Here is where you can post questions about coffee, about how we make our coffee, what ever you would like. I will try to get back to you with an answer, and hopefully a link to a source you can check.
I am sure that there are lots of questions out there and if you care to make a comment I will try to answer the questions as best I can. With over 30 years in the coffee business there is not much that I have come across that I don;t know about or have a resource to.
So ask away and lets see if you can stump me.
Sparky
I was watching your video on You Tube when you were adding flavoring to the coffee beans in a mixer. I am a fan of some flavored coffees but I would like to know what is being added to the bean. What is the flavoring made from and how much were you adding to the mixer? Is propylene glycol a common base for all flavorings? I have always wondered how you get Southern Pecan from the roasted bean. Good info for the consumer.
Jeff Hohman
Winchester, Ky
Thanks for your inquiry.
Last question first. The Pecan flavor is added to the bean after it has been roasted.
How much we add depends on the amount being made. What was probably video’ed was the Jamaican Me Crasy (one of our most popular flavors). What you saw was about 25lbs of coffee. To that we usually add a pint to a quart of flavoring. Again it depends on the flavor and the desired intensity, if we are adding other flavrs (like chocolate almond). We generally look for something that doesn’t overwhelm the flavor of the coffee itself but accents it..
What its made of is a closely guarded trade secret even we do not know. We get our flavorings from a company that specialized in natural flavors. So essentially it is the oils of the plant or some plant based flavor. So in the case of a Vanilla Flavored coffee it would probably be a vanilla extract. For the more interesting flavors like chocolate, it is a combination of various flavors that end up with a chocolate flavor.
John “Sparky” Birrenbach
I have a question for all our coffee lovers out there…
I have heard of two varieties of coffee beans that I am trying to get feedback on. The first is Zombianco, which apparently is a well roasted white coffee bean with a nutty flavor and rich in caffeine. The second is what I have simply seen as “white coffee”, and which I have no real description with the exception that it is mild and can cater to those who are not true coffee lovers (apparently, this version is large in Italy, or Europe in general…I am not sure).
What I would love to know is if anyone has any insight as to these two very different forms of coffee, and your honest and true experiences with them. I look forward to reading your replies!