Roasted coffee

Description

Roasting coffee transforms the chemical and physical properties of green coffee beans into roasted coffee products. The roasting process is what produces the characteristic flavor of coffee by causing the green coffee beans to change in taste. Unroasted beans contain similar if not higher levels of The first recorded implements for roasting coffee beans were thin pans made from metal or porcelain, used in the *5th century in the Ottoman Empire and Greater Persia. In the *9th century, various patents were awarded in the U.S. and Europe for commercial roasters, to allow for large batches of coffee. In the ***0s just as instant coffee was becoming a popular coffee drink, specialty coffee-houses began opening to cater to the connoisseur, offering a more traditionally brewed beverage. In the ***0s, more specialty coffee houses were founded, ones that offered a variety of roasts and beans from around the world. In the ***0s and ***0s, the gourmet coffee industry experienced great growth. This trend continued into the *1st Century.