Is It Sensible To Order Coffee Online?

By Bart Forcey

Most coffee lovers would never have thought that it would become so easy to obtain their favorite specialty blend by just sitting at your desk or at home in front of your PC and order coffee online without even leaving the building! Remember the days when rare, expensive coffee beans were exclusive to upscale gourmet markets?

While talking of a coffee "bean", did you know that coffee beans are in fact not beans as in a vegetable, but a cherry like fruit and the pit of the coffee cherry consist of two beans that are flat on the one side and concaved on the other? In addition, did you know that coffee beans are the second most exported product in the world?

When you order coffee online, there are literally hundreds of blends you can choose from. However, very few people know that that in fact when they order coffee online, they are ordering from different blends of flavor and not different blends of coffee beans. There are only two cultivars of coffee beans that are grown for commercial purposes. Arabica coffee and coffee robusta are the most common to the world's coffee buyers and Arabica coffee comprises of 75% of the global coffee trade.

While searching and reading through the different online sites where you can order coffee online, you can almost experience the rich strong smell one can only find in those boutique coffee shops. How would you know what it taste like? When you are in a coffee shop selling ground and whole roasted coffees, at least you can "smell" the taste thereof or get an idea what it will taste like, but to order coffee online, you need to have a strong imagination to convert the descriptions of each flavour into taste or smell.

Most of these shops where you order coffee online are very particular about the product they make available and therefore search all over the world for the best coffee beans they can find. Many suppliers purchase green coffee beans and roast them onsite immediately before shipping to ensure the finest quality.

As if this trend of ordering coffee online needs any helping hand on the marketing thereof, most online coffee shops ship each day using express or two day mail and frequently offer discounts on the first order you place with them. Frequent buyers are rewarded with additional savings when they order coffee online.

What can be a more convenient way of getting hold of your favorite blend that would normally cost you at bundle at the retail gourmet coffee store? When you order coffee online, you can shop around for the best price and have access to a larger variety of flavors and blends that regular retail stores just can't compete with. - 30241

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