The Best Coffee Beans

Posted by michael on Oct 26, 2011 in Coffee Beans | 0 comments

If you are like us, you are constantly on the lookout for the best coffee beans. The best coffee blend is often a secret recipe consisting of the best coffee beans from each region. So what makes coffee beans good or bad? The quality of coffee beans has a lot to do with where the beans are grown. A general rule of thumb is, coffee beans which are grown somewhere within the equatorial belt at high altitudes (above 3000 metres) and grown in the wild ( not in a pesticide full farm) are the best. And the perfect bean is largely based upon the...

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Storing Coffee Beans

Posted by michael on Oct 25, 2011 in Coffee Beans | 0 comments

How should I store my coffee beans?  What’s the best place to keep coffee beans ? What’s the best storage method for coffee beans? How long before my coffee beans stale? Should you freeze it or just refrigerate it? Store it in jars, paper, plastic bags or fancy valve bags?  Does it really matter if it’s whole bean or ground? I mean, come on. How much time do I have before my World’s Best Coffee goes stale…Really? These are questions that concern most specialty-coffee buyers.  The issue of storage has been greatly...

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Coffee Beans: Differences Between Arabica and Robusta Coffee Beans

Posted by michael on Oct 14, 2011 in Coffee Beans | 2 comments

Arabica beans and robusta beans are two different species of coffee grown commercially for consumption as coffee. The general differences are those of taste, the conditions under which the two species grow and economic differences. Arabica coffee beans are considerably higher in price and therefore used for most premium coffee bean blends whereas robusta coffee beans are typically found in instant coffees are are used as fillers in blends (a 70:30 blend consists of 70 percent arabica coffee beans and 30 percent robusta coffee...

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Key Things to Consider When Selecting Coffee Beans

Posted by Aquaspresso on Aug 26, 2011 in Coffee Beans | 1 comment

Choosing coffee beans is a personal choice – many people prefer a mild roast while others prefer strong blends. Where you purchase your coffee beans depend largely on the type of coffee you are after, but there are many coffee bean suppliers in South Africa who specialise in variants of specialty coffees. Here are two things to consider when choosing coffee beans: Who’s going to be drinking the coffee? If your coffee machine is only going to be making coffee for you and your family, you can buy any type of coffee beans you please....

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