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Gourmet Flavored Coffee ? What Can Be Better
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I love gourmet flavored coffee. Actually, I love anything coffee. I love coffee candy, coffee gifts, coffee mugs, coffee paraphernalia, you name it, I love it. Whew, I'm glad I got that out of the way. If you love coffee, gourmet is the way to go. There are so many flavors to choose, I can go on and on an on. Let's talk gourmet flavors.
OK, if you thought that there would be a shortage of flavors, you would be wrong. One of my favorite online stores has the following flavors: almond, amaretto, butter cream, butter rum, butter scotch cream, cherry bomb, cherry cobbler, chocolate almond, chocolate cherry, chocolate, chocolate Irish cream, chocolate marshmallow, chocolate mint, chocolate raspberry, cinnamon hazelnut, orange, pumpkin spice, vanilla almond, vanilla nut, and on and on. A good gourmet flavored coffee starts with a solid base like Colombian Supremo, carefully selected and then pure flavorings are added without sugars or any other chemical additives. The result is an extremely flavorful coffee experience. Flavored coffees can be addictive and there are so many to choose from. Personally, I go from loving added flavors to just savoring the coffee without any added flavorings.
Any type of coffee you choose will taste better if you take the time to prepare it correctly. Always keep your coffee press, coffee maker, etc. as clean as you can. Residues left from coffees, especially flavored ones can make the next batch taste a little off. I always clean everything every time I make coffee immediately after making the coffee. This may seem a little obsessive, but when I go somewhere and see a brown glass carafe, I know I shouldn't be drinking coffee there, especially if it's gourmet flavored coffee. Water is important too, so always use cold, filtered water so that your water does not add any of its own flavor to the final product. I also recommend that you buy your coffee in bean form rather than already ground. It will last longer and the flavor will remain more consistent. Measure out just the right amount of coffee and grind only what you need. Freshly roasted, freshly ground coffee is simply out of this world.
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Are certain French Press coffee pots better than others?
I want to buy a French Press coffee pot but I'm not sure if certain brands have features that others don't. Looks fairly straightforward and most appear to be the same but if anyone has an opinion, I'd love to hear it before I buy one.
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Which coffeehouse chain Tea do you feel is better: Peets, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Seattle’s Best?
Starbucks does NOT count! It is poor quality.
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Coffee Blends ? the more, the Better
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There is a popular school of thought which expounds “the more the better” which influenced the creation of Coffee Blends. Presumably, having more than one type of coffee bean in a cup can produce a higher quality drink with better tasting aroma, flavor, texture, and aftertaste than just using a single variant of bean. It is commonly known that coffee are divided into two main categories namely Arabica and Robusta, with the earlier having strong exclusive flavor while the latter rather less expensive with higher caffeine content. Although Arabica coffees are usually brewed stand-alone, these can be mixed with lower-quality beans either to save costs or to create a unique taste to satisfy individual budgets or preferences. After all, it is a consumer driven market and everyone deserve to have their fair share of exposure to exclusive coffee.
Another common reason for creating these blends is to identify a particular recipe so that people can remember it. Coffee boutiques from across the world such as the well-known Starbucks and Coffee-Bean franchises often create signature blends which provide an easy way for its customers to order a consistent cup of coffee which they love. Some of these blends are so popular that they are strongly associated to the coffee boutique which contributes positively to brand image. Although a little hard to fathom, it also makes sense to create blends just to maintain a consistent taste over periods in which crop conditions can vary due to weather or land fertility. This strategy ensures the drink’s taste is unaffected even though there is not enough production yield of a particular type of coffee plant.
Producing Coffee Blends require intimate knowledge of each ingredient in a cup of coffee. Each blend is created with a clear goal in mind, knowing how it will taste and how to achieve it. Different blends are made depending on what types of coffee beans are used, the sequence of blending over roasting, roasting process, brewing techniques, and whether additional condiments are added to augment its flavor. For example, you might want to create a cup of bittersweet coffee without the carbon flavors of a dark roast, but would still fancy the slight sour tinge of a lighter roast. In this case, you would blend approximately 60% of Colombian coffee beans and 40% of Kenyan coffee beans, each roasted separately beforehand, and the resulting concoction is called the Mélange blend. Attaining the correct ratio will require experience and close attention to be paid when blending, thus making it very difficult and exclusive to the most brilliant baristas. Different roasting processes will cause the sugars on the outside shell of a coffee bean to caramelize differently thus creating unique tastes.
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