There are many coffee and tea brands in the market. Starbucks, Costa Coffee, and The Coffee Bean are some of the examples of the brand that people normally will buy and consume nowadays. This has caused us almost forget about the existence of the Malaysia’s traditional coffee and tea which known as ‘Kopi Tarik’ and ‘Teh Tarik’. In this blog, it’s time for us to bring back the taste of Malaysia’s traditional coffee and tea and let’s explore about the uniqueness of the brand ‘MAINTAIN’ to find out why you should buy and try on it!

1. Not Just A Drink But Also A Best Gift For The Ones You Love

‘MAINTAIN’ packaging is nice and special where a Gypsophila is printed on the bottles with full of coffee and tea. Gypsophila symbolizes pure, care, miss, and true love. The colors of the coffee and tea make the visual of Gypsophila better as it looks like planting in the soil. This is why ‘MAINTAIN’ is special and it can a best gift for the ones you love as this concept is similar with sending real flowers but the flowers will never get withered which represents your eternal love. ‘MAINTAIN’ coffee and tea can help you to show and deliver your love especially when you are shy or not dare to express to the ones you love not only your partners but also your families and friends.

2. Free Flower Seeds For Planting

Instead of nice and special packaging, ‘MAINTAIN’ also provides free flower seeds to the consumers in every purchase. Different types of flower seeds will be given as a free gift within a period of time. You can plant the seeds in the bottles after finish consuming and take care about it and you can then keep yourselves or send to the ones that you love after it grows into flower. With this, ‘MAINTAIN’ not only to promote their business but they are also raising awareness of environmentally friendly and encourage the people to go more green at the same time.

3. Cheaper Price

‘MAINTAIN’ coffee and tea are selling at a cheaper yet special and meaningful price compared to the other brands. One bottle of ‘MAINTAIN’ coffee and tea is selling at RM 5.20 and there is a meaning behind the price where it represents giving enough love to feel loved. Moreover, it is more worth to buy two bottles of ‘MAINTAIN’ coffee and tea as the price for two bottles is only RM 9.99 and it represents everlasting love. This means that you can get two bottles within RM 10 and this is much more cheaper than the other brands as you normally only can buy one cup of coffee or tea with at least RM 10 and above.

4. Worth Collection

There will be several series of collection for ‘MAINTAIN’ coffee and tea where the flower stickers on the packaging will change constantly for every 3 months in a year. Gypsophila is the main type of flower on ‘MAINTAIN’ coffee and tea packaging and different types of flowers will also be designed and made into the stickers on the packaging to give a new and fresh look on it. You can get to see 4 different packaging in a year and you can collect all or some design of the packaging that you like and make it into a collection. If you get to collect every single design of packaging, you can then redeem free gifts from ‘MAINTAIN’ at the end of the year.

Except water, coffee and tea are the most loved and enjoyed drink all over the world! Most of us consume them everyday in our daily lives and we normally can see their existence during the morning time, tea time, and even break time. Instead of just consuming coffee and tea, do you ever know that they actually benefit our body too? Continue to read to learn and explore more about it!

1. Help In Boosting Concentration

Coffee and tea contain a same ingredient or constituent called caffeine which acts as a stimulant that can help us to improve and boost our concentration. Caffeine helps to prevent the production of adenosine – a critical neurochemical that causes natural tiredness and this results the blocking any signals of drowsiness and tiredness to occur. With this, coffee and tea have become the best choice of drink especially for those who do remote work or office work and also for those who need to get a lot of work to be done in a short period of time.

2. Improve Mental Health

Instead of boosting concentration, caffeine in the coffee and tea may also help in relieving depressive symptoms and improving mood as well as the mental health. A study that done by Dr. Alan Leviton from Harvard University proved that those people who drink coffee and tea are to be less depressed compared to those people who do not drink coffee and tea. Moreover, a review from seven studies stated that people get to reduce 8% of the risk of depression from every cup of coffee that they consume in a day.

3. Prevention Of Diabetes

Polyphenols and antioxidants in the coffee and tea can help to prevent and reduce the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is caused due to the daily diet that we consume and our body is resisting with the insulin or our body cannot control well the amount of glucose in our bloodstream. Polyphenols can act effectively in the way to improve the secretion and the sensitivity of the insulin in the body. Besides that, the antioxidants in the coffee can help in controlling the blood sugar level and the antioxidants in the tea can help in processing the blood sugar in the body.

4. Lower The Risk Of Heart Disease

Besides diabetes, polyphenols and antioxidants in the coffee and tea also can help in lowering the risk of heart or cardiovascular disease such as stroke. Antioxidants may found to act as a protection to the vascular system and most of the doctors believe that moderate amount of coffee and tea in a day can help in producing and building calcium in the blood vessels and maintain a healthy heart.

5. Weight Loss / Management

Consuming coffee and tea can help to lose or maintain body weight and prevent obesity – one of the most concern health problems in Malaysia. Coffee and tea without overloaded sugar and cream contain low-calorie where it may boost our metabolism and help in breaking the fats in our body more faster. In addition, the caffeine in the coffee and tea can also increase the consumption of the energy which results in burning more calories in our body.

These are some ideas for you to make coffee:

1. Always use the coffee beans from local roaster or roasting on your own.

Without question, coffee is best when used within days of being roasted. Buying from a local roaster (or roasting your own) is the surest way to get the absolute freshest beans. Be wary of buying bulk coffee from supermarket display bins. Oxygen and bright light are the worst flavor busters for roasted beans, so unless the store is conscientious about selling fresh coffee, the storage tubes get coated with coffee oils, which turn rancid. Coffee beans packaged by quality-conscious roasters and sold in sturdy, vacuum-sealed bags are often a better bet.

2. Store the coffee beans in airtight container at room temperature.

Always store opened coffee beans in an airtight container. Glass canning jars or ceramic storage crocks with rubber-gasket seals are good choices. Never refrigerate (roasted beans are porous and readily take up moisture and food odors). Flavor experts strongly advise against ever freezing coffee, especially dark roasts. Optimally, buy a 5- to 7-day supply of fresh beans at a time and keep at room temperature.

3. Choose the right coffee beans that you want.

Snobbism among coffee drinkers can rival that of wine drinkers, but the fact is that an astonishing world of coffee tastes awaits anyone willing to venture beyond mass-marketed commercial brands. Specialty coffees that clearly state the country, region or estate of origin can provide a lifetime of tasting experiences. There are two major beans on the market—Arabica and Robusta. Arabica beans are more widely produced, have a wider range of flavors and are generally considered the “better bean.” By all means look for 100% pure Arabica beans. The cheap alternatives may contain Robusta beans, noted for their higher caffeine content but harsh flavors. “Nasty” is a term commonly linked to Robusta coffees by Arabica devotees.

4. Grind the coffee beans into the proper size according to grinder that you use as it can affect the taste of the coffee.

Coffee starts losing quality almost immediately upon grinding. The best-tasting brews are made from beans ground just before brewing. Coffee connoisseurs prefer to grind in expensive burr mills (e.g., Solis, Zassenhaus, Rancilio), but affordable electric “whirly blade” grinders (e.g., Braun, Bodum) will do a serviceable job, especially if the mill is rocked during grinding to get a fine, even particle size. (Scoop for scoop, finer grinds yield more flavor.)

5. Choose the right water and filter paper.

Nothing can ruin a pot of coffee more surely than tap water with chlorine or off-flavors. Serious coffee lovers use bottled spring water or activated-charcoal/carbon filters on their taps. Note: Softened or distilled water makes terrible coffee—the minerals in good water are essential. Bargain-priced paper coffee filters yield inferior coffee, according to the experts. Look for “oxygen-bleached” or “dioxin-free” paper filters (e.g., Filtropa, Melitta). Alternatively, you may wish to invest in a long-lived gold-plated filter (e.g., SwissGold). These are reputed to deliver maximum flavor, but may let sediment through if the coffee is ground too finely.

6. Add in proper amount of coffee and get the right water temperature.

The standard measure for brewing coffee of proper strength is 2 level tablespoons per 6-ounce cup or about 2 3/4 tablespoons per 8-ounce cup. Tricks like using less coffee and hotter water to extract more cups per pound tend to make for bitter brews. Water that is too hot will extract compounds in the coffee that are bitter rather than pleasant. The proper brewing temperature is 200°F, or about 45 seconds off a full boil. (Most good coffeemakers regulate this automatically.) Once brewed, don’t expect coffee to hold its best flavors for long. Reheating, boiling or prolonged holding on a warming platform will turn even the best coffee bitter and foul-tasting.

7. Clean the storage containers and grinders oftenly.

Clean storage containers and grinders every few weeks to remove any oily buildup. At least monthly, run a strong solution of vinegar or specialty coffee-equipment cleaner (e.g., Urnex) through your coffeemaker to dissolve away any mineral deposits. Rinse thoroughly before reuse.

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