Coffee
Coffea arabica · Seed
Top 10 pairings
Roasted seeds of the coffee cherry, ground and steeped into the world's most widely drunk caffeinated drink. Roasting turns the hard, grassy green seed bitter and brown, rich in caramel, nutty and chocolatey aromas.
Picking a good onedrag
Fresh-roast, sweet, still gassyFlat, papery, smells of crayon
In the windowEveryday bestA mug has 70-140 mg of caffeine. Pregnant? Keep to about 200 mg a day.
The date on the bagRoast date two to four weeks back
Press the bag, smell the valveSoft puff, roast clear but quieter
Whole beans or groundWhole, sealed plain bag or tin
Look at the beansEven, a light sheen on dark roast