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Coffee Leaves :

2008-01-12T12:33:00.000-08:00

The elliptical leaves of the coffee tree are shiny, dark green, and waxy. The coffee bean leaf area index is between 7 and 8 for a high-yielding coffee. The coffee plant has become a major source of oxygen in much of the world. Each hectare of coffee produces 86 lbs of oxygen per day, which is about half the production of the same area in a rain forest.
sahid khan
Espresso italian coffee shop
palolem, goa

The Difference Between Arabica and Robusta Coffee Beans:

2008-01-12T12:29:00.000-08:00

While there are several different coffee species, two main species of coffee are cultivated today. Coffea arabica, known as Arabica coffee, accounts for 75-80 percent of the world's production. Coffea canephora, known as Robusta coffee, accounts for about 20 percent and differs from the Arabica coffees in terms of taste. While Robusta coffee beans are more robust than the Arabica plants, but produces an inferior tasting beverage with a higher caffeine content. Both the Robusta and Arabica coffee plant can grow to heights of 10 meters if not pruned, but producing countries will maintain the coffee plant at a height reasonable for easy harvesting.
sahid khan
Espresso italian coffee shop
palolem, goa

something about coffee plant

2008-01-12T12:23:00.000-08:00

The coffee plant is a woody perennial evergreen dicotyledon that belongs to the Rubiaceae family. Because it grows to a relatively large height, it is more accurately described as a coffee tree. It has a main vertical trunk (orthotropic) and primary, secondary, and tertiary horizontal branches (plagiotropic).

thanks and read more about coffee and please do share anything but coffee...

sahid khan
Espresso italian coffee shop
palolem, goa

2008-01-06T12:14:00.000-08:00

my intention is to improve coffee quality through education and research. This Espresso site was developed as a platform to share our passion for specialty coffee.
I recommend beginning your journey learning about coffee by learning about the agriculture of coffee since the harvesting and processing of coffee plays a major role in how coffee should be roasted and brewed. After learning about the coffee plant, we move to coffee grinding, brewing, and roasting. Once you have a grasp on the basics of single origin coffees, explore our espresso section.
The espresso section brings together the agriculture and coffee sections by drawing a link between preparation methods and flavor profile. Blending espresso is an art form that necessitates a complete understanding of coffee harvesting and production methods.The final sections about coffee science, coffee politics, and the coffee market are more detailed views of the coffee world. The market section gives coffee consumption statistics as well as coffee production statistics. . Pour yourself a cup of joe and enjoy my library, coffee photo galleries, and original coffee training videos......

So keep on surfing this site for anything but coffee and you are most welcome to post your experience about coffee, thanks

sahidkhan

Espresso gourmet italian coffee shop

palolem, goa

history of coffee

2008-01-04T13:21:00.000-08:00

hii friends, like to share somthing before i start telling you about how i started Espresso, here something about coffee....
According to the legend, coffee was discovered in Ethiopia, where it grew wild. Some shepherds discovered that their flocks didn't sleep during the night after eating coffee. Another legend gives us the name for coffee or "mocha". An Arabian was banished to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the broth save the exiles, but their survival was taken as a religious sign by the residents of the nearest town, Mocha. The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event. In the 9th century in the Muslim world, coffee began use as a medicine, was liked for taste and became a pleasurable drink.During the 14th century some coffee trees were transplanted to Arabia. They named it Kaweh. One early use for coffee would have little appeal today. The Galla tribe from Ethiopia used coffee, but not as a drink. They would wrap the beans in animal fat as their only source of nutrition while on raiding parties. The Turks were the first country to adopt it as a drink, often adding spices such as clove, cinnamon, cardamom and anise to the brew. By 1500 it was already in Turkey and then in Italy. In 1720 Gabriel Mathieu de Chieu, a French Marine Official, brought to Martinica three coffee trees from Paris. Only one of these trees survived the trip. From this surviving tree, coffee growing started in the New World. Coffee shops began to open in the late 1600's in country's capital cities then in the larger cities and from then on into the beginnings of domestic use
thanks and i ll keep updating u more about coffee, if u want to share something about coffee so please do post into my blog, thanks
shahidkhan
Espresso coffee shop
palolem, goa

espresso

2007-12-19T12:58:00.000-08:00

my very own coffee shop, started on 15th of november 2007, at goa's most premium beach palolem.