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nice crema Dialling in espresso is the core task in order to achieve a repeatable quality in your espressos. The term "dialling in" refers to getting the espressos right - finding the correct recipe for the espresso. Many factors influence the quality of espressos and you will not be able to pull perfect shots - every time. But we can do everything to better our chances. Some of those factors are: - Water quality - water temperature - time of extraction - amount of wa

Fellow Airscape in action OK - you have found a coffee you like and you bought a bag. You mastered your recipe. But you cannot drink all the coffee you have bought. So - how are you going to store your coffee? In order to keep the coffee as fresh as possible for as long as possible we need to avoid leaving it in the elements. Air - Too much contact to air will increase the oxidation and will eliminate the crisp nice flavours. Light - When exposed to light - UV or harsh LED

Freshly roasted is always better, right? I am not too sure about that, to be honest. Most customers are looking for the freshest bean on the shelf - and I do that too when I buy coffee and I still have some beans at home that I need to use up first. This way i make sure i rest the coffee beans enough. I only give beans to my baristas that have rested for about 14 days and my reason is simple. While roasting the beans build up gasses inside and these need to be released as

The way of the coffee: Growing and harvesting coffee … what the beans go through before we get your hands on them. coffee cherries The farmers definitely do not have an easy life. They have a fickle plant to deal with. The coffee trees need the right kind of shade - water - drainage - temperature. And then there are different issues, like mites, coffee borers, coffee rust and root rot to deal with. Sounds like a tough task to even bring trees to a harvesting age which is usu

Hario V60 base recipe My favourite way to make coffee is still one of the simplest ones. A Havio V60. I love the simplicity. My home setup is a Hario v60 dripper with filters and a Baratza Encore ESP grinder. That’s it. Ah and yes I have a goose neck kettle at home. But seriously - any normal kettle will do. I learned a trick from a customer - he used a spoon to pour the hot water over the coffee grounds. Like with any extraction the water temperature and the grind size ar

coffee harvest Ethiopia Al-Gharb Coffee Roasters is proud to present to you … our new Ethiopian bean. We have had Ethiopian coffees on offer uninterrupted since we first opened. Ethiopia is one of the most popular origins for specialty coffee and there is a good reason for it. First of all it is the birthplace of coffee and loads of varietals can be found there - either naturally occurring or cultivated. Once again we decided for a green bean from the Aricha region of Yirgac

Summer is upon us and we at Al-Gharb Coffee Roasters want to share how you can make our favorite summer drink at home. This is a base recipe for a cold brew concentrate. Here is what you need: Coffee - ground rather coarse A French Press If possible a Coffee Filter and dripper - like a V60 from Hario A bit of space in the fridge … AAAND some time I love to use coffees that have a rich flavour of chocolate - like our staple brazil. In order to achieve a smooth cold brew we ar

Henning cupping coffee We coffee folks are weird. We can’t even say that we are trying our coffees or tasting them … no we cup them. Also - when we do this - we do not even just make a coffee and drink it. Nonono - we chuck ground coffee in a cup - fill it up with hot water. At least we skimm off the floaters on top before we use a spoon to slurp them. OMG. Cupping coffee is my favourite step in the whole coffee production. We cup, when we receive new samples of exciting be

espresso shot I’ll start with an excursion. Espresso is extracted by pushing hot water with pressure through finely ground coffee. On this journey, the hot water takes solubles with it into the cup. It starts with the sour flavours - then the body and at last the bitter flavours. Like with any delicious dish the greatness comes through the combination of the flavours. This little guide will show you how to fix bad espressos at home. The espresso in fact is layered in the cup

Henning the coffee guy I get asked a lot how I got into specialty coffee. This is actually really simple. I was an avid coffee drinker all my life. I am not claiming that the coffee was any good for the majority of it. I started at around 15 years old - drinking about a pot of filter coffee every day preferably with my buddies while hanging out. I then moved to bean to cup machines in the office (probably the best coffees in my pre-specialty phase) - I had a pad machine in b