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Gourmet Coffee: Coffee for the Connoisseurs By Randy Wilson

Take a sip of this sinfully pleasurable and intoxicating delight known as Gourmet coffee. You simply can’t resist it. Let the tantalizing aroma and exotic flavors of the choicest Gourmet Coffee beans tickle your taste buds and elevate you to the highest level of beverage satisfaction.

Did you know that globally people consume more than 330 million cups of coffee a day? After water and aerated drinks coffee has toppled tea to become the third favorite beverage of the world. The taste of gourmet coffee is characteristically rich and luxurious. Make your coffee experiences more soothing and satisfying with various striking blends of this premium coffee.

You can select from a wide variety of coffee blends that are made from the choicest gourmet coffee beans. Coffee is predominantly grown in tropical countries. Brazil is the world’s highest coffee producer and produces some of the finest coffee beans. India ranks fifth in the world as a chief coffee-producing region, especially in the southern parts of India.

There are more than 40 varieties of coffee plants out of which only two varieties are preferred for making premium gourmet java. These two exotic varieties are coffee Arabica and coffee Robusta. Arabica coffee beans are more superior quality coffee beans than Robusta. Gourmet Coffee beans are mostly Arabica because of their supreme flavor and smooth texture.

Roasting and grinding of freshly picked green coffee beans are the two very crucial steps in enhancing the rich coffee flavors that’s so very typical of gourmet java. Gourmet Coffee beans are usually lightly roasted so as to retain its exquisite and natural taste. Gourmet beans are usually ground finely to the extent that you can enjoy a flowing, full-bodied cup of rich coffee.

Some of the famous countries from where exotic gourmet java beans are imported to give you that divine cup of pure delight are Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Sumatra, Java, Hawaii, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru.

It takes 3-5 years for a coffee tree to bear fruit or the so-called ‘coffee beans’, which are small reddish brown colored beans resembling cherries. Each tree can yield only 3,500 cherries or one pound of coffee per year. Precious little beans of life. Even in this hi-tech world, harvesting of coffee is done manually almost everywhere to retain its pure flavors and scents.

The natural magic potion contained in coffee that rejuvenates and lifts up our spirits so often is called ‘caffeine.’ Caffeine directly affects the nervous system and helps to relax and soothe our frayed nerves. How about rejuvenating your senses with a cup of perfectly brewed mesmerizing gourmet coffee?

Randy has more articles on coffee and coffee beans at Ultimate Coffees Info such