Gourmet Decaf Coffee
July 12, 2010
Gourmet decaf coffee is a fine coffee drink that contains less caffeine. It is a healthy alternative to the non decaf coffee. Unlike non decaf coffee, it does not produce side effects such as acid reflux, diabetes and etc. If you want to take care of your health, you should buy the gourmet decaf coffee. There is a large selection of gourmet decaf coffee which you can choose from.
The caffeine can be removed from the coffee beans through a number of ways. The history of the decaf coffee can be traced back to the 1903. During 1903, a person called Roselius discocer a special way to remove caffeine from the coffee beans. Roslius soak the coffee beans in salt water. The salt water is able to remove most of the caffeine from the beans. However, the salt water method is rarely used because it strips away the taste. The high salt content in the salt water causes the coffee beans to become salty and not good for health.
The most popular traditional decaffeinate process involves soaking the coffee beans in hot water. The coffee beans that are soaked in the hot water are steamed. After the coffee beans are placed inside the hot water, a chemical solution will be added to strip off the caffeine.
The carbon dioxide water is also commonly used to remove caffeine from the coffee bean. This method removes the caffeine by using a high pressure. It is environmentally safe and won’t produce side effects for the customers.
The Swiss water process is the purest form of decaffeinating the coffee beans. The water is used to remove the caffeine from the coffee beans instead of chemicals and activated charcoal. In order to remove the caffeine from the coffee beans, you have to implement a number of extractions. The disadvantage of using the Swiss water process is that it can remove the flavor of the coffee beans.
The gourmet decaf coffee does not mean that it is one hundred percent free from caffeine. It still contains caffeine but the amount of the caffeine is considerably less caffeine than the non decaf coffee.
Green Mountain Coffee K Cups
July 12, 2010
Green Mountain coffee K cups refer to the K cups coffee produced by the Green Mountain company. Green Mountain K cups coffee are available in several varieties including breakfast blend, caramel vanilla, Nantucket blend, donut house, fair trade wild mountain, dark magic extra bold, French vanilla, french vanilla iced coffee, Vermont country blend, chocolate glazed donut, southern pecan, cinnamon roll, half-caff, hazelnut dark roast extra bold and hazelnut, and French vanilla iced coffee.
Green Mountain breakfast blend is made from the Indonesian coffee beans. It is neither bold nor bitter. It taste just nice and is not too bland. The Green Mountain breakfast blend is available as a flavored creamor version. It can be used with single cup pods or automatic drip brewer.
Caramel vanilla is a dessert coffee that is made to taste like the caramel vanilla ice cream. It does not contain sugar or artificial sweeteners. It is free from calories and carbohydrates. It is suitable for people that want to indulge in coffee and feel guilt free.
Nantucket blend is made from a blend of four coffees beans. The coffee beans are from three differet continent including North America, Indonesia, and East Africa. Nantucket blend has a great flabor and aroma. The smooth medium taste will impress you and your family.
Donut House Coffee is a rich and bold flavor coffee. It is not bitter and has a smooth taste. It produces a caramel like aroma. The flavor of the donut house coffee is made up of cedar, caramel, nut, and orange. It has a mild nutty finish, molasses and chocolates.
Faire Trade Wild Mountain Blueberry is a coffee with blueberry favor. It is made by using fresh blueberries that are harvested from the best farm. It is a favorite choice among consumers of the Green Mountain coffee. It belongs to the Limited Edition Seasonal coffee. It is good for health because it contain zero calories, carbohydrates, sugars or artificial sweeteners.
French vanilla iced coffee has a sweet flavor that taste like crème brulee. The curstard and vanilla flavor in the coffee is will surely impress you. The iced coffee can be brewed by pressing a single button. Before preparing the French vanilla iced coffee, you should fill a cup with ice cube. It is recommended that you don’t use glass cup. After you have selected the brew size, you should start the machine and brew it. If you want the coffee to taste cooler, you can add some more ice. To add taste to the French vanilla iced coffee, you can add cream or sugar.
Decaf Coffee Beans
July 12, 2010
Decaf coffee beans refer to beans that are stripped off of their caffeine. The decaffeination of the coffee beans is done by soaking them in the water. The caffeine in the coffee beans will be dissolved after a period of soaking it in the water. You can extract the caffeine by using a solvent or activated carbon. After you have extracted the coffee beans, you can to soak the beans in decaffeinated water again. The purpose of re-soaking the coffee beans is to absorb the flavor compounds. Examples of solvent carbons include methylene chloride and ethyl acetate.
Many people often refer ethyl acetate as a natural because they are obtained from the fruits. In truth, the ethyl acetate is dangerous to health. However, there is nothing to worry about because the coffee beans are not exposed to the solvent. Most of the coffee decaffeination process is performed according to the equilibrium principles and properties of the solvent. During the decaffeination process, the chemical properties of the coffee beans are altered. The three types of processes that are commonly used to decaffeinate coffee include Swiss water process, carbon dioxide decaffeination process and sparkling water process.
Swiss water process involves soaking the coffee beans in boiled water. The caffeine is removed from the coffee beans through a activated carbon filters. The disadvantage of Swiss water process is that the flavors between the coffees are mixed during the decaffeination process.
Carbon dioxide decaffeination process stars by soaking the coffee beans in water rich in carbon dioxide. After that, the caffeine of the coffee beans is removed through the carbon filters.
The sparkling water decaffeination process is similar with the carbon dioxide decaffeination process. The only difference between carbon dioxide and sparkling water decaffeination is the medium they used to remove the caffeine from the coffee beans. In sparkling water decaffeination process, the coffee beans are soaked in sparkling water. The sparking water is highly compressed carbon dioxide.
Decaffeinated coffee is a healthier alternative to the ordinary coffee. The decaffeinated coffee that is for sale at the market usually has lesser caffeine. Caffeine is no good for the health because it can cause addiction in the user
Coffee Roaster
July 12, 2010
Coffee roaster is an essential equipment for people who want to make fresh coffee daily. With coffee roaster, you don’t have to go out and purchase the roast coffee from the store. You can save money by roasting the beans yourself. Coffee roaster is also a great way for experimenting with various coffee blends. There are two main types of coffee roasters including fluid bed roaster, and drum roaster.
In fluid bed roaster, the temperature of the coffee beans is detected by a built in thermometer. By detecting the temperature, the machine is able to control the roasting degree of the coffee beans. The degree of roasts determines the flavor, fat and color of the coffee beans. Since the heat is transferred directly to the bean, the coffee bean will be roasted in a shorter time. To roast the bean faster, you can increase the air flow. The fluid bed roaster takes about 5 minutes to roast the coffee beans. The coffee roasted by a fluid bed roaster has a non bitter taste. Fluid bed roaster is cleaner and requires lesser maintenance.
Drum roaster is larger coffee roasting equipment than the fluid bed roaster. Examples of drum roaster include Behmor and Gene Café coffee roasters. The machine performs the roasting at a slower rate. Normally, it has a capacity to roast 8 – 12 ounces of coffee. It takes about 14 – 20 minutes to roast the coffee. Modern drum coffee roaster allows you to control the roasting degree through a computer. The coffee is roasted in batches in a drum roaster. When the drum roaster is turn on, the drum will spin. As the drum spins, the warm air will transfer the heat to the drum. The drum will use to heat to roast the coffee beans. Perforated drums offer holes for the hot gasses to pass through so that the coffee can be roasted more thoroughly. Drum roaster is commonly used in commercial settings.
The cost of drum roaster is higher than the fluid bed roaster. If you want a roaster to make coffee at home, it is recommended that you buy the fluid bed roaster. Drum roaster is suitable for people who are running a coffee business. The drum roaster costs in between $300 to $3000. Depending on your budget, you should buy the coffee roasters that best suit your needs.
Single Cup Coffee Brewers
July 4, 2010
Single cup coffee brewers have many advantages over conventional coffee brewers. The advantages are so many that the initial cost of buying the single cup coffee maker is absorbed quickly.
First, the single cup coffee brewer is very easy to maintain. All of the single cup coffee machine are easily programmable nowadays, and you can program them to operate between a certain time range, which makes its convenient to have your coffee ready when you get up in the morning before going to work. When programmed, the water boils to desired temperature and waits you input a kcups or coffee pods in it, you then choose the desired amount of water to fill your cup. If you like your coffee with a coarse flavour, you choose less water.
Once your single coffee cup is poured, you can removed the coffee kcups or pods, and voila. Machine is cleaned! This is very simple, easy and clean. No need to clean the coffee maker everyday, change a filter and other tasks. This is why I prefer single cup coffee brewers because they are clean, quick and easy. But the advantage does not stop there.
The choice of coffee pods you can get for these machines is so extensive that you cannot taste them all in a year. The bonus advantages is that you can buy mix packages end, of kcups, or you can buy your favourite blend. Many coffee brewers offer their house blend, or offer the regular, Colombian coffee blend, mexican coffee blend, Jamaican coffee, etc…
From the most popular brewers, we have the Van houtte coffee kcups, the the timothys coffee kcups and Gloria jean kcups. Many other offers kcups and are easily available online or at the grocery store.
But, the choice doesn’t stop here, you can find gourmet coffee kcups such as vanilla latte coffee, cappuccino coffee, and even hot chocolate kcups, or tea. When it comes to tea, the choice is as extensive as coffee. You can find regular earl grey tea kcups, green tea or even chai tea kcups.
The keyword when it comes to single cup coffee brewers is FRESH. Your coffee is always fresh compare to your traditional coffee can which lose its freshness when it comes in contact with air.
When it comes to cost, the cost is about the same. Not when you compare to the per coffee cup cost but when you think that with conventional coffee brewer you always make more coffee then necessary which increase the cost of the coffee everytime.
All of those advantages of the single cup coffee brewers are fun and convenient when you have visitors at your house. You can impress the friends and family with your choice of regular coffee, specialty coffee and gourmet coffee.
Filtered Coffee
July 1, 2010
Filtered coffee is also known as drip brew coffee. This type of coffee involves brewing coffee by pouring water in a filter containing roasted coffee beans. You will get filtered coffee when the water reaches the bottom of the filter by absorbing the essences and oils present in the coffee.
The procedure for making filtered coffee is extremely easy. The water filter pitcher should be filled with tap water till it fills the coffee pot. The filter is then totally filled with water. Then you should take the amount of coffee beans you wish to make coffee with. Place those coffee beans in the coffee grinder. The filter basket of the coffee maker should be opened and then the coffee filter should be placed in the compartment. The coffee pot should be filled with filtered water.
There are different methods of preparing filtered coffee. One of the easiest methods of preparing filtered coffee is given by French biggin. Two cylindrical tin vessels are present in the French biggin. They are known as the coarser and the strainer. Strainer forms the bottom vessel and coarser the upper vessel.
Strainer is placed on the coarser with the help of a rod that is running from the center. In this the coffee that is finely grounded is poured. The other strainer is placed on the rod. Hot water is poured on the upper strainer. This water will pass through the strainer filtering the coffee through the strainers reaching the bottom. The coffee will thus be filtered. You will have a delicious filtered coffee.
Varieties of Filtered Coffee
You can have different varieties of filtered coffee with the help of different types of coffee beans. They include French vanilla, chocolate raspberry, Irish crème and hazelnut. Each will have a taste of its own and you can thoroughly relish the taste with quality filtered coffee. For excellent filtered coffee you should keep the coffee filter and the grinder thoroughly clean or else the coffee will be effected resulting in waste of time spent and money used for its purchase.
You can enjoy and relish the flavor and taste of the coffee as there are lot of varieties of coffee beans and wide range of flavors giving lot of options for purchase. Filtered coffee makes it easier for each and every one across all the regions of the world to enjoy coffee and it is even cost effective and time saving.
