Coffee Facts

If you’re looking for a full-bodied, earthy and herbal cup of coffee, you can’t go wrong with an Indonesian coffee.

Coffees tend to have some similarities depending on the region where they are grown. African coffees, for example, tend to evoke hints of wine, fruit, and earthiness. Differences in coffee variety, processing, roasting, and even brewing method will affect the final flavor, but generally speaking, if there’s a trait you like about one coffee from a particular region, it’s a good bet you might enjoy something else grown in a similar location (or processed in a similar way).

Makes sense, right? Central and South American coffees tend to share similarities with other Central and South American coffees! Occasionally sweet, often citrusy, coffees from the Americas are a joy to drink!

The French Press gives the impression of being the ‘fanciest’ method for making coffee. You know your host is a true coffee lover if they whip out the French Press in the morning. Using a French Press takes a bit of patience, and a bit of know-how, but once you’ve perfected your method, it yields a fantastic cup of coffee, with far richer flavor than you would find with a drip coffee brewer.

Summer days beg for a good cup of iced coffee. While it is certainly possible to brew hot coffee, then refrigerate it and pour over ice, making cold brew at home is so simple, you might as well impress your friends (and your taste buds) with a tall glass of cold-brewed Carrabassett Coffee!

A stovetop percolator can seem intimidating: descriptions of over-extracted or burnt, bitter coffee might lead you to try an “easier” method of coffee brewing but those who know the tricks and secrets to a great cup of percolator coffee swear it’s the best cup of coffee you can make.

Nobody wants to wake up on a Sunday morning to find they can’t make coffee because they forgot to purchase filters! Foil filters are, in the long term, more economical, and better for the environment, as they can be used over and over again.

Everybody agrees that a Keurig* machine is convenient for brewing a single cup of coffee. It’s quick, and some would say ideal for a business environment. Carrabassett Coffee is not available in pre-made, disposable K Cups, but as long as your coffee is ground correctly (choose foil filter if we are grinding for you), refilling a pod only takes seconds.  

You may be surprised at how many people buy coffee out of the house, at a coffee shop, every morning because they think it’s too hard to make good coffee at home. Believe it or not, getting a good brew out of your drip coffee pot is usually just a matter switching up your method a little bit. If you like your coffee strong and robust, but your drip pot is producing an anemic, sad cup, take a look at a few different factors…

Pour Over Coffee is all about enjoying and celebrating the process of making coffee. With only a little practice, you will be able to make a flavorful cup of coffee that comes out just the way you like it.

An AeroPress* is a handy way to brew a single cup of coffee. A portable, space-saver, as long as you have a way to heat up water, you can make a great cup of coffee with an Aeropress

Part 1: Water ProcessThere are no coffee beans that grow caffeine-free, so decaffeinating coffee is something that must be done manually after the coffee is harvested (but before the coffee is roasted).