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The Coffee Skill Nobody Tells You About
Season 1 Episode 324
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In this episode I walk through what I consider A Tier coffee skills going into 2026, and the honest answer is that they are less abou…
18 hours ago
Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Going Finer?
Season 1 Episode 333
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Finer has become the go-to answer to everything in coffee lately, especially for light roast, and it bugs me, partly because it's rig…
2 days, 18 hours ago
I Thought Something Was Wrong With Me
Season 1 Episode 332
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I walked away from my wife's dark roast, and years later I've come to realize why it's my preference now. This one's about the word f…
1 week ago
Why Can't We Just Brew a Good Cup With a Basic Recipe? This is the Reason Why.
Season 1 Episode 265
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In this episode, I tackle a question that every coffee brewer has faced at some point — why doesn't following someone else's recipe a…
1 week, 2 days ago
Why You Can't Be Taught Coffee
Season 1 Episode 302
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In this episode I dig into a distinction I think most coffee content skips right over: the difference between being taught coffee and…
2 weeks ago
Why Water Chemistry Advice Online Is All Over the Place
Season 1 Episode 329
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I can't hand you my water, and nobody else can either. My tap tested at 273 ppm the other day. Yours might be 150, or 100 if you're l…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Inside a Brewers Cup Coffee Recipe
Season 1 Episode 320
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I just watched a World Brewers Cup recipe from a competitor named Simon Gauteren, and it sent me down a rabbit hole I had to record. …
3 weeks ago
Start Here, Stop Here: The K-Ultra Grinder
Season 1 Episode 293
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I own seven grinders, and in this episode I do something I almost never do: I recommend just one. The 1Zpresso K-Ultra has been in my…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
I Still Don't Like Light Roast. I Keep Coming Back.
Season 1 Episode 325
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I've spent years with light roast drinking it, roasting it myself, taking it as light as I can control and I still haven't decided th…
4 weeks ago
It Smells Better Than It Tastes: A Coffee Story
Season 1 Episode 246
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In this deeply personal episode, I share something I've rarely discussed publicly—a book I wrote over a decade ago titled "It Smells …
1 month ago