About Writer Diena Zavetsky has been a coffee gourmet for over 15 years. She is the owner of Hot Gourmet Coffee, a subsidiary of dmskye. She believes that whole bean coffee should be ground just before brewing to get a fresh coffee flavor.
Coffee Cupping Basics I have always loved coffee. Now I want to know why I like some better than others. I’ve done some research and have learned that tasting coffees is very similar to tasting wines.
The correct term for coffee tasting is "coffee cupping." The recommended method for "cupping" requires coffee... Similar Editorial : Coffee Basics 101 by Precremix. | Source : Instant Coffee
Coffee Beans: Light To Dark Before roasting, coffee beans are green. A green coffee bean has none of the characteristics of a roasted bean. It is soft and spongy and smells green. Roasted coffee beans have the aroma we’ve come to recognize as coffee and weigh less because the moisture has been roasted out. They are crunchy to ... Similar Editorial : Coffee Reports from the Dark Continent by Boake Moore. | Source : Instant Coffee
Chicory Blended Coffee I recently tasted New Orleans Chicory Blend coffee for the first time. This is an American coffee usually made with a dark roast coffee and chicory.