The time when we used to get up, grab our morning newspaper, and brew up a wonderful cup of coffee, has started to get past most of us. Unless you're a morning person who can get out of bed hours before anyone else and somehow start the day without the typical morning rush then consider yourself one of the lucky ones. If anything, people are usually running around the house, getting the kids ready, getting themselves ready, and running out the door.

When buying coffee beans for your business or home, what you should be looking for?  Hopefully this guide will help you to understand the differences between the basic types of coffee, and bust the coffee jargon, so you can choose which variety will work for you.

According to National Coffee Drinking Trends, published by the National Coffee Association of U.S.A. Inc., more than 53 percent of consumers age 18 and older drink coffee on a daily basis, up from 49 percent. That translates into 7.7 million new coffee drinkers.