Our Gourmet Coffee Flavors

Our flavors are Columbia Supremo beans roasted to perfection, flavored, and packaged to order. You can't beat the taste, quality, richness or freshness.
Purchase your gourmet coffee today right HERE

Here's our flavors in alphabetical order: Not all of them are listed yet in the website so make sure to indicate your flavor of choice in the memo box at checkout

Amaretto, Almond, Banana Foster, Blackberry, Butterscotch,

Chocolate Almond,Chocolate Hazelnut, Choc Raspberry, Cinnamon Praline,

Cinnamon Graham Cracker,Coconut, Double Nut Fudge, Egg Nog, English Toffee,

French Vanilla,Harvest Spice, Hawaiian Hazelnut, Hazelnut, Honey Nut Praline,

Irish Crème, Jazzy Java, Jungle Nut, Kalhua Crème, Macadamia Nut,

Mexicali Crème, Mudslide, Raspberry, Pina Colada, Pumpkin Spice,

Swiss Chocolate, Strusel Cake, Toasted Almond, Vanilla, Victorian Caramel,

Vanilla Hazelnut, Viennese Cinnamon.

A time to give: IT SHOULD BE ALL YEAR 'ROUND !!

We at Caffe-Amante have decided that we would like to contribute to those that are less fortunate, but we can only do it with your help - and with your direction.

Therefore - starting today, Nov. 18th to celebrate my birthday, until, sometime in 2009 or beyond, Caffe-Amante will donate 7% of every order placed with the PASSCODE "FOR OTHERS" in the CHECKOUT memo field, to the charity of YOUR choice.

What we need from you:
The Name (and contact) of the Organization
Mailing address

We will email you a confirmation of how much we sent, and when we sent it so you can confirm that we're truthful to what we say!

Treat yourself to the Best Gourmet Coffee Roasted specifically for you - packaged and shipped within 24 hours, at a price that will surely make you smile.

If you're a tea lover, check out our line of exquisite tea's. While you're at it, take a look at our newest product - the Flowering Tea. There's more to shop for - perhaps that special gift set for that favorite teacher, or maybe one of our different Tea Pots. or some of our tea and Coffee gift sets, all priced to put a smile on your face.

Visit us for our Fundraising program opportunities tailored specifically for you. Our program allows your organization to raise up to 50% profit.

Email us with any questions or for additional information.

God Bless

Bill Garcia
Caffe-Amante Gourmet Coffee Roasters & Tea.
West monmouth, NJ

caffeamante@gmail.com

Gourmet Tea Fundraising Program - earn up to 50%

Welcome to our Gourmet Tea Fundraising Program.

Earn up to 50%

Attached are our Tea products that will allow you to raise up to an average of 50% profit for your school/team/special function.

Your selections will cost significantly less than our online retail price. Our suggested reselling price for your organization will allow you an average profit of 50% for your organization.

Descriptions are followed on the next page (which is what’s printed for parents) click here to request this package information .

We include descriptions of Red, Black and Green tea, as well as our product line for the program.

Our top seller is the only selection that gives the buyer the option of a Pyramid sachet or loose. All other teas are sold in loose tins – weight is included in the description.

We can aid in providing a sample letter to parents, and a secondary “Small gift sets” product list that can be incorporated with this program – we find these are popular with parents that want to purchase a small gift for their child’s teachers.

Upon request, order forms will be provided on one Excel file for print out – one form for Parents, another form for the organization.

As an added bonus: With orders purchased at www.caffe-amante.com with your pass-code at checkout, Caffé-Amante will continue to donate 10% of each order to your organization.

For additional information, please call Bill at Caffe-Amante:732-984-1330

email is: caffeamante@optonline.net

or just click HERE

The Java Dilemma: Saving on Coffee in Tough Times

How You Can Skip the Coffee Shop and Make Great Coffee at Home

The weak economy can be a buzz kill -- just ask one of the nation's most prominent coffee retailers.

Starbucks Corp. last week reported a 97 percent drop in fourth-quarter profits, a decline blamed in part on fewer U.S. consumers getting their caffeine fix at the popular coffee-shop chain.

If you're among the Americans cutting back on their coffee-shop java, chances are you've at least considered getting your caffeine fix at home instead … and doing so, experts say, doesn't necessarily mean sacrificing your taste buds.

"If you get a decent coffee maker and decent coffee, you can make great coffee at home and save money and enjoy it," said Jack Groot, the president of the Midwest Barista School and JP's Coffee & Espresso Bar in Holland, Mich.

So exactly what is a belt-tightening, amateur "barista" to do? ABCNews.com talked to Groot, coffee consultant Ed Arvidson and Consumer Reports' Robert Karpel to find out.

Plain Coffee

Achieving satisfaction from your standard cup of joe starts with great coffee beans. Beans from a roaster or a coffee shop will likely be more expensive than grocery-store coffee but they'll be fresher, Groot says. Expect to pay between $9 and $15 a pound.

Next, consider investing in a coffee grinder. This, too, is a matter of freshness. Groot says that buying coffee beans and grinding them yourself will ensure that grounds you ultimately use in your coffee will be fresher than a retailer's ground coffee.

Experts agree that burr grinders -- devices equipped with grinding wheels -- are superior to blade grinders, which as the name indicates, use metal blades to chop beans. A burr grinder, Karpel says, will run you between $60 to $250. Arvidson, a senior consultant for Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup, says a decent grinder will cost at least $100.

And finally, after you've ground your coffee, it's time for the final step: the coffee maker. One of the most important things to look for in a home coffee maker, Karpel says, is its ability to heat water to the proper temperature -- between 195 and 205 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cuisinart coffee makers, Karpel says, have been rated highly by Consumer Reports subscribers and cost about $80, while Groot recommends machines made by Bunn, which run about $100 to $130, and Capresso, which are in the $170 to $200 range.

Read the rest HERE

NEW PRODUCT: Flowering Tea and Glass Tea Pot

Glass insert included. (not shown) Flowering tea not included.

Glass insert included. (not shown) Flowering tea not included. Our beautiful line of Bohemian made glass teapots turns tea brewing into a breathtaking art form. You simply won’t find a better way to watch the unfolding of a wiry Volcano Flower Burst or hand-rolled Oolong Mystere anywhere.

Like the swirling snow of a snow-globe, when tea brews in a glass teapot you can be sure all eyes are on the tantalizing infusion to come.

Pregnant women told to drink no more than two cups of coffee a day

That's what they say now... in a few months, they'll probably reverse that and say it's healthy to drink as much as you want.. Anyway - here's the article in TimesOnline, and remember, ALL of our fabulous freshly roasted gourmet coffee is also Decaffeinated, as are a number of our exquisite Tea's: ( here's the Decaffeination process)

Pregnant women are advised to drink no more than two cups of coffee a day to cut the risk of giving birth to underweight babies.

The new guidance from the Food Standards Agency comes after research that links caffeine consumption to small babies. Underweight babies are also more at risk of premature death or suffer other developmental problems later in life.

Caffeine is also found in tea, cola, chocolate, cocoa, energy drinks and some medicines as well as coffee.

Scientific research has already linked caffeine consumption to a higher risk of miscarriage during pregnancy. Lower birth weight can also result in spontaneous miscarriage.

The new advice from the watchdog is for pregnant women — and those wishing to become pregnant — to limit caffeine intake to 200mg a day, the equivalent of two average-sized cups of instant coffee.

The previous recommended caffeine intake was a maximum 300mg a day or three cups of instant coffee.

Freshly brewed coffee, which is commonly served at coffee chain outlets, contains an average 140g of caffeine in an average-sized mug.

A cup of tea contains 70mg of caffeine, a 330ml can of cola 40mg, and a 50g bar of plain chocolate 50mg, according to the agency.

The revised limits of caffeine for pregnant women are being introduced after advice from the FSA’s independent Committee on Toxicity, which has decided that low levels of caffeine can harm the unborn child.

Andrew Wadge, chief scientist at the FSA, said: “This new advice doesn’t mean that pregnant women have to cut out caffeine completely, simply that they should be careful and make sure they don’t have too much. We would emphasise that the risks are likely to be very small and believe our new advice, which is based on new research and has been considered by leading independent scientists, is sensible and proportionate.”

Researchers at Leeds and Leicester universities studied the caffeine consumption patterns of 2,645 low-risk pregnant women with an average age of 30. Women whose intake of caffeine was over 200mg a day were more likely to give birth to smaller babies. The study took place between September 2003 and June 2006.

Most women in pregnancy however already drink less than 200mg a day and most in the study drank tea so the revised advice is unlikely to affect many women.

The British Coffee Association in a statement said that in light of the new research it will be immediately revising its own guidance to healthcare professionals and consumers on coffee consumption.

Dr Euan Paul, spokesman for the association, described the new study as a robust review and analysis of all the current evidence pertaining to the consumption of caffeine during pregnancy.

He reminded pregnant women that they can still enjoy decaffeinated coffee throughout their pregnancy.

Health chiefs are anxious that women do not replace caffeine drinks with alcoholic drinks or very sweet soft drinks.

Last week scientists also found that a weekly glass of wine or two during pregnancy did no harm to infants and could benefit their performance on some tests linked to behaviour and vocabulary.

Indonesia coffee exporters delay shipments, may default

SINGAPORE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Indonesian coffee exporters have delayed shipments of at least 30,000 tonnes of beans to various buyers and could default on delivery after a sharp drop in London futures prices, dealers said on Wednesday.

Many exporters bought beans from farmers when local prices hovered around 18,000 rupiah a kg ($1.80) two months ago. The price has since dropped nearly 30 percent to 13,000 rupiah, meaning exporters would suffer losses if they shipped out the beans now.

'At least 40,000 tonnes have been contracted, and out of that amount around 30,000 tonnes may not be shipped out at all because of the risk of losing money. They want the (London) price to go back to $2,000,' said a regional dealer.

The beans from Indonesia's main producing province of Lampung on Sumatra have been allocated for delivery to buyers in Europe and the United States. Indonesia is the world's second-largest robusta producer after Vietnam.

London's January robusta contract shed $5 to end at $1,786 a tonne on Tuesday -- not far from a 17-month low of $1,642 hit two weeks ago. The contract rallied to $2,815 in March, its highest for the second month since July 1995.

'We can't confirm it because we haven't received any reports. The association hasn't got explanation from trading houses and exporters,' Suherman Harsono, chairman of the Lampung chapter of the Indonesia Coffee Exporters' Association, told Reuters.

Rumours that local sellers in Lampung are delaying shipments have been circulating in the market in the last few days as coffee prices tumble amid fears of a global recession.

The delays in shipments came after local coffee exporters said they planned to plan to set prices for coffee before shipment, rather than at delivery, to protect themselves from steeply falling values for the commodity..

In Indonesia, coffee exporters normally agree on export commitments but delay their decision on prices until after beans have been delivered.

'We've been hearing reports about defaults from Indonesia. I can't confirm it but I can't deny it either. So far I am okay because we have our office in Lampung that gets beans directly from farmers,' said a dealer at a trading house in Singapore.

Dealers said stock levels were steady between 80,000 and 90,000 tonnes in Lampung, with the harvest having peaked in August, and exporters could further delay shipments if there was no improvement in London prices.

'There's always a danger of default. Exporters are still expecting the market to recover to minimise the losses,' said the regional dealer.

Robusta beans make up around 85 percent of Indonesia's coffee output, estimated at around 450,000 tonnes this year, while the rest is higher-value, aromatic arabica beans.

The International Coffee Organization (ICO (nasdaq: ICOC - news - people )) said the global financial crisis could cut coffee supplies and people could drink more at home.

($1=9,980 rupiah)

(Editing by Kim Coghill)