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Mark Ramos
Coffee is quite a complex beverage, and truly the finest coffee beans are grown at high altitudes. An altitude of over 3000 feet will help to create full and complex flavors within the coffee cherries that hold the coffee beans. From there, the fruit will be handpicked from the trees to guarantee quality, and the outer pulp will be removed to produce the coffee beans. From there, coffee beans will be dried, cleaned, inspected, and graded to prepare for sale as unroasted coffee beans. The beans will range in color from a dark yellow to a pale green when they are raw and unroasted, and they will then be exported as raw coffee beans for roasting, blending, and being ground into a final product. The majority of commercial coffee companies use Robusta or Arabica beans, and Arabica is seen as the gourmet choice. Once the beans are roasted, there are many different roast types on the market to dictate a different flavor in your cup of Joe. • American Roast: This is a regular coffee roast where the beans are medium roasted to create a moderate brew that is not too light or too heavy in flavor. • French Roast: This is a full coffee roast that has a dark brown color in the beans, and it creates a strong coffee flavor. • Italian Roast: The coffee beans will be glossy and almost black, and they create a strong and delicious flavor used for espresso. • European Roast: This is made from two thirds heavy roasted and one third regular roasted beans blended. • Viennese Roast: This roast is made from one third dark roasted and two thirds regular roasted blended coffee beans. • Instant Coffee: This is a powder created from freshly brewed coffee that is heated and spray dried to remove the moisture. • Freeze Dried Coffee: This is a form of instant coffee that is frozen into ice crystals so that the water can be removed, and it is normally more expensive than other instant coffee because it has a better flavor. • Decaffeinated Coffee: The caffeine is removed from the coffee beans in a process using water or chemicals before the beans are roasted. The Swiss water process is much preferred because it does not use chemicals to decaffeinate the coffee beans. As you can see, coffee roasting is a complex art and science all rolled into one. Make it your priority to try many of these different coffee roasts to better understand what goes into your cup of Joe. Furthermore, there many different through methods that you can use to create interesting flavors in your morning coffee, which is where the fun begins as a coffee drinker. Trying out different coffee roasts and different methods of brewing will help you to find the perfect taste in your cup of coffee!
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