The knowledge of coffeeI use to be a Barista …Barista is someone that will make coffee for customers..
I work at Barista Coffee Sdn Bhd.. before my college start…I earn a lot of knowledge ..For example :business technique , how to serve n treat customers , how to settle my office work , how to be a leader and organizer the work for my workers and the best part is of cause I will be learning how to make a perfect cup of coffee…
Coffee is something that u can’t miss. .everyday they were billion and billion of people drink it again and again and again…especially for the people that work in office..
Coffee Roasts: Which one is for you?
Coffee is produced by Coffee Beans.. Coffee Beans come in a large varitey. In fact there are over 50 different varieties, however there are only two main varieties used commercially. These are Arabica and Robusta beans.
Coffee Roasts can make or break the flavor of coffee beans. Roasting actually blends the sugars, fats and starches held within the coffee bean. This results in distinctive oils for each coffee bean. This oil concentrates the flavors and aromas we love.
Light Roasts (Half City, Cinnamon)Light body with slightly sour taste and dry bean surface.
Medium Roasts (Light French, American, Breakfast)Sweeter than Light Roast, complex full body and aromas, with snappy acid. Dry surface.
Dark Roasts (Full City, French, Espresso, Viennese, European, Continental)Spicy with a complex sweet rich chocolaty body. Slightly oily surface.
Very Dark Roasts (Dark French, Spanish)Smoky flavors from the roast feature as much as the inherent bean flavors. Very oily bean surface.
So there you have it, roasting from Light Cinnamon to the darkest Spanish.
The History of Coffee, from it's African start to it's move into Arabia and Europe is a colourful one.
The History of Coffee commences from around 1000AD after Arab traders brought berries back from Ethiopia. The beans were roasted and brewed to make a drink called "qahwa" (translated to 'that which prevents sleep'). The berries themselves were noticed after goats were observed to have increased energy after eating them. There is debate as to whether an Ethiopian goat herder or Yemeni mystic was the first to witness the goats eating the berries, but the result is the same.
The History of Coffee as we know it started here.
As the Arab's moved into Northern Africa and the Mediterranean, coffee went with them.
Coffee was a highly profitable market for Arab traders who maintained a monopoly in the business. It was not until around 1600AD when an Arab pilgrim named Baba Budan smuggled fertile seeds out of Mecca.
Around 1600AD, coffee was introduced to Venice, Italy. Europe caught the buzz with production of coffee becoming the prize. The Dutch managed to be the first European to establish the first European-owned coffee estates in Ceylon and Java. With the Dutch now established as Europe’s coffee producers they began to give coffee trees as gifts to European nobility.
A French naval officer named de Clieu based in Martinique (in the French Caribbean), stole a seedling from a tree given to the French King. After an arduous trip back to the Caribbean where de Clieu even gave half of his rationed water to the coffee tree sapling, the tree was planted into a classic coffee micro-climate. From this seedling, some 19 million trees sprouted. It is estimated the 90% of the world's coffee came from this little seedling.
Which brings us to Brazil. In 1727, Brazil Colonel Francisco de Melo Palheta is sent to arbitrate a border dispute between the French and Dutch colonies in Guiana. The Brazil Colonel had a secret liaison with the French Governor wife who gave the Colonel a bouquet as a parting gift. The bouquet had hidden coffee tree cuttings and fertile seeds. In 1907, Brazil supplied around 95% of the world's coffee. Brazil now supplies approximately a quarter of the world's coffee.
In 1773, drinking coffee in the US became a patriotic thing to do after the Boston Tea Party.
Coffee makes its way to Hawaii in 1825.
By 1887, coffee was in Tonkin, Indo-China.
In 1896, coffee was beginning to be cultivated in Queensland, Australia.
In 1938, Nestle invents freeze-dried coffee and starts to sell Nescafe in Switzerland.
New Guinea began cultivating coffee in the 1950's.
In 1971, Starbucks opens its first store in Seattle.
The History of Coffee will continue to written by people like you and me who love its simplicity, its complex flavours and aromas. We develop our own ritualistic preparation techniques that make our own idea of the perfect cup.
This is how we are creating our own History of Coffee.
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