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Dark Roast Isn't the Villain You Think
Season 1 Episode 314
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I love dark roast coffee, and in the specialty coffee world that pretty much makes me an outlier. In this episode, I dig into why dar…
2 months ago
Is $70 Too Much for a Pour Over Brewer?
Season 1 Episode 292
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In this episode, I take a hard look at the Orea brewer, a $70 manual pour-over with interchangeable flat bed and cone-shaped bottoms,…
2 months, 1 week ago
Taste at the Extremes: A Better Way to Brew
Season 1 Episode 312
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For a long time, I made small changes to my brew and tasted nothing. In this episode, I talk about why incremental tweaks, the kind e…
2 months, 1 week ago
Don't Fast Forward Your Coffee Journey
Season 1 Episode 289
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For the past couple of weeks I've been sitting with Kenyan coffee and a Costa Rican natural, roasting them light, medium, and dark, a…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Light Roast Just Wants to Be Acidic
Season 1 Episode 285
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In this episode, I walk through a water chemistry experiment I ran on a light roast Kenyan coffee I roasted myself. For a long time, …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Buy It, Play With It, Then Shelve It
Season 1 Episode 306
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I bought another brewer. I saw people talking about the Pulsar Mini dripper online, felt the pull of missing out on something, and or…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
You're Not the Same Coffee Drinker
Season 1 Episode 290
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In this episode, I dig into the one variable in coffee that almost nobody accounts for: ourselves. I've spent the past couple of week…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
I Made My Own Coffee Water. Here's Why.
Season 1 Episode 280
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In this episode, I take you inside one of the most misunderstood variables in specialty coffee: water. I open up about my journey fro…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Brewing Rules That Earn Their Keep
Season 1 Episode 307
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A coffee recipe is really just a stack of small decisions, and after years of brewing I have stopped pretending they all carry the sa…
3 months ago
Are You Chasing Coffee or Chasing Gear?
Season 1 Episode 305
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I asked a simple question a while back: do you chase the coffee, or do you chase the gear? Most people said coffee. I said coffee too…
3 months ago