Grinding your coffee is a crucial task in the brewing process. Your grind size will have an impact on most, if not all, of the coffee attributes or features: aroma, fragrance, taste, acidity, and the body of your drink. To extract the most flavor from your grounded coffee, you need to increase the time that…
Author: Charlie McFarlane
Specialty Coffee Enthusiast.
Hungry for knowledge in the art and science behind specialty coffee and decided to document my journey, while sharing it with the public.
More than 10 baristas were interviewed; over 21 farms were visited across 5 countries. Almost 100 Coffee Shops.
Bean of choice: Pacamara.
Preferred coffee country: Panama.
Preferred Brewing Method: Aeropress.
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Why Is Specialty Coffee So Expensive? The Truth Revealed!
Coffee makes you want to get out of bed in the morning, gives rhythm to your days, comforts you, and brings you with your friends. It is, for many people, that little essential pleasure in everyday life, but would you pay 100 bucks for a cup of specialty coffee? That’s right, one hundred dollars for…
La Pavoni Vs. Rocket: Which Machine Is Superior?
When it comes to espresso, La Pavoni Europiccola and Rocket Appartamento are considered among the major players. While they offer superb output, their names might sound cool, making you further confused. You might be thinking about how to decide the right brand? What to look for in an espresso machine? Ideally, seven factors must be…
Vienna Coffee vs. Cappuccino: What’s the Difference?
There are thousands of coffee brews out there, subsequently branching out into more and more brands and brews of coffee. Cappuccino is one of the most popular types of warm beverages, as it’s tasty and doesn’t pack as much caffeine punch as regular coffee. It’s often compared to Vienna coffee, which is a brew of…
Should Specialty Coffee Be Drunk Without Sugar?
With coffee being so popular, it didn’t take too long for avid coffee drinkers to devote themselves to various brews of coffee completely in this enthusiasm that has risen around coffee, specialty coffee filtered through as a particular interest of coffee enthusiasts. However, everyone takes their coffee differently, and there are some things that, despite…
Why Are Caturra And Catuai Commonly Mixed In Blends?
The origin of coffee can be traced back to a genus of plants in Ethiopia called “Coffea.” According to studies, there are more than 125 known coffee species globally, with Arabica and Robusta coffee being the two most commercially viable of them all. Robusta, also called Coffea Canephora, is more productive and less susceptible to…