Al-Gharb Coffee News and stuff

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...

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...

coffee harvest Ethiopia Al-Gharb Coffee Roasters is proud to present to you … our new Ethiopian bean. We have had Ethiopian coffees on...

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. ...

espresso shot I’ll start with an excursion. Espresso is extracted by pushing hot water with pressure through finely ground coffee. On...

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...