The Vancouver Indy Coffee Scene

Coffee beans created by adding two or more varieties together. Coffees are blended before, and sometimes after, roasting. There are many reasons for blending coffee. Coffees may be blended to add balance, to create flavours not found in single origin coffees, to add body, to add crema, or to maintain a flavour consistency as new crops present changes in flavour.

A coffee grinder that uses spinning blades to turn whole bean coffee into ground coffee. A blade grinder is simple and cheap, but cuts the bean more with the spinning blade then grinds. The blade grinder is popular because of its cheap price.

Top View of a Blade Coffee Grinder