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I often asked myself this question: how is coffee decaffeinated? After doing my research, I started to ask myself other questions: is decaffeinated coffee toxic? What is the environmental impact of decaffeination processes? If like me you like to take a deca from time to time, I think that knowing the processes used will interest…
Produced in Indonesia, kopi luwak is one of the most expensive and rarest coffees in the world. The origin of its rarity comes from the fact that in this region of the world, coffee fruits are eaten by a small mammal: the Asian civet. The civet digests only the pulp of the fruit leaving the…
After introducing you to the coffee producing countries in Africa, I will talk to Central America and the West Indies. Coffee was brought to America in 1720 by Europeans and is considered a founding economic activity in the history of Central America. This commodity has played a very important role in the political, monetary and…
Do you like coffee and you’re in a hurry in the morning? Do you have people at home or you do not want to waste time grinding coffee by hand? So like me, you probably thought about acquiring an electric coffee grinder. Like hand coffee grinders, there are many models, all prices and different qualities….
In Africa, as elsewhere, when coffee did not grow naturally in the colonies, their crops were strongly encouraged. In this way, a very large part of the coffee produced in West Africa (which made up the French empire) is Robusta. Because of its old conquests, in France we still drink a lot of coffee Robustas…
Spreading the coffee in the portafilter is a step to take just before compacting the grind. Incorrectly done, this step can be the cause of bad extractions of your coffees. When you have more coffee on one side of the basket and you cup directly, it creates less dense areas, which will facilitate the passage…
There are several filter diameters for espresso machines. The La Pavoni Europiccola coffee machine that I use has 51 mm diameter filters. Upon purchase, a plastic tamper is provided. As a result, the investment of a metal tamper becomes necessary. For this type of accessory there is a price range from 15 to 150 $.
With its success, the Apollo coffee grinder (which I recently compared to the Kinu M47) was out of stock. On Instagram, I saw that BPlus will in the coming days release a new batch of Apollo mills. From the photos, it seems that the builder has chosen not to modify the Apollo coffee grinder. Indeed,…
Several reasons push me to prefer hand coffee grinder to electric coffee grinder. They are less noisy, have a precision mechanical side that I like, waste less coffee with less retention. Finally, I am a bit like people who prefer watches made by a watchmaker in a traditional way than those made in the chain….
Before buying a real espresso machine, I had a Nespresso machine. And quickly I became aware of the ecological problem of pods but also their significant blow. I ended up interested in rechargeable pods for two reasons: no longer use aluminum / plastic unnecessarily and reduce my coffee budget. Today, I have the necessary recess…
