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The “generation zero” prototype of the Ratio Six brewer next to a Ratio Eight. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman. Portland, Oregon-based maker of specialty coffee brewers and accessories Ratio has received an equity investment from Brant and Patrick Curtis,… Source link
Benjamin Paz of Beneficio San Vicente (left) along with Xavier Alexander of Metric Coffee. While Unpacking Coffee has exclusively focused on roasters since its debut, its 71st episode heads further into the coffee chain as Kandace and Ray chat with renowned Honduran… Source link
Baratza Founders Kyle Anderson and Kyra Kennedy at the company’s office showroom. Courtesy photo. Now a household name among home coffee connoisseurs and professional coffee people alike, Baratza may never have existed if not for a non-compete clause signed more than… Source link
Various items caught by a destoner. Photo courtesy of Jim Chapman. (Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the September/October 2017 issue of Roast Magazine. Links have been added for context.) In a dusty frame high on the wall of a historic roastery on… Source link
Two of the biggest minds around the specialty coffee industry have tackled one of coffee’s most complicated, misunderstood and timely topics in a new miniseries called “A Little Podcast About Price Transparency.” The project resulted from a series of casual… Source link
But first, science. Texas A&M University’s Center for Coffee Research and Education announced via its AgriLife blog that Dr. Tom Lacher will become its new director, effective Aug. 15. He plans on making the fight against leaf rust a central focus, among other… Source link
DIAGNOSTIC TEST Please review the information provided and answer the technical questions below A double boiler espresso machine is 2 machines in one. A steamer (produces steam for steaming milk) An espresso brewer (pushes water at 193°F through espresso ground coffee at 9 bar pressure)
CC BY-SA 4.0 A thorough exploration of the origin, proliferation and struggles of Fair Trade movement came by way of the Guardian this week. The article analyzes the purpose, practices and effects — or lack thereof — of the voluntary voluntary sustainability… Source link
Close Cousins Understanding pressure in an espresso machine is straightforward in many respects. We have a few benchmarks for extraction that have been borne out of years of experience and we are fairly adept at generating enough of it for most machines, but it invariably comes down to flow… Source link
Royal Paris press photo. In an era when most specialty coffee companies are working towards inclusion and accessibility to draw more drinkers into the fold, one coffee equipment maker is doing the exact opposite, offering an outrageously priced brewer that bears all the… Source link