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We all love our morning routine, but no one loves it more than the home barista! You know who you are. From geeking out on grinder calibration and the new PID in your home espresso machine to drooling over new accessories like distribution tools and espresso stirrers made with walnut wood handles. Regardless of what gadgets and tools you have at home, all home baristas must understand and practice dialling in to get the best out of the equipment and coffee with every espresso shot. So what exactly is dialling in? and why is it so important? 

Different preparation methods tend to extract the coffee differently and produce different caffeine content. Here’s an estimate on the average amount of caffeine in a typical brew type.

What's the Best Way to Store Coffee Beans? Something many people don't know is that coffee like many other food items does have a shelf life. It can go stale however it will not go bad enough to cause a stomach ache like other food. Needless to say, coffee tastes best when it is fresh. Here are some ways to store coffee at home to preserve its flavour and aroma.  Before we get into best storage methods, let’s talk a bit about the process of coffee staleness. There are more than a 1,000 chemical compounds in coffee, it’s full of...

  The coffee we enjoy every day went through an intricate and complex supply chain network before reaching your cup. Typically the coffee is planted, harvested, processed, milled, stored and shipped to us before it goes into our roaster.  Once the coffee cherry is picked, it needs to be processed as soon as possible to avoid fruit spoilage. Each process creates different flavor profiles and mouthfeel.  Here are the main processing methods used around the world. Washed Also referred to as the wet process, the washed method starts with sorting the cherries by immersing them in water. The ripe cherries...