Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages all around the world. Most of the people among us cannot even imagine starting their day without a cup of their favorite coffee. Coffee is consumed for various occasions such as for staying up late at night, for taking up an energy boost, for get together, as an evening drink or as morning refresher. But have you ever wondered how this coffee reaches your home? How much journey and processes it covers to get to your home? Here you will get all the descriptive journey of the coffee bean.
How are coffee beans extracted?
rajkotupdates news: Coffee beans are grown on coffea plant. This plant is 8 to 10 meter in height. Coffee beans are not seeds; they are called seeds because of their appearance. Coffee beans are extracted from the fruit that grows on the coffee plant. Once the coffee plant gets mature, you will start seeing some fruits on it. These fruits will become mature and change their color. At first these fruits look green. But when they mature, they become red or purplish in color.
At the maturity period of these fruits, farmers ripe them from the plant and they use the selective manual method. They collect the red and purple fruits in their baskets and then the upper layer of the fruit is separated. Then this is added into the machine for the process of fermentation for 2 days. In that period of time the remaining skin on the top of the seed gets separated easily. After this process, the seeds are then sun dried in direct sunlight for 3 to 4 weeks.
After sun drying these seeds are then roasted into the machines to give that brownish color to the coffee beans.
rajkotupdates news: What is the climate conditioning a coffee bean need to grow?
- These plants need a minimum of 800 to 1500 mm rainfall per year.
- These plants cannot tolerate much heat thus they are grown in humid and cold environment. The favorable temperature that is needed to grow is 17 to 24 degrees Celsius.
- Generally, these plants need more rainfall while the fruit is mature and less rainfall during the repining period.
How many types of coffee beans?
There are 4 different types of coffee-
- Arabica- Mostly 60% of the world consumes Arabica coffee as it has less amount of caffeine and has a sweet and lighter taste. Arabica coffee grows in less temperature. It requires a temperature of 16-to-24-degree cesius.
- Robusta- 40% of the people consume robusta coffee as it is dark, with more caffeine content in it. Robusta coffee grows in hot and humid climate. It needs a temperature of 24 to 30 degree Celsius.
- Liberica- Liberica in grown in African state Liberia. This coffee was not famous before, but when the fungal infection attacked the other coffee plants then this coffee came into the spotlight. This coffee has a floral taste. This coffee is not much preferred by people.
- Excelsa- This coffee grows in Africa, and it tastes like a nutty and dark coffee.
How are coffee beans made?
rajkotupdates news: The process of making coffee beans is so long, it takes a lot of patience and dedication. Also, you need to take care of the plant. The fruits grown on the coffee plants have seeds inside them. When those fruits get matured and become red or purple then they are riped and then the outer layer of the fruit is removed from the seed. After this process the seeds are then fermented for 2 days and then the upper remaining skin is scraped out. Then these seeds are sun dried in direct sunlight for 3 to 4 weeks and machines are also used to speed up this process of drying. After these seeds get dried, then these are roasted into preheated drums. The more the beans are roasted, the stronger flavor you will get from the bean.
How to grind coffee beans at home?
rajkotupdates news: For drying coffee beans at home, you need to blend the beans in your favorable consistency. Remember the taste of coffee will vary according to the blending process. If you want a strong, dark and bitter flavor, blend the coffee beans coarsely. If you want a lighter and pleasant taste, blend the coffee beans in smaller grounds. If you want slightly bitter and sour taste, then go for coffee powder.
Now according to the above description, you can blend your coffee beans according to your taste preference.
How to make coffee from coffee beans?
For making coffee from coffee beans, you need to blend the coffee beans in a blender. Take your favorite coffee beans and blend it in the blender until it makes a small ground mixture. Now take a tablespoon of this coffee mix into the cup and add warm water onto the cup. Mix it and enjoy it.
Conclusion:-
There are 4 different types of coffee beans available in the market. You can choose any according to your preference and taste.
FAQs
Q1. How many types of coffee are available?
There are 4 different types of coffee available.
Q2. Which coffee is most popular in the world?
Arabica is consumed all around the world because of the less caffeine content and the pleasant, sweet taste that it offers.
Q3. What is the height of a coffee plant?
Generally, it is 8- to 10-meter-long plant/
Q4. How can we choose the best coffee beans?
Coffee beans that are separated manually are the best coffee beans. As in the manual process, the farmer only plucks the mature fruit. The taste of the coffee widely depends upon the fruit that is used in the making of coffee.
Q5. What is the best climate to grow coffee?
A tropical climate best suits the coffee plants as the less temperature the coffee plant gets, the less caffeine content it contains.
Q6. is green coffee beans different from black coffee ?
Green coffee beans are grassy and unroasted. On the other hand black coffee is usually brewed without additives.
Q7. Which coffees are trending nowadays ?
