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Coffee as a dangerous social lubricant: The 16th Century Prohibition of Qahwa
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Long before it became a morning ritual, coffee was a forbidden drink. Trace the historical origins of the 1511 Mecca coffee ban, where public coffeehouses were outlawed as threats to public order, only for an empire to eventually embrace it. (1/4) 🧵

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Early resistance to coffeehouses stemmed from their disruption of traditional civic spaces. By establishing secular hubs for commerce and debate outside the mosque network, these venues fundamentally transformed urban political architecture throughout the Ottoman era. (4/4)

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It's Father's Day. You don't have a gift yet.

It's the perfect time to gift your dad great coffee.

1) Go to https://t.co/wPSQvU9YlC
2) An email will go to Dad telling him about your gift.
3) We do the rest and he gets great coffee every month.

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Read the full article in The Compendium here: https://t.co/jpfGRywPLZ

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How Different Generations Choose Their Coffee Roast: Data from the National Coffee Association shows medium roast rules the market, capturing over 60% of daily drinkers across all ages. The real variance shows up when you look at who chooses light versus dark roasts. (1/3) 🧵

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Gen Z is the biggest driver for light roasts, with 24% choosing bright, high-acidity profiles. They love fruity notes, though they often drink them in cold, iced, or ready-to-drink formats rather than hot pour-overs. (3/3)

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☕️🫘How are green coffee beans sorted? With Hydraulic Flotation and Automated Fluid Dynamics, of course! Read more about it 👇

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Genetic engineering of resilient coffee crops faces a threat from structural lack of genetic diversity. Traditional line breeding fails to combine robust disease immunity with elite cup quality, forcing agronomists to turn to F1 hybrid engineering to secure supply chains. (1/3)🧵

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Read more in The Compendium here: https://t.co/yk21uaZTM7

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Before green coffee hits the roasting drum, its potential uniformity is locked in at the origin mill. Premium lot consistency begins with rigorous physical sorting, utilizing automated fluid pipelines to isolate the highest density cherries before they enter production. (1/3) 🧵

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Once isolated, the sinking high-density cherry stream travels via an Archimedes screw into calibrated rotary screens. Sorting the fruit by volume ensures that downstream mechanical depulpers can be set to precise physical dimensions, eliminating bean shearing and scoring. (3/3)

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@billbrown @TonyNashNerd The article you liked to said 420F is a "blonde" roast. I'm not sure what kind of Starbuck's swill the writer usually drinks, but that's on the border of medium and dark - that ain't no light "blonde" roast.

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@billbrown @TonyNashNerd Interesting. A 300 degree roast. We don't do that. I haven't tried it. The aroma at 300 degrees is almost grassy. I'd be up for trying it, but it's not what I drink coffee for.

If your coffee is bitter, it's probably over roasted. We normally roast to ~405F. That's proper medium

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@billbrown @TonyNashNerd Hi Bill. I haven't been do Dutch Bros. My understanding is that a Dutch bros quad is a drink with 4 espresso shots. Is that right?

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Read more in The Compendium here: https://t.co/IdddvuXfEt

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Genetic engineering of resilient coffee crops faces a threat from structural lack of genetic diversity. Traditional line breeding fails to combine robust disease immunity with elite cup quality, forcing agronomists to turn to F1 hybrid engineering to secure supply chains. (1/3)🧵

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Genetic markers confirm these new F1 generations replicate the complex chemical synthesis of heirloom varieties. They successfully generate high levels of sucrose precursors and delicate organic acids, preserving clean cup profiles under high agricultural stress. (3/3)