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What helps you to wake up in the morning? Is it a splash of cold water, a loud alarm, or the smell of a caffeinated<\/a> beverage? If the latter, what\u2019s your preference? Do you choose the gentler tea leaf or matcha powder, or are you partial to coffee beans? In today\u2019s blog, we\u2019re following the journey of a cup of morning joe \u2014 from roasting to brewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Coffee Beans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Coffee is brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans \u2014 the seeds of berries from certain Coffea<\/em> species. From the coffee fruit, manufacturers separate these seeds to produce a stable, raw product: un-roasted green coffee<\/em>. Once roasted, the seeds transform into a consumable product. Then, they are ground into a powder for brewing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee is a major export for numerous countries: over 70 countries cultivate it. Because of concerns over environmental costs and wage disparity of famers, the market for fair trade and organic coffee beans continues to expand.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accounts of Ahed al-Ghaffar in Yemen in the middle of the 15th century are the earliest evidence of coffee drinking. Here, drink-makers roasted and brewed coffee beans like we do today. Sufi circles consumed the beverage to stay awake for their religious rituals. By the 16th century, coffee reached the rest of the Middle East, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. Later, by 1600, it spread to Italy and then the rest of Europe, Indonesia, and the Americas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 1: Processing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Selectively picked by hand, manufactures process coffee beans by one of two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Dry Process: often simple and less labour-intensive. <\/li>
  2. Wet Process: incorporates batch fermentation (thus using larger amount of water), and yields a milder coffee. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Step 2: Roasting<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Coffee beans are sold in a roasted state. This process influences the taste of the brew by changing the bean both physically and chemically. Beans are roasted at a temperate of about 200 \u00b0C (392 \u00b0F). During roasting, starches break down to simple sugars that begin to brown \u2014 also known as caramelisation and also the reason for the change in colour. There are different types of roasts that exist of a spectrum. The two end points are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n