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If you love coffee and want to start making coffee from beans at home, there are a number of ways that you can use them. The traditional way to use coffee beans is to grind them and then use a coffee brewing machine of some sort, usually one which runs...

Espresso refers to a method of brewing coffee as well as the resulting drink itself. Espresso is an Italian word meaning 'forced' which comes from the brewing method. Very hot water (nearly boiling) is forced through finely ground coffee, under pressure. Espresso is often made by a machine which holds...

Coffee beans are the seeds of the coffee plant fruit – sometimes called a 'cherry' despite not being related to cherries. The ripe cherries are picked and the fruity covering removed, revealing the beans. At this stage, the coffee beans are very hard and durable, and if you were to...