It’s a universal experience to be wowed by a selection of beans, learn about their history and flavour profile, and then be disappointed by your freshly brewed cup of joe. Who would have guessed that choosing the perfect beans for our own use would be as mind-boggling as choosing the perfect vehicle?
When making such a weighty choice as picking the right beans, it’s necessary to take in mind how the market is currently functioning. After everything is said and done, it’s that perfect cup that gets our day off to a great start.
Keep your wits about you
Commercially available coffee beans typically come from one of two species: Robusta or Arabica. Robusta coffee, on the one hand, is renowned for its bold flavour and bitter aftertaste. Coffee made from Arabica beans, on the other hand, has a flavour profile that is often more fruity, subtle, and even somewhat acidic. It’s not surprising that coffee from various nations would taste different due to the wide variety of climates in which the beans are grown. Temperature, height, precipitation, and soil conditions all play significant roles in shaping the beer’s flavour and fragrance.
How to Determine Which Coffee Roast to Use
Coffee beans get their colour and their flavour from the amount of time they are roasted. A freshly plucked, raw, green coffee bean has a smell more akin to a green pepper than the familiar fragrance of your favourite coffee shop. Coffee’s signature flavour burst is the result of the roasting process.
Flavor-wise, light roasts and dark roasts couldn’t be more different. Choose beans that are less wet and lighter in colour if you like a more refined flavour in your coffee. Because of their reduced roasting period, these beans have a milder flavour profile. Similarly, if you want a more robust and bitter beverage, darker roasts are the way to go.
Make a note of the desired level of caffeine in your drink.
Despite popular belief, there is no link between the colour of coffee beans and their caffeine concentration. Roasting the same bean for a longer amount of time causes it to shrink and lose weight, which simultaneously reduces its caffeine level.
Plants of the Robusta kind have evolved to withstand greater heat because of this adaptation. This is why, in many cases, its beans contain twice as much caffeine as Arabica coffee. You can’t go wrong with lightly roasted Robusta beans if you’re looking for stronger drinks.
Origin-Specific vs. Multiethnic
It’s fairly uncommon to see coffee shops using many coffee mixes to make a single pot of a more nuanced brew.
When referring to coffee, “single origin” may mean either a particular region or a specific country where the beans were grown. This might include such specifics as the weather, altitude, and altitude of the coffee plantation where the bean was grown.
Coffee beans from a single origin are often only harvested at certain periods of the year in small numbers, thus it’s common practice to roast them lightly so as not to mask their true flavour. If black coffee is your drink of choice, you’ll likely like the consistent and distinct flavour of these beans.