Woodshed Roasting – Laconia, NH
A little sip of coffee history.
Coffee was
introduced to civilization around the 15th century, made from the
roasted seeds (called “berries”) of the Coffea plant. These seeds are cultivated mainly in Latin
America, Southeast Asia, India and Africa. However, the Arabs were the first to
cultivate and trade in coffee beans.
It has been rumored
that a goat herder named Kaldi discovered the coffee bean after noticing that
after his goats ate the berries from a certain tree that they didn’t
sleep. Kaldi made a drink from these
berries and noticed that it had the same effect on him and kept him alert
during evening prayers. He eventually
shared his discovery with monks and the discovery spread.
The rash of "tea parties" in 1773 after the Tea
Act threatened Colonial rights and created an East India Company monopoly on
the tea industry, which had an impact on coffee. Coffee
eventually took tea's place as the primary hot beverage in America.
Coffee is one of the
most consumed drinks in the world. The 2
most common varieties of coffee are the “robusta” and the “arabica”. Arabica has a slightly sweeter taste than
robusta and is a bit more costly.
There’s 3 types of coffee roasts; dark, light and medium.
Most connoisseurs of
the coffee world recommend that the first step to a good cup of coffee is to
buy whole beans. Grinding your own
coffee beans releases oils from the beans which can be lost if you store coffee
grounds for too long a period. These
oils are a very important part of good coffee flavor and create an entire new
flavor and complexity to the beverage.
Visit
http://www.woodshedroast.com to order. We
offer only Specialty Coffee from around the world. This is the top 20% of the
crop. We have Certified Fair Trade Coffee, Certified Organic Coffee, Bird
Friendly Coffee, Shade Grown Coffee, Rain Forest Alliance Coffee, Water Process
Decaf Coffee, we also have flavored coffee's. We purchase the finest coffee
available.