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How To Make Specialty Coffee At Home? Times are changing. The new normal of this post-covid19 era has simply brought one good thing upon us, self-sustainability. So, we coffee lovers here must be thinking the same thing here right! How can we make specialty café-like coffee drinks at home? Well, you’re in luck! Below we’ve shownsix ways to make popular specialty coffee drinks in your home comfort. No, we still love our coffee shops, but you have to admit making them by yourself is something very satisfying too. From your good espresso beans to your espresso machine, gather up your coffee arsenal, it’s time to get into the business!   Read the full article…

How can you talk about coffee from El Salvador without talking about the Coffee Producers of Ciudad Barrios? Let’s discover Monsignor Romero parishioner and defender of the oppressed and Rigoberto Argueta, coffee farmer and visionary.   Who is “Monseñor”m Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdàmez? Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was born in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador, on August 15, 1917. Romero spent the first quarter of a century of his ministerial career as a parish priest and diocesan secretary in San Miguel. In 1970 he became Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador and held this position until 1974, when the Vatican appointed him to the diocese of Santiago de María, a Read the full article…

  What is crema?   You may have already heard the term “créma” without to know what baristas are talking about. No doubt you have ever been curious to know what makes an espresso sometimes imitate the foaming aesthetic of a beer. What you see, and what all coffee enthusiasts dream of, is called créma and is considered the reference in the preparation of espresso. The thin layer of cream that covers your espresso has a long history and can tell you a lot about the coffee you are going to enjoy! So what si crema? In simple terms, the crema is what we call the light layer of dark brun foam found Read the full article…

Chai tea: the Indian history of a spicy drink   Chai tea: the Indian history of a spicy drink A spicy drink that usually marks the arrival of shorter days, Chai tea has in addition to its singular flavors, unsuspected benefits!   Highly appreciated for its taste qualities and recognized for its virtues, the Chai tea is enjoying growing success. With the arrival of autumn, what could be more comforting than this delicious spicy tea to warm up and face the cold with serenity?   The history of Chai tea:   Chai is a hot drink originating in India. Originally, the dull Hindi “chai” is a derivative of the Mandarin Read the full article…

COLD BREW If you ask around you if anyone knows about Cold Brew, you’re likely not many people know what it is. The new way to drink coffee may not have reached you yet, but do not panic, we tell you some anecdotes that will make you want to taste.   Already known to the Japanese in the seventeenth century as “Kyoto coffee”, it is a way of extracting coffee cold by a taste-to-taste method. Cold Brew began about 10 years ago in the United States. Roasters specializing in high-end coffee have rediscovered this technique to prepare coffee. It brings out the delicious aromas of coffee without extracting the acidity Read the full article…

Salvadoran coffee achieved second best price in America   The Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) pointed out that in 2020, despite the covid-19 pandemic, they were able to successfully carry out the Cup of Excellence competition, which seeks the best coffees in the world. world, considered “exceptional”. Salvadoran coffee was present in this competition. Last year 3,146 coffee producing farms from America and Africa participated, of which 201 went to auctions, and managed to obtain the average price paid $ 21.24 per pound when in contract C the price is around $ 1.11 and specialty coffees are sold in average at $ 6.00 per pound. Thus they managed to sell Read the full article…