Novus Citrus Chamomile

Since the early periods of civilization, the calming qualities of chamomile have been well known.  This is a tea that I drink often.  After a stressful l day of fighting the coffee wars or whatever the days battle maybe.  This tea id perfect to put you in a relaxing mood making it easy to unwind and rest.   This chamomile is of course caffeine and glutton free.  It contains ;  lemongrass chamomile, malva, marigold and rose flowers.   The lemongrass add a citrus twist that gives this tea an amazing flavor.

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Novus Persian Pomegranate

    This tea captures the unique flavor of one of the world's oldest known fruit.  Pomegranate has a long history of use as food and medicine in Asia and South America.  The unique flavor pomegranate tea contains;  pomegranate juice, hibiscus, apple, blackberry leaves, orange peel, roasted chicory root, natural pomegranate flavor, rose petal and licorice root.

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Novus Wild Encounter Tea

Novus is taking the enjoyment of tea to astronomical levels.  For those of you who enjoy the freshness of loose tea, yet don't care to buy it in bulk, Novus came up with the perfect solution.  The loose tea is packaged in nylon single serve bags allowing you to prepare it as you would any tea.  Just steep the tea in hot water.  This time of year many of use enjoy cold.  Wild Encounter is perfect summertime drink for those of us who enjoy a herbal fruit infusion.  This tea is both caffeine and gluten free.  It has both a sweet and tart taste.  Within the single serve bag it contains:  Hibiscus flowers, apple pieces, rose hips, elderberries, strawberry pieces, kiwi pieces, raspberry pieces, sunflower blossoms, rose petals, blue cornflowers and fruit flavors.

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How to roast coffee - Part 3

French Roast

Roasted just slightly longer then City Roast will bring you to the French Roast level.  The beans will be slightly darker with more oil present.  This level creates a deep heavy flavor.  Roasting time is 12 minutes.

Espresso Roast

Flirting with the edge of ruin brings you to Espresso Roast.  Simply put, coffee is roasted to its extreme limits.  The beans are nearly black with heavy oils.  Seconds longer and the coffee is destroyed.  You must have a watchful eye on the beans when the clock starts ticking past 12 minutes.

As you can see it takes seconds to make a perfect roasted bean to a terrible roasted bean.   It is the reason many people do not roast their own.  They find the coffee they like and stick with it.  We hope Unity Koffee is one of your favorites.  "The Coffeeman's" , the owner of Unity Koffee,  motto is... "I sell no coffee I would  not drink myself!"     

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How to roast coffee - Part 2

Vienna Roast

This level of characterized by a slightly deeper color than American Roast.  Small spots of oil will be present on the bean surface.  This level slightly intensifies and brings out flavors that remains hidden at the America Roast level.  This roast level is the most difficult to master, too long in the roaster produces too much oil, too early and no oil will appear. 

Roasting time at this level is 10 -11 minutes.

City Roast
This is the level that most people call Dark Roast.  It should have a deep brown color and heavy oil on the beans surface.  Coffee does not become bitter when roasted darker.  Bitterness in coffee is usually from the poor quality beans or improper roasting.  Dark Roasted should have a heavy, rich flavor.  Never burnt or bitter. 

Roasting time at this level is 11 - 12 minutes

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How to Roast Coffee - Part 1

Here is a little lesson on how to roast coffee.  Over the next three blogs you will see it does not take a great deal of time to roast green coffee beans.  The knowledge of knowing a good coffee bean from a bad coffee bean is the first step.  The second is developing the skill of knowing and understanding the beans and their roasting level.  Learning how to roast takes years to perfect.

Green coffee bean

This is where it all begins for every cup of coffee.   All beans start out as "green" or "unroasted" beans that are selected in one of two ways.  Traditionally beans are picked by hand and the berries  are selected at the peak of ripeness.  The less labor intensive way, the crops are stripped of all the  beans regardless of the ripeness.  After picking the beans, they go through either a dry or wet process method for roasting preparations.

Dry process is the best method to prepare the bean for roasting.  Most African coffee is dried in this manner and is becoming the desired method.   Wet process is a fermentation type process, which yields a milder coffee then the dry process.

Ok, let's start roasting!

Light Roast

This is the roast level that the average coffee drinker has when they go into their local restaurant.  It's also called American Roast because it's the traditional of American styled coffee.   This roast level is the point where coffee beans have achieved their medium brown color without the coffee's natural oils appearing on the surface.  This is also the roast level used for flavored coffee. 

Roasting time at this level is 9 - 10 minutes.

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Nicaraguan SHG Organic Fair Trade

Fairly new to the coffee export world, Nicaragua has busted on to the seen with a coffee that has many experts raving about it's quality.  The SHG represents the highest grown coffees in Nicaragua without the high acidity associated with many central American coffees.  It features a mild body, light acidity and outstanding aroma.

If you feel it is time to try a new coffee this is a perfect coffee.  Visit Unitykoffee.com and see what everyone is raving about!

Enjoy your weekend!