Started learning more about coffee beans and origins…Some inside info please?
I have finally graduated Dunkin Dounuts Coffee and started buying my own whole bean coffees and wanted to get an idea on some orgins of Great Coffee and the charactoristics of these regions…Please give good brands to try as well…Thanks Coffee Conisuers…….
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Here’s some basics for coffee regions:
There are two types of coffees-Arabica and Robusta. Robusta is the cheap stuff you find in Folgers, Maxwell House, etc.It is grown at a lower altitude and tends to be bitter, bland, one-dimensional.
Arabica is grown at higher altitudes, and is the best coffee you can buy. Arabica is flavorful, multi-dimensional. You will find these types of coffees at coffee shops like Starbucks.
Coffee is grown between the two tropics, because of the warm, moist climate.
There are 3 main regions where it is grown.
1. Latin America–usually the mildest coffees are grown here. Also they are very well-balanced. I tend to think they have a nutty and spicy taste to them.
2.Africa/Arabia–This is the region where you will find the most exotic coffees(after all, coffee was discovered here!).With these coffees, you can taste anything from citrusy to chocolatey. Usually, these coffees are pretty bold.
3. Asia Pacific–Home to the earthiest tasting coffees. They will feel full and heavy-bodied on your tongue.
Remember, no two coffees are the same. Soil and climate affect the flavor of a coffee.
If you have any more questions, feel free to message me!
I read about how there are expensive coffee machines that basically grind the beans and brew the coffee one cup at a time. Obviously this is a slow process and the operator of these machines must be trained properly. The customer seems to gladly wait for this special cup of coffee and is willing to pay 5 or 6 dollars for it. The result of this increasing demand for the perfect cup of coffee by the masses is that the source – the "ore" so to speak must also be almost perfect. This source of course is the Coffee Bean. Every bean must be perfect and picked when properly ripe, must not have any blemishes or rotten places on them, because the individually brewed cups of coffee will reveal every flaw.
This need for perfect beans will further increase the cost of coffee brewed in this manner. So, there will be two tiers of coffee. Good coffee , for the 7-dollar coffee-shop customers, and the "rejects" for everyone else. The awesome beans will not be mixed together with the half-ruined ones like they have been for centuries. The "average" coffee will actually be much worse than ever, because they will be made from the beans not worthy of the coffee houses.
Congratulations on your graduation. Let me know if what i said is true or not. I read it in Economist Magazine.
I’ll give you a link that has coffee’s from different regions or origins. this link will take you to the green bean page. scroll down to the list of beans and click on the bean you want to check on. it will give you a description of the location the bean is from, a short cupping note by Tom and a recommendation of the roast type/degree. Also most of the bean descriptors also have a ‘wheel’ showing flavors tasted in the bean by Tom. Click on these wheels to get the info. (they are on the right hand side of the page.)
Here is a good web site to look for coffees to try.
http://www.coffeereview.com/
Info about coffee from different parts of the world
http://www.coffeereview.com/reference.cfm?ID=45