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[atanayahotel]

Good coffee should be #BLACK as the devil, #HOT as hell, #PURE as an angel, #SWEET as love. Coffee is a liquid hug for your brain 😉 ------------------------------- Tidak perlu khawatir lagi harus datang ke Atanaya Hotel untuk menikmati kelezatan makanan & minuman, karena sekarang kita sudah join di GO-FOOD Apps. Yuk di cek sekarang, namanya KAPUR SIRIH RESTAURANT. ------------------------------- Pesan - Antar - Bayar - Makan. 😁😁😁 ------------------------------- #gofood #gofoodbali #atanaya #atanayahotel #goodfood #ayomakan #eat #makanenak #drink #coffee #brew #brewu #bali (at Brewu Coffee & Pastry)

[paradiseroasters]

Coffee & Health part 2

While good coffee has a ton of health benefits, cheap coffee may actually harm your health.

We have obsessively high standards for any coffee we sell.  There is cheaper stuff out there, but we don't use it.  The big brands that you find at the grocery store use cheap coffee.  That is why they can sell it for so little.  If a crop is destroyed by pests, fungus, mold or drought, it is sold as commodity coffee and ends up in your grocery store.  They roast it dark so you'll never taste the defects, and grind it so you'll never see the damaged beans.

Moldy coffee beans.

Ochratoxin A is a mycotoxin produced by a type of mold, and is considered a human carcinogen.  It has been linked to Balkan nephropathy.  Even though the roasting process destroys about 85% of OTA in coffee beans, it is still a significant threat.

Moral of the story: The price of cheap coffee is much higher than the initial price at the register.

[paradiseroasters]

Coffee & Health

Chlorogenic Acid

This simple element of coffee has gotten a lot of talk over the last couple of months.  Dr. Oz has covered the weight loss benefits of chlorogenic acid.  Drinking coffee definately has a lot of great health benefits, but these studies are usually misrepresented to sell overpriced suppliments.

Chlorogenic acid is a naturally occurring substance found in green coffee beans.  It is slightly more prevalent in Robusta coffees than Arabica (at 10.3% and 7.1% respectively).  The roasting process eliminates between 30-50% of the chlorogenic acid from the bean, and very dark roasts (French, Vienna and Spanish) eliminate nearly all of it.  

If you're looking for more chlorogenic acid in your diet, the solution is simple: drink more (light roasted) coffee. 

[paradiseroasters]

A quick note about temperature

Have you ever had a cup of coffee that tasted sour or very bitter?  Incorrect brewing temperatures may be to blame.  

While there are a lot (24) of variables in brewing a great cup of coffee, temperature is one of the most important, and the most frequently wrong variable in the process.

The ideal water temperature for coffee brewing is between 195°F - 205°F (92°C - 96°C).  Coffee's desirable solubles and aromatic materials will be released more rapidly in this range.

Today I picked up a FANTAST Digital Thermometer from IKEA to use at home.  Put the metal probe into your pouring kettle or siphon, and you wont have to worry about an off temperature affecting your brew.