Tips for Buying Coffee

It’s all about freshness. Green, unroasted beans stay fresh for up to a year without noticeable loss of quality. Once you roast the little buggers, though, you’re fighting the clock. You’ll get optimal flavor from roasted coffee beans between four hours and four days after roasting.

If you can, buy your coffee directly from a roaster who can tell you when a batch of coffee came off the fire. Vacuum packing will preserve that freshness to some extent. If you can’t buy directly from a roaster, then definitely buy whole roasted beans in vacuum packed cans or bags. Don’t buy from open bins and dispensers in stores and supermarkets. You’re almost guaranteed to get stale coffee that way.

At Code Brew Coffee and More we have a roaster and we roast the beans. We serve you the best coffee around for your taste.

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CODE BREW COFFEE & MORE

STREETS OF BRENTWOOD MALL

2485 Sand Creek Rd

Suite 140

Brentwood, CA 94531

How coffee is made.

Coffee trees take 3-5 years to produce their fruit and they require special attention to soil, light and climate to produce a quality harvest.
The cherries are either picked by hand or machine harvested. Once harvested, the fruit must be removed from the cherry to get to the beans.

Very soon after harvest, the beans have to be processed to avoid the sticky fruit from fermenting and spoiling the beans. There are two ways of processing beans: wet and dry.

Dry processing is a centuries old method in which the harvested beans are laid out in the sun to dry for about 15 days or so. They are periodically turned and spread to dry evenly.

Wet processing is a more modern approach that takes place just hours after the beans have been harvested. It involves a cycle of washing and fermentation. This allows the pulp left on the beans to soften making it easier to rinse the fruit off. This processing method is preferable because it causes less damage to the beans.

After processing, the beans are sorted through and "bad" beans are discarded. The beans that are left are bagged up and shipped.

The final and most important step is the roasting. Roasting beans requires an exact science of time and temperature to arrive at the perfect roast. Roasting is actually cooking the beans to a certain roast (Mild, Medium, and Dark Roasts). During the process, the bean splits and the waxy coating called the "chaff" is released and discarded. The longer the beans are roasted, the more their flavor and fullness are released. This is why lighter beans tend to be milder and darker beans tend have more fullness and flavor.

The coffee roasting station also separates Code Brew from other coffee shops in the area. The crew at Code Brew imports beans directly from Colombia

Fun Music and Food

Come join us this Saturday January 16th at Code Brew Coffee 94513 in Brentwood for some Fun Music and Food. We are are proud to present to you a band called Go Kart Mozart

Event Time:

8PM- Midnight

CODE BREW COFFEE & MORE
STREETS OF BRENTWOOD MALL
2485 Sand Creek Rd
Suite 140
Brentwood, CA 94531

Phone
925.513.3500

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About Code Brew Coffee

Last year, as Jose Fuentes and George Lau strolled the Streets, they realized there wasn’t a coffee shop in the new outdoor mall. Rather than wait for one to open, they decided to take matters into their own hands.

As both Fuentes and Lau are doctors, the name Code Brew – a spin on hospital lingo “code blue” – was a natural choice. Menu categories also follow the medical theme: coffees are listed as vital signs and non-coffee beverages such as tea and hot chocolate are listed under alternative medicine. The smoothies are classified as doctor recommended, in sugar-free and dairy-free options.

But Code Brew serves more than coffee. Sandwiches, salads, frozen yogurt and pastries are available as well. “Code Brew is a place to relax and enjoy your coffee, or it’s a place to have a quick bite to eat before you head out and go about your day,” said Wolfran Sanchez, chief operating officer. “Code Brew isn’t a restaurant. We’re a coffee place first, but we want to give our customers options.

“For example, we had a couple come in and they ordered coffee. They sat down to relax a little and their kids went off to play in our kid’s area. The kids were having such a good time that the parents decided to have lunch here as well and let the kids have fun.”

The play area, stocked with toys, books and mini leather chairs, sets Code Brew apart as a coffee shop where adults can unwind while their kids unleash energy.

The coffee roasting station also separates Code Brew from other coffee shops in the area. The crew at Code Brew imports beans directly from Columbia – beans that are roasted on site. The roaster will be up and running in December, and customers will be able to buy the beans fresh and special order their own blends.

Code Brew also offers customers free Wi-Fi, and plans to install televisions so that commuters can catch the traffic report before heading to work or a football game on the weekend. For those seeking a quiet meeting area, a conference room is available in the back of the shop and features a computer hookup that projects the monitor images onto an LCD screen.

“We want this to be a place where you can relax and socialize,” said Melissa Quintin, store manager. “It’s a family-friendly place. You can come here with the kids and just hang out. It’s also a nice place to study, or you can use the conference room for a business meeting. The space is available for students, too, if they need a bigger workspace. The owners are very adamant about offering a space for students to gather and work together.”

If that isn’t enough to set Code Brew apart, the upcoming Ask the Doctors seminars are the clincher. Doctors Fuentes and Lao plan to host a meeting once a month to field medical questions from guests, and if they don’t have the answer right away, they’ll consult with colleagues and post answers on the Code Brew Web site.

The seminars are expected to come next summer along with open mic nights and live music performances from local bands.

Sanchez said if all goes well, more Code Brews will sprout up in far East County, and then the franchise will move throughout the Bay Area. Code Brew’s flagship location at the Streets of Brentwood will host a grand opening on Dec. 5.

Code Brew Coffee & More, located at 2485 Sand Creek Road, Suite 140 – next to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, is open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit www.codebrewcoffee.net or call 925-513-3500.