In the pursuit of that perfect cup of coffee or espresso, can perfection ever really be achieved? The answer, even accounting for the consideration of individual taste, may simply be no. The reason is the result of four things that coffee are subjected to in its short life from green bean to cup: oxidation, heat, [...]
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I was lucky enough to be given a personal tour around one of the most promising up-and-coming Australian coffee plantations/roasters a few days ago. The plantation was called Red Door Coffee and the owner is Brett Luker. Red Door is situated a few kilometres off the Pacific Highway just past Ballina in a little place [...]
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In previous articles, we’ve looked at coffee blends and single origin coffees separately. Now let’s take a look at why coffee roasters favour blends, at what stage of the process they do it and finally whether drinking single origins or blends is better.
Why Do Coffee Roasters Favour Blends?
Why is it that it is rare to [...]
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When we used to work behind espresso machines, we noted that a typical question that people would ask when they waited for their coffee was, “What blend do you use?” or “What’s in your blend?” That’s actually a pretty complicated question! You’d need a good 15 minutes to answer that properly.
The question of “What’s in [...]
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It’s surprising just how little people think about the coffee bean when they go about drinking their morning cup. Dave and I have found that a lot of people in our classes even think that that it is some kind of generic food substance – like a peanut (after all, it looks like one!) and [...]
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