What is crema?

C-man

do you guys agree with this?

Seeya Latte

Hi C Man Ive seen that definition on the net somewhere before - too technical for me but The definition sounds reasonable Something I would like to see included in the definition (whether it's scientifically explainable) is freshness of the coffee.... I have  always attributed crema to freshness because logically fresh coffee is still degassing no?

Brett H

Yep, sounds good to me.  I've always thought the surfactant films are the oils.  Seeya, I tend to agree that good Crema can be attributed to freshness however I had some really old robusta beans that produced great Crema.

Divey

Why is it that Indian Monsooned Malabar crema is massive.  :question:

Ronin

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Why is it that Indian Monsooned Malabar crema is massive.  :question:

Imagine for a moment a monsoon on the water, creating mass amounts of white water on the top of the ocean. Monsooning green beans creates the same reaction in the group during extraction. Storm in a cup  :thumb: :thumb: True story :rofl:

askthecoffeeguy

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Imagine for a moment a monsoon on the water, creating mass amounts of white water on the top of the ocean. Monsooning green beans creates the same reaction in the group during extraction. Storm in a cup  :thumb: :thumb: True story :rofl:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: very good - I for one would like to see something about the impact of the extraction method upon producing the crema...