coffee 101

Our Coffee 101 lessons are fun, interesting and give a good introduction and knowledge of coffee and its fascinating history.

Confused by coffee-specific terms such as body and roast? Not sure of the best way to store your wonderful aromatic coffee? Just interested in learning more about the pleasure of enjoying premium, handcrafted coffee?

Our Coffee 101 lessons are fun, interesting and give a good introduction and knowledge of coffee and its fascinating history.

These 12 carefully crafted coffee lessons let you in on coffee secrets... sign and receive them each week over the next 12 weeks. The topics to be discussed include:

Lesson 1: Purely Blue Coffee's special roasting process

Learn why coffee beans are roasted and how the process is tested.

Lesson 2: Glossary of Terms — the Language of the Coffee Connoisseur

Don't know Arabica from Robusta, bright from winey? Don't be alarmed, our definitive glossary has all the answers.

Lesson 3: History of coffee

Timeline on the history of coffee including coffee folklore.

Lesson 4: Growing coffee

Where coffee is grown and the types that are grown.

Lesson 5: Harvesting and processing

Why handpicking is better than machine picking and how a coffee cherry becomes a coffee bean.

Lesson 6: Coffee regions

Different coffee growing regions and what each region's speciality is.

Lesson 7: Coffee blends

What and why there are so many different blends.

Lesson 8: Decaffeination

An explanation of the different processes of decaffeination and a discussion on the amount of caffeine in coffee.

Lesson 9: Coffee flavouring

How coffee is flavoured.

Lesson 10: Grind and storage

Learn why it's essential to brewing the perfect cup.

Lesson 11: Packaging

Why coffee must be packaged properly, the different types of packaging and shelf life.

Lesson 12: Brewing methods; plus espresso unveiled

The importance of water, grind, temperature, quantity and hold times.

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