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. YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS TODAY.
THERE IS MORE TO COPY THAN
GETTING YOUR CAFFEINE FIX YOUR
-- CAFFEINE FIX.
A CHOCOLATE FISH COFFEE IN
SACRAMENTO AND WHAT MAKES IT
STAND OUT HERE Reporter: --
STANDOUT.
I THOUGHT FOR THE LONGEST
TIME, THEY WOULD JUST GRIND IT
AND MAKE THE COFFEE.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THEY DO CLASS IS OVER HERE AND
WE HAVE ONE GOING ON.
THIS IS CUPPING AND THIS IS
WHAT WE DUE TO FIND OUT THE
FLAVORS IN THE COFFEE
NATURALLY.
SO AFTER A NEW COFFEE, HE WILL
AT AN PROFILE AT A FEW
DIFFERENT WAYS AND TASTE IT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SWEETNESS,
FRUIT ACIDITY, A REAL NUT -- A
REALLY NICE BODY.
SO YES, IT'S KIND OF A ROLL WAY
TO GET THAT OUT OF IT.
AND ONCE WE DECIDE WHAT WE LIKE,
WE MAKE A POUR OVER BECAUSE
THAT IS HOWEVER CUSTOMERS ARE
REALLY GOING TO DRAG IT.
A ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT THIS
WAY SO JASON IS DOING THAT FOR
US NOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT
GOES INTO IT.
THE GROWERS PUT SO MUCH INTO
THE COFFEE AND ANDY HAS TO COME
UP WITH A GREAT WAY TO ROASTED
AND EVEN PREPARING IT.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
GREAT FLAVORS ARE IN THE COFFEE.
HOW DID YOU GET SO
PASSIONATE ABOUT COFFEE?
I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST LOVE COFFEE AND THE MORE
I LEARN, THE MORE I LOVE IT AND
IT IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY.
THE FARMERS ARE TRYING ALL
THESE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GROW
COFFEE, TRYING TO GROW
DIFFERENT VARIETIES AT
DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS AND IT IS
HELPING US TO GET BETTER
TASTING COFFEE SO IT'S A GREAT
TIME TO BE IN COFFEE. IT IS A
GREAT TIME WHEN YOU CONSIDER
COMING OUT TO TAKE CLASSES AND
LEARN ALL ABOUT THE TASTE.
THIS IS THE BIG ROASTER.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT GOES INTO
THIS.
ANDY, YOU HAVE A COMPUTER
SYSTEM SET UP AND A LOT GOES
INTO THAT. IT DOES.
WE CAN REPEAT ROAST -- GROWS
EVERY DAY -- ROAST EVERY DAY.
Reporter: HOW ARE WE LOOKING
RIGHT NOW?
WE HAVE PROBABLY ANOTHER
MINUTE AND A HALF.
Reporter: WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THIS, WHAT IS GOING ON?
WHAT IS THIS PROCESS LIKE?
BASICALLY, THIS IS A STEEL
DRUM INSIDE AND THAT IS WHERE
THE COFFEE SETS.
THIS MOVES IT ALL AROUND AND WE
HAVE A HEAT SOURCE UNDERNEATH.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TURNING
GREEN COFFEE WHICH IS A
CULTURAL PRODUCT TO SOMETHING
WE CAN DRINK.
AND BY DOING THAT, WE ARE
ROASTING AND REMOVING MOISTURE
AND WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT
BROWN AND THE REASON COFFEE
GOES BROWNED IS THAT THERE IS A
LOT OF SUGAR -- GOES BROWN, WE
HAVE A LOT OF SUGAR IN IT AND
IT COMPROMISES.
WE CAN TASTE THE COFFEE AND
DROP IT TO THE RIGHT
TEMPERATURE AND IT IS READY TO
GO WORK Reporter: WHAT IS THE
SECRET TO A PERFECT CUP OF
COFFEE?
THE SECRET?
EVERY COFFEE HAS ITS OWN SET OF
FLAVOR CHARACTERISTICS.
SO THE SECRET TO THE PERFECT
CUP OF COFFEE IS HIGHLIGHTING
THE TOP -- THE COFFEE AS IT IS.
AND AS IT SHOULD TASTE SO
EVERYTHING HAS INTRINSIC
FLAVORS.
WE WANT TO BRING THOSE OUT
WHETHER IT BE A NATURAL PROCESS
. THAT HAS A LOT OF STRAWBERRY
AND BLUEBERRY.
THAT THERE ARE INHERENT FLAVORS
LIKE THAT SO THE SECRET IS
MAKING IT TASTE THE WAY IT
SHOULD WORK
THAT IS AWESOME.
DO WE HAVE TIME TO DO THIS?
LET'S DUMP THIS BAD BOY.
Reporter: OKAY.
WE WILL TOSS IT BACK TO AND
A SECOND.
Reporter: THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS.
40 SECONDS. ROASTING ALONG.
YEAH!
THAT SMELLS GOOD.
THAT IS AWESOME.
CHOCOLATE FISH COFFEE.
A LOT OF GOOD STUFF HERE THAT
YOU WILL HAVE TO CHECK OUT.