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Article #369: The Coffee Bean Story

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This is the story of how the humble a preference for this taste and therefore
coffee becomes a world celebrity. It's to simulate the taste, the coffee beans
not about the Labrador named Coffee Beans are further aged.
attached to the Sheriff's Department Roasting The Coffee Beans
sniffing drugs and bombs. It's about Roasting is the final process the coffee
"the" coffee beans we are familiar with. beans have to undergo before they are
It's about the fragrant aroma that commercially marketed. It is also
stimulates our senses in the morning. The possible to purchase un-roasted coffee
tingling sensation we get when we take beans that you can personally roast them
the first sip in the morning. How we yourself.
manage to get an extra boost of energy When the coffee beans are subjected to
whenever we feel tired and sleepy. Let us heat, there's a chemical reaction
take some time to ponder the processes happening within the coffee beans where
the coffee beans have to go through the sugar and acid will begin to react
before it can be marketed. releasing its aroma. The coffee beans
Processing The Coffee Beans will turn darker due to caramelized
After the coffee berries have been sucrose. When this happens, the coffee
harvested, it needs to undergo a process beans are quickly cooled to prevent
where the flesh of the coffee berries is damage to the coffee beans.
removed. The coffee berries are placed in When roasting the green coffee beans, a
special machines separating the flesh lot of carbon dioxide is released as a
from the seed. This coffee seed is by-product. The carbon dioxide helps to
commonly called "coffee beans". The "seal" the coffee beans from loosing its
coffee beans will now undergo a flavor and aroma. Depending on how the
fermentation process for a period of coffee beans are stored, it may take some
time. This process is done in order to time before the optimum peak flavor.
remove the slimy mucilage coating the After reaching its peak, it will start
coffee beans. loosing its flavor again.
After the coffee beans have undergone the If you are trying to roast your own
mandatory fermentation, they are coffee beans at home, be aware that you
thoroughly flushed with clean water. This may not be successful during the first
process is to remove the foul smelling few times. You might over-burn your
residue due to the fermentation process coffee beans during your first few tries.
and the waste water is a main cause of Never be discouraged, but try until you
pollutant. get the taste and flavor that appeals to
The coffee beans are then dried under the you. Remember to process in small amounts
sun or by machines, until the moisture to maintain freshness of your coffee.
level is about 10% before they can be Grinding The Coffee Beans
packed for storage. Before the roasted coffee beans can be
Another method of getting to the coffee used, you need to grind the coffee beans
beans without undergoing the fermentation first. The coarseness of your coffee
process is to dry the whole berry in the depends on your preference and the type
sun. It normally takes about 10 to 14 of coffee-brewing method. It can range
days to complete the process with from coarse to very fine as in the
constant raking of the coffee beans to Turkish grind. For example, if you're
prevent mildew from forming. This method using a percolator, a course coffee
is popular and widely used by coffee powder is suitable but if you are using
producers where water is scarce. The an Espresso machines, an extra fine
dried flesh is then physically removed coffee powder is required.
leaving only the coffee beans. Conclusion
The dried coffee beans is then sorted and The coffee beans have to undergo a string
graded before they can be stored or of processes before it can be consumed.
shipped to buyers. At this stage, the The final flavor of the coffee depends on
coffee bean is called green coffee beans. the journey the coffee beans take in
Sometimes the coffee beans will undergo order to reach its final form. Different
an additional aging process. The reason methods and different techniques will
for this is because when coffee was first give rise to a varied coffee flavor. This
introduced into Europe, the coffee beans is the reason why there are so many
have undergone a journey of about six flavors to the simple coffee bean.
months. Europeans have already developed






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