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ABOUT YOUR COFFEE
MEDIUM-DARK ROAST
Medium-Dark Roasts are roasted several minutes longer than aMedium Roast, until the coffee beans begin popping again - this is the stagecalled Second Crack and denotes the full development of the coffee.
Characteristics of Medium-Dark Roast Coffee
With the roast flavor very evident, a Medium-Dark Roast usually has a heavy body, and the flavor may be spicy, perhaps with a bittersweet tang, subtle chocolate and caramel flavors, and hints of smokiness. The acidity is lower than a Light Roast or Medium Roast.
In a Medium-Dark Roast the coffee beans become slightly shiny as oils begin to rise to the surface of the coffee beans, which take on a darker brown, somewhat satiny appearance.
Medium Roast
A Medium Roast is usually sweeter than a Light Roast with a spicy flavor, and lacking the grain taste of a Light Roast. The caffeine content will be less than a light roast, but more than a dark roast. Ultimately, you don't want to decide your roast based on caffeine content, but on flavor.
Medium Roasts also have a more balanced aroma and acidity (the acidity is typically bright) than a light roast, as the organic acids and flavor compounds have had time to develop during the additional roasting. While "specialty" roasters (eg. real coffee snobs) will prefer a light roast, the majority of people will prefer a medium roast as it begins to impart some actual coffee flavor
Dark Roast
In a Dark Roast, the coffee beans are roasted a few minutes longer than a Medium-Dark Roast, until the beans begin to smoke as the sugars begin to carbonize.
Some origins will develop better into a dark roast than others, due to the makeup of the chlorogenic acids and other compounds in coffee, which vary based on soil conditions and the climate.
WHAT IS
ARABICA COFFEE
Arabica coffee comes from the beans of a Coffea arabica plant, which originated in Ethiopia. Arabica is the world’s most popular coffee type, equating to over 60% of cups drank.
HISTORY OF COFFEE
Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. There, legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of these beloved beans.
The story goes that that Kaldi discovered coffee after he noticed that after eating the berries from a certain tree, his goats became so energetic that they did not want to sleep at night.
Kaldi reported his findings to the abbot of the local monastery, who made a drink with the berries and found that it kept him alert through the long hours of evening prayer. The abbot shared his discovery with the other monks at the monastery, and knowledge of the energizing berries began to spread.
As word moved east and coffee reached the Arabian peninsula, it began a journey which would bring these beans across the globe.
how coffee discovered
HISTORY OF COFFEE
Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. There, legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of these beloved beans.
