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Gourmet Coffee: The Taste of Sweet Serenity


Coffee has come a long way from the ground-bean drink of the Turks.Everywhere you can now find coffee shops specializing in gourmet coffee. But what exactly makes a gourmet coffee special?

The answers may lie in the preparation.

From bean to cup, let’s examine the steps in preparing gourmet coffee.

1) Grinding –in grinding beans to produce gourmet coffee, experts insist on using burr grinders. This uses two revolving “burrs” to crush the bean with less risk of burning. Conical grinders are the most often used to make gourmet coffee.

Conical Burr grinders mill the coffee to a consistent size, enabling it to produce more extracts. They are also ideal for the preparation of many types of gourmet coffee since they can grind into a wide range of sizes and consistencies.

Other than using a Burr grinder, the only way you can achieve the best consistency of coffee grounds is with a mortar and pestle. That would be a labour of love.

2) Brewing –this is probably what defines best the characteristics of the "named" gourmet coffee.

There are 4 methods in brewing gourmet coffee, and each method has its sub-methods.

This may get a little complicated, but keep reading.

1) Boiling –despite the name, you can’t actually boil the coffee. Boiling coffee for too long would make it bitter.

a) The simplest method is to put hot water over the coffee grounds and let the mixture stand to cool. This type of gourmet coffee should not be drunk to the end unless you want a mouthful of grounds.

b) Turkish coffee –to prepare this gourmet coffee, the ground coffee is added with water and sugar to a small pot. The mixture is allowed to boil briefly, and then put into small cups.

c) Cowboy –the coffee grounds are added to a pot of water, boiled, and poured.

2) Pressure

a) Espresso – made with hot water between 91- 96degrees Celsius. The water is forced, under a pressure of 8 -9 atmospheres, through a “puck” of finely-ground coffee. The resulting brew is one of the strongest-tasting forms of gourmet coffee, with a distinct flavor and a layer of foam over the liquid.

b) Moka – This type of gourmet coffee uses a three-chambered pot. The water is boiled at the bottom and forced through the coffee grounds in the middle section. The resultant gourmet coffee is collected in the upper section. The brew is almost Espresso strength, but without the foam.

3) Gravity –Drip brew is most often known as “American Coffee”. In this method, the gourmet coffee is prepared by letting hot water drip into coffee grounds held by a filter. It is typically weaker than Espresso.

4) Steeping – “total immersion brewing” using a French press is considered by enthusiasts to be the only way to prepare gourmet coffee at home. The coffee grounds are combined with hot water in a cylinder. The cylinder contains a filter which is depressed after about four minutes, leaving the coffee at the top.

Wow, with so many preparations, no wonder it’s called “gourmet” coffee.

But that’s not just what determines the outcome of the gourmet coffee. There is also the presentation of the coffee…and that makes a whole lot of difference.

From hot to cold, drinks to non-drinks, gourmet coffee has so many varieties that it is just amazing.

So what are you waiting for? Taste them now.

Prove to yourself that gourmet coffee really is… gourmet.
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