Coffee Tips

Arabica coffee is known for a more "refined" flavor than Robusta.

There are 25 species of coffee in total.

The two major exporters of coffee are Brazil and Colombia.

Coffee only grows in the tropics.

Eighty countries produce coffee.

There are four basic flavors: sweet, sour, salty and bitter.

You taste sweetness on the tip of your tongue, sour on the sides.

Coffee tasters sample an average of 300 coffees a day — it's called "cupping."

Thirty percent of the world's coffee comes from Brazil.

Recommended: find a store where they roast the beans onsite.

To ensure freshness, only buy two weeks' worth of coffee at a time.

Experts agree: freezing coffee in a sealed container is okay occasionally, but not ideal.

Make coffee within minutes of grinding the beans.

A French Press can make one to four cups at a time.

Good coffee: two tablespoons coffee grounds to six ounces water;
adjust to taste. Too much water will ruin the coffee.