Why Your Barista Won’t Steam Milk Above 70°C (And Why It Matters for Your Coffee) “Extra hot, please.” — Sound familiar? If you’ve ever ordered a latte and asked for it extra hot, you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common requests baristas hear every day. And while we completely understand the desire for […]
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Living in the Tropics? Your Coffee Is Going Stale Faster Than You Think Most of the coffee storage advice you’ll find online was written by people living in London, Melbourne, or Portland. Places with average temperatures of 15–20°C. Places where humidity sits around 50–60%. That advice — keep your coffee in a cool, dry place
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Roast Date vs Expiry Date — Are You Reading the Right One? Pick up a bag of coffee at a supermarket and you’ll find an expiry date printed clearly on the back. Pick up a bag of specialty coffee from a good roaster and you’ll find something different: a roast date. These are not the
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What Happens to Your Coffee Bag on a Plane? You’ve just landed in Kyoto, or Chiang Mai, or a small town in Ethiopia. You found an incredible local roaster. You bought two bags. You’re bringing them home. You check them into your luggage, board the flight, and somewhere over the South China Sea — something
That Little Circle on Your Coffee Bag Is Not a Sniff Hole You’ve seen it. That small, round bump — sometimes with a tiny slit in it — sitting on the front or back of almost every bag of specialty coffee. You may have even pressed it, sniffed it, or quietly assumed it was some
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If you’ve ever taken a sip of coffee and thought — wait, is that jasmine? — there’s a good chance it came from Yirgacheffe. This small highland district in southern Ethiopia produces some of the most distinctive coffee on earth. Floral, bright, and bursting with citrus and berry notes, it tastes unlike anything else in the cup.
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