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Our Favourite Coffee Recipes Mmmmmm… Here are some of our favourite coffee recipes that we would like to share with you. We recommend that you use Organic, Fair Trade ingredients wherever possible. The finished product tastes so much better and the farmers who produce...
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7 At Home Roasting Tips Unroasted coffee beans are actually the dried seeds of cherries picked from coffee trees or shrubs. To transition the raw seeds, or “green beans” as we call them, to roasted coffee beans, they must be heated to an internal temperature of at...
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The Art of Home Roasting Be your own roast master! For a coffee hobbiest, one of life’s simplest pleasures is the anticipation of waking up each morning to grind your own, freshly roasted coffee beans. Ah, the smell!! And the taste! Simply the best and just the way...
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Tasting Qualities Every Coffee Snob Needs To Know Here are the major characteristics you should be paying attention to, while you are tasting your coffee: Acidity – The sensation of dryness in the back and under the edges of your mouth. This is a desirable quality and...
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Which Filter Is The Best Which coffee filter should I use? There are many things to consider when brewing your optimal cup at home. There are white paper filters, brown paper recycled filters, and varying degrees of permanent filters. It can be a tough decision. The...
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The Key To Brewing The Perfect Cup Of Coffee It will not matter how fresh your beans are; it will not matter if you have spent $150 on the latest coffee maker or if your best friend has bought you a fancy french press ‘plunger’: if you brew coffee poorly it will taste...
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Roasting Types The roasting process is integral to producing a savoury cup of coffee. When roasted, the green coffee bean expands to nearly double its original size, changing in color and density. As the bean absorbs heat, the color shifts to yellow and then to a...
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Why Drink Organic Coffee? Many people are aware that our food is injected, processed and altered. Most of us know that our daily food consumption includes many suspected cancer causing additives. We are poisoning ourselves and our environment. It’s also common to have...
