Before I entered the world of specialty coffee, I usually preferred a frappacino or some other sugar infused, artificially flavoured coffee drink. No one could convince me they actually enjoyed the flavour of straight black coffee. Then I went on a date with this guy who everyone said knew everything about coffee. He took me to “one of his favourite coffee shops in Brooklyn”, got a plain black coffee and whilst I didn’t comment on his clear lack of taste, I for one walked out of that little corner Brooklyn shop with a latte in hand. We walked for a bit, he offered for me to taste some of his drink. I did, and it wasn’t too bad actually. Obviously the company wasn’t too bad either since I can’t count how many times since we have sat down to drink coffee together. All I know is that now I am ordering pour overs on the regular, and am in awe of the sweet, candy like flavour each cup brings me. There’s really no going back.
Here is a breakdown of the processing of a coffee bean from start to finish which I hope may inspire you to google " Specialty coffee shops in my city ."