just order kapeng barako plain without cream. It surely rocks the coffee taste buds.

coffee-making monks in bukidnon

The only coffee I drink when I am working is Monk's Blend Premium Coffee which comes straight from the hands of God. No, I'm not joking. The coffee got its name because it is a product of the monks at the Monastery of Transfiguration in Bukidnon.

If you are from Mindanao then you probably know why they grow very good coffee. Bukidnon has a cool climate owing to its high altitude. Plus, the coffee factory of the Monks can compare to the high technology factories of other coffee makers as they have a German Probat roasters which is not only multi-capacity but which can produced as much as 5 tons of ground coffee every month.

The Diocese of Stuttgart in Germany and Rottenburg has donated a barn where the coffee is dried and stored. Well, the German's interest in coffee and any coffee-making venture is understandable considering that next to the Americans, they are the largest coffee consumers in the world.

I have tasted the fancy coffee (lots of them) offered by coffee shops here and in other places but I just could not resist this heavenly mix of Arabica and Robusta beans. Simply said, I am addicted to Monk's Blend, no apologies.