Do you pour your heart into brewing specialty coffee at home? You’ve bought the best beans, invested in top tech, followed recipes perfectly, and measured water ratios like a chemist. You thought you did everything right, but result fell flat. If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. For countless home brewers, the missing piece is not the beans, the recipe, or even the brewing device. It is often the grinder.
The grinder you use (and how you use it) directly impacts your coffee quality.
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.
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…
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,
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: