Colombia Part 2: Established Specialty Farms
Specialty coffee is fairly established in Colombia–especially in central and southern Huila–so, there are many farmers who are doing phenomenal work to produce amazing coffee. These are farms that ...
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We are commonly asked how we source our coffee. We get questions like, “Do you buy directly?” and “are the farmers being paid an honorable price?” We take pride in sourcing responsibly, but answers...
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Coffee Grind Settings Guide with Video Tips
Learn with Backyard Beans Coffee Co. On this episode we'll teach you about the importance of coffee grind sizes. Know when to use a fine grind or a coarse grind in your recipes.
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First, a little horticulture background. The coffee we roast comes from a flowering plant called Coffea Arabica, grown at latitudes close to the equator and at high altitudes where the weather is c...
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How to Store Your Coffee At Home
We get a lot of questions about coffee, but one of the most common has to do with storing it—whether it’s better in the fridge or freezer, in a mason jar or vacuum canister, you name it. So, we’ve ...
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The birthplace of coffee is Ethiopia. There’s a legend passed down from generation to generation that a goat herder, Kaldi, and his goats were the ones first responsible for discovering coffee. Mer...
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Coffee is always evolving. Recently, innovative coffee producers have been experimenting with anaerobic processing, where coffee is fermented without oxygen. This distinct process—which lends itse...
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What are coffee tasting notes?
Because everyone’s senses are different, it can often be difficult to pin down a coffee’s precise flavor. Much like the food we eat, coffee is very chemically complex and we experience it through g...
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Specialty coffee is a term used for the type of green coffee that we buy and roast. It is coffee that scores over 80 points based on a 100 point scale. This scale is industry standard and is taken ...
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