Monthly Archives March 2007

Sweet Taste Of Success

The final chapter of the cinnamon rolls project was yet to happen. On Saturday night I tried it again. I started as before, but this time I fall asleep so I let the dough rise for over night. But regardless that all the rest were exactly as before. And this time it was successful. Actually I made some critical changes too. For the icing instead of the confectioners sugar, I grind down my own in a regular blender. The simple confectioners sugar comes with some cornstarch that since it remains uncooked gives a slight uncooked starch taste.

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Coffee: After the Brew

Yes when I start with a topic I continue until I exhausts it. That s what I am doing with coffee. Not really I just always wanted to know how coffee effects humans. It is different from human to human and I always wanted to know the source of this deviation. Well as you probably most know the major reason is the molecule of 1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6(3H,7H)-dione, or also known as caffeine. The chemical formula is C8H10N4O2 or and the molecular weight is 194.19 g/mol. So what is so important about caffeine? Why consumption can be so drastic on us.

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