Suave yet sweet, you’ll fall in love with this one
Don Juan, our medium roast, red honey processed coffee from Costa Rica will seduce you with its caramel sweetness.
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Double Chocolate Banana Bread
Chocolate. Bananas. Cocoa. Easy. Delicious.
Pair up this recipe with a mug of our Fuss Studio Blend coffee for a wonderful treat.
We found this recipe at Smitten Kitchen, a great source for recipes that always turn out well. Read on for our version of the recipe (and a link to the original).
Honey processed coffee
First developed in Costa Rica, the honey processing method is now spreading to other Central American coffee growing areas. The beans have a natural sweetness and are ahhhh-mazing! Honey processed coffee has an intense and rich, sweet flavour with elements of tropical fruit and lower acidity than other natural processing methods.
Wet, Dry & Honey Processed Coffee
Before we get into how the honey process works, let's look at the different processing methods…
Too hot, too cold, just right….
After Goldilocks had eaten the bears’ porridge, she decided to make coffee.
The first time she boiled the kettle and poured it right away, using water that was too hot. “Oh!” she cringed, “this coffee is bitter.”
So she made more coffee, without heating the water again. This time it was too cold. “Oh!” she said, making a disappointed face, “this coffee is sour and weak.”
The third time she heated the kettle to a boil then let it cool for just under a minute before she poured it. “Ah!” she sighed, sipping her java contentedly, “this coffee is just right.”
And that’s all you need to know.
You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars on an expensive kettle. But you can if you want to!
Dawn Ayer:
Sparkplug Coffee Lover
Most memorable coffee Dawn ever had? Touring the Lavazza factory in Turin, Italy. (She even got to eat in the employee cafeteria!)
Reusable organic cotton coffee filters
Find the filter for your coffeemaker - pourover or automatic
several sizes and styles available: cone pourover style in sizes #2, #4, #6 and Hario V60 plus basket filters for auto coffeemakers and cold brew filters, too!
Darryl Wright:
Sparkplug Coffee Lover
Darryl's coffee secret? "Just off the boil" is a term used in beer brewing but it also applies here. When you hear that ding or click, don't reach. Pause for a moment...
Hari Balaraman:
Sparkplug Coffee Lover
Hari Balaraman is one of Sparkplug Coffee's first customers and he lives close to Sparkplug coffee HQ in Toronto so his coffee is delivered on foot instead of via Canada Post. He invited me to stop in to sample a cup of kopi luwak (aka civet coffee or cat poop coffee) that he'd purchased in his travels. I took the opportunity to quiz him about his coffee habits and other passions.