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A new coffee to explore, this one from Costa Rica, and also a new process, (neither "washed" nor "natural") which goes by the name of "honey coffee", a process with elements of both the "washed" and the "natural" methods, but different from both, and pioneered in Costa Rica.
The coffee in question is Costa Rica - Toño - "Yellow Honey".
The coffee in question is Costa Rica - Toño - "Yellow Honey".
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Oh I go to espresso, trust me.
Or French press.
Or percolator.
Or moka.
Or Turkish.
It depends on my mood.
French press or filter are the most forgiving methods of preparing coffee.
Moka is a week-end treat, - but these days, I serve it with hot milk, rather than as a sort of espresso, and, as for, espresso, well, I don't have an espresso machine, but I do love (in a world to which "normal" life, or some semblance of normal life has been restored) a really good, well made, espresso, one served in a proper porcelain espresso cup.
Apparently, the "honey process" - whereby the "mucilage" is kept on the coffee bean (once the husk of the cherry has been removed) - the "mucilage" - which is very sweet (and sticky - hence the use of the word "honey") is usually completely removed in the "washed" process, but retained in the "natural" process (which is the older, more time consuming and labour intensive way of coffee preparation) - has several grades, named for colour, which describe how much of the "mucilage" is retained.
These are, in ascending order of mucilage retention, "white honey" (where hardly any mucilage is retained), "yellow honey", "red honey" and "black honey" (which is close to the "natural" method, and intensely sweet).
Once, in Kenya, I was given a tour of a coffee planatation, and encouraged to pick some coffee cherries (which become beans once all of the covering layers are removed), and to remove the husk, the 'paper', and examine (and remove) the mucilage, which covered the bean. It was absolutely fascinating, as I had never realised that a coffee cherry was so complex.
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I wonder is the coffee cherry edible? I suppose it is, given the old story of the Ethiopian goat herder who found his flock hopped up on coffee cherries.
I was going to say that humans and goats have different ideas when it comes to tasty things to eat
(I doubt they'd enjoy a goat curry, but who knows.)"Apart from the fact that not everybody has access to a coffee farm, it is an acquired taste. Some say it tastes sweet like mango or watermelon and fragrant like jasmine, hibiscus or rosewater. Or everything at the same time. The taste is delicate and fleeting but it’s the slimy texture that doesn’t sound inviting."
Everything You Need To Know About The Coffee Cherry
Not every coffee enthusiast knows that coffee bean is actually the seed inside of a coffee cherry. Are you wondering how is it transformed from the fruit into your daily cup? Can you eat the
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The only thing better is drinking it in the early morning on El Salvador beach.
That, I can well imagine.
However, such travels and trips lie in the future, for now.
Sipping a seriously good "natural" coffee from El Salvador with organic hot milk.
And, while I love the coffees from the Horn of Africa, I must say that El Salvador produces some seriously good coffee.
A mug (Le Creuset) of coffee - with organic hot milk - from El Salvador is going down rather well.
I was going to say that humans and goats have different ideas when it comes to tasty things to eat
"Apart from the fact that not everybody has access to a coffee farm, it is an acquired taste. Some say it tastes sweet like mango or watermelon and fragrant like jasmine, hibiscus or rosewater. Or everything at the same time. The taste is delicate and fleeting but it’s the slimy texture that doesn’t sound inviting."
Everything You Need To Know About The Coffee Cherry
Not every coffee enthusiast knows that coffee bean is actually the seed inside of a coffee cherry. Are you wondering how is it transformed from the fruit into your daily cup? Can you eat the
Don't knock dark chocolate covered coffee beans. I don't miss them, but they were pretty tasty...
Sure, but they're just the beans covered in chocolate; they're not the berries.
Ran out of coffee beans yesterday so ordered a brew online then waked to my local Costa coffee shop (10 mins walk) for some. As soon as I got home my front door was impeded by a package containing my new supply. Such is life.
Ran out of coffee beans yesterday so ordered a brew online then waked to my local Costa coffee shop (10 mins walk) for some. As soon as I got home my front door was impeded by a package containing my new supply. Such is life.
I understand the horror of running out of coffee; better too much, than too little.
Enjoy.
That is, beautifully caffeinated. Now you can drink twice as much coffee!
Agreed.
Having lamentably run out of coffee (quelle horreur) - once or twice during these bleak Covid, or lockdown times - I keep a close eye on, and monitor, my coffee supplies much more closely than I have done for years.
