Roasting is the process of turning raw, green coffee beans into drinkable coffee, and it has a huge effect on the finished flavour of the bean. Remember that the process will vary between manufacturers, so the only way you can really be sure of finding a roast you like is to taste it Light roasts […]
With the weather heating up, lunch or dinner guests will appreciate these light frozen puddings to finish off a summery meal. To serve 6, you’ll need: 2 teaspoons espresso coffee, made from good quality, freshly roasted and ground coffee beans 60ml milk 2 freerange gg whites 60g of icing sugar, sieved 1/8 teaspoon almond extract […]
In the first and second parts of our series on growing coffee, we discussed getting started and how to plant both coffee cherries and green beans, and how to raise them to seedlings. Once you’ve got your plants in pots and starting to flourish, you can sit back and watch them being to grow, although […]
In the first part of our series on growing your own coffee, we discussed starting with a fresh coffee berry. As this isn’t commonly available to UK gardeners, it’s probably more practical to start with green coffee beans, but this must be as fresh as possible for the best chance of success. It’s not possible […]
Coffee needs a very specific climate to grow, and for the most part the UK is too cold and damp, so growing your own coffee beans for consumption isn’t really practical. It may be possible to grow your own coffee tree in a greenhouse or conservatory as a novelty, though. For the best results, you […]
As coffee became increasingly popular, the fact that it was only cultivated in Arabia began to prove a bottleneck. Arabia was keen to continue controlling the global supply, and guarded the plants jealously, but in the late 17th century the Dutch finally succeeded in getting their hands on some seedlings which they tried to plant […]