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Coffee
cultivation can take place from the Tropic of Capricorn to
the Tropic of Cancer.
For
specialty coffee like Arabica, this also means altitudes of
2,000 - 6,000 feet.
The
belt stretches from Hawaii to South America to Caribbean to
Africa to South Asia:
Columbia . Guatemala . Sumatra . Tanzania . Mexico . Timor
. Uganda . India . Kona . Sulawesi . Costa Rica . Kenya .
Nicaragua . Ethiopia . Peru . Panama . Yemen . Zimbabwe... |
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The adventure starts when you purchase
samples of specialty coffee. No need for special brewing apparatus,
automatic-drip machine will do.
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Choose a start point, enjoy the coffee
for two weeks to fully appreciate it and then hop on.
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My personal experience is that it's difficult
to appreciate coffee if it's not fresh-roasted and i've never
been able to consistently get fresh-roasted from the shops,
that's probably because i've been spoilt by my home-roasted
coffee. But that's a different adventure.
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Anyway, while sampling, try to take note
of the roast level, the same origin coffee at different roast
level will taste different.
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At least try to always buy beans NOT
ground. Check out the coffee matrix at
Coffee
Bean Corral
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BREWING STANDARD |
PROPORTION
(water volume
before brew) |
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American(SCAA) |
10 g/169ml |
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European (converted from Coffee FAQ). |
7g/125ml |
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DESCRIPTION |
PRICE
(water volume
before brew) |
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Grinder Package (branded blade grinder bundled
with 200 g of fresh-roasted specialty coffee). |
S$38.00 |
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Sumatra Mandheling (roasted coffee beans/200
g pack). |
S$6.80 |
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Timorese Arabica (roasted coffee beans/200
g pack). |
S$6.80 |
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