The Types of Gourmet Coffee

By chris vorelli


Since it's first induction                                     
as the world's most popular      Gourmet coffee is available   
beverage, coffee has gone        in many of your favorite      
through many changes and         flavors, including: almond,   
improvements. These              amaretto, Irish crme, French  
improvements allow coffee        vanilla, Swiss mocha, vanilla,
drinkers the chance to choose    chocolate, mint, peppermint,  
between many different grades    pumpkin spice and just about  
and flavors of the coffee.       anything else you can imagine!
Whether you are a coffee         Basically, if there is any    
connoisseur or just need your    flavor that you are partial   
morning pick me up, there's      to, you will be able to find. 
nothing to tempt the palate                                    
quite like a hot mug of         There are gourmet coffees     
smooth gourmet coffee!           that are caffeinated and those
                                 that are decaffeinated. If    
To fully appreciate a cup of     you have a sensitive stomach,
hot gourmet coffee, you should   you can even find gourmet     
take a minute to familiarize     style coffee that is low in   
yourself with the basics of      acid, making it a little more
gourmet coffee. The coffee       gentle. Arabica coffee ranks  
bean is not really a bean;       very high among the Specialty
they are actually the seeds of   Coffee Association of America,
a cherry that are found on a     which pretty much sets the    
coffee tree. There are a         standards applied to gourmet  
couple of different ways to      coffee drinks.                
extract the seed; wet process                                  
and dry process. Each process    Many coffee making companies  
will bring about the shared      offer a gourmet style drink,  
result of removing all of the    including: Gevalia, Green     
fruit from the seed.             Mountain, San Giorgio, San    
                                 Francisco Bay, Kona and       
There are two grades of          Javalution. The gourmet coffee
coffee: Robusta and Arabica.     beans are offered in a        
The Robusta makes up the         variety of different serving  
coffee that contains the most    sizes. They are also offered  
caffeine, at the lowest price.   at many different prices,     
Arabica a.k.a. gourmet           depending on your personal    
coffee is the superior grade.    preference. Though this type  
It has half the caffeine of      of coffee may be a bit more   
Robusta and has a more           pricey than the Robusta, it's
desirable taste. Those that      the only choice for true      
enjoy this type of coffee will   coffee lovers!                
also tell you that gourmet                                     
coffee has a much better smell                                 
and more desirable flavors                                     
than Robusta.                    

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C V is a freelance writer, providing articles and information on all types of
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