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Friday, November 20, 2009

The Basics of Coffee Processing

If you want to choose gourmet coffee beans for a delicious flavor and taste in your cup of Joe, then it is important to know how they are prepared:

Dry Milled Coffee: This is a type of coffee preparation where the coffee beans will either be dried in a machine or in the sun. It is preferable to dry the beans in the sun, but it can only be done in dry weather. If the beans are dried in a machine, they can often pick up other flavors, especially if the machine is dirty or poor quality.

Wet Milled Coffee: This is a more expensive and intricate process, but it offers a better flavor and taste in the gourmet coffee beans. This process has seven different stages, and it requires a large amount of water. Due to this fact, it can pose an environmental issue, and there is a potential for pollutants in the water supply that will affect the beans. That is one more reason that it is important to purchase organic coffee so that you can trust that the coffee processing is safe for the product that you are drinking.

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