With our simple guide you’ll know all you need to know about coffee but were afraid to ask. From now on you’ll not only drink coffee, enjoy its taste and the kick but you’ll talk about it like a worldly connoisseur. In our guide, you’ll find the answers to all the important questions, tips on how to taste coffee and become and export on the “favourite drink of the civilised world” as Thomas Jefferson called it.

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2. A Simple Guide
to Becoming a
Coffee Expert
With our simple guide you’ll know all you need to
know about coffee but were afraid to ask. From now
on you’ll not only drink coffee, enjoy its taste and the
kick but you’ll talk about it like a worldly
connoisseur. In our guide, you’ll find the answers to
all the important questions, tips on how to taste
coffee and become and export on the “favourite drink
of the civilised world” as Thomas Jefferson called it.
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3. What is coffee actually?
Coffee is as you know a brewed beverage prepared from
the roasted or baked seeds of several species of an
evergreen shrub of the genus Coffea. The two most
common sources of coffee beans are the highly regarded
Coffea arabica, and the "robusta" form of the hardier
Coffea canephora.
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4. Who drank first coffee in the
world?
The story has it that the first to ever have coffee (though not as a beverage)
were the goats in Ethiopia. It is said that the goatherd – Kaldi – discovered
coffee after noticing that his goats, upon eating berries from a certain tree,
became so spirited that they did not want to sleep at night. Kaldi dutifully
reported his findings to the abbot of the local monastery who made a drink
with the berries and discovered that it kept him alert for the long hours of
evening prayer. Soon the abbot had shared his discovery with the other monks
at the monastery, and ever so slowly knowledge of the energizing effects of the
berries began to spread.
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5. What are single origins?
Single-origin coffee is coffee grown within a single known geographical
origin. Sometimes this is a single farm, or a specific collection of beans from a
single country. The name of the coffee is then usually the place it was grown
to whatever degree available. Single-origins are viewed by some as a way to
get a specific taste, and some independent coffee shops have found that this
gives them a way to add value over large chains. However with single origin it
is very difficult to maintain consistency and that is why many companies
prefer to use blends as they can give you a perfect cup of coffee everyday.
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6. What are blends?
The phrase “coffee blend” typically refers to a coffee bean
mixture that is made up of different roasts. There are two kinds of
coffee bean, each with its own distinct characteristics. Arabica
beans are grown at high altitudes and are widely believed to be of
the highest quality, even though they span quite a range of taste
profiles and growing areas. They tend to have a smooth caramel
aftertaste and a rich aroma. Robusta beans, by comparison, are
grown at lower altitudes and usually have a much stronger flavor.
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7. What is the best way to
roast coffee?
I think toasting works better than roasting to describe coffee's
transformation from green, farm-raised innocent to bronzed, sophisticated
bean of the world we know and love. Toasting can happen either slowly or
fast. Toast too fast and you’ll kill the bean. Slow roasting at relatively low
temperatures fully develops a bean's aromatic components, but then
literally (cruelly!) takes many of them away during the prolonged
application of heat. When it comes to roasting coffee, the middle road is
the road best traveled.
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8. When it’s the best time to drink coffee?
We all might think that a cup of coffee should be an absolute must first
thing in the morning. However drinking a cup of coffee just after you wake
up blunts the energy-boosting effects of caffeine and may lead to increased
tolerance of the stimulant. The peak production of cortisol occurs between
8–9 am (under normal circumstances.) This means that at the time that
many people are having their first cup of coffee on the way to work, their
bodies are actually “naturally caffeinating” the most effectively!
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9. Why does coffee wake you up?
Caffeine works by changing the chemistry of the brain. It blocks the action
of a natural brain chemical that is associated with sleep – adenosine.
Adenosine is produced by your daily activity. To a nerve cell, caffeine looks
like adenosine. Caffeine, therefore, binds to the adenosine receptors.
However, it doesn't slow down the cell's activity as adenosine would. And
that is why you do not feel drowsy.
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10. How to taste coffee?
Coffee cupping, or coffee tasting, is the practice of observing the tastes and
aromas of brewed coffee. It is a professional practice but can be done
informally by anyone or by professionals known as "Master Tasters". A coffee
cupping procedure involves deeply sniffing the coffee, then loudly slurping the
coffee so it spreads to the back of the tongue. You do it to measure aspects of
the coffee's taste, specifically the body (the texture or mouthfeel, such as
oiliness), sweetness (the perceived sweetness at the sides of the tongue), acidity
(a sharp and tangy feeling at the tip of the tongue, like when biting into an
orange), flavour (the characters in the cup), and aftertaste.
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12. What is cupping?
Coffee cupping is just another name for coffee tasting. Cupping is a
traditional practice; in the United States, cupping became a standard
industry practice in the late 19th century (in what is retrospectively called
the First Wave of American coffee), due to its use by Hills Brothers Coffee
of San Francisco.
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13. What is the body?
Body is the term used to describe the physical
properties of the beverage. A strong but pleasant full
mouthfeel characteristic as opposed to being thin. To an
amateur coffee taster, body can be compared to drinking
milk. A heavy body is comparable to whole milk while a
light body can be comparable to skim milk.
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14. What is acidity of coffee?
Acidity is a sharp and tangy feeling at the tip of the
tongue, like when biting into an orange. It can be
described as a basic taste, detected by the taste buds
on the tongue. Like lemon juice, it creates a vivid
sensation on the sides of the tongue. Acidity gives the
coffee a 'lively' bite but there are those who prefer
less acidic coffees.
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15. What is the most expensive
coffee in the world?
Kopi luwak (Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈkopi ˈlu.aʔ]),
or civet coffee, refers to the seeds of coffee berries
once they have been eaten and defecated by the
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). The
name is also used for marketing brewed coffee made
from the beans.
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