Looking to support small businesses this holiday season? We appreciate it! Consider coming to Vienna Coffee House for all of your coffee and tea needs. On November 28th, come to the Coffee House in Maryville, and learn how to up your brewing game using 3 different kinds of brewing devices.
Read MoreBehind the Beans: Guatemala La Armonia Hermosa
Nestled high along a fertile volcano, overlooking the Antigua Valley, Santa Maria de Jesus is an idyllic home to the finest Guatemalan coffee. The small, family farmers of this village have historically struggled to make a living growing this high quality coffee. Now with La Armonia Hermosa, things are different. Farmers receive higher prices through increased quality, marketability and relationship to their buyers.
Read MoreWashed, Natural, Semi-Washed - What does it all mean?
Explore the sometimes confusing world of coffee processing and learn how to pick the right one for your taste.
Read MoreHow Decaf Coffee Works
Though decaf coffee may sound like an oxymoron, it is a great alternative for those who can’t have caffeine and those who want a cup of coffee but still want to sleep at night. But how exactly do you make coffee decaf? Your mind may first go to chemicals, which is one way to do it, but that is not the way we do it.
At Vienna we use a method called Swiss Water Process. The Swiss water process consists of two ingredients: Water and coffee. That’s it!
Here’s how it works:
Green (unroasted) coffee beans are soaked in hot water. The water draws out both the coffee flavor, and caffeine (coffee compounds). These bean are discarded and the water is ran through a filter that removes only the caffeine and leaves the coffee flavor compounds..
New green coffee beans are put into the coffee-saturated and caffeine free water. Since the water is saturated with coffee flavor, only the caffeine is drawn out of the beans. The beans are then roasted, ground, brewed, and enjoyed by you.
Though it sounds too simple to be true, this process actually removed 99.9% of the caffeine without using any chemicals! And, it doesn’t alter the flavor of the beans at all. Win-Win!
Here is a video that explains the process a little more in-depth.