What is green coffee? The raw secret of the bean before roasting

What to remember:

• Green coffee is a unroasted coffee beanwhich retains its natural color and original composition, including caffeine and antioxidants.

• Unlike roasted coffee, green coffee has a flavor vegetable and not very intense, because it has not undergone the toasting which develops the aromas.

• Green coffee is especially rich in chlorogenic acidsof antioxidants associated with the fight against oxidative stress and metabolism.

Get to know the green coffee ? Still little known, antioxidant, energizing, satiating, green coffee today arouses growing interest for its natural properties and its advantages potential. Focus on a coveted coffee bean. Before being roasted, the coffee bean reveals a unique composition, but what is green coffee and how does it differ from roasted coffee? What are its health effects?

Café Méo takes you to discover a coffee in its original state, at the same time simple, surprising and rich in nuances. Discover our behind the scenes to offer you the best varieties of coffee.

What exactly is green coffee?

Green coffee is simply a unroasted coffee bean, derived directly from the coffee cherry. At this stage, the grain retains its green natural. He didn’t suffer from it transformation related to roasting.

This absence of cooking therefore preserves a large part of its original composition (in particular the caffeine and the chlorogenic acidsknown for their antioxidant properties). Green coffee is therefore a raw product.

Once collected, the cherry red From coffee goes through several phases:

• Pulping allows you to extract the beans, still covered by a thin film.
• Drying, which stabilizes the product.
• At the end of this process, green coffee beans are obtained, ready to be transported, selected and subsequently roasted.

At this precise moment coffee is still a living substance. It carries all its wealth within itself originits terroir and its natural environment.

Green coffee vs roasted coffee: two profiles, two experiences

Green coffee it is raw, rich in antioxidants and with a vegetal flavour, while the roasted coffee develops intense flavors and a complete sensory experience.

Roasting will therefore have an effect on:

• THE taste
• THE color
• THE nutritional properties.

Where does green coffee come from: the major producing countries

Before arriving in your cup, green coffee travels thousands of kilometers. It originates in tropical regions where the environment will gently shape the character cereals. Origin, soil, climate but altitude are also all factors that influence green coffee beans.

• THE Brazil is known for its balanced and smooth coffees.
• Ethiopiacradle of coffee, it offers more complex and aromatic profiles.
• THE Colombia generally offers round coffees.
• In Central America, countries like Guatemala or the Honduras produce coffee with fine and elegant notes.

One harvest a year, a precious product

Coffee follows a natural rhythm. THE coffee aloneonly one harvest per year. A rhythm that requires particular attention in every phase, from wheat selection. Green coffee is therefore a precious product, which requires expertise and rigor well before roasting.

The benefits of green coffee: what science really says

Green coffee is often associated with his advantages for health. One of the main reasons is its high content of chlorogenic acids. These compounds play a role in the fight against oxidative stress.

• Delays cellular aging: Green coffee contains molecules such as chlorogenic acid from the antioxidant category that help fight aging.

• Digestion: THE cafestol and the kahweoltwo molecules in green coffee participate in the secretion of a liver enzyme that helps eliminate toxins.

• Diuretic: Promotes weight loss by eliminating sugars and fats.

• Stimulating: Caffeine accelerates brain activity and enhances muscle activity, reducing the feeling of fatigue in the body.

Behind the scenes Méo with Guillaume

Guillaume worked for 16 years in the purchasing sector for Distorted. Coffees from Brazil, Ethiopia, Colombia and even Central America (Guatemala, Honduras) are transported. jute bags From 60 to 70 kg.

They are then transported by containersupon arrival, they are delivered directly to the factory.

As Guillaume explains, the quality of a coffee is determined right from the origin: everything starts from the rigorous selection of green coffees, their precise blending and the mastery of the profiles to guarantee “a stable and good quality product all year round”

Selection, tasting and creation of blends

The teams Distorted select the origins analyzing samples sent by producers. The coffees are tested and tasted in order to validate their quality before shipping. THE assemblies in order to guarantee a stable, balanced and constant quality coffee, with the same flavor profiles throughout the year, despite natural variations in harvests.

How to consume green coffee today?

The taste of green coffee is not very pleasant, so we recommend itIt combines its vegetal notes and his acidity TO softer and more fragrant flavours. The consumption of green coffee is not recommended for pregnant women and people sensitive to caffeine.

In decoction

THE decoction it is a method of extracting the components of a food such as coffee.

1. Place about ten green coffees in a container glass of water Cold.

2. Book 24 hours in the refrigerator.

3. The next day, remove grains and particles from the water.

An infusion

1. Bring to boiling 20 cl of water in a saucepan.

2. Add ten green coffee beans and leave them infuse.

3. Remove the kernels and leave to cool before eating or leave to cool in the refrigerator for half a day, then reheat and enjoy.

Trick : You can add to your infusion gingerFrom cedarof cinnamon or even clove multiply its beneficial virtues.

In capsule

You can find an offer of green coffee capsules. Choose a quality brand that contains at least 200g of ground green coffee in one capsule.