- WHAT?
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HOW?
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Process:
- Coffees of Latin America:
- Referred to as "washed" coffees because
they are processed using fermentation
to develop flavor and depth.
- In this process, ripe coffee cherries are
harvested and transported into a wet mill.
- Coffees of Africa/Arabia:
- Combination of "dry" coffees and
"washed" coffees.
- "Dry/Natural" process develop flavor
from the coffee cherry drying
completely on the bean.
- Coffees of Asia/Pacific:
- Referred to as "semi-washed" coffees.
- "Semi-washed" method consists of ripe
coffee cherries that are washed and pulped,
then laid out in the sun to dry. When they
are partially dried, the parchment skin is
removed and laid out again for drying.
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Coffee Tasting:
- Aroma:
- The way coffee smells.
- Acidity:
- Not the actual pH of the coffee,
but the lively, patate-cleansing
attributes.
- Body:
- The "weight" of the coffee.
- Does it feel light or full in your mouth?
- Flavor:
- How the coffee tastes.
- Smell -> Slurp -> Experience on Tongue
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Pairings:
- Latin America regions drink their coffees
while eating food that contain: nuts, apples,
blueberries, lemons, butter, oranges,
walnuts, chocolate, and caramel.
- Africa/Arabia regions drink their coffees
while eating food that contain: lemons,
herbs, grapefruit, berries, currants, raisins,
oranges, chocolate, and spices.
- Asia/Pacific regions drink their coffees
while eating food that contain: cinnamon,
oatmeal, maple, butter, toffee, cheese,
caramel, apples, pears, and herbs.
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Brewing:
- Coffee can be brewed by boiling, steeped, or pressured.
- - Boiling to brew coffee is done by grinding beans
to fine powder, adding it to water and boiling it
for no more than an instant in a pot.
- In an automatic coffeemaker, hot water drips onto
coffee grounds in a coffee filter.
- - Use a french press to steep coffee.
- Ground coffee and hot water are combined
in a cylinder container, brews for a few minutes,
and a tightly fit filter plunges down to force
grounds to the bottom.
- - The espresso method forces hot pressurized water
through ground coffee.
- Coffee can also be brewed in cold water by steeping
ground beans for a few hours.
- WHEN?
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WHERE?
- Regions of Growth:
- Latin America
- Africa/Arabia
- Asia/Pacific
- The coffee bean plant was discovered
in north east Ethiopia and the earliest
evidence of coffee drinking was in the
15th century, in southern Arabia.
- Currently, these are the top three
coffee exporting countries:
#1 Brazil
#2 Vietnam
#3 Indonesia
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WHO?
- Over 2.25 billion cups of coffee are
consumed globally every day.
- Coffee is sold world-wide
which makes it accessible.
- INSPIRED BY?
- CULTURAL INFLUENCES?