Hi, coffee lovers!
I hope you've started your weekend with a cup of your favorite coffee.
For me, light roasted. But of course I can't always afford it. In fact now I only have medium to dark roasted beans.
I've started my weekend with a cup of decent cup of Anzoategui coffee 🙃 It's a local brand and doesn't specify the kind of roast; it just puts "espresso,"--and I've seen light roast and dark roast espresso, so...--but judging by the appearance of the beans, I can see that it's a medium roast, as they're a little heavy and don't look shiny (oily). Next to my bag of Anzoátegui coffee beans, you can see the bag of Amanecer; the latter has a medium roast and I like it better than Anzoátegui and San Salvador, which has an dark roast.
I wouldn't have noticed the difference between the coffees that I drank ten years ago, not beyond the obvious conclusions that one can draw when sipping the first sip of coffee: it's too strong, too bitter, too mild, etc... All complaints, haha. Now I can appreciate the multilayered complexity of light roast coffee, but I seldom have it because it's not popular around here and that means expensive. I'd have to buy specialty coffee with a light roast, and I can only afford it once in a while.
Light roast is always the way to go… Medium can bring some complex and caramel touch, but pure fruitiness would suit me excellent, just like you prefer it.
It is true that good coffee tends to be the higher quality one. If some crop of green coffee has flows or off flavors, the way to fix it is just to roast it more. 🤷🏻
I haven’t found dark roasted specialty coffee anywhere… 😁
Best wishes, hope you will be able to afford light roasted coffee more often!
Oh, you're so kind! When I'm finally done saving some money for more urgent matters, I'm sure I'll be buying specialty coffee again. Amen! Hehe
Very observant my dear friend... It is a sign that you really love coffee..... It is difficult to have a defined description in the local brands, I for example buy Creole coffee and it does not have any kind of description, only the one that the producer verbally indicates to me.
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Yes, it's always like that. One must trust one's instincts and decide whether you're buying it or not. I used to smell the beans; now I also examine their color, feel their weight. The sellers don't like this, but I won't pay for coffee old and tasteless, or stale. So I take my time while the vendor suffers and calls me names in his mind, haha. I'm not afraid of their giving me that wary look, haha.
I have seen this type of coffee sold in beans, but honestly I have never dared to buy them. Is it as good as Venezuelan criollo coffee?
Anzoátegui is decent. I prefer Amanecer. I'm not sure about Venezuelan "criollo" coffee being one kind of coffee. Forty years ago, Venezuelan criollo meant "guayoyo con papelón" (americano with cane honey). Twenty years ago, it was something similar to a lungo. Right now I couldn't tell what is Venezuelan criollo anymore 🤯
We need to try and try until we find what we like, I guess. And we need a lot of money for that 🤑
Well, I was referring to the one that is roasted at home in an artisanal way. For me that flavor is unique, extraordinary. @marlyncabrera
Well, if you have good beans and know what you're doing, I think your coffee will always be better than any commercial brand ❤️
I'd love to have some good beans, utensils, and knowledge to roast my own coffee. I can't get enough of the delicious scent. Unfortunately, for now I'm just ignorant when it comes to artisan coffee 🙈 I only know that in my experience as a consumer of artisan coffee, sometimes I've been disappointed: you never buy the same quality; you don't know if the coffee will be excellent, just good, or unpalatable.
Well, not everyone knows how to roast coffee well. In my region there are people from the countryside that do it very well and their coffee has no comparison @marlyncabrera
That's awesome. I'd wish I could say the same of roasters around here 😼
I hadn't realized either, If you drank light roast coffee,medium or dark. I prefer dark roasts, I love the smell and flavor they leave on my palate.
A cup of good coffee "with personality", as a colleague of mine always says. I can definitely enjoy a dark roast, even when I prefer light roast. I guess it's a cultural thing.
That's how it is my friend, traditions are sometimes difficult for us to leave aside, the important thing is that we enjoy our coffee and are satisfied. Greetings
I would like to try the light roast coffee, here it is almost always sold dark, from what I have heard in this conversation it seems that the light roast is the best, pity I have not been able to try it.
What can I say? I got to try light roast coffee a few years ago and was completely in love, so I started buying it often, until sanity came to me and I had a deep reflection that reminded me that I was poor 😿 Unfortunately, I can't afford it daily, but a few times a year can't leave me more broke than I already am, haha.
Well I have to try it.
I hope you can try it any time soon. Then you can tell us about your experience in a post ❤️
When you get into this world, you learn everything about coffee and you begin to look for the flavor that you like.
I leave you a delicious cup of coffee for this afternoon.☕
True! You live, you learn. We just need an easier access to those wonderful things we've learned that exist.
I haven't tried it but from what you say it must taste good ☕.
It does if you like the fruity side of coffee. I do love it; I think I will buy some next month. It's about time.
Hehehe why does it look like it's your day that is taking the coffee and not you😂😂
See him posing for the camera🥰🥰
Oh, my friend, I'm sure that Canela is the reincarnation of some medieval queen. In her mind, all that her eyes can see are her domains, my coffee included 😂