LE PARCOURS DU CAFÉ

Les grains de café

3 min

D'OÙ PROVIENT LE CAFÉ

Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé quelle plante produit le café? À l’origine, les grains de café sont verts; ce sont les grains crus de la cerise de café .

COFFEE GROWS ON TREES Where does coffee come from?

Did you know that coffee is a fruit? Green coffee beans are the seeds inside the fruit of the coffee tree.

Coffee trees produce red coffee cherries that are harvested by hand when the fruit is ripe. Inside the cherries are the green beans we roast to make the coffee you know and love.

All of a coffee’s taste and flavour potential is held within this green seed. This potential is ultimately unleashed through roasting the green coffee. Not all green beans are the same. They can look and taste differently depending on where they were grown, the type (varietal) of the coffee tree they came from, and how they were processed.

TREE TO CUP

Once the cherries are harvested from coffee trees, they’re processed in several ways, depending on the coffee’s origin. Three of the most common approaches to processing are: washed, semi-washed and naturally-processed.

The end result of each is that the fruit of the coffee cherry is stripped away, leaving only the green coffee. Each method of processing contributes to the final taste you’ll experience when you drink it. But before it’s enjoyed in a cup of coffee, the beans have to be roasted.

QUICK FACT

Green coffee beans can look and taste differently depending on their origin, varietal and how they’re processed.

ROASTING BEANS

Coffee roasting is the process that brings out the flavours we look for in coffee. During roasting, the beans go through a chemical reaction called the “Maillard reaction” which causes sugar browning, caramelization and all-around deliciousness.

Starbucks^® roasts green coffee beans to bring out their aroma, acidity, body and flavour. Each coffee is roasted to a unique taste profile to highlight these inherent flavour characteristics: that’s why roasting is a true craft. Starbucks^® roasters are skilled at roasting to bring out the potential of each distinctive green coffee.

L’ART DE LA TORRÉFACTION

Extraire les saveurs

C’est par la torréfaction que se développent l’arôme, l’acidité, le corps et la délicieuse saveur des grains de café.

Roasting is part art, part science. The art of roasting allows Starbucks^® roasters to create flavour; science is leveraged to ensure consistency. This is how we turn the green coffee beans taken from the coffee cherry into the flavourful, aromatic coffee customers know and love.

Next time you brew and sip a cup of Starbucks^® coffee at home, why not take a moment to remember where it all began?

DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE

Caféiculture durable Faites la connaissance de quelques-uns des agronomes et fermiers qui aident à rendre la caféiculture durable pour que vous puissiez continuer de savourer votre café pendant encore longtemps. 7 min

LE PARCOURS DU CAFÉ

Pourquoi des grains d’arabica? Quel est l’ingrédient incontournable de votre tasse de café? Les grains. Voici pourquoi nous utilisons des grains 100 % arabica. 3 min

DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE

Principes C.A.F.E. Les principes appelés Coffee and Farmer Equity Practices (C.A.F.E., qui signifie pratiques équitables pour le café et les producteurs) sont la pierre d’assise des méthodes d’approvisionnement éthique de Starbucks®. 3 min

Nestlé utilise les marques de commerce Starbucks sous licence. Pike Place est une marque déposée de The Pike Place Market PDA, utilisée sous licence. Nespresso^® et Vertuo^® sont des marques de commerce de la Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Suisse et sont utilisées sous licence. NESPRESSO^® et la forme de la capsule sont des marques de commerce de la Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. et sont utilisées avec autorisation. Keurig et K-Cup sont des marques de commerce de Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., utilisées avec permission.