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Roasting Coffee With Hrag Kalebjian
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Roasting Coffee With Hrag Kalebjian Hrag Kalebjian, co-owner of Henry's House Of Coffee and third generation coffee roaster, shows you how he roasts Vista Alegre at their store. Vista Alegre woke me up to a better way of living! Brazilian Perfection – thank you! - Robert Ok, so it’s not a Scotch. It has, however, become [...]
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Welcome To Henry’s
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Our New Store Facade Our Top Selling Beans light El Salvador Exotic • Ripe Fruit • Full Body $18.00 Select options Armenian Coffee Exotic • Rich • Aromatic $16.00 Select options dark Bella Finca Premium • Rich Chocolate • Bold $16.00 Select options medium Henry’s Blend Classic • Toasted Nuts • Balanced $18.00 Select options
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From One Family To Another
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I first met Chase Williams at a friend's house. When he told me his story, I knew I wanted to work with him. During his first trip to El Salvador Chase had the chance to visit a local coffee farm called Finca La Familia. There he fell in love with the farmers, culture and community. [...]
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Cold Brew
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The Cold Brew Craze Let's start off by understanding a bit more about cold brew. As the name suggests, this process uses cold water in a special coffee maker that allows the coffee grounds to steep anywhere from 12 to 24 hours. Conversely, iced coffee is brewed using hot water in a typical coffee maker, [...]
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Don’t Freeze Your Coffee
by Hrag Kalebjian on
Does your freezer look like this? Mine does. We actually have a second freezer in the garage that was a wedding gift from my in-laws. Thanks mom! I hate throwing away food so I'm always freezing it. I was always told that you can freeze just about anything. in fact, there was a time when [...]
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Processing Coffee Cherries
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In my previous article I shared what it takes to pick coffee cherries on a farm. Click on the video below to watch what happens next once the cherries reach the processing mill. Panama Our roasting profile for Panama results in a medium bodied, clean tasting cup. The finish is very smooth with notes of [...]
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5 Ways To Avoid Bitter Tasting Coffee
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Nobody enjoys a bitter cup of coffee. Here are 5 ways to help you improve your morning cup of Joe. Grind Size The size of the coffee grind plays a major role in the extraction process. Finer grinds will extract more coffee, while courser grinds will extract less. Over extraction results in intensely bitter coffee, [...]
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How To Make Armenian Coffee
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What Armenian Coffee Means To Us "For us we make Armenian coffee as a routine. We start the day with that coffee, we drink it after lunch or early dinner. And we certainly drink it when someone comes over for a quick chat or for anything else. That’s the Armenian way, the best way to [...]
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Coffee Cherries
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My Trip To Panama Back in November I took a trip to Panama to visit a couple of farms and learn more about coffee. I went with my friend, Willem Boot, who owns a couple of farms near the city of Boquete and knows a ton about coffee. The trip was for 7 days and very intense. [...]
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100% Arabica Coffee
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How many times have you walked down the grocery isle and seen these labels on a can of coffee? There must be a reason they're promoting Arabica Coffee, but why? What the heck does Arabica Coffee mean anyway? Let's find out. In order to fully understand what 100% Arabica means we need to go back in time and [...]
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