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Category: Brewology

Science Says Brew Temperature Doesn’t Matter — Sort Of

  • Michael Butterworth
  • October 8, 2020October 8, 2020
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Time to re-write that Brewers Cup competition routine. According to a new study, coffees brewed at different water temperatures are indistinguishable at the same extraction percentage and concentra

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This One Weird Trick Increases Coffee Extraction

  • Michael Butterworth
  • January 4, 2019January 4, 2019
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This week I was perusing Instagram and came upon a surprising coffee recommendation from author and consultant Scott Rao. According to Rao, when making coffee with manual-fill batch brewers, such a

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Five Amazing Must-Try Aeropress Recipes

  • Michael Butterworth
  • March 2, 2015March 9, 2015
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Home coffee enthusiast Chris Heiniger lifted the Gold Aeropress at the 2015 Eastern Aeropress Championship, but the competition featured too many creative Aeropress recipes not to share a few of

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Coil: A Misc. Goods Co. Coffee Brew Method

  • Darren
  • November 25, 2014November 25, 2014
  • 1 Comment

Any entrepreneur will agree that steady growth in innovating new products is hard to maintain. Tyler Deeb could have easily walked away from one of the most successful playing cards Kickstarters

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You Won’t Believe What This Guy Did With a Moka Pot

  • Michael Butterworth
  • July 21, 2014July 21, 2014
  • 6 Comments

If you asked us a couple months ago, we would have told you that it’s impossible to make a good cup of coffee with a moka pot. Although this stovetop espresso maker is seemingly ubiquitous ac

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Hario V60 vs Kalita Wave: Who Wins in a Brew to the Death?

  • Michael Butterworth
  • May 21, 2013August 14, 2014
  • 16 Comments

Japanese Invasion Over the last six years, the Hario V60 has become the industry standard pour-over dripper. In some circles, “V60” is practically a synonym for pour-over coffee. The

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Learn How to Brew a Chemex with Cartel Coffee

  • Michael Butterworth
  • November 13, 2012February 24, 2014
  • 4 Comments

A CHEMEX BREW GUIDE from Cartel Coffee Lab on Vimeo. The Chemex German-born chemist Peter Schlumbohm had a simple goal: invent the best coffee maker ever. After several years of testing and prototy

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Matt Perger of St. Ali Geeks out in “Man vs. Volumetric”

  • Darren
  • October 9, 2012October 10, 2012
  • 2 Comments

Man vs Volumetric – by Matt Perger for St Ali from St Ali on Vimeo. Matt Perger, 2012 World Brewer’s Cup (WBC) champion, St. Ali barista in Melbourne, Australia, and internet video sens

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