| Coffee is so popular these days that it ranks as one | | | | different flavors. Some people still prefer their coffee |
| of the three top beverages that people drink. Different | | | | straight black with just sugar but some of the younger |
| people have different tastes, which is the reason why | | | | generation like the newer gourmet coffee. |
| coffee manufacturers have taken to blends and | | | | Gourmet coffee or specialty coffee is coffee made |
| coffee flavors to meet the demands and tastes of | | | | from exceptional beans and grown in very specific |
| different people. The different kinds of coffee and | | | | climates and soil. These kinds of coffee have very |
| coffee blends are sometimes called gourmet coffee. | | | | distinct flavors, which are sometimes adapted from the |
| The Beginning Of Coffee | | | | soils they grow on. Even the care that is given to the |
| The discovery of coffee was sometime in the 9th | | | | plant and the ways it will be harvested or process |
| century, in Ethiopia, when a shepherd notice his goats | | | | may be factors to the coffee being gourmet coffee |
| cavorting around with fresh energy after having dined | | | | plant. |
| on some red berries on a high bush. It was told that | | | | Freshness is also an essential part to gourmet coffee |
| the shepherd took home some of the berries and | | | | being called gourmet coffee. If the beans that are used |
| roasted them to be able to eat the seeds. This was | | | | are processed while they are fresh, these give out a |
| how coffee was discovered. Soon, coffee reached | | | | definite aroma. Truly fresh coffee is ground right |
| the Turks and they started to pound the coffee beans | | | | before brewing and brewed within a week of roasting. |
| and mix them in water. | | | | Being aromatic is a big part to coffee being called a |
| As the beverage traveled to Europe, many people | | | | specialty coffee. It is usually the highest quality green |
| liked the strong taste and energy, which came with it. | | | | beans roasted by expert roasters. |
| Many coffeehouses sprouted in Europe and people | | | | Specialty coffee does not refer to the way that |
| started experimenting on different roasting processes | | | | coffee is brewed but instead refers to the quality of |
| and different ways to prepare coffee. | | | | the beans used to make the coffee grounds and the |
| Specialty Coffee | | | | process by which the grounds are processed. True |
| Nowadays, many companies and stores sell their | | | | gourmet coffee does not need additives to enhance |
| coffee products with variations. Coffee is not anymore | | | | their flavor. When flavor is added to coffee it |
| the simple black with sugar and cream but it has many | | | | becomes flavored coffee, not specialty coffee. |