Coffee Beans - The Secret behind the Barista’s Gourmet Coffee
Just like a connoisseur of wine can quickly distinguish between different types of wines, a coffee aficionado can also differentiate between several types of coffee and can astound you with their quick conclusion about their origin. It all depends on their ability to recognize the distinctive character of different types of coffee beans. The article briefly explains the important role of coffee beans in rendering distinct color, texture and aroma to your favorite beverage.
Have you ever noticed how the taste of Starbuck’s greatly differs from that of your local Barista’s? Has it ever occurred to you why the same beverage differs in taste in different coffee shops? Well, next time when you visit a big coffee shop, just take notice of the range of coffee beans in display there and you will know the answer - it is the different kinds of coffee beans that are freshly roasted on a daily basis in the coffee shops that make for the distinguished test and aroma of the beverage that you come to enjoy in different coffee shops.
It is the coffee beans that shape up your drink the way you like it
So now you know that it is all the working of different quality coffee beans that help the big coffee shops serve you the cuppa you adore most.
But the matter does not end with the places where the coffee beans are roasted, but the quality ultimately depends on where the coffee beans are grown.
In fact, the taste of your drink can even be influenced by each single-origin bean that comes with its unique tenets which in turn are conditioned by the farm where it was grown.
What is coffee bean?
A coffee plant will generally take three and four years time to mature fully; it is the time when the plants bear clusters of fruits in deep red.
These red fruits called coffee cherries contain two stones like pits with their flat sides together - these are the coffee beans. They are actually seeds of the coffee plant.
Endosperm is the chief substance making coffee beans. Endosperm on the other hand contains 0.8 - 2.5 % caffeine.
You can find endless types of coffee beans
We simply sip the caffeinated drink without bothering to learn about the diverse species that go by the general term of coffee. Taste of the drink differs with the beans and the characteristics of the beans differ with the different species of coffee plants they belong to.
Different types of coffee plants include Arabica, Benghalensis, Canephora, Congensis, Excelsa, Gallienii, Bonnieri, Mogeneti, Liberica, and Coffea stenophylla. Arabica varieties are believed to produce the highest quality beans.
The long distance between the coffee fruits and the beverage The seeds or coffee beans are extracted from the fruit through a forced manual process. Beans thus extracted are first soaked in cool water and then they are dried up in the open sun.
The connoisseurs often insist on buying green coffee beans and roasting them at home for the getting the freshest aroma. Today most of the manufacturers possess appropriate equipments for roasting the beans and sell coffee as whole roasted beans.
The refreshing taste you experience with every sip of your coffee is actually the combination of such factors as aroma, level of acidity, body and flavor. The stronger and more aromatic is the drink, the more it is appreciated by the connoisseurs. If you want to enjoy your cuppa like a connoisseur then do some background checking and make sure of the beans it is made up of.
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