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Coffee Guides and Origin Stories

Brewing guides with real numbers, the stories behind the farms we buy from, and plain answers to the questions we actually get asked.

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Whole coffee beans being poured by hand into the hopper of a coffee machine

Should You Roast Robusta?

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Grey commercial espresso machine and grinder on the white counter of a specialty coffee shop bar

Why Does Decaf Taste Worse at Coffee Shops?

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Espresso running from a metal portafilter into a cup on a commercial espresso machine

How Often Should You Clean a Commercial Espresso Machine?

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A barista's hand wrapped around a stainless steel milk pitcher while steaming milk on an espresso machine

How Do You Know When Milk Is Steamed Enough?

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A barista working behind the counter of a small coffee bar with the espresso machine beside them

How Much Space Does a Coffee Shop Need?

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An operator at the controls of a commercial drum coffee roaster in a small roastery

Should a Coffee Shop Roast Its Own Coffee?

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A brown and black coffee grinder, the machine whose burrs wear out with every pound ground

How Often Should You Replace Coffee Grinder Burrs?

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Bags of roasted coffee and two grinders on a specialty coffee shop counter

How Do You Switch Coffee Suppliers?

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Coffee farms covering the green hillsides of a mountain valley in Ibatiba, Brazil

Why Is High-Altitude Coffee Better?

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A worker rakes coffee across outdoor drying mats to turn the lot evenly during natural processing

Why Does Natural Process Coffee Taste Fruity?

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Sacks of green coffee stacked on pallets in a warehouse with a pallet jack alongside

How Does Green Coffee Get to the United States?

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Water pouring into a clear drinking glass, the brewing water that carries every cup of coffee

Does Water Affect How Coffee Tastes?

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Two small metal cups of espresso side by side with a layer of golden crema across the surface

What Is Body in Coffee?

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A taster pouring hot water into a row of cupping bowls of ground coffee on a tasting table

What Is Astringency in Coffee?

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Freshly roasted brown coffee beans in the round cooling tray of a drum coffee roaster

What Is Coffee Chaff?

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A person tipping ground coffee into a brewer, the dose that sets the coffee to water ratio

What Is the Coffee to Water Ratio?

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