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Coffee Grind Size In an effort to continually equip you all to make the BEST coffee possible here is our second part to grinding coffee properly. Having the perfect grind is important and here are the details!

Here at Lanna we recommend grinding your coffee prior to brewing. This allows for the freshest possible cup. There is a lot of science involved but essentially there are many components to the bean that are released shortly after grinding and to capture those flavors, grind and then brewing within 10-15 minutes is ideal.

Having a bit of knowledge about the process of coffee is neat in having a connection to what makes your morning coffee so incredible. Use this information to boggle some minds and to stay connected to the hard work that our farmers are putting in on a yearly basis. 

There are primarily 3 different ways to process coffee once it is picked off of the tree.  (To learn more about what a coffee bean (or seed) is, visit this post) 1) Natural - When the coffee is picked off the tree, it is dried immediately on the drying beds (with the seed inside). The drying could take quite a while (up to 4 weeks) then taken to a mill to be harvested, which involves removing the bean from the cherry. The process keeps many of the fruit flavors with the beans still (many describe natural processed coffee with various hints...