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All gourmet coffee and tea share at least one important trait: they both are made from the best product available to better suit their customers. Some may say homegrown, some may say handpicked, some may even say handpicked and hand-grown. The difference may seem miniscule, but the gourmet coffee or tea you drink will taste completely different. It is important to know what is actually gourmet and what is not. Educating yourself now will save you a lot of money and time in the future.

Gourmet coffees are an exceptionally prized commodity around the world; gourmet teas are no less sought after. A gourmet coffee and tea will vary on many qualities including growing climate and temperature, organic or non-organic, Arabica or Robusta, and all qualities affect the price you pay for your gourmet coffee or tea. More importantly, all the variances affect the taste and aroma.

It is important to realize that all coffees and teas gain attributes according to the location, elevation, temperature, and humidity of the coffee and tea farmers' farm. Without proper cultivation conditions, a gourmet coffee and tea will be not quite so "gourmet". The coffee and tea not cultivated under the proper conditions will be of lesser quality, if not ruined, and will be rendered useless. Of course, coffee and tea farmers go to great lengths to insure that the integrity of their product is intact.

Customers enjoy the variances available in all gourmet coffees and teas. Whether that variance be in natural product taste and aroma, or specialty coffees and teas that have been roasted or cooked to infuse alternative aromas and tastes, coffee and tea drinkers appreciate the special care. Of course, the more pleased you are with what the coffee and tea growers give you as an end product, the more loyal you will be towards that product.

Gourmet coffee and tea is a thoroughly enriching experience. Many gourmet teas actually offer therapeutic reactions to the drinker. Of course, these affects are not USDA confirmed, but the millions of people around the world all agree, that tea is healthy! Gourmet coffee is also a healthy addition to almost anyone's daily diet. Both coffee and tea has the popular stimulant known as caffeine. Experts agree that both coffee and tea offer the drinker many natural antioxidants. Antioxidants help the blood flow through out the body.

Whatever the occasion, gourmet coffees and teas make an exceptional gift as well. Coffee and tea is quickly becoming one of the largest exports of many countries around the world as caffeine drinkers quickly spend over $20 billion annually for their daily cup of caffeine: $20 billion is nothing to be scoffed at these days. Of course coffee and tea manufacturers are going to try to get their cut of the pie by pleasing you. So sit back and enjoy as coffee retailers make a coffee or tea that is perfectly you.