What you didn't know about Coffee
What you didn't know about Coffee
Hello, I am Pak Kopi, and today I will briefly go over the three main things we need to know for the best coffee possible: roasting, grinding, and brewing. Roasting: The Critical First Step The first and most critical factor is roasting. To achieve the best coffee, you must have…
Roasting coffee is easy and anybody can do it! It’s as simple as making popcorn because it’s the exact same process. The coffee bean reaches a certain temperature in which the water inside the bean expands and becomes a gas. This expansion pops or “cracks” the coffee bean. During this…
In my opinion, the most important factor is the freshness of the roast. I always ask the barista the exact roast date of the coffee they are making espresso with. The fresher the better. Unfortunately this understanding is not practiced in Cafe’s. Often, the barista does not even know the…
For my money the best single cup coffee maker is the Moka Pot, also referred to as a stovetop espresso. It simply makes the strongest cup of coffee for the best price. If you use only freshly roasted and freshly ground coffee (using an inexpensive Burr Grinder), you will be…
🫘 Use only 100% Arabica green (unroasted) coffee.🫘 Roast it yourself using an inexpensive home roasting machine.🫘 Grind it immediately after roasting and cooling to room temperature, and just before brewing.🫘 Using a Moka Pot (stovetop espresso, originally made by Italian company Bialetti but now there are many manufacturers to…
Every morning I roast 120 grams (about a quarter pound) in only six minutes. There is no difference, that I can determine, between coffee that takes 6 minutes to roast compared to coffee that takes an hour or more to roast. As long as the coffee is roasting evenly throughout,…
My name is Asher Yaron, and I am currently in Ubud, Bali. My coffee process has been involved with coffee for 12 years. My coffee process is best described in three words: roast, grind, and brew. It is not even my own process; it is something that I copied from…
Great question, and one in which it is a good time in human history to ask! IMO, the best home roaster has these features; easy to use, roasts all the coffee very evenly, is quick and efficient, utilizes the Fluid Bed Roasting method (a cleaner process of heating with electricity…
Roast ➞ Grind ➞ Brew Welcome back to the second part of my roast, grind, and brew process. I have been developing this unique workflow for quite some time, and I am finally excited to unveil it for the first time. As far as I know, I am the only…
It really all depends on your interptetation of the word “proper”. For me, a proper coffee involves the 3 step process of Roast, Grind, Brew. Without control over these three steps, a big part of your end result will remain a mystery and you wont know how to correct it.…