Posted by Mr Coolerer on 06 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Information, Reviews
by Don Holly There is a definitive clue as to the level of skill and knowledge of the barista preparing an espresso beveragehow he or she tamps the coffee. Tamping is the compacting of the ground coffee in the portafilter prior to brewing. How a barista tamps will be a major determinant to the quality [...]
Posted by Mr Coolerer on 04 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Information
The commercial coffee roasting equipments only started to appear in the late 19th century. Before then, all coffee drinkers generally had to roast their own. The goal of the pioneering coffee roasters was to roast a better quality coffee than the home roasters could. With the basic home coffee roasting equipment available during that time [...]
Posted by Mr Coolerer on 29 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Information, Reviews
John Raleigh Brown Says: When Magimix first introduced their food processors about 30 years ago, they came in strong, providing home owners in Burgundy, France, a feel of professional kitchen but in a smaller scale. It is no happenstance as well that such introduction was in the area where gastronomy was noted to be glooming [...]
Posted by Mr Coolerer on 23 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Information
There are two basic categories into which all species of coffee trees can be sorted. Although there are several varieties of each—each variety having its own character—this division into two large categories is useful for understanding the difference between a gourmet cup of coffee and an ordinary cup.
Posted by Mr Coolerer on 21 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Information
In the book that sits on my lap, the author claims that, Coffee is second only to oil in terms of dollars traded worldwide. While this isn’t likely to be true, it does make a point; coffee is big business to many countries. The countries that produce most of the world coffee (70%) are largely [...]