CoffeeGeek - Seeking the Perfect Chocolate Espresso Blend (#)
„If you use Colombian, Costa Rican, Nicaraguan, or Kona as a base instead of Brazilian you add flavor, but lose some crema so you'd need to add more dry-processed beans like Sumatran or Ugandan. Then you can add some lighter flavored beans like Papua New Guinea, Costa Rican Tarrazu, Kenya AA or Ethiopian Yrgacheffe to balance the blend with lighter hints of flavor. They’ll taste great, but won't produce as much crema as the Brazilian-based drinks will. The Costa Rican Doka makes an especially good base among these choices because of its extra body.“
http://www.coffeegeek.com/opinions/cafestage/ 02-03-2003 - Cached
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„So, apart from method, what else does the crema signify? Back to Ewan Reid."The crema allows us to guess at the type of bean used in the espresso blend. A blend using lots of robusta beans will have a dark brown and, although shortlived, an effervescent crema. Arabica beans will have a lighter coloured crema, with a less vigorous foam." It's precisely because of these visual cues that you can see our coffee experts staring intently at the cup of espresso, before raising it to their lips.“
http://www.matthewalgie.com/find_out/ lab-cremcon.html
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Know the coffee brewing process
„Brewing great coffee is a simple process where flavor is extracted from ground coffee beans using hot water as the catalyst. But Dr. Brew says there is a craft to brewing good coffee; capturing all the color, aroma, body and great taste your customers deserve and expect.“
http://www.bunnomatic.com/pages/drbrew/ dr3process.html
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CoffeeGeek - Notes from the Road - a Coffee Trip
„The Barista comes with one of those spring loaded nightmare portafilters, guaranteed to spit out something that looks just like crema, no matter how crappy your beans are, how badly they’re ground etc. The first indication that this stuff isn’t crema is the fact that it disappears faster than the head on a warm Diet Coke. The second indication is, of course, the oh so bitter flavor of the beverage. This is in spite of ultra fresh beans (three days old) and a good vigorous tamp.“
http://www.coffeegeek.com/opinions/loupe/ 08-16-2002
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CoffeeGeek - Members: Coffee Recipes, trying to find how to flavor coffee
„There are a couple of companies out there that sell flavoring for coffee beans....I don't think it will be to your advantage to buy from them because you have to buy a minimum of 7.5lbs of one flavor..(adds up to about a gallon of syrup..)Price ranges from $12.00 a pound and up... You could probably use vanilla extract but I don't know how it would taste... Most flavoring is 3% w/w (weight to weight) which is 1/2oz of flavoring to 1lb of coffee....“
http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/members/recipes/ 6250
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„It’s so smart that it knows exactly how much water to use – to extract all of the flavor and none of the bitterness. All you need to do to get coffee bar flavored coffee at home is add the whole beans and water. Features include an adjustable auto shutoff, adjustable keep-warm thermostat, BrewPause™ feature and gold tone filter. Available in Black and White.“
http://www.cuisinart.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/en/ item.cgi?item_id=dgb-300
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