The delicious flavor of a perfect cup of coffee is incomparable. Required by many of us to start each day, it provides a boost when we need to focus – like through the 4 o’clock slump and accompanies friends gathered for a catch-up at the ubiquitous local coffee shop. The beverage so important that it was given its own moniker, ‘kaffe-klatsch‘, German for ‘informal gathering, talking or gossip where coffee is served.’ And I’m sure we can add to that ‘and imbibed with relish in the afternoon’ to underscore the status of this beverage. Bean or preparation? For me it is both- it’s a good quality bean, which before grinding,…