Super Frequently Asked Questions
Everyone loves to ask questions about coffee, and we love hearing and answering them! There are just some questions everyone wants to know, so we’ve made this Super Frequently Asked Questions that you can scroll through at your leisure. If your question isn’t answered here, please feel free to reach out and ask away! We are super passionate about all things roasted coffee and green beans and consider that the only stupid question is the one you didn’t ask.
Best Coffee Beans with Chocolate Notes
The most frequent questions we are asked at Private Coffee Collection is what is the best coffee beans with chocolate notes. And our answer is GG Reserve. It’s our top selling product and that is due to its familiar espresso taste and smooth chocolate flavour. It’s the sort of blend that you can drink daily over many years and still enjoy it as much as the first cup. Once people start on GG they rarely make a change.
Best coffee beans for home machine?
Usually people mean what is the best grind for my home espresso machine. Home users are broken up into two groups, those with a grinder as well, or people who get pre-ground beans. For people with a grinder- the best coffee beans for your home espresso machine is the one that suits your taste preferences. You can take a look through our coffees and any marked suitable for expresso is perfect.
If you don’t have a grinder than usually picking and of our espresso beans (see above) and when adding it to your cart, choose ground and “domestic” as the grind type will usually suit most home coffee machines perfectly.
P.S- if you don’t have a grinder at home its one of the easiest ways to improve your coffee experience at home. Freshly ground coffee noticeably improves your taste at home. Consider a grinder for home when you can afford it!
If you don’t have a home espresso machine then its about choosing the grind that is perfect for your chosen preparation method. For example if you have a V60 setup you can choose the grind type as V60 and we will grind it perfectly for your V60 home setup.
Best Coffee Beans for Espresso?
The best way to find the best coffee beans for espresso is to go into your favourite roasted bean and checking the notes for Best Brew Method. If espresso is listed, you can easily have success at home. We talk more about grinding coffee in other blogs, but this is usually one of two ways to lift your coffee experience easily. If you can get your grid right for your machine, your pour will always be fantastic with strong crema. (The other secret is to nail your milk steaming)
Best Coffee Beans for Cappuccino?
Any beans that are good for espresso are good for cappuccino as long as they work with milk. You can read our notes on each coffee to see if it’s recommended in milk. We find the one thing that makes the biggest difference when foaming your milk is the brand of milk. We unashamedly love using Maleny Milk for our full cream coffees- the added creaminess makes for the perfect cappuccino.
Best Coffee Beans for Long Black?
Our Renaissance Blend is fantastic as a long black. If you aren’t a fan of milk we would suggest starting here. If slightly more adventurous, we suggest our single origin espresso.
How do I make cold foam for my cold coffee drinks?
A relatively new way to enjoy cold coffee drinks is to create a cold foam. We often get asked how do you create a cold foam at home? We have included a quick video of us making a cold foam here. Basically you are using a wisk to foam up milk to enjoy on top of a cold coffee or other beverage. You can add other items into the cold foam such as cinnamon or other spices. It’s the fun of a cappuccino delivered in cold form!
Are coffee Beans good for my Garden?
Usually when people ask us are beans good for my garden the mean are coffee grounds any good for my garden and they answer is yes, they can add essential minerals such as nitrogen potassium and phosphorus to your garden. The secret is to spread them well across your garden so it’s not too overpowering. We love sustainability here at Private Collection so we would much rather re-use coffee grounds then add them to your weekly rubbish collection. Best bet is to dry them outside in a separate container to remove any moisture.
What is the difference between supermarket coffee beans and specialty coffees?
There is obviously a lot of supermarket coffee options and a whole lot of specialty coffee roasters so here I’ll just talk generally some things you should consider. While the upside is convenience, our point of view there are two downsides to supermarket coffee. The first is that supermarket coffee is roasted to a price, which in our experience means that supermarket coffee is missing the nuanced flavours found in specialty coffee. The other is that generally coffees in the supermarket are gas flushed to remove oxygen from the packaging. This is to extend the shelf life of the coffee. Some studies have shown that this causes the beans to oxidize faster once they are opened, meaning the 1kg you buy deteriorate at a much faster rate then the natural beans you buy from us.
Having said all this, we have no hate for any types of coffee purchased in any way. In our view any way customers are discovering or consuming coffee is good for the industry as a whole. The popularity of the whole coffee industry has certainly lifted coffee farming standards over the last decades, with more quality options available than ever before. I mean where else could you have gotten a green coffee bean that has spent months in a Jack Daniels whiskey barrel?
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