Grading Arabica Coffee Beans: Understanding The Basics
The Arabica coffee beans which you use are frequently the key to a great cup ...
Read moreCoffee roasting is one of the most influential factors of coffee taste. Roasting transforms green beans into the aromatic and flavorful coffee that wakes our senses and enlightens our days. More importantly, roasting coffee beans is more than just the color of the bean; it's an art form that changes many of the beans' physical attributes and defines the different roasting types we've all come to know.
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The French press is an immersion brewing method, meaning that the coffee extracts while it is submerged in water. After it is allowed to brew for a certain amount of time, the filter is plunged downwards to separate the grounds from the brewed coffee.
This technique brews coffee using the infusion method, making it similar to drip coffee in terms of body and taste. Chemex filters are 20-30% thicker than those used by other pour over methods such as the Hario.
Drip-brewed, or filtered coffee, is brewed by hot water passing slowly over roasted, ground coffee beans contained in a filter. Water seeps through the ground coffee, absorbing its oils, flavors, and essences as it passes through the filter.
Vacuum coffee brewing, has been around since the 1800’s where people experimented with vacuum and vapor pressure. There are two chambers; the first is filled with water and by heating the bottom chamber, vapor pressure forces the water to rise into the upper chamber.
AeroPress… is a new kind of coffee press that uses a rapid, total immersion brewing process to make smooth, delicious, full flavored coffee without bitterness and with low acidity. Espresso… is brewed by machine, forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water and steam (187 °F to 203 °F), under pressure through finely ground and compacted coffee.
Beans are ground to a fine powder. Turkish coffee is prepared by immersing the coffee grounds into water and heating until it just boils, using a special pot called a cezve.