Why do people cup ( cupping ) taste or evaluate anything? Well one only truly understands quality until one gets to experience what quality is. What i mean by this is that to understand what is the most floral,brisk or complex Tea or Coffee is one needs to analyze this next to simulour types of […]
COLOMBIA Intestingly enough Coffee was probably first introduced to Colombia in 1723 by the Jesuits. It spread slowly as a commercial crop to various regions of the country, but its production did not become significant until the end of the 19th century. TRACEABILITY As part as the promotion of Colombian coffee, the Federación Nacional de […]
Processing coffee is a big thing, and it’s extremely important in determining how the coffee comes out as a finish product. We use the word “processing” to refer to every stage of the coffee making process – from harvesting the coffee cherries by hand-picking them off the plant, to the time when the coffee beans […]
Washing coffee cherries results in a clean flavour profile in the coffee and represents an ideal processing method for those who prefer a brew that is both mild and bright. This processing method cuts and washes off the cherry from the coffee bean and also removes as much mucilage as possible. It is well-known for […]
Although both washed and semi-washed processes are used today, originally coffee was processed with a different approach in mind; one that didn’t require the use of machinery that was only just produced in the last couple of centuries. Thus, the dry process came about after the discovery of coffee originally in Ethiopia, and has been […]