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There are 4 main roast levels of coffee: light, medium, medium-dark, and dark.Coffee starts off as a “green” bean. It is dense and full of moisture. During the roasting process, heat from the roaster pulls the moisture out and allows the natural sugars and acids of the coffee to react. Typically, the darker the roast the less acidic the coffee is.In a light roast, the bean has just started to brown and is close to a cinnamon color. A good light roast coffee is vibrant, acidic, and has flo …

We’ve all been there. You pull up to a coffee shop’s drive through and the person on the other end says “Hello, welcome to _____. What can I get for you?”. Unless you have a go-to favorite you likely ask them to hold on a minute. There are so many choices!Here I have the simple guide to the most popular espresso-based drinks.The Espresso-nearly boiling water forced through finely ground coffee under (ideally) 9 bars of pressure with crema on top.Macchiato- an espresso “marked” with foamed m …

We often get asked if we sell tea, after all we are Texas Tea Coffee Roasters. To answer that question, no, we do not at this time, maybe in the future.Have you ever watched The Beverly Hillbillies? You know in the opening song it says “…black gold, Texas tea.” It was of course referring to oil, but my husband and his dad, grandfather, and uncles have all worked in the oil industry. My husband originally came up with this name and at first, I wasn’t too sure about it because, well… we don’ …