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Coffee Bean Trivia |
Coffee is undoubtedly one of the greatest beverages to be invented by man, what with the many perks and benefits that come with drinking this wonderful concoction. You can have it black, with varying amounts of sugar, with creamer, or flavored with just about anything you can think of, such as cinnamon, chocolate and vanilla. But any way you choose to drink this much-celebrated liquid, it all boils down to one simple fact: Coffee comes from beans, and these beans first have to be roasted before you can enjoy a cup of this stimulating drink.
Roasted coffee beans become what they are after green coffee beans are made to undergo the process of roasting, whereby these green coffee beans expand and transform in terms of taste, color, density and smell. In general, roasted coffee beans are produced commercially in large amounts. However, a good number of coffee drinkers, especially the aficionados, prefer to make roasted coffee beans themselves so that they could have greater control of the taste and freshness of their roasted coffee beans.
The process of producing roasted coffee beans from green coffee beans for personal use is termed as home roasting. This is a practice that has been done for hundreds of years, and over time has involved various methods. Examples of these methods include those involving the use of cast iron pans or fire coals, as well as methods involving the rotation of iron drums over a bed of coal or fire. More modern techniques have simplified the process of making roasted coffee beans, and these utilize computerized drum roasters, ovens and air popcorn poppers.
Needless to say, the early days before the 20th century saw people preferring to produce their own roasted coffee beans at home rather than buying them. However, come the beginning of the 20th century and with the mushrooming of the commercially roasted coffee industry, people began to lean more towards the more convenient method of simply purchasing commercially produced roasted coffee beans.
Nonetheless, in time, people again began to fall in love with home roasting as a means to make roasted coffee beans, again primarily for the reason of having more say over how they would want their coffee to taste, as well as the overall quality and aroma of their coffee. Sometimes, this preference is also due to the economic benefits of home roasting, as home roasted coffee beans can be less expensive than commercially produced roasted coffee beans.
Jun 23 2009
These days many coffee shops sell little baggies of chocolate-covered roasted coffee beans, and even though they’re growing in popularity, some still wonder if people should eat roasted coffee beans.
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Get the best flavor out of your coffee beans by properly storing them.
Green Coffee Beans Are Best for Storage
Green coffee beans, or the coffee beans that have not been roasted yet, are the best type of coffee bean for storage. Green coffee beans can stay good for quite a long time, even years, it is [...]
Jun 17 2009
You may know about which coffee beans taste best and maybe even about roasting and grinding beans, but here are ten coffee beans facts, some of which you may have never heard before!
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Jun 17 2009
Is the coffee bean a fruit or a legume?
Answer: it is a pit inside the coffee fruit.
The coffee bean is not technically a legume, because a legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or a fruit of these plants, and the coffee plant is not a member of the Fabaceae family.
The coffee “bean” [...]
Nov 24 2008
Green coffee beans are simply unroasted coffee beans. Naturally, the quality of green coffee beans determines the flavor, aroma and body of the resulting roasted coffee it can yield. Hence, it is important to know the possible defects that green coffee beans can have, so that you can watch out for them. The following are [...]
