Your local coffee roaster
For those coffee drinkers out there, I hope you will attest to the difference real coffee makes when slurping away at your daily brew. Forget the instant freeze dried faux coffee that tastes more like road tar than divine cup of inspiration, freshly roasted and freshly ground beans is like colour vision to black and white.
But how does one acquire freshly roasted beans when all you see on the super market shelves are beans resembling finds out of a late Devonian archaeological dig?
Sniff out a local coffee roaster.
They are few and far between now-a-days but thanks to changing palates, discerning consumers and the influx of continental Europeans, we are witnessing a turnaround; with local coffee roasters popping up over the metro area.
Tips for the daily grind for the Daily Grind
-Buy enough beans to last you about a week (less if you can buy at 2-3 day intervals)
-Grind at home if you can, or get it ground to your specification.
-Be open and friendly to the staff, get to know the owner/ roaster (they may be able to do different blends for you) may be even a discount.
Have the small satisfaction every day that you are enjoying a real cup of coffee, if you can track down fair trade beans – good karma for you.
Tags: Coffee, Cultural Food, General, Roaster
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:33 am
Dear Tanic Teeth
Can you tell me where to find Perth’s best decaf coffee?
In an attempt to improve my sleep, I went from having a coffee for breakfast most days to 1 coffee in the last 4 months.
Please help me enjoy coffee and sleep.
From Sleepless in Subiaco
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
I’ll keep a look out for some good ones.
The decaffeination method that you are after is called “Swiss Water Process” which essentially renders the bean with 99.9% caffeine free. It does not use any chemical solvents common in other decaffeination processes so it is seen as a safer option. Other methods include CO2/O2 , Triglyceride and Ethyl acetate processes.
Another interesting development has been the alleged discovery of low caffeine coffee bean variety in Ethiopia, but it will be years till any commercial crop will be harvested from that variety.
June 7th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Thanks Jase