Learn — Coffee
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What even IS Coffee? Basics of Brewing
By Bethany Letoto
Brewing coffee doesn’t have to be mysterious, scary, or frustrating. Once you understand the basics of what’s happening when you brew a cup of coffee, you’ll be equipped to make good coffee with any setup.Read more → -
What Even IS Coffee? Roasting
By Bethany Letoto
Different roast curves will bring out different flavors in the coffee – it’s much more complicated than just x temperature for y time! It’s x temperature plotted over y time for the entire duration of the roast, and variations at any point can and will affect the final flavor profile. (It is possible to chart your curve on an old-fashioned graph paper, but most roasters these days opt for software to plot the curves during the roast since it allows collection of more types of data.)Read more → -
What even IS Coffee? Processing Methods
By Bethany Letoto
Welcome to the third edition of our series where we unearth answers to the question… What even IS Coffee, anyway? In our last two posts, we covered a general overview of what coffee is, and dug deeper into coffee’s growing regions and harvest protocols. Today, we’re going to explore what happens to the coffee between harvest and export. Strap in, y’all! It’s time to learn about Processing. After harvest, coffee is typically sorted by hand to remove cherries that are underripe, overripe, or defective, and to remove detritus like sticks, leaves, bugs, etc. Then the coffee moves on to processing....
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What Even IS Coffee? Growing Regions and Harvest
By Bethany Letoto
This time we’re going to dive deeper into the areas of the world where coffee is grown. Most coffee roasters loosely organize their green coffee buying by three major regions-- Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Naturally, since those are literally three continents, each of those regions have limited areas where coffee grows best.Read more → -
What Even IS Coffee? Intro to Coffee
By Bethany Letoto
Welcome to the first installment of our new educational blog series where we address the question: What even is coffee, anyway?Read more → -
Holiday Gift Guide 2021
By Bethany Letoto
We’ve compiled some of our favorite coffee tools in budget and investment options, so whether you’re looking to splurge on your auntie or just get a little something for your office secret Santa, we’ve got you covered.Read more →