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General Questions

Five Key Factors to Great Coffee

Water: 98+% of your coffee is water, so if your water tastes bad, so will your coffee. Tap Water contains...

Why is my coffee sour?

Coffee Roasting machines do not make coffee sour, they make them sweet. There are 3 things that can make coffee...

Why are there small holes in my beans?

Small holes in the ends of your beans are caused by insect that attack coffee called the coffee bean borer...

Why do my beans have chips blown out of them?

● Roasted beans with chips blown out of them is a sign that the coffee has been roasted too aggressively....

Why comparing roast recipes is so difficult.

Roasting coffee is a complex chemical process. Comparing that process from one roaster to another is difficult for a number...

Questions to think about when selecting green coffee

It can be difficult to read through all the information on a supplier’s website and pick the coffees that are...

The seasonality of green coffee

It is important to remember that coffee is an agricultural product that is grown on bushes. Green coffee does not...

What to expect from different coffee processing methods

There are 3 main types of turning coffee cherry into green beans, with variations on each becoming more common. ●...

Deciphering Coffee Grades

Different producing countries have different methods to define the quality of their coffees. Some of these grades are indications of...

How to compare roast color

Often times, home roasters want to compare roasts. ● Posting pictures online of roasted beans is very difficult due to...