The seeds that are produced by the coffee plant are known to us as beans.
These beans that are produced by the coffee plant will create a beverage by first grinding the beans up and pouring hot water into them using different devices.
There is an abundant amount of flavors and varieties of coffee on the market today.
The most popular of all the species of coffee berries are the Coffea robusta and the Coffea arabica.
The specific region from where the coffee plants are grown will have a bearing on the character of the coffee.
Look at the difference in the coffee that is produced by these two countries.
Kenyan grown coffee is well known for its sweetness, hardy flavor, full body and fabulous aroma.
Its aftertaste has a dry winey flavor.
Kenya's coffee beans are graded according to their size.
There is hardly any bitterness in the better grades of coffee beans.
They grow the coffee plants in acidic, volcanic soil up on the high plateaus of Mount Kenya.
It wasn't until the late 1800's that Kenya started to process coffee beans.
Kenya strives hard to make sure that the quality of their coffee is of the finest in the world.
The coffee beans that are grown in Costa Rica have a distinguishing quality about them that produce a full bodied and bright coffee.
The coffee beans that produce the richest flavor are grown at an altitude of 3,300 feet and higher.
The most sought after coffees of Costa Rica are grown in areas such as Tarrazu, Tres Rios, Heredia and Alajuela.
The region that the coffee was grown in will determine what kind of coffee it will produce.
They can produce one coffee that is mild, sweet and a sparkling tasting coffee, or one that will be of a heavy kind of coffee.
By roasting the coffee bean at different temperatures, they can control the flavor that the bean will produce when brewed.
When they roast the beans they will go through a physical and chemical change.
After the beans have been roasted and they have reached that desired flavor they can grind up the coffee beans and brew some coffee.
Coffee can be brewed by using several different processes.
Once you have brewed the coffee, there are a few ways that it can be prepared.
Most of the time after the coffee has been brewed either by a French press, a percolator or by slow drip, people will add milk, cream, sugar or ice cubes if they prefer it cold and some prefer not to add anything.
There is another process to make coffee and it is called Espresso.
Most prefer to drink it with steamed milk or as a shot.
Most coffee is brewed by using an automatic drip coffeemaker or a percolator.
These appliances brew coffee by letting the hot water run through the coffee grounds and fill a pot below or the process takes place in a single vessel.
When hot water is introduced to the coffee grounds, the grounds then release their flavors and mix with the water producing what we know as coffee.
There is another way to brew coffee using a similar process and that is with a French press.
You mix the water and the grounds together and wait a few minutes.
After a few minutes you take the plunger and push on it to separate the liquid from the grounds.
This process will create a stronger cup of coffee.
An Espresso maker will use hot pressurized water and it will force the water through the coffee grounds.
The coffee will be concentrated up to about 15 times stronger than a normal cup of coffee that has been brewed using the other processes.