Coffee Varieties: Blue Mountain

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Coffee Varieties: Blue Mountain

By Tim Thompson on Monday, October 5th, 2015 | No Comments

Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is known throughout the world. As it turns out Blue Mountain is its own coffee variety although the same coffee is called PNG Gold in Papua New Guinea and Boyo in Cameroon. Aside from its lack of bitterness this coffee is derived from typica and has some natural resistance to coffee […]

International Coffee Day

By Tim Thompson on Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 | No Comments

The first International Coffee Day was October 1, 2015. Sponsored by the International Coffee Association this day is meant to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness of the plight of coffee growers. The promoters hope to make this a yearly event. Your favorite coffee shop may offer free cups of coffee but don’t expect […]

Can Coffee Save Brazil’s Economy?

By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 | No Comments

Brazil, the largest coffee producer in the world by far, is in dismal economic straits. The Great Recession followed by slowing of the Chinese economy has greatly reduced exports of raw materials. The Brazilian economy is in recession and the Brazilian currency, the real, has fallen sixty percent versus the US dollar in the last […]

Pour Over Coffee

By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 | No Comments

If you are interested in a great cup of healthy organic coffee consider making pour over coffee. This is a traditional way to make small quantities of coffee and has now caught on with the likes of Starbucks. The short version is that all you need for pour over coffee is ground coffee, boiling hot […]

Coffee Popsicles for a Hot Day

By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 | No Comments

A summer favorite is iced coffee and so is bottlled cold brew coffee. Taking it a step further how about coffee popsicles for a hot day? You can make coffee popsicles out of any home brewed, cold brewed or coffee house coffee. All you need are ingredients, popsicle molds and a freezer. Here are a […]

Coffee Varieties: Colombian

By Tim Thompson on Saturday, September 5th, 2015 | No Comments

Coffee varieties evolve through natural selection or selective breeding. Both factors come into play with Colombian coffees. The specific varieties from which traditional Colombian coffee is derived are typica and bourbon. Colombia is the third leading coffee producer in the world, the second leading producer of Arabica coffees and probably the most reliable source of […]

Coffee Varieties: Typica

By Tim Thompson on Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 | No Comments

Coffee varieties are the subspecies of coffee that occur by natural selection and by selective breeding. Disease resistance, yield and flavor vary from variety to variety. Variety or breed selection is critical to the planter as he or she must pick the optimal variety for altitude, sun or shade, soil conditions and climate. Regarding coffee […]

Coffee Varieties: Bourbon

By Tim Thompson on Saturday, August 29th, 2015 | No Comments

Golden Triangle Shade Grown Coffee

By Tim Thompson on Monday, August 3rd, 2015 | No Comments

Times are changing in the Golden Triangle, the region in Southeast Asia famous for growing poppies for heroin. Farmers are switching to coffee! Voice of America reports the some farmers drop poppies for coffee beans in this region and why. For 54-year-old farmer Long San, growing opium makes simple economic sense. He started planting poppies […]

Coffee Borer Beetle Thrives on Caffeine

By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 | No Comments

A constant threat to coffee production is an infestation by the coffee borer beetle. This insect burrows into the coffee bean and lays its eggs. The larva thrives by eating the bean after it hatches. The coffee borer beetle is not bothered by the caffeine in the coffee bean although caffeine is essentially poisonous to […]

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