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A Beginner’s Guide to Roasting Coffee at Home
If you’re any kind of a coffee drinker, café frequenter, or machinery enthusiast, there’s a good chance you’ve basked in the glorious radiance of a coffee roaster—the mass of cast-iron and stainless-steel from which all good things come. W...
How to Make Low Acid Coffee
In addition to being the nectar of the gods, coffee is also a bit acidic, clocking in at a 5 on the pH scale. While it’s not as acidic as, say, a lemon, it can aggravate acid reflux or GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease) symptoms in some peo...
What Is Decaf Coffee?
Decaffeinated coffee (commonly known as decaf) is coffee that has had most of its caffeine removed, up to 99.9%, in some cases. How that caffeine is removed, however, varies, so let’s get into it. The Earliest Decaffeination Methods You would th...
The Best Brew Methods for Every Origin
Before we get into it, these are just our preferred methods for brewing each origin. This is how we (mostly me (Christopher) and Roastmaster Dave) make coffee in the office, lab, and at home. We’re not saying it’s the only way to do it. We...
Ode to the Diner Mug
I’ve been with Fresh Roasted Coffee for several years, and while I’ve been happy with our selection of merchandise, I always thought there was something lacking. I wanted a diner mug. In this day of technologically advanced, double-walled, ceram...
Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Coffee Fermentation
Coffee goes through a lot before it hits your mug. Each bean jostling around your bag is the culmination of centuries of hard work. Shoutout to Kaldi, the OG GOAT. From the Arabian Peninsula to the rest of the world, planting, cultivating, harve...