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To say that the world of coffee is a complex thing would be an understatement, which means we need some help in understanding it. From the history of coffee to perfect brew methods, there are some excellent resource books out there.

For any coffee lover, here are some essential titles to put on your bookshelf

Super Automatic Espresso Machines

Welcome to our website on espresso makers. There are a number of super automatic espresso machines and you will please to know that we will feature quite a few of them here.

We know you love coffee and especially espresso. We do too and that is whey we decided to list a few of the popular ones and the ones we so love.

Maybe you have't decided on which one you want to buy yet and that's ok. Our website just might have the right information you are looking for.

The automatics are something very different and has down the ones to go for. These super automatic espresso machines list here are highly coveted and well worth the price. We believe you'll love these and you will probably chose one from this list.

Semi-Automatic Espresso Machines

Semi-Automatic Espresso Machines came to be thanks to Achilles Gaggia’s 1938 patent, which introduced electric pumps to devices, resulting in even, hands-free water pressure. Because operators can decide when to turn the pump on and off (hence “semi” automatic), and because boiler temperature controls are automated on these makers, this is the most popular type of traditional machine in use today.

Manual Espresso Machines

Manual espresso machines are as elegant as they are capable and are classics for a reason. This design still offers the most control over every aspect of the espresso experience. Fine tune your perfect espresso shot through grind, tamp, temperature, steam pressure and length of extraction.

They feature a boiler, steam pressure gauge, portafilter and a manual lever for controlling espresso extraction. Is it the beauty of the design that first catches your eye or the interplay the finely crafted parts that captivates your attention? You will be challenged and rewarded with a manual espresso machine in your home.

Manual espresso machines differentiate themselves from others on the market by offering unparalleled control over the brewing process. Unlike their pump driven counterparts, these machines use manually generated pressure to power the extraction process.

Manual espresso machines are like a restored car from the early 1900s — a beautiful homage to heritage, but unimaginably complicated compared to today’s most advanced models. There are no crank start mechanisms or chokes to contend with on manual espresso machines, but because they don’t maintain constant water pressure on their own, users must push water through the coffee manually, which can vary the quality of the final product. In short, these machines should be considered by experienced home baristas only.

Single-Serve Brewers Coffee Makers

The single-serve or single-cup coffeemaker has gained popularity in recent years. Single-serve brewing systems let a certain amount of water heated at a precise temperature go through a coffee portion pack (or coffee pod), brewing a standardized cup of coffee into a recipient placed under the beverage outlet. A coffee portion pack has an air-tight seal to ensure product freshness. It contains a determined quantity of ground coffee and usually encloses an internal filter paper for optimal brewing results.

The single-serve coffeemaker technology often allows the choice of cup size and brew strength, and delivers a cup of brewed coffee rapidly, usually at the touch of a button. Today, a variety of beverages are available for brewing with single-cup machines such as tea, hot chocolate and milk-based specialty beverages. Single-cup coffee machines are designed for both home and commercial use.

Coffee Makers Percolators

With the percolator design, water is heated in a boiling pot with a removable lid, until the heated water is forced through a metal tube into a brew basket containing coffee. The extracted liquid drains from the brew basket, where it drips back into the pot.

This process is continually repeated during the brewing cycle until the liquid passing repeatedly through the grounds is sufficiently steeped. A clear sight chamber in the form of a transparent knob on the lid of the percolator enables the user to judge when the coffee has reached the proper color and strength.

Coffee Makers Coffee Grinders

This selection of grinders is perfect for the avid coffee drinker that prefers to use traditional coffee beans. Grind & brew beans at home to protect the aroma of your beverage and ensure a fresh cup when you need it. Blade grinders are compact and easy to use. Burr mill design features an airtight compartment that keeps beans fresh and allows you to release the amount you want to grind to prevent spillage and waste. Manual and electric appliances are available.

Whether you are new to the world of espresso or have been making the perfect cup of coffee for as long as you can remember, fresh coffee grounds are the first step.

Take your pick from our curated collection that includes everything from entry-level coffee grinders to precision-designed espresso grinders. With reviews of each grinder, you too can master the daily grind!

Coffee Makers French Presses

This refers to a device that makes this type of coffee. Also known as a Press Pot or Plunger Pot. There are many manufacturers and the pots are readily available. Using this method will give you an excellent cup of coffee and your friends will be amused watching you prepare and brew the coffee right at your dinner table!

The French Press uses a medium to coarse grind. The grind must be large enough so that the mesh filter works and does not get clogged. Because of the larger grind, the brewing time is a bit longer than with other methods. A grind set between drip and percolator is a good place to start.
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Coffees from the Americas : Guatemala

The highlands of Guatemala produce several of the world’s finest and most distinctive coffees. The mountain basin surrounding the austerely beautiful colonial city Guatemala Antigua produces the most distinguished of these highland coffees: Guatemala Antigua, a coffee that combines complex nuance (smoke, spice, flowers, occasionally chocolate) with acidity ranging from gently bright to austerely powerful. Fraijanes displays similar cup characteristics. Other Guatemala coffees, perhaps because they are more exposed to wet ocean weather than the mountain-protected Antigua basin, tend to display slightly softer, often less powerful, but equally complexly nuanced profiles. These softer Guatemalas include Cobán, admired for its fullish body and gentle, deep, rounded profile, Huehuetenango from the Caribbean-facing slopes of the central mountain range, and San Marcos coffees from the Pacific-facing slopes. Coffees from the basin surrounding Lake Atitlan in south central Guatemala typically offer the same complex nuance as Antiguas but are lighter in body and brighter in flavor.

There are many excellent Guatemalan estates. To name just a small selection: in the Antigua Valley San Sebastián, La Tacita, San Rafael Urias, Pastores, and Las Nubes. In Huehuetenango Santa Cecilia, Huixoc, and El Coyegual. In the Coban region Yaxbatz, Los Alpes, and El Recreo. In San Marcos, Dos Marias.

Small-holder coffees predominate in Huehuetenango and Coban, but transportation difficulties and wet weather during harvest may compromise quality. Perhaps the best small-holder Guatemala coffees come from peasant farmers in the Lake Atitlan basin, who are organized into cooperatives that run their own mills and turn out meticulously prepared coffee. These cooperatives are clustered near the lakeside towns of San Juan La Laguna, San Lucas Toliman, and Santiago Atitlan. A San Juan La Laguna cooperative markets its excellent coffee under the poetic name "La Voz que Clama en el Desierto." The Lake Atitlan cooperatives that I have visited practice coffee production at the ultimate end of environmental correctness: organically grown in a dense, bird-sheltering shade canopy of native trees and plants. The coffee is processed with passion and precision, although delays in getting the freshly picked coffee fruit down the mountainside to the cooperative mills sometimes imparts a slight, giddily fermented twist to the cup. Atitlan cooperative coffees are a perfect choice for those in search of both cup quality and a coffee grown in exquisite harmony with earth and the aspirations of people on it.

The highest grade of Guatemala coffee is Strictly Hard Bean (SHB). The regionally designated coffees (Antigua, Atitlan, Cobán, etc) are tasted and approved as meeting flavor profile criteria established for these regions by ANACAFE, the Guatemalan coffee association. Those coffees that do not meet regional flavor profile criteria are only allowed to be sold as Strictly Hard Bean without regional designation.

Generally, Guatemala has preserved more of the traditional typica and bourbon varieties of arabica than many other Latin American growing countries, which may account for the generally superior complexity of the Guatemala cup. Most Guatemala coffee is grown in shade, ranging from rigorously managed shade on large farms to the serendipitous thickets of small growers.

Geographic Origins > Coffees from the Americas :
Brazil - Costa Rica - Colombia - Dominican Republic - El Salvador - Guatemala - Honduras - Haiti - Hawaii - Jamaica - Mexico - Nicaragua - Panama - Puerto Rico - Peru - Venezuela

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