Do you love your morning coffee? Does it hurt to imagine a day without it?
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For most people, their morning coffee is a ritual. They take pride in making the perfect cup of coffee and can’t imagine a day without it – but if you ask these same people how they make their coffee, you are sure to get hundreds of different answers.
No matter how you make your morning coffee it all comes down to one thing – the coffee beans!
Keep reading to take your morning coffee to the next level with 5 of the most popular coffees around the world, and some tips on how to best use and store your coffee beans.
5 Most Popular Coffees Around The World
1. Kona Coffee Beans – Hawaii
Kona coffee is considered the best coffee in America. Grown on the volcanic soil of the Kona Island of Hawaii, this single-origin coffee has a sweet herbal taste with nutty overtones.
This coffee is more on the expensive side as it is grown in small quantities and made in the U.S. where farmers are paid a higher wage than other coffee-growing countries.
2. AA Coffee Beans – Kenya
Kenyan coffee is known for being some of the best in the world. In Kenya, coffee farmers are rewarded for better quality coffee so the time and effort they put into their beans are clear to taste.
AA refers to the size of the coffee beans – the largest coffee bean size. This single-origin coffee has sweet fruity notes, a pleasant acidity, and a syrupy body. It smells fresh and floral and is best brewed as a drip coffee.
3. Dark Roast Sumatra Beans – Indonesia
Sumatra coffee comes from the Sumatra region of Indonesia. Sumatra coffees have low acidity and a smooth body. Dark roast Sumatra coffee specifically has enhanced sweetness and an earthy flavor.
4. Blue Mountain Coffee Beans – Jamaica
The Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is one of the most sought after in the world. It is grown at a very high elevation, making it extremely hard to harvest. It is grown in limited quantities, making it one of the rarest and most expensive coffees in the world.
If you do get the chance to try this rare single-origin coffee, it will have sweet herbal flavors with little bitterness and full acidity.
5. Yirgacheffe Beans – Ethiopia
Ethiopia is actually considered the birthplace of coffee, and the Yirgacheffee beans its most valued coffee bean. But truly any coffee from Ethiopia is sure to satisfy your taste buds.
Yirgacheffee coffee is light in body, earthy, with cinnamon and strawberry undertones.
How to Use and Store Your Coffee Beans
Now that you know what coffee beans to use let’s talk about how to use and store them.
The best way to store your coffee beans is in a vacuum-sealed container to preserve its freshness. A mason jar will work just fine for this!
To make the best tasting coffee, grind your coffee beans right before you use them for maximum flavor. Your coffee will start losing its flavor 30 min after you grind it. Cleaning coffee grinder the correct way is also an important step in the coffee-making process.
Are You Ready to Step up Your Coffee Game?
After learning about some of the most popular coffees in the world, I’m sure you’re ready to try some of them for yourself.
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These coffees are delicious and my sons would like to try them.
I’d love to try Kona coffee with Kona coffee beans from Hawaii. It sounds so good. I like trying coffees new to use, this is overdue!
I have had the Kona coffee when vacationing in Hawaii. Truly makes a delicious cup of coffee. I also like the Sumatra for its smoothness. Good tip on storing beans in a mason jar.