Coffee According to Kelsy

We all drink it. We all love it. We all start our day with – coffee. Yes the other black gold that men and women fight over and which is now the second highest traded drink commodity after tea.

When it comes down to it, we all have our preferences. Some like the high end, elite, single origin coffee with the newest brewing methods including cold drip, drip filter and aeropress which all set you back around $6 per cup (yes, that’s right, $6 per cup). Others just prefer a good cup of coffee with the more familiar sounding flat white, cappuccino, latte, long black, etc. Then of course, there are those who just have instant – but really, if you drink instant you can’t consider yourself a proper coffee drinker!

I myself am an avid coffee drinker , and I like to consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur. With my family active in the coffee scene I cannot reduce myself to drinking bad chain-store coffee (sorry Starbucks, that includes you and your delicious cinnamon scrolls), nor can I simply just drink a coffee anymore.

When a coffee arrives I have numerous questions thrown at me – what’s the latte art like? Is the milk foamed appropriately? Is the coffee burnt? What is the flavour profile? Is it under or over extracted? Is there too much acidity?... and the list continues.

Only one thing is certain about coffee.... Wherever it is grown, sold, brewed, and consumed, there will be lively controversy, strong opinions, and good conversation.~Mark Pendergrast

Coffee used to be the faucet for discussion and debate over social and political issues between great men and women, but now we see a growing trend for coffee itself is the ethos of discussion. While sitting here drinking my morning coffee I already ask myself many questions about this amazing beverage, and as such I’ll devote this blog (with the occasional lecture content interruption) to looking at coffee in general.

For now though, let’s get this caffeine kicking in!