At COROCO Coffee Roaster Collective, we get asked a great number of questions about grinding coffee for different preparations as well as for brewing the best coffee at home. Here are a few of the basics for coffee grinding, and why it matters. Grind. A bit of jargon to start us off. Grinding coffee will produce the desired grounds as well as a small amount of grounds that are too small (aka “fines”) and some that are too large (aka “boulders”). The nicer the grinder one buys, the fewer fines and boulders will be in the mix. Your...
A Guest Blog By Chef Rudy Galindo This week, we’re so excited to have Chef Rudy Galindo join us as our Guest Blogger! Chef Rudy has been a local, private chef in Northern Illinois since 2015, and is a 2002 graduate of the Cooking Hospitality Institute of Chicago. He approaches food in three ways: flavor, technique, and artistry - which he believes is the perfect combination to let food entice all of the senses. He’s the author of Comfort Rustic Recipes, and enjoys sharing his love of elevated comfort foods and the farm-to-table food experience with his clients across...
Cold brew coffee is great — it has all the caffeinating and cooling properties of an iced coffee, but it's brewed without any heat. Coffee grounds are soaked in cool water for several hours at a time to extract the rich coffee taste without the bitterness or acidity. The only downside? Cold brew takes time, about 8 hours to be exact! The good news is that you can make it at home in your French Press— here's how. How to Make Cold Brew Coffee in a French Press Cold Brew Recipe 6 oz. coffee (About 3/4...
Coroco Coffee Roaster Collective is proud to be a female-owned company. Led by Karen Weckerly, we seek to empower women both as roasters and producers. Many of our coffees assist in the development of woman-led family cooperatives. Fair Trade Cooperatives are a business system designed to help producers achieve better trading conditions to benefit small-scale farmers and workers. Cooperatives are made up of farmers that produce the coffee. These small community associations are democratically structured to allow the producers to participate in decision-making, support each other, and determine how funds will be used from the Cooperative within the community....
What You Need: 3C French Press Coffee: 36 grams set at medium-coarse grind Water: 660 grams or milliliters at 200 °F / 93.5 °C for brewing Additional water at 200 °F / 93.5 °C for preheating Stirring device Gram scale (1 gram = 1 milliliter) Brewing time: 4 minutes Step 1 Preheat your French press with hot water. Discard this water. Step 2 Add coffee to the pot. Set it on top of the scale and tare the scale. Step 3 Start the timer and begin pouring 540 grams of...
