Coffee 101: Bulletproof Coffee

First things first.

Dear That Coffee Roasters: what is Bulletproof Coffee, and what’s all the fuzz about it?

Well, dear reader, let’s get a little bit technical. Bulletproof Coffee it’s a performance-enhancing beverage that provides a massive impact on energy and cognitive function. Bulletproof Coffee is for everyone who wants to increase their stamina, so they have a better attitude in their daily lives. The main ingredient? Butter.

Is Bulletproof Coffee Good for Your Health?

Fat-packed food and coffee are the two most controversial edible products in the Modern Western World. But recent evidence shows that coffee and certain fats are not only helpful for your neural and endocrine system in the short-term, but also in the long-term, helping to protect them against disease and inflammatory conditions.

Unique Properties of Bulletproof Coffee

This coffee doesn’t just taste good. It’s abundant in essential nutrients like B vitamins, potassium, and manganese. Bulletproof Coffee has loads of antioxidants, which will reduce all risk of chronic degenerative diseases (like Alzheimer's!) and keep your brain on point. Other health benefits of coffee are:

• Suppresses your hunger: Brain Octane oil balances ghrelin and CCK, which are hormones that make you feel hungry, thus keeping you full for longer periods.
• Steadies your stamina: the saturated fat in (grass-fed only) butter slows the assimilation of caffeine, which keeps you in a full-energy mode for several hours instead of a caffeine peak and downfall.
• Mental clarity: Brain Octane rapidly transforms into ketones, a compound that your brain uses with more finesse than carbs or even sugar. Pair ketones with the slowly releasing caffeine and your brain capacity will be on the rise.

Benefits from Drinking Bulletproof coffee

• More brain power: a group of chemicals called bioflavonoids (found in coffee) are capable of making you smarter by intensifying neuronal firing in the brain. This means your brain cells will communicate faster so thoughts come more quickly and you’ll have better recall. Coffee can also protect your brain as you age.
• Attitude empowered: there’s some evidence that a couple cups of coffee a day can improve your mood and sense of alertness.
• More stamina, less fat percentage: caffeine can improve your physical capabilities so your workouts will be more effective. The caffeine can also raise your metabolism to help you consume fat faster.
• No jitters!: moldy coffee beans are associated with the infamous jitters. This is not the case with Bulletproof Coffee. These beans undergo a stringent quality control process, nullifying all mold toxins and pesticides that can decrease your energy and focus.

Go on and try this exciting new trend and let us know your opinion in the comment section; you might want to try them with the coffee grounds from That Coffee Roasters! Don’t forget to contact us to get the best-roasted coffee, made with exclusive blends, just to fit your needs.

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Coffee 101: Arabica and Robusta

Arabica and Robusta are the two main branches of the coffee family tree.

There are more than 500 genera and about 6000 different species in the Rubiaceae plant family all around the globe; one of these is the Coffea species. Although botanists regard all seed-bearing plants that are part of the Rubiaceae family as what we know as coffee trees, the coffee trade is composed by just two species.

These coffee species of utmost importance are the Coffea arabica and the Coffea canephora. Let us explain, the coffee that we consume is divided into two main types, Arabica and Robusta; but speaking in botanical terms, Arabica has two main varieties on its own, Typica and Bourbon, and the most common form of Canephora is the variety Robusta.

When coffee shopping, you may have noticed that some coffee bag labels brag about the fact that their coffee beans are “100% Arabica”, for example. These taglines refer to the type of coffee species that the beans belong to.

Dear That Coffee Roasters: what’s the difference between Arabica and Robusta?

Dear reader, this is, no doubt, one of the most common questions when talking about coffee. Let’s divide the differences into areas for you.

Taste: Robusta coffee is described as having a more raw, unrefined taste than Arabica coffee, which is more delicate to the palate.

One reason that the Robusta taste isn't as good as Arabica’s, is that it has more caffeine compared to the later. Robusta bean has 2.7% caffeine content, almost double the 1.5% of Arabica. Thus making Robusta capable of giving you an extra buzz of energy but also bringing that extra bitter flavor to it.

Lipid and/or sugar content: in chemical terms, Arabica contains almost 60% more lipids and twice the concentration of sugar that Robusta has. This factor also probably has a big impact on why we prefer the taste of Arabica, due to the fact that we tend to crave sweeter flavors.

Shape: Robusta coffee beans are much more circular in their shape, whereas Arabica is more oval.

Plant height: Arabica coffee trees usually grow between 2.5 and 4.5 meters compared to the 4.5 to 6-meter height of the Robusta species.

Economics: from a price/costs perspective, the green beans of the Robusta variant are about half the price of Arabica green beans on the commodity market, making it more affordable for the masses.

Also, Robusta is easier to tend and grow, because it has a higher yield and is less sensitive to insects, in fact, the extra caffeine of this species is a chemical defense for the coffee seed as the quantity in the Robusta is toxic to bugs.

Nowadays, the Robusta variant is not the most common in your coffee shops brews. It can be found on instant coffee, but a mixed batch is what you can taste in your morning espresso. Robusta is still most often used as part of espresso blends, Italian style blends for the most part since it’s said to help to improve the Crema.

It’s fair to note that despite the popular association with Arabica being of a higher quality, and Robusta having the fame of being inferior in quality, it’s not always the case.

Specialty Robusta (Like South American) coffee will usually taste as good as or better than a low-end Arabica. However, a high-end Robusta batch isn’t often easy to find. Robusta is usually used as a filler or cost reducer for a bigger bag then being sold as a batch of its own.

Voilá! Who would have known that the world of coffee could be so interesting? That’s why That Coffee Roasters brings a different perspective to our dear coffee lovers. Did you enjoy our article? Do you have any questions about it? Then follow us on our social networks and leave your comments and questions in the section below.

These two types have their respective purpose and specific recipes and brew.

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African Coffee: A Whole New World

It is said that Africa is the cradle of every civilization, and what civilization would be complete without coffee?

Africa is a huge continent, that’s quite obvious. It's over 30 million kilometers; that's bigger than the United States, China and India combined. So when That Coffee Roasters says “coffee from Africa” let's remember that we're talking about many different regions.

In fact, while Ethiopia and Kenya are well-known as coffee producers, countries like Angola, Burundi, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo are amongst some of Africa's many producers.

In general, African coffees are known for being fruity, sweet and floral. This means that from African coffee, you might get all kinds of notes from blueberries to citrus. These are the kind of coffees that make you think, “can coffee taste like this?” Some people like to refer to it as the special “sparkle” that you taste in these coffees.

Ethiopia: The Cradle of Coffee

The coffee plant, Coffea arabica, originates in Ethiopia. According to the legend, the 9th-century goat herder Kaldi discovered the coffee plant after noticing the energizing effect the plant had on his flock, but the story didn’t appear in writing until 1671 and is probably apocryphal.

Ethiopia is the world's seventh largest producer of coffee, and Africa's top producer, with 260.000 metric tonnes per year for the last decade. Half of the coffee is consumed by Ethiopians themselves (known as “local consuming”), and the country leads the continent in domestic consumption. The most prominent markets for Ethiopian coffee are the EU (about half of exports), East Asia (about a quarter) and North America. The total area used for coffee cultivation is estimated to be about 4000 km2, the size is currently unknown due to the fragmented nature of the coffee farms. The way of production has not changed much, with nearly all work, cultivating and drying, still done by hand.

Being the birthplace of coffee, it's no surprise that Ethiopia has a strong culture of both coffee production and consumption. There are over 1000 heirloom varieties in Ethiopia. As always, processing changes the flavor, and because Ethiopia produces both natural and wet method coffee (being partial to sun drying due to climatic conditions), the flavor profiles can be different.

Washed coffees are a bit lighter, with more floral notes, like jasmine, while the natural (or dry processed) ones tend to be a bit heavier, fruitier and syrupy, with tastes like blueberry.

Black Insomnia: African Coffee that Breaks Records

Breaking news for the world of coffee! A new coffee from South Africa has been called the strongest in the world and has now gone on sale in the United States.

The beans can be purchased online in the US, but those willing to try this intensely strong coffee should thoroughly consider the amount of caffeine they are about to put in their bodies. Although interestingly and ironically, since going on sale, the beans are now labeled “unavailable”.

A cup of the appropriately named “Black Insomnia” contains 351 mg of Caffeine. To put this into perspective, a regular single shot of espresso contains from 50 to 90 mg caffeine. Now, that’s a lot of caffeine.

Other brands have made similar claims as being the strongest coffee in the world, so the makers of Black Insomnia sent samples of their beans and others for scientific testing at a Swiss-based laboratory, to prove that their coffee is the strongest. These tests, done via liquid chromatography, found that the former strongest coffee named “Death Wish” contains 13.2 grams of Caffeine per kilogram, and its predecessor “WodFee” coffee, which up till now had also been a contender for the strongest coffee title, contains 13.8 grams per kilogram. Black Insomnia, however, was found to contain 17.5 grams per kilogram, beating the two other brands.

It’s official, That Coffee Roasters confirms it, Black Insomnia is the strongest coffee in the whole world. What do you think? Follow us on our social networks and talk about it in the comment section, we love to read and know all your different opinions.

Africa is famous for its variety of coffee brands and brews.

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