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The history of coffee dates to unknown times. Legend says it was first discovered around 850 A.D. in a west Ethiopian forest by a goat herder by the name of Kaldi. One day he noticed his goats became restless and energetic after eating the berries. After his encounter he brought this berry to an Abbot, […]

The easiest answer is a brewed drink coming from roasted coffee beans, which are seeds that came from a seed of a cherry-berry like plant known as the coffea species. There are thousands of species of trees and shrubs of the coffea genus but no more than 100 coffee plants. The most important species to […]

“Single origin” refers to coffee originating from one region, crop, or producer within a country. Blends are a mixture of coffee beans from different areas throughout the world that are processed together in the same batch. Sometimes they come from different regions within the same geographic location or from completely separate regions around the world. […]

1 – Buy coffee directly from a coffee roaster Convenience has robbed coffee drinkers entirely. A lot of people buy their coffee for the month from grocery stores because it is convenient. While there is nothing wrong with that, you just will not be able to enjoy fresh coffee. Coffee is good but fresh coffee […]