Maverick & Farmer - Brewing thoughts

The Cold Brew method of brewing coffee is a (fairly) recent phenomenon, and it has rapidly caught the imagination of many new age coffee drinkers. Often confused with ‘Cold Coffee’ or ‘Iced Coffee’ which is a kind of beverage in itself, Cold Brew is simply a brewing method. Cold Brew coffee can be made into Cold Coffee, but not all Cold Coffees are made from cold brew coffee. Confused? :) Read on! The most common method of extracting brewed coffee from roasted coffee powder involves water and high temperature. Because of the temperature of the water used, soluble coffee solids...

Acidity in coffee is not a bad thing, it is in fact a desirable quality and some of the highest scoring coffees in the world have a sprightly lining of acidity in them. The word ‘acidity' in India unfortunately gets a lot of bad press. In most cases, when one thinks of acidity, there are associations with greasy, spicy food, antacids and curd rice.  Often we encounter customers who ask us to a recommend a coffee that 'does not have acidity’. What they (don’t know they) are saying is ‘I’d like you to recommend a coffee that does not have...