If you’re a coffee fan, you’ve probably heard that you should be buying coffee beans that are 100% arabica as they’re “better” than robusta beans. Although this is true in most circumstances, this post aims to explain why arabica beans are generally better. Quick Background on Arabica and Robusta Coffee Plants We’ll dive into bean [...]

I recently read an article where scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, were able to extract the leftover oils from spent coffee grounds from local coffee shops and convert that oil into biodiesel to fuel cars. I thought that was a really great idea, using something that would otherwise have been trashed, and (literally) [...]

By no means is this post meant to be an extremely in-depth, technical look at the coffee roasting process. Rather, this is meant to be a somewhat high-level overview of coffee roasting and what happens from the green bean to the roasting to your cup. Green Coffee Beans Believe it or not, coffee beans are [...]

This post is to help you get the most out of your coffee by keeping it as fresh as possible. The following are the 3 most common storing methods and my take on each one: The Refrigerator Lots of people think that storing coffee in the refrigerator is a great idea since it’s a cool, [...]