What are your perceptions of coffee from Puerto Rico?
I love coffee from Puerto Rico but I have heard mixed reviews from some folks? I would like to know other folks perceptions. Thanks in advance.
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Coffee & Roasting (576)
Bean Chipping
I just purchased a coffee roasting business and am having trouble with my beans chipping. Especially in the darker roasts. I am roasting on a Diedrich IR-3N that we moved out to our acreage and converted to propane.
I was trained by the previous
Read more…mineral content of water
i just came across an article titled "the great filtration myth"(sweet marias posting),in wich the author goes on to explain the importance of mineral content based on region ,and the character they(minerals such as ca,mg,fe,etc...) add to the flavor
Read more…cold brew methods for a shop setting
Hey all,
So, I've spent about the last month and a half experimenting (off and on) with the whole cold-brew idea, and have finally settled on a blend and method that I'm happy with.
I pretty much just put a pound of medium-grind coffee into a 12Q
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Coffee mills
I'm looking for a coffee mill to do turkish coffee. Any recomendations or suppliers?
Thanks
Read more…Why is caffeine addicting?
I just ran into this picture
http://billykangas.blogspot.com/2010/05/why-is-coffee-addicting.htmlhttp://billykangas.blogspot.com/2010/05/why-is-coffee-addicting.html
which I thought was funny... but it got me thinking... I don't really know what cause
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HELP!
I started last week training as a barista and I'm having a bit of a conflict. Can someone explain to me the difference between a latte and a cappuccino and their formulas? It seems like all of the videos I see online have strictly steamed milk for
Read more…Double Roasting???
I have a friend who works at a restaurant where they cook everything with a wood fire oven. He said they buy their coffee from a roaster in town, and then roast it in their oven for a couple minutes before serving. Mind you, they're not buying gree
Read more…sample roasting.
care to share some sample roasting knowledge?
it confuses me.
is there one standard sample roast?
if there is, why isnt there a standard production roast?
(just thinking about the tiny bags they send the green samples in, it doesnt allow for much exper
Green Coffee market increase???? WOW!
Sorry but the increase in price on the commodities exchange is an absolute joke???? Coffee has now made a whopping 30 cent increase in a short 2 week period. If you can shed some light on this matter i would greatly appreciate it.
Are 2 Roasters Better Than 1?
So we're pretty set on using only fair trade and organic coffee (see other discussions for that battle), and we found a roaster who has very good fair trade stuff, but it still limits our options a little. Does anyone use 2 different roasters for th
Read more…How do the big coffee roasters get away with low weights????
I don't want to start a discussion that has already been talked about to death.
My Question is:
With the traditional brewing method (paper filter/bunn brewer)
How do some big time roasters get away with such low weights (70-76gr/2l water)?
Their cof
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Cafe Grumpys $12 cup
I was just reading an article about how cafe grumpy is serving a $12 cup of ethiopian coffee.
The video in the post talks about coffee that "never touches the ground" and other over romanticized marketing terms, but the description of the flavor prof
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compostable/ heat sealable packaging
I would like to start packaging in compostable bags.
I can't find any that can be heat sealed, which I need for at least a LITTLE bit of shelf life for the beans.
and how do degassing valves work for the compostable process?
am I wasting my tim
Read more…Thoughts on Ka'u Coffee
As a farmer I am aware of my product but I am curious of what others think about Ka'u Coffee. How does it compare to others in the industry?
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I'm buying some incredible products from my broker. Some ar organic, but I can't afford to jump full force on that band wagon since there are so many fees and hoops to jump through. Fair Trade certification seems the same way. I want to be sustainabl
Read more…How Many Cups of Coffee Do You Drink Each Day?
I have started a Poll asking the question, "How Many Cups of Coffee Do You Drink Per Day?"
You can answer here in the comments or on the Poll's Official Page to participate.
The Choices are:
(a) 1-3 Cups
(b) 3-5 Cups
(c) 5-7 Cups
(d) Cups? I Drink Pots!
(e
Cups per lb.
How many cups of coffee can you get from 1 lb. of whole bean coffee ? 30 - 40 cups ? More ?
Read more…5 Things an "Ordinary" Person Should Know When Buying/Drinking Coffee
On top of being a barista, I am also a journalism student. After my classmates find out that I moonlight as a professional coffee geek, I get a lot of responses like, "Ooooh! I love coffee, but I don't know much about it," or, "Isn't coffee just coff
Read more…issues with our sivetz 1/4 bag roaster, impeller adjustment questions
about a week and a half ago I was in the shop and prepped my first roast of the day of our red rooster espresso, everything ran as normal, beans were lofting nicely, then all hell broke loose, the roaster starting vibrating like mad, tremors went thr
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