There is a coffee revolution going on around the world as humankind seems obsessed with discovering the best ways to create, serve, and drink the finest coffee possible. This obsession seems to be happening simultaneously&hellip;..everywhere. It is my belief that, like many discoveries, humankind is &ldquo;waking up&rdquo; as a species to the powerful benefits that coffee can provide to human consciousness. Although there is currently a greater awareness about coffee in general, there is still a lot of misunderstanding, misinformation, and confusion about the best way to maximize coffee&rsquo;s potential as a transformative substance that can assist humankind in its ability to create with our most prized gift, our brains and intelligence.
<p>We are currently in a phase of the worldwide coffee experience referred to as <em>&ldquo;third wave&rdquo;</em> (the &ldquo;<em>third wave&rdquo;</em> of <em>coffee</em> is a movement to produce high-quality <em>coffee</em>, and consider <em>coffee</em> as an artisanal food, like wine, rather than a commodity, like table salt). This <em>&ldquo;third wave&rdquo;</em> is the next evolution after Peet&rsquo;s and Starbucks which constitutes the <em>&ldquo;second wave&rdquo; </em>and the evolution that occurred in response to Hills Brothers, Folger&rsquo;s and Maxwell House Coffee (<em>&ldquo;first wave&rdquo;</em>) that began in the late 19<sup>th</sup> century.&nbsp; Even in the definition of <em>&ldquo;third wave&rdquo; </em>the focus on coffee as an &ldquo;artisanal food&rdquo;, presupposes the idea that it is about &ldquo;flavors&rdquo; rather than chemical substances, &ldquo;energy&rdquo;.</p>
<p>It is my intention to introduce the reader to a phenomenon not yet discovered or talked about by the mainstream. I am calling it the <em>&ldquo;fourth wave&rdquo;</em> for the purposes of comparison and context. <em>&ldquo;Fourth wave&rdquo; </em>coffee puts its focus and emphasis on the importance of chemical substances and effect on the human brain, over specific flavors that is the focus of the <em>&ldquo;third wave&rdquo;. </em>In this book, I will show the reader how to create the most potent form of <em>Coffea Arabica</em> (Arabica Coffee), easily, efficiently, and inexpensively. I will demystify the coffee roasting process and present a radical new hypothesis regarding green coffee that is counter to the ideas and practices of the commercial coffee industry.</p>
<p>Most of the material presented in this book is not new. In fact, some of it has been around for over 1,000 years! Indigenous cultures have known it for centuries and have maintained their coffee making practices with this knowledge in mind. They have always trusted and relied on their intuitive feeling sense, focusing on the &ldquo;energy&rdquo; aspect rather than specific &ldquo;flavors&rdquo;. It is a great tragedy that many indigenous cultures have been destroyed, marginalized, and looked down upon, because they have an understanding about the natural, physical world that is valuable and helpful to all of humanity.</p>
<p>At the same time, there have been great leaps forward in inventions of equipment and machinery that do better, more efficient jobs than can be done by human hands alone. As it pertains to coffee, the use of machinery that helps the process, &ldquo;from the cherry to the cup&rdquo;, have been extremely valuable and important in creating a better outcome and result. The Italians have contributed greatly in creating machinery that extracts the most concentrated form of coffee, espresso. However, that is where their contribution ends, as they continue to amend and perfect the extraction process but pay no attention to the more important elimination of the practice of &ldquo;resting&rdquo;, or &ldquo;degassing&rdquo;.</p>
<p>It is the combining of these two resources, indigenous knowledge and the practice of immediate consumption, and hi-tech machines and their superior extraction abilities, that brings us to this moment in time where we have the ability to create the best coffee ever in the history of humankind!</p>