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Tasting Bar Launch
Join us for a Sensory Exploration! We are so excited to announce the launch of our tasting bar, which is in every way like a wine and cheese tasting with […]
FERMENTING WITH YEAST INOCULATION. YUMMO.
Inoculation is to introduce microorganisms, vaccines, or sera by inoculation. You know this because, thanks to the coronavirus, inoculation is currently on trend. In vogue. Hip. Not since frosted tips […]
HOW DOES WATER PRESSURE AFFECT ESPRESSOS?
Did you know that pressure does things to other things? It does! It turns coal into diamonds. It turns beers with friends into tequila shots. And it turns coffee into […]
HOW DOES WATER TEMPERATURE AFFECT ESPRESSO?
Water is a somewhat necessary part of our existence, and unless you eat coffee your beans straight out of the bag, it’s a necessary part of a coffee’s existence. It’s […]
HOW DOES WATER TEMPERATURE AFFECT YOUR ESPRESSO?
Water is a somewhat necessary part of our existence, and unless you eat coffee your beans straight out of the bag, it’s a necessary part of a coffee’s existence. It’s […]
HOW DOES WATER PRESSURE AFFECT YOUR ESPRESSOS?
Did you know that pressure does things to other things? It does! It turns coal into diamonds. It turns beers with friends into tequila shots. And it turns coffee into […]
Why use a recipe?
Yesterday I made some cherry shortbread cookies. I had a recipe but didn’t follow it, rather just eye-balled this, approximated that. They tasted okay (it being about 50% sugar and […]
INSTANT CAFFEINATION
I began research into the second wave of coffee, ready to titillate you with coffee chains and orange mocha frappuccinos, when I discovered a gaping hole of an oversight in […]
WHY USE A RECIPE?
Yesterday I made some cherry shortbread cookies. I had a recipe but didn’t follow it, rather just eye-balled this, approximated that. They tasted okay (it being about 50% sugar and […]
IS COFFEE AN ART OR SCIENCE?
As a barista, I’ve often been asked, ‘So what do you reckon? Is making coffee an art or science?’. And I don’t like it. It’s often asked with a supercilious […]
ON THE NOSE
Play a game of hypotheticals with me. If you had to lose one of your five senses, or else be slapped across the face with a fish, which one would […]
FIRST WAVE COFFEE
You know of the third wave, right? Yeah, you’re on it. But did you see the first two that came through before it? The ones that set you up for […]
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