Coffee is easily North America's favorite beverage. Anyone can see this by the massive line ups at Starbucks around the country. Still many do not know the history or origin of coffee. How is it harvested? Where did it originate?
Coffee first originated in Ethiopia and has remained their most prized food import. From Ethiopia the Arab world expanded it's trade and coffee made it's way to Africa and then Europe. Of course from Europe it was brought to us in North America.
Coffee beans are grown on a tree and are inside a berry known as a coffee cherry. The outside of the berry is bitter but the inside is very sweet and incubated inside the flesh are two coffee beans. The beans are harvested North of the equator between September and March and south of the equator between April and May.
The beans are then dried out and the outer layers removed. The beans are roasted according to how light or dark. The roasting process takes the green raw coffee bean and turns it into the deep brown we all know it as.
Roasting Times:
7 Minutes - Light flavor the typical kind you find in the supermarket
9-11 Minutes - Medium full bodied roast sometimes known as a "city roast"
12-13 Minutes - Dark roast sometimes known as the french roast
14 Minuets - Darkest roast known as the espresso roast. The beans actually smoke and the sugars in the beans caramelize and burn creating a darker color.
The lightest roast has the most caffeine, as the roasting times increase the caffeine decreases.
That is the world of the coffee bean from Ethiopia in the 9th century to your cup in the 21st , one thing is for sure coffee has been around for a long time and will continue to be around for a lot longer .
About the Author
Joshua Writes on a variety of topics. He is also an avid blogger. Check out his blog about coffee bags here: bestcoffeebags.com Currently it features valve coffee bags and may others.
Coffee first originated in Ethiopia and has remained their most prized food import. From Ethiopia the Arab world expanded it's trade and coffee made it's way to Africa and then Europe. Of course from Europe it was brought to us in North America.
Coffee beans are grown on a tree and are inside a berry known as a coffee cherry. The outside of the berry is bitter but the inside is very sweet and incubated inside the flesh are two coffee beans. The beans are harvested North of the equator between September and March and south of the equator between April and May.
The beans are then dried out and the outer layers removed. The beans are roasted according to how light or dark. The roasting process takes the green raw coffee bean and turns it into the deep brown we all know it as.
Roasting Times:
7 Minutes - Light flavor the typical kind you find in the supermarket
9-11 Minutes - Medium full bodied roast sometimes known as a "city roast"
12-13 Minutes - Dark roast sometimes known as the french roast
14 Minuets - Darkest roast known as the espresso roast. The beans actually smoke and the sugars in the beans caramelize and burn creating a darker color.
The lightest roast has the most caffeine, as the roasting times increase the caffeine decreases.
That is the world of the coffee bean from Ethiopia in the 9th century to your cup in the 21st , one thing is for sure coffee has been around for a long time and will continue to be around for a lot longer .
About the Author
Joshua Writes on a variety of topics. He is also an avid blogger. Check out his blog about coffee bags here: bestcoffeebags.com Currently it features valve coffee bags and may others.