View entire thread: Coffee Tech: Ripening Synchronization!
Posted by tintinet on 2004-06-04 18:04:02 Post Subject: Coffee Tech: Ripening Synchronization!
"Next time you plunk down $4 for a cup of gourmet coffee, consider thanking the anonymous laborers who harvested the beans that went into it. The best coffees use handpicked beans, "because the fruits of a coffee tree do not ripen uniformly and, thus, there are both mature and immature fruit on the same tree," according to a new US patent (6,727,406).
A dearth of cheap labor has forced many growers to adopt methods in which workers indiscriminately harvest beans from branches, ripe or not. Mechanical harvesting is another option, but mechanical harvesters also don't efficiently distinguish mature from immature beans. And poor quality beans make a poor pot of coffee.
Into this breach (fortified by a strong cup of Kona, no doubt) stepped a group of scientists at the University of Hawaii who determined that coffee beans are climacteric, that is, they boost respiration and ethylene synthesis just prior to ripening. To control these processes en masse, the group has devised a method to eliminate the synthesis of two enzymes critical to ethylene synthesis by introducing sense or antisense nucleic acid sequences into the coffee plant's genome.
The coffee growers can thus regulate the ripening of the fruit. "By application of ethylene to the entire plant, the entire plant will ripen at once, making manual and mechanical harvesting of coffee more productive." Hopefully they'll wash it off before Starbucks gets the beans. "
From The Scientist June 7, 2004
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Posted by tintinet on 2004-06-04 18:04:02 Post Subject: Coffee Tech: Ripening Synchronization!
"Next time you plunk down $4 for a cup of gourmet coffee, consider thanking the anonymous laborers who harvested the beans that went into it. The best coffees use handpicked beans, "because the fruits of a coffee tree do not ripen uniformly and, thus, there are both mature and immature fruit on the same tree," according to a new US patent (6,727,406).
A dearth of cheap labor has forced many growers to adopt methods in which workers indiscriminately harvest beans from branches, ripe or not. Mechanical harvesting is another option, but mechanical harvesters also don't efficiently distinguish mature from immature beans. And poor quality beans make a poor pot of coffee.
Into this breach (fortified by a strong cup of Kona, no doubt) stepped a group of scientists at the University of Hawaii who determined that coffee beans are climacteric, that is, they boost respiration and ethylene synthesis just prior to ripening. To control these processes en masse, the group has devised a method to eliminate the synthesis of two enzymes critical to ethylene synthesis by introducing sense or antisense nucleic acid sequences into the coffee plant's genome.
The coffee growers can thus regulate the ripening of the fruit. "By application of ethylene to the entire plant, the entire plant will ripen at once, making manual and mechanical harvesting of coffee more productive." Hopefully they'll wash it off before Starbucks gets the beans. "
From The Scientist June 7, 2004
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View entire thread: 100% Pure Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee in Whole Bean ? ? ?
Posted by CafeBlue on 2006-12-16 01:34:23 Post Subject:
Hi Jackson;
Jamaica may be small, but she is mighty and plenty powerful enough to boast more than one growing region (and several grades)!
Not all Jamaican coffee is from the "blue mountain" growing region. In fact, one of the largest estate farms (possibly THE largest) in Jamaica is the Baronhall Estate affiliated with Jamaica Standard Products - their coffee is classified as "Jamaican High Mountain Supreme" not "Blue Mountain". Not only is it a different appellation or region (you can find the town of Mandeville on a map), the coffee tastes different from Wallensford, Mavis Bank Central Factory, Strawberry Hill and others.
Furthermore, factors other than a geographically prescribed growing region can and do impact coffee cup characteristics. For starters: Altitude, micro-climate, shade, soil composition, soil condition, fertilization, irrigation, coffee tree species (e.g. arabica, robusta), coffee tree variety (e.g. typica, caturra, catuai, bourbon), processing methods (e.g. washed, dry preparation, pulped natural), grade (i.e. screening and sorting standards), roasting, packaging, and quality management at several stages.
This is not to say that one can not find very similar coffee from two different farms in the same region, because we can. It also happens that a single farm can produce several different coffee grades, and even different varieties of trees, yielding distinctly different cup characteristics.
The incredible diversity and complexity of coffee is part of the appeal and delight in tasting new and interesting coffees.
Best regards.
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Posted by CafeBlue on 2006-12-16 01:34:23 Post Subject:
Hi Jackson;
Jamaica may be small, but she is mighty and plenty powerful enough to boast more than one growing region (and several grades)!
Not all Jamaican coffee is from the "blue mountain" growing region. In fact, one of the largest estate farms (possibly THE largest) in Jamaica is the Baronhall Estate affiliated with Jamaica Standard Products - their coffee is classified as "Jamaican High Mountain Supreme" not "Blue Mountain". Not only is it a different appellation or region (you can find the town of Mandeville on a map), the coffee tastes different from Wallensford, Mavis Bank Central Factory, Strawberry Hill and others.
Furthermore, factors other than a geographically prescribed growing region can and do impact coffee cup characteristics. For starters: Altitude, micro-climate, shade, soil composition, soil condition, fertilization, irrigation, coffee tree species (e.g. arabica, robusta), coffee tree variety (e.g. typica, caturra, catuai, bourbon), processing methods (e.g. washed, dry preparation, pulped natural), grade (i.e. screening and sorting standards), roasting, packaging, and quality management at several stages.
This is not to say that one can not find very similar coffee from two different farms in the same region, because we can. It also happens that a single farm can produce several different coffee grades, and even different varieties of trees, yielding distinctly different cup characteristics.
The incredible diversity and complexity of coffee is part of the appeal and delight in tasting new and interesting coffees.
Best regards.
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View entire thread: Useless info
Posted by topher on 2007-10-31 03:23:55 Post Subject:
no pug...haha...here is what I have so far..
1. 52% of US adults drink coffee?
2. The most expensive coffee in the world is Kopi Luwak?
3. Coffee is the second largest import in the US?
4. Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee?
5. From coffee seed to fruit takes about five years?
6. Instant coffee was invented by a chemist named Satori Kato in 1901?
7. In Europe coffee was once known as Arabian Wine?
8. A cup of coffee contains about 100 - 150 milligrams of caffeine?
9. An espresso has less caffeine than a regular cup of coffee?
10. A person who is skilled in preparing Turkish coffee is called a kahveci?
11. About 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed each year?
12. Cowboys often drank Lapsang Souchong instead of Coffee?
13. Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee?
14. Coffee is the second largest import in the US?
15. Voltaire drank about 50 cups of coffee each day?
16. If You visit a Kissaten in Japan You visit a coffee shop?
17. Coffee has about five times as much caffeine than Coke?
18. The word "coffee" was once a term for wine?
19. Coffee grows in more than 50 countries?
20. There are coffee flavored PEZ?
21. Johann Sebastian Bach drank 60 to 80 cups of coffee a day and wrote the coffee cantata
22. coffee creamer is extremely flammable
23. Brazil had a postage stamp that smelt of coffee in December 2001
24. coffee is the most popular drink worldwide with around two billion cups consumed daily.
25. Central and South America produce approximately two thirds of the worlds coffee supply
26. The coffee tree produces its first full crop when it is about five years old. Thereafter it produces consistently for 15 to 20 years.
27. To make a roasted pound of coffee it takes around 2,000 Arabica coffee cherries. With 2 beans per cherry-this means around 4000 beans are in a single pound of coffee!
28. It takes 42 beans to make an espresso
29. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of
30. On average men drink more coffee than women(1.7 cups per day vs 1.5 cups)
31. cappuccino is so named because of the drinks peak of foam which resembles the cowl of a Capuchin friar’s habit.
32. The US Navy used to serve alchohlic beverages on board ships. However when Admiral Josephus “Joe” Daniels became Chief of Naval Operations, he outlawed alcohol on board ships, except for special occasions. Coffee then became the drink of choice, hence the term “Cup of Joe”
33. For reducing wrinkles and improving their skin, the Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp
34. The human body will absorb just 300 milligrams of caffeine at any given time. Additional amounts are cast off and provide no additional stimulation. The human body dissipates 20% of the caffeine in it’s system per hour.
35. Regular coffee drinkers have about 1/3 less asthma symptoms than those of non coffee drinkiers according to a Harvard researcher who studied 20,000 people.
36.
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Posted by topher on 2007-10-31 03:23:55 Post Subject:
no pug...haha...here is what I have so far..
1. 52% of US adults drink coffee?
2. The most expensive coffee in the world is Kopi Luwak?
3. Coffee is the second largest import in the US?
4. Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee?
5. From coffee seed to fruit takes about five years?
6. Instant coffee was invented by a chemist named Satori Kato in 1901?
7. In Europe coffee was once known as Arabian Wine?
8. A cup of coffee contains about 100 - 150 milligrams of caffeine?
9. An espresso has less caffeine than a regular cup of coffee?
10. A person who is skilled in preparing Turkish coffee is called a kahveci?
11. About 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed each year?
12. Cowboys often drank Lapsang Souchong instead of Coffee?
13. Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee?
14. Coffee is the second largest import in the US?
15. Voltaire drank about 50 cups of coffee each day?
16. If You visit a Kissaten in Japan You visit a coffee shop?
17. Coffee has about five times as much caffeine than Coke?
18. The word "coffee" was once a term for wine?
19. Coffee grows in more than 50 countries?
20. There are coffee flavored PEZ?
21. Johann Sebastian Bach drank 60 to 80 cups of coffee a day and wrote the coffee cantata
22. coffee creamer is extremely flammable
23. Brazil had a postage stamp that smelt of coffee in December 2001
24. coffee is the most popular drink worldwide with around two billion cups consumed daily.
25. Central and South America produce approximately two thirds of the worlds coffee supply
26. The coffee tree produces its first full crop when it is about five years old. Thereafter it produces consistently for 15 to 20 years.
27. To make a roasted pound of coffee it takes around 2,000 Arabica coffee cherries. With 2 beans per cherry-this means around 4000 beans are in a single pound of coffee!
28. It takes 42 beans to make an espresso
29. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of
30. On average men drink more coffee than women(1.7 cups per day vs 1.5 cups)
31. cappuccino is so named because of the drinks peak of foam which resembles the cowl of a Capuchin friar’s habit.
32. The US Navy used to serve alchohlic beverages on board ships. However when Admiral Josephus “Joe” Daniels became Chief of Naval Operations, he outlawed alcohol on board ships, except for special occasions. Coffee then became the drink of choice, hence the term “Cup of Joe”
33. For reducing wrinkles and improving their skin, the Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp
34. The human body will absorb just 300 milligrams of caffeine at any given time. Additional amounts are cast off and provide no additional stimulation. The human body dissipates 20% of the caffeine in it’s system per hour.
35. Regular coffee drinkers have about 1/3 less asthma symptoms than those of non coffee drinkiers according to a Harvard researcher who studied 20,000 people.
36.
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View entire thread: Guatemalan Coffee
Posted by daman on 2003-04-28 21:06:58 Post Subject: Guatemalan Coffee
My wife just got back from Huehuetenango, Guatemala and wanted to share some photos that she took of both the coffee tree and how her mom roasts the coffee. Mmmmmm Gooood!
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4853.jpg
Coffee Plants on the farm.
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4855.jpg
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4857.jpg
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4856.jpg
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4837.jpg
After picked from the plant they are shelled and roasted.
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4875.jpg
Mmmmmm. Toasty
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4867.jpg
Placed in a basket to cool, and ready to grind.
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4869.jpg
This coffee is very strong. I need to find out what the coffee plant is called in both Spanish and English. Her mom is coming back to the States and we are thinking about taking orders.
CoffeeLover received his first pound from the farm and I am still waiting to hear how he likes it.
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Posted by daman on 2003-04-28 21:06:58 Post Subject: Guatemalan Coffee
My wife just got back from Huehuetenango, Guatemala and wanted to share some photos that she took of both the coffee tree and how her mom roasts the coffee. Mmmmmm Gooood!
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4853.jpg
Coffee Plants on the farm.
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4855.jpg
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4857.jpg
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4856.jpg
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4837.jpg
After picked from the plant they are shelled and roasted.
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4875.jpg
Mmmmmm. Toasty
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4867.jpg
Placed in a basket to cool, and ready to grind.
http://dynamicnation.com/Huehue/IMG_4869.jpg
This coffee is very strong. I need to find out what the coffee plant is called in both Spanish and English. Her mom is coming back to the States and we are thinking about taking orders.
CoffeeLover received his first pound from the farm and I am still waiting to hear how he likes it.
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View entire thread: Types of Coffee
Posted by Susanto on 2006-05-16 12:47:49 Post Subject:
Jeff said "The two main types of beans are Aribica and Robusta"... that right what as long as I know, but some times I found who people said is Arabusta ( come from Arabica x Robusta coffee tree ). About the taste it's quite different.. for me tha aroma of Arabica more strong than Robusta. That's my experience what I ever drink of Luwak Coffee....
Good Luck to Become Coffee Lover
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Posted by Susanto on 2006-05-16 12:47:49 Post Subject:
Jeff said "The two main types of beans are Aribica and Robusta"... that right what as long as I know, but some times I found who people said is Arabusta ( come from Arabica x Robusta coffee tree ). About the taste it's quite different.. for me tha aroma of Arabica more strong than Robusta. That's my experience what I ever drink of Luwak Coffee....
Good Luck to Become Coffee Lover
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