Alan's Corner

Hi my name is Alan and I am one of the Owners of Koralee Coffee.You will find me

behind the Coffee (and Tea ) booth at the Market every Friday. For over 40 years I

was Employed in the International Division of a Fortune 500 Company and traveled to

102 Countries,some for a day or 2 and others for a week(s) at a time. My last trip

was a permanent posting to Indonesia where Judi and I lived in Jakarta for

8 1/2 years. During all my travels I had tasted some very bad, bad, fairly good and

a few acceptable coffees.It was not until we arrived in Jakarta however that we

found some of the very best coffees I had ever tasted. It is some of these that we

serve and sell at the Market every week.

During the coming weeks I will tell you about the location and origin of these

coffees and also how our Supplier goes about finding the very best Indonesian

coffees available.

There are two types of coffee beans, Arabica and Robusta. The Arabica coffee grows

best between 3000 and 6000 feet in areas with a mean annual temperature around 70

degrees. The high-grown coffee, developing slowly,is generally more dense and

flavorful than lower growths. Indonesia is idealy suited to grow Arabica coffee

having many Volcanos (not all active) which provide some of the best soil for

coffee trees. The Robusta coffee beans are much cheaper than the Arabica beans .

They are also very high in Caffeine and generally have a much stronger/bitter

flavor. We only brew and sell Arabica beans.

This week I am brewing two coffees,one medium, from the Island of Flores, not too

far from Bali and one dark roast from the Island of Java. The iced coffee will be

made from a Sumatra dark roast.

So thats about all for this week, I will leave you with a few facts which I hope

you will find interesting:

1.Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the World,Oil being number one.

2.The Skandinavian Countries consume the most coffee per head of population,with

Finland holding the number one spot at 25 pounds per person per year.The USA is

estimated at an average of 10 pounds per person.

3.The USA is the largest consumer of coffee at over 3 million tons per year

If you have any comments, questions etc please contact me via the Blogsite.

See you next week.