Many people love the aroma of coffee but can’t stand its bitter taste. We take a look at why your coffee tastes so bad, and how you can make your coffee taste better. Good coffee is flavoursome and aromatic with a balance of sweetness and acidity. The flavour and aroma range from chocolate and nut…
When shopping for coffee beans, the seemingly endless choice of coffee roasts on offer can be pretty confusing. Let’s delve into the different types of coffee roasts so you can make the best decision. Type of roast Colour Taste Light Light brown Toasted, light body, high acidity Medium Brown Rounded, sweet flavour, extra body Medium-dark…
More than 70 countries around the world produce coffee each and every year in an area known as the coffee belt. But which one of those countries produces the most coffee? Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. In 2020, Brazil produced 3,558,000 metric tons (7,844,000,000 pounds) of coffee, accounting for one-third of…
Global coffee production reached more than 11 million tons last year, providing us with more than two billion cups of coffee. Here, we take a detailed look at every step along a coffee’s journey from seed in the ground to a freshly brewed cup of coffee in your hands. From seed to cup, there are…
Despite more than two billion cups of coffee being drunk everyday around the world, few of us know where that coffee comes from. Here we take a look at what the coffee belt is and why it’s so important. The coffee bean belt is where the world’s coffee is grown. The coffee belt lies between…
No doubt you’ve wondered why there are so many different choices of coffee beans on offer at your local store. Here, we take a detailed look at the different types so you can enjoy the best-tasting coffee. There are three types of coffee beans that are used in the production of marketable coffee. The names…
Around 80 percent of the world’s population consumes caffeine in one form or another. However, not everyone is able to enjoy coffee due to a sensitivity to caffeine, which means having to resort to decaf. But what about naturally low caffeine coffee? Low caffeine coffee is a term used to describe coffee that hasn’t undergone…
Coffee is part of everyday life for much of the world, but few question where on earth it comes from. In this article, we take a look at where the world’s coffee originates and how it grows. All coffee beans come from the coffee plant, which is of the Coffea genus. The coffee plant is…
Coffee is the second most traded commodity on the planet with more than nine billion kilograms (19 billion pounds) being produced annually.[1] We’ve put together a list of the world’s top 25 countries producing arabica and robusta coffee beans. Country Metric tons Pounds Brazil 3,558,000 7,844,000,000 Vietnam 1,830,000 4,034,000,000 Colombia 858,000 1,892,000,000 Indonesia 642,000 1,415,000,000…
A lot of people insist that instant coffee isn’t real coffee, but I’m afraid to say that it is. Despite what you might think of it, almost 50 percent of the world’s coffee is turned into instant, so I thought I’d let you in on how instant coffee is made. Instant coffee is made by freeze-drying…