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Ready, Steady…Roast
The Third Wave brought a new-found appreciation for quality which led to all kinds of developments such as the birth of the speciality coffee shop and brew bar, a desire for quality beans produced in a fair, sustainable way and the realisation that coffee can be roasted in a multitude of different ways, producing significantly different aromas and flavours. The result: a return to micro-roasting.
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Mocha, mocha, moka
Mocha – a word that’s Arabic in origin – comes first in line. In fact, it’s the name of an important port city in Yemen which was the heart of the world’s coffee trade between the 15th and 18th centuries.
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Coffee Soup
I learned a new word this week. Puck. Yes, puck.
A coffee puck is the little cake of used coffee grinds that you remove from your espresso machine portafilter after you pull a shot.In an ideal world they’re dry and flat and slip out whole, with a single tap. Why? Find the answers in our new article. -
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Other People’s Coffee
Tired of watery and coffees at my family and friends places, I decided to take my own essential coffee paraphernalia around.
Are those moments of caffeine ecstasy worth the embarrassment and ridicule my coffee snobbery sometimes causes? Here I tell you my experience! -
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Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Coffee has been roasted and ground and brewed and drunk and enjoyed for hundreds of years. The first hipsters, complete with funky little beards, were, in fact, 9th-century Ethiopian goats with a fondness for coffee cherries.
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Discover what the awesome honey processing is!
How does the honey processing tastes like? Learn about the differences between yellow, red and black honey.
Even non-coffee experts can fully understand it and become a coffee nerd! -
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