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How-to Make a Pour Over at Home with the Clever Dripper
Discover the art of pour-over coffee made easy with our Clever Dripper Brew Guide. Learn step-by-step methods to achieve a coffee shop quality brew at home. Ideal for beginners and coffee aficionados alike, it’s your perfect companion for a hassle-free, delicious coffee experience.
How To Make Cold Brew Concentrate
Make the best cold brew concentrate in your own kitchen. Our step-by-step guide walks you through the process, gear, and pro tips to achieve cafe-quality cold brew every time.
Understanding Coffee Harvesting Seasons & Availability
Like many agricultural products around the world, coffee has its peak seasons. And depending on which country or time of year, there is an optimal time for harvest and consumption.
Coffee Processing: Honey Process
Honey process coffee is known for its sweetness and fruitiness. The beans have a low acidity, which makes them versatile enough to use in anything from traditional drip coffee to cold-brewed iced coffee. The beans can be typically more complex than washed coffees. The thing to really understand here is that no honey is actually used to impact the flavor.
Coffee Processing: What is Natural Process Coffee?
Natural process coffee is a type of coffee that is produced with the help of the sun. “Process” refers to the method in which the seeds are removed from the coffee fruit. With “natural process” or “dry process,” the skin and pulp are left on the coffee berry for up to six weeks to dry.
What is Cascara?
Cascara has a sweet, fruity taste with notes of hibiscus, cherry, and tobacco and has only a quarter less caffeine than a cup of black coffee. Read this article to learn how to make Cascara tea.
How Often Should you Replace the Burrs on your Coffee Grinder?
keeping your grinder in tip-top shape is a necessity to ensure you have a properly working grinder for a very long time. One of the most important components of your coffee grinder is the burrs.
Burr Grinder vs. Blade Grinder: What’s The Difference?
When looking at different types of grinders, there are two types that are readily available on the market: burr grinders and blade grinders. The burr grinders are fitted with two abrasive surfaces that grind coffee while the blade grinder uses a propeller-like blade.
What is a Q-Grader?
One of the biggest and most helpful things CQI does is to promote a common language of quality between buyers and sellers of coffee. You can imagine how helpful this is to standardize what quality is so both sellers and buyers know what to expect.
Quality Water Means Quality Coffee
With Good quality water, you can achieve a balanced cup, while with poor quality water you get a negative effect on aroma and flavor. Whether you own a coffee shop or simply make coffee at home, a few changes can help ensure proper coffee extraction and potentially the best cup of coffee.
Ground vs Whole Bean Coffee: Why Does it matter?
Whether you prefer whole or pre-ground, oxygen will eventually win in a natural environment. Pre-ground coffee oxidizes much quicker and thus, loses its aroma and flavor potency at a much faster rate, which means it is going to go stale more quickly!
What is a Peaberry?
You may have heard the term thrown around and may have thought someone was talking about a vegetable or a coffee variety. However, with this post, we are going to give you some basic knowledge about this naturally occurring anomaly so you know what folks are referring to.