Overview

If you’ve not read all the blog posts in this series here’s a quick overview and why you should. Join our mailing list to get a weekly email of our articles and never miss out again.

Health Benefits

• Coffee improves cognitive function
• Pre-ground coffee contains contaminates
• Coffee can reduce several health risks
  • cardiovascular disease
  • type 2 diabetes
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • uterine and liver cancer
  • and others…
• Coffee can magnify the benefits of mindfulness and meditation.

Fresh Equals Flavor

• After 15 minutes ground coffee loses 60% of its aroma.
• Pre-ground coffee isn’t 100% coffee, and thus the subtle flavors are ruined by twigs, leaves, and other contaminates.
• Fresh ground coffee unlocks the oils in the bean.
• Coffee section at grocery store allows to you sample new coffee without buying a whole pound.
• One bean can tell you everything you need to know.

Variety is the Spice of Life

• Whole bean offers more variety than large scale pre-ground coffee.
• Independent Coffee roasters are changing the world of coffee.
• Roast levels:
  • Light – Most unique flavors
  • Medium – Middle of the road
  • Dark – Most common
• Added Flavors are a don’t! It will ruin the coffee beans.

Morning Ritual

• Use coffee to enter Flow State (the zone)
• Creating a ritual around your coffee will force you to be mindful and unlock your creativity.
• Mindfulness + Caffeine = Superhuman Focus (Flow State)
  • Mental Resilience—stress will not affect you as much.
  • Mental Clarity—your mind won’t wonder as much while you’re trying to think of solutions to your daily problems.
  • Mental Strength—you’ll be able to focus on your daily tasks for longer stretches of time.

Save Money

• If you’re buying your coffee at a coffee shop on the way to work to save time, then this post is for you!
• You’ll save between $1.24 and $2.63 per cup.
• Read this post to see how you can save money, and get your morning cup of coffee in under 1 minute.
• We still recommend taking the time to create a morning ritual around coffee, but we understand if coffee is just a means to an end for you.