Different Roast Levels of Coffee
16th Sep 2024
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
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Espresso-based drinks
16th Sep 2024
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
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About Our Name
16th Sep 2024
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’
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