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Why Do We Roast Coffee?

The coffee that we drink comes from ripe cherries, the fruit of the coffee plant. However, we do not drink the squeezed fruit. Rather, we get coffee from the beans of the coffee plant and not the ripe beans but rather processed and then roasted coffee beans. Removing the coffee fruit or cherry makes sense […]

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The Chemistry of Coffee Roasting

One way to look at cooking and food preparation is to see it as applied chemistry. The same applies to the coffee drink every morning. The coffee that we drink starts out as a “green” coffee bean that has a distinct grassy taste if brew it up. The aroma and flavor that we are accustomed […]

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