Questions tagged [beans]
The seeds of the fruit of the coffee plant, used to make coffee.
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What type of roast has the lowest caffeine content?
I'm aiming to reduce my caffeine intake, but don't want to drop coffee altogether. What roasts / beans release the least amount of caffeine into my body when drank?
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What volume of beans yields a tablespoon of ground coffee?
I have recently switched from using pre-ground coffee to grinding my own beans.
With the pre-ground, I used 1.5 tbsp per cup, however when i used the equivalent in beans (before grinding) the coffee ...
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How quickly does ground coffee get stale?
On this website I found this claim:
Great baristas in fact will only grind beans for an espresso right
before using them. 30 seconds after they have been ground, the beans
are already too stale ...
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What does a coffee cherry taste like?
Do they keep long enough to ship? Can they be ordered from somewhere? Can they be dried/preserved/candied?
Can the flavor be used ... perhaps in a coffee beverage?
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How much does keeping beans vacuum sealed matter?
I use a moka pot (makineta) to make coffee, and I keep the beans in a bag (not sealed) in the freezer.
I keep getting people saying that in order to get to best aroma and the most fresh coffee the ...
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How to create green coffee?
On the weekend, I've visited the vienna coffee festival. I've tasted "green coffee" there. Its taste and look was similar to green tea.
Is it a tea, created from the leaves of the coffee?
I tried to ...
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Peaberry and coffee varieties
The peaberry coffee from Tanzania is well-known in the US, though perhaps partly due to marketing forces here, the corresponding flattened beans are not easy to come by.
Are there other varieties/...
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Are there health risks to eating coffee?
I like to eat coffee beans without grinding or brewing them. I just chew it raw, as it is. Is this activity unhealthy?
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I'm talking about the brown, roasted coffee beans.
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What are the heath risks associated with grinding coffee beans a year after their sell by date?
I have had some coffee beans for over a year now and the date on them is July 2015. I have been drinking them for the past year because I have a big supply. The coffee still tastes great and I can ...
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What is the recommended coffee bean to water ratio for drip brewing? [duplicate]
I recently bought a coffee grinder and I want to know the how much coffee bean to grind to produce a perfect cup of coffee.
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Can I store wet coffee beans in the fridge?
My coffee beans accidentally got wet. Can I store them in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days? Or not?
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Reduce power of popcorn popper for roasting coffee
I've been roasting coffee for a couple of years now, and I've always used a popcorn popper. I'm interested in taking things a bit more seriously and would like to be a bit more meticulous when it ...
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Is it possible to feel any effects after chewing one coffee bean?
The question title says it all: My colleague wanted to try my coffee, so he grabbed one bean of coffee (roasted) and chewed it up.
After several minutes, he claims, that it has positive effects on ...
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What variety of coffee berries are good for jam?
Some people make jam out of coffee fruits, and I would like to try that out. It seems difficult, as it requires getting actual fruits, and as fresh as possible---probably even harder out of the Green ...
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How does freezing affect vacuum packed coffee beans?
I recently vacuum packed 1 kg of coffee beans that were about to expire into 100 g portions.
I would like to know how they will be affected by the freezing and how long they will last in the freezer.
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How to prepare good coffee during an outdoor trip?
I am planning some hiking/climbing trips this year so I started looking into portable espresso machines. I found these products and also this ESPRESSO ON THE GO (this one actually got me super excited ...
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Roughly how much caffeine am I ingesting when I eat chocolate coffee beans?
I love a bag of chocolate coated coffee beans, but I do tend to eat them much like any other sweets (read: in large quantities with little to no restraint). Whole bags within arms' reach will vanish. ...
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Kopi Luwak - real or not?
I bought a coffee from a Duty free shop in Indonesia.
100g for ~14 USD, available on ebay for 23 USD
It says:
Mandailing estate coffee
Special Blends
Wild Kopi Luwak
Gibbon ridge estate
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What Are The Merits of Different Green Coffee Processing Methods?
I've noticed that there's a distinct lack of Q&A's on green coffee processing methods. As this is one of the earliest steps on the journey from seed to cup, I was curious:
What are the merits of ...
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Does sweet coffee exist?
I am looking for a coffee type that is naturally sweet, like sugar snap peas. So there is no need to add sugar, when I drink it.
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What factors contribute to differences between coffee beans?
I heard that there are different kinds of coffee beans, which have different specialties like aroma, taste, flavor. But I don't know what causes these differences.
What are the different types of ...
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What is coffee silver skin?
A coffee chain states that its paper napkins are made of "coffee silver skin":
The explanation on the right says it is "coffee bean skin"---the husk.
Searching the internet about it, I can just find ...
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How long does it take coffee beans to degas?
A google search brings up a great article by Hannah from Fellow Products called "Understanding Degassing: Is Fresh Best?," in which she claims:
Degassing varies depending on the type of ...
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What equipment do I need to make espresso at home?
Excuse the rookie question, but I am a newbie to coffee. (I blame my nationality; I grew up with tea. ;) )
What equipment, exactly, do I need to get from coffee beans to a cup of espresso that I can ...
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Making Coffee Beans Edible
I just ate a protein bar with coffee beans in it. I get that it is a good energy source and it tastes like coffee but is the coffee beans prepared in a certain way. I'm not quite sure if they are ...
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Kopi Luwak coffee beans
Kopi Luwak are the most expensive coffee beans, but I was wondering if there is a special taste to these coffee beans.
I was also wondering if there is a recommended method of brewing which would ...
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