Brewing Green Coffee: take one

early and later during brewing

Just the other day I learned that green coffee is a thing. Intrigued, I decided that I must try brewing this for myself, particularly I already happened to have green coffee beans on hand.

The recipe I used:

1 part green coffee beans
3 parts water

Bring to a rolling boil, then simmer for 12 minutes.

Sad to say, my first effort at green coffee was somewhat less than a stunning success.

I think my mistake lay in using too little water for the pot I used. I had half a cup of beans to one and a half cups of water, which came out to being about an inch of water in the smallest pot I had available. In the end I had a little less than half a cup of green coffee to show for my efforts, and it was too bitter for my taste. Green coffee is apparently going to be bitter in any event, but I suspect this was more bitter than it would have been if I hadn't lost over two thirds to evaporation.

what little green coffee I got out of it

Rather than being disappointed I just see this as a learning experience. Ok, so I'm a little disappointed that I didn't at least find it drinkable (even with honey added), but I'm not really surprised either. This seems like the kind of thing that takes experimentation and practice, and now I know that a better water to pot size ratio is essential. Which wasn't entirely a surprise, although I misjudged how much evaporation would happen.

As to why green coffee is a thing? I'm personally experimenting with it just to try coffee in another form. A brief perusal of information regarding green coffee will reveal people talking about all kinds of health benefits, not to mention that green coffee contains more caffeine than roasted coffee. Just like a light roast contains more caffeine than a dark roast, because roasting reduces the caffeine. I haven't been interested enough to take in all the health benefits of it, but that info is out there for anyone who's interested.

saving the beans after

Have you tried green coffee? Did you like it? Or have you made your own, and if so how did you do it? I'm full of curiosity. :)