Buy coffee online: how to choose quality coffee?
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If you are planning to buy coffee, but do not know how to choose high-quality coffee, we will be happy to help. Most importantly, decide on the variety. For example, Arabica has a rich, invigorating, and at the same time, mild and sophisticated taste. Whereas robusta is good, not as a single variety, but in combination with the same Arabica or even with several varieties of coffee beans. The strong and bitter taste of pure robusta will not please everyone, but the correct ratio of grains can make the blend simply amazing. Therefore, by combining the same two most popular varieties, you can get:
- 90% Arabica and 10% Robusta - invigorating coffee with a velvety taste, pleasant sourness and aftertaste;
- 80% Arabica and 20% Robusta - dense, thick and aromatic coffee. The perfect combination for strong espresso lovers;
- 70% Arabica and 30% Robusta is a strong drink with a bitter and slightly sweet taste.
MAIN CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING A FRESH ROAST COFFEE
When choosing freshly roasted coffee, it is important to build on the criteria that will allow you to prepare your favorite drink with ideal taste and aroma. It:
- the degree of roasting of grain (low, medium, strong);
- roasting method (cinnamon, New England, American, city, Viennese, French, Italian, Spanish);
- grain monosort or blend;
- country of grain production;
- grain structure (signs of chipping, rot and other damage).
Packaging for freshly roasted coffee should be tight and with a special valve that protects the beans from foreign odors, preserves their taste and aroma.
WHAT COFFEE TO BUY: MONOSORT OR MIXTURE?
Blends are, first of all, bouquets, in which the richness, intensity and density of coffee notes are mixed. Unlike blended coffees, it is single-brewed with a recognizable taste and aftertaste. But there is one BUT: mixtures can, as well as create a breathtaking aroma and balanced taste, and vice versa, hide these qualities.
THE DEGREE OF ROAST OF COFFEE BEANS AFFECTS THE TASTE
Just as each type of coffee is unique, the degree of roast of the coffee beans affects the taste and aroma of the finished beverage. Light roasted beans give the coffee a sharp, slightly sour taste. Medium roasting saturates the drink with light bitter-sweet notes. Dark beans allow you to get high-density coffee without sourness.
WHAT WAY OF BREWING COFFEE IS SUITABLE FOR YOU
There are a lot of ways to make coffee. You can buy ground coffee, and simply pouring a portion of water into a cup or a French press, get a strong, aromatic drink in 3-4 minutes. Coffee brewed in a Turk has a thick consistency. To prepare light coffee with a mild taste, a pourover or a chemex will help. Well, equipment such as a geyser, a filter and espresso coffee makers, an aeropress or an automatic coffee machine will allow you to enjoy aromatic espresso.
In the product descriptions on Coffee Exclusive, you will find brewing methods suitable for the type of coffee offered.
COFFEE EXCLUSIVE TASTING SET WILL HELP YOU CHOOSE
You can order grain or ground coffee wholesale and retail on the website of the Coffee Exclusive store. Our clients are not only coffee shops, restaurants and cafes, but also HBF, tea and coffee shops. In the event that you are not sure of your choice, we offer tasting sets, in which there are 4 types of different types of coffee, 30 grams each. The cost of the set is only 40 hryvnia. Coffee Exclusive guarantees the delivery of freshly roasted coffee, including tasting sets, on time and throughout Ukraine.