(ARA) – Home personalization has extended to new heights, going beyond the trend of creating customized kitchens to creating customized beverages. Consumers are brewing up personalized specialty coffee drinks on par with those in high-end restaurants and coffee shops. In fact, “do-it-yourself flavor” is among the top 10 beverage trends of the year, according to [...]

Walking the coffee aisle in the local grocery store can be confusing. There are dark, light and medium roast coffees, flavored coffees and decaffeinated coffees along with different bean types. Understanding coffee roast and how it affects the flavor of coffee is important when deciding what type of coffee to purchase, particularly for young adults [...]

Roasting coffee at home has become a popular activity. It allows individuals to control how dark or light their coffee beans are before they grind them. In order to roast at home, individuals need to purchase a coffee roaster or other kitchen cooker that can be used to roast coffee beans. Roasting coffee beans at [...]

Green coffee beans are coffee beans that have not been roasted. These are the product that is left after the coffee tree’s fruit has been harvested and processed to remove the thick outer pulp that hides the prized coffee bean inside. The green coloration turns many different shades of brown and even black during the [...]