Coffee Smarter: Week 6

Coffee Strength and Freshness

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COFFEE STRENGTH AND FRESHNESS

This week I ask Chris O’Brien, founder of Coffee Cycle & my own personal coffee cognoscenti about what it means when a coffee is light, medium or dark. We also explore when we should drink our coffee to get the best flavor out of the bean, and then how we might keep our coffee fresh. Is it really okay to leave your coffee in the back of the freezer for a year? Does oxygen impact the flavor.

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COFFEE VOCABULARY:

Acidity: A characteristic of coffee acidity is the bright, pointed taste left in your mouth which also increases the overall natural sweetness of the coffee. It is tasted mainly on the tip of the tongue and can be accessed as lively, moderate, flat or dull. Along with the flavor, aroma and body it is one of the main characteristics used by coffee tastors in the sensory evaluation of coffee.

City Roast: Slightly darker roast than the American normal roast, also know as Espresso Roast

Full City Roast: When coffee is roasted long enough to bring the beans oils to the surface. A darker roast than the American normal roast with some oil patches, also known as French Roast

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COFFEE FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS

We teamed up with Coffee Cycle to buy some fancy coffee for local health care workers that are picking up coffees from the shop including Nurse Liz! In hopes of keeping that going I’m offering 30% off subscriptions to a full year of Roast! West Coast’s premium content plus a copy of my fiction novella “Eli & Jane” which features some pretty great coffee drinking scenes, and for every subscriber I’ll buy more coffees for more healthcare workers through the end of the year. Thanks for your support of this show, your own local healthcare teams and coffee roasters.

CHECK OUT COFFEE CYCLE!

Coffee Cycle, is a fantastic coffee shop in Pacific Beach, San Diego, and Chris is one of the smarter coffee people I’ve ever had the chance to be around. He has graciously agreed to answer my questions about coffee (sometimes for the third or even fourth time) every week during Season 1 of Roast! West Coast. Check back for Coffee Smarter segments every Friday.

With all you’ve learned on Coffee Smarter you should be able to read the menu at Coffee Cycle! Check out their updated offerings on their Facebook page.

Thanks for reading, listening and sharing Roast! West Coast, and be sure to drink good coffee.

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