Beyond the Brew
Understanding Roast Levels
Roast levels and the names of different roast levels seem to be all over the place these days. Here is a quick reference to help you decode the roast levels. Source: I Love Coffee SaveSave
Why Do We Roast Coffee?
From a lovely coffee cherry to a delicious smelling brown bean, the journey from the tree to your coffee pot produces a myriad of chemical changes. Roasters roast coffee in order to change the chemical makeup of the green coffee bean in a manner which produces the optimum amount of...
Studies Say Coffee Makes You Live Longer
That delicious cup of dark brew may actually add years to your life! That's right. Two to three cups a day appears to be the magic number to prolong your life. Two recent studies have both concluded that coffee drinkers live longer lives than those who did not drink coffee. ...
Memories of Making Coffee
All my life, memories of coffee have stitched themselves gracefully through early mornings, long days, important events, fun gatherings and quiet times. I remember being a young child standing chin high to the counter, looking up watching coffee percolate in the pot. That sound of coffee in a percolator has...
