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The World of Speciality Coffee

Kochere Debo – a Funky Ethopian Coffee Blend

The Kochere Debo is an Ethiopian natural coffee, full or robust flavour. Natural Yirgacheffes could not be more different to washed Yirgacheffes in every way. The flavour you will discover is nice and light, a good solid medium roast but nowhere near second crack. This is a very funky coffee, which some people translate as delicious, some people as fermented fruit. It’s a Marmite coffee: you will either love it or you will hate it. You have been warned. The Kochere Debo coffee blend is grown in Ethiopia -- in the town of Kaffa to be exact – from which this coffee derives its name – that is …

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Fazenda Conquista – Brazilian Coffee with Notes of Strawberry and Peanut Butter

When you think of coffee flavours, strawberry and peanut butter are not the first things that come to mind. But if you are drinking a cup of Fazenda Conquista  -- that is what you will get, and friends, let me tell you -- this coffee profile is one you will not want to miss this month in your Blue Coffee Box subscription. The Fazenda Conquista coffee blend is grown and harvested on a farm in Brazil. Fazenda Conquista was established in 1910 and has always been one of the main producers in the Illicinea region. Initially founded by Mr. Juca de Oliveira it is who was always challenging the …

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El Neto #2 – a Nicaraguan Coffee Touting Flavours of Orange Strawberry and Apricot

The El Neto coffee, which is grown in the beautiful mountains of Nicaragua touts flavours of orange, strawberry and apricot. The aromas that come from each fully roasted bag provides a lively, bright and complex flavour in each cup. How the Complex Flavours of the El Neto #2 Coffee Are Produced Ripe caturra cherries are handpicked and sorted between December and March. There is a wet mill on the farm where the ripe red cherry is deposited and weighed from each picker. The cherries then enter floatation tanks where ripes and unripes are separated by density. The selected cherries are then …

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How To Choose Your Perfect Speciality Coffees Part 2

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In How To Choose Your Perfect Coffee Part 1, we were talking about how our speciality coffees are changing for the better and how sophisticated we have become. Speciality coffees are where the big changes are happening right now. Like with our wine, we all want to know how our coffee tastes as we know what we prefer. You can consider dark or light roast coffee in the same way you look at red or white wine. There are more levels and variations than a simple red or white. And it's the same with coffee. Let's Look at How We Have Been Conditioned to Choose Our Coffee in the …

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How To Choose Your Perfect Speciality Coffee Part 1

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I don't know if you noticed, but our coffee drinking habits are changing with the growth of speciality coffee. We are lucky to be in a special period known as the Third Wave of coffee. The First Wave was when coffee became available for the masses in the 60s and more of us took to drinking it. The Second Wave was when big companies and the likes of Starbucks dramatically improved the quality and started making it more of a pleasure to drink coffee. The Third Wave is where we've moved on to appreciate the quality, tastes and the production of a great cup of coffee. We can now choose the …

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