Kopi Luwak (#)
„The stomach acids and enzymes are very different from fermenting beans in water. Mountanos says, "It has a little of everything pleasurable in all coffees: earthy, musty tone, the heaviest bodied I've ever tasted. It's almost syrupy, and the aroma is very unique." While it won't be turning up in every neighborhood cafe any day soon, Mountanos reports that Starbucks bought it for cuppings within the company.“
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Global Exchange : cctimes082699.html
„The group argues that many small farmers are impoverished by selling their coffee below market price, and large bean growers are more likely to clear cut rain forests to grow coffee beans. The group then sells raw coffee beans to middlemen called roasters in the United States who toast the beans brown. The roasters sell the beans to retail shops.“
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Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER
„Arabica beans are generally smaller and have a curved split line through them where the Robusta beans are larger and the split in the bean is straight. After roasting the size difference is even more easily discerned.“
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CoffeeKid - So much news, it will make your eyes bulge
„My bean stock was getting low about two months ago (can u believe that???) so I went down and shopped. After hours (which was cool), and ended up going home with about 25lbs worth of beans, INCLUDING 2 lbs of JBM Wallenford Estate, for under $160 Cdn (about $105USD). Not too shabby. I got a good variety, including some Colombian, some Brasil (rare for me), some Kenya AA (this year's crop kinda sucks.“
http://www.coffeekid.com/cafetalk/12-02-2001
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Coffee around the World... - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada
„Monsoon Malabar is a unique coffee grown at 1,000 to 2,000 meters above sea level. It is a significantly larger arabica bean named for the region and its rainy season which contributes to the beans' higher moisture content. To create a "monsooned" crop, the green coffee is warehoused in an open structure protected from rain while moist tropical air blows through the storage area. In a 2 to 3 month period, the beans absorb moisture, losing a degree of natural acidity and at roast time, a richer yet mellower beverage results.“
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