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2024 Coffee Holiday Gift Ideas From the Texas Coffee School Team

With these coffee holiday gift ideas, you’ll be every coffee lover’s favorite person at the holiday function this year. Check out these holiday gifts for coffee lovers, kiddos, and your coffee shop, curated by the Texas Coffee School team.

Holiday Gifts for Coffee Lovers

Your friend or family member will be thrilled to receive one of these thoughtful, coffee-themed gifts. Who knows, they might even brew you a cup of their at-home specialty drink.

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2023 Holiday Gift Guide For Serious Coffee Nerds

2023 Coffee Gift Guide

The holiday season is upon us once again, and with it comes the pressure to get the perfect gifts for the serious “coffee nerds” in your life. You already got the trendiest new toy for little Jessica, the new socks for Uncle Mike, but you are stumped on what to get for the coffee nerd in your life who seems to be WAY more into coffee than any one person should be…

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How to Make Better Tasting Cold Brewed Coffee at Home

How to Make Better Tasting Cold Brewed Coffee at Home

If you are like most coffee enthusiasts, you want to know how to make better tasting cold brew coffee at home. Our preferred home iced coffee maker is called the Cold “Bruer.” It was actually invented by one of our former students!

In this post, we walk you through better tasting cold brew using the Cold Bruer.

ABOUT THE BREW METHOD:

The Cold Bruer is similar to a Japanese style Kyoto coffee dripper,

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Auto Tampers Are Changing The Espresso Game

Auto Tampers Increase Consistency in Coffee Shops

One of the biggest problems that coffee professionals face is consistency. Enter auto tampers. Without them, is it possible to get consistent 20-30 second shots of espresso every single time? Probably not. Let’s review why.

Baristas have to be consistent on many variables, including:

  • Grind setting
  • Coffee dose weight
  • Tamping pressure
  • Angle of the tamper when tamping

That’s a lot to control.

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A Coffee Expert Gift Guide: 7 Gifts Your Coffee Geek Actually Wants

We all know someone who always has a coffee in their hand. It’s that coffee enthusiast that admires the craft, or simply depends on caffeine. If you know someone who tinkers in their kitchen for hours brewing coffee different ways, or regularly reads books on the science of coffee brewing, then you need to prepare to give them a coffee gift this holiday season they’ll surely use.

Here’s the common scenario you want to avoid:

You walking through a department store,

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