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How to find sustainable specialty coffee shops and roasters
Sustainability continues to be a pressing issue in the specialty coffee sector – and for good reason. With demand for more sustainable coffee continuing to grow, it’s essential that industry professionals and stakeholders limit their environmental impact as much as possible. This includes coffee shops and roasters. In recent years, we have certainly seen an uptick in the number of cafés and roasters implementing more socially and environmentally responsible business… read more
Sustainability continues to be a pressing issue in the specialty coffee sector – and for good reason. With demand for more sustainable coffee continuing to grow, it’s essential that industry professionals and stakeholders limit their environmental impact as much as… read more
How Grind Size Can Help You Brew Better-Tasting Coffee
So, you want your coffee to taste even more delicious, sweet, and balanced. You want that incredible aroma and lingering aftertaste. And you want this...
How to Increase or Reduce Coffee Acidity During Brewing
Coffee acidity is a divisive term in coffee brewing. For some, it signals sharp, sour flavours. For others, it’s a revered attribute of a high-quality...
How to Limit Water Temperature Variation for Better Coffee
Water: it makes up 94–98% of your cup of coffee. But it’s not just the biggest ingredient in your beverage. Water temperature (along with its...
Basket Shapes & Water Quality: Filter Coffee in The Science Lab
What do you need to do to brew better filter coffee? That’s one of the many questions UC Davis Coffee Center is setting out to...
How to Improve Your Batch Brew Coffee
Batch brewers make brewing specialty coffee easy, consistent, and efficient. But just like manual brewing, a little effort can go a long way to getting...
5 Lessons I Learned From 4 AeroPress Champions (& Their Recipes)
The AeroPress is one of the best introductions into the world of specialty coffee. It’s affordable, fast, compact, and versatile. While it comes with a...
Coffee Brew Ratios: What You Need to Know
Coffee, in its simplest form, is ground beans and water. What determines whether we get a complex, balanced and aromatic coffee or a sour or...
How to brew better coffee at home
So, you want to make better, more delicious, and more aromatic coffee? You’re in the right place. Learning how to brew better coffee doesn’t need...
What Is Coffee? The 5 Faces of Our Favourite Drink
Coffee: it’s an intrinsic part of our world. For many people, it starts their day. It appears at business meetings and lunch breaks, first dates...
A Brewer’s Guide to Choosing a (Good) Coffee Grinder
Are you looking for an even better-tasting cup of coffee? Then maybe it’s time to invest in a new coffee grinder. But with all the...
Coffee Grind Size & How It Affects Consistency & Flavor
Coffee grind size is no small matter. Controlling this variable allows you to improve the taste of your coffee, ensure repeatability, experiment with recipes, and...
Making Coffee at Home: What’s The Best Beginner Brewing Method?
There’s no better feeling than sipping on an amazing specialty coffee in your favorite café – but what if you could enjoy that same cup...
Brew Guide: How Does Pulse Pouring Affect Extraction?
If you want the best possible coffee, you can’t overlook the importance of your drink’s biggest ingredient: water. Temperature, quality, chemical composition, distribution method… it...
A World AeroPress Champion’s Guide to Winning The Championship
My name’s Filip Kucharczyk and I’m soon to become the previous World Aeropress Champion. And as I give up my place as the reigning Champ,...
Third Wave Water Hooks US $100,000 Deal on Shark Tank
Third Wave Water has already made a splash in the specialty coffee industry, and now it’s set to go mainstream with a US $100,000 investment...