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James Grierson
Member since 27th January 2006
James Grierson is the owner of Galla Coffee: http://www.gallacoffee.co.uk - Uk online retailer of designer coffee accessories. Through the Coffee Knowledge section of his website he aims to help people understand more about coffee and give them tips on how to make great tasting coffee in their home. Check out http://www.gallacoffee.co.uk/acatalog/Coffee_Knowledge.html for more articles.
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03rd September 2008
This is the basic technique to brewing espresso. Once you have mastered this you can then start to experiment and find your very own 'Espresso Nirvarna'
Use filtered water in your espresso machine. Water from the tap may contain particulates (s...
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03rd September 2008
In Italy there is a traditional rule, known as the five M’s, which all must be achieved to make good espresso.
1. Miscela (Espresso Blend)
Whilst it is possible to make a bad espresso using a good blend, it is impossible to make a good espr...
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08th May 2008
Instant coffee bears little resemblance in taste to freshly brewed coffee. It is commonly made with inferior ‘robusta’ beans. It is the product of a complex scientific process, yet we British love it.
It may be convenient, but do we actually know...
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14th November 2007
Speciality coffee by its nature is fairly traded. Rather than being treated as a commodity on the futures market, it is traded on its quality, which in turn demands a premium price for the farmer. For example, in May 2006 ‘Hacienda la Esmeralda Geisha...
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14th March 2006
Caffeine is only one of several hundred chemicals found in coffee. However it is the most notorious because of the many physiological affects it has on the human body. Caffeine naturally occurs in many other plants apart from the coffee bush, such as te...
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07th March 2006
Cafetieres are probably the most commonly used method of brewing coffee. Many coffee lovers swear on the fact that the cafetiere is the best method, as it preserves the delicate flavours in the oils, giving a smooth, rich bodied coffee.
The exact hi...
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05th March 2006
The story of the stove-top espresso maker begins in 1918, when Alfonso Bialetti returned to his native Italy from France, where he had worked in the aluminium industry, to start a small workshop manufacturing metal household goods.
The actual idea fo...
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24th February 2006
Coffee is a plant. However, before it can be drunk it must pass through a number of stages and travel thousands of miles.
Coffee beans come from the red cherries of the coffea bush. Each cherry usually contains two seeds, or coffee beans. The exce...
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22nd February 2006
With the large multi-national coffee companies focused purely on coffee as a commodity rather then a drink to be savoured, it allowed a new sector to emerge in the coffee industry: Speciality Coffee. Speciality coffee was nothing new, rather the opposite...
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16th February 2006
By the 17th Century, with the popularity of coffee ever increasing in Europe, the interest of the then World Superpowers - Britain, France, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain - also grew. Up until this point, coffee imported into Europe had come from the Ar...
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15th February 2006
For many connoisseurs, the period from the mid-19th Century to the late 20th Century is the 'Dark Age' of coffee. During this era, coffee lost its Middle-Eastern mystical charm and became commercialised and, quite frankly, ordinary.
When coffee was fi...
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27th January 2006
The coffee plant originates from the highland forests of Ethiopia. It is believed that the first plants were found growing wild in the region of Kaffa, where coffee derives its name from. A popular legend tells of a goat herder named Kaldi. One day he ...
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27th January 2006
It was not until 1615, that Europe was formally introduced to coffee. Venetian traders, who had strong trade links with the Levant (historical term referring to a large area of the Middle East incorporating the countries of: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and S...
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