Any coffee connoisseurs on here ? A fine coffee is like a fine wine. I am currently brewing some Guatemalan medium I got on Amazon. I buy coffees sourced from around the world including Kenya, Tanzanian, Costa Rica and Indonesia. The Guatemalan is very good I must say with notes of cherry and chocolate (you can barely taste these "notes").
I only brew whole bean. I grind the beans up right before brewing for maximum freshness and taste. A discerning coffee drinker like myself can many times tell where the beans are sourced. African coffees for example have a distinctive fruity and bull bodiness; Colombian coffee tends to have mellow acidity and balance. Central American coffees like those from Costa Rica: smooth and balanced. Indonesian coffees tend to be darker, almost "smokey" and a bit more bitter.
Coffee fact: Did you know Vietnam is the #2 exporter of coffee in the world behind Brazil? The ironic thing about that is I have never had Vietnamese coffee ( I hear Trung Nguyen is very good) and wouldn't rank Brazilian coffees in my top 3. Don't think I'll ever go back to Folgers or Maxwell House after drinking some of the finer coffees of the world. It's like drinking Sutter Home wine. There's nothing wrong with SH wine, there are just better wines out there.
I only brew whole bean. I grind the beans up right before brewing for maximum freshness and taste. A discerning coffee drinker like myself can many times tell where the beans are sourced. African coffees for example have a distinctive fruity and bull bodiness; Colombian coffee tends to have mellow acidity and balance. Central American coffees like those from Costa Rica: smooth and balanced. Indonesian coffees tend to be darker, almost "smokey" and a bit more bitter.
Coffee fact: Did you know Vietnam is the #2 exporter of coffee in the world behind Brazil? The ironic thing about that is I have never had Vietnamese coffee ( I hear Trung Nguyen is very good) and wouldn't rank Brazilian coffees in my top 3. Don't think I'll ever go back to Folgers or Maxwell House after drinking some of the finer coffees of the world. It's like drinking Sutter Home wine. There's nothing wrong with SH wine, there are just better wines out there.
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