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Filtration Methods

Filtration Methods

By Carson Parodi on

Filtration. For years the coffee industry debated heavily on which brewing methods were best for making great coffee. But now, it is widely accepted that filtration brewing methods produce the...

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Roasting Coffee is All in the Details — Always

Roasting Coffee is All in the Details — Always

By Daniel Parodi on

Some years ago I was asked to lead a turn-around of a high-end café retailer in San Francisco that was struggling. After the company had stabilized, we entered into negotiations...

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The New World of Thai Coffee

The New World of Thai Coffee

By Daniel Parodi on

Photo courtesy of Akha Ama If you Google “Thai Coffee” you’ll be led into a world of very sweet, milky iced coffee drinks, often flavored and almost always with sweetened...

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Guide to "City" Roast Levels

Guide to "City" Roast Levels

By Carson Parodi on

The Guide to “City” Roast Levels. The terms City, Full City, French Roast, etc. have been long used in the coffee domain to refer to roast degrees, but they have...

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Preheating and Reheating Your Roaster

Preheating and Reheating Your Roaster

By Daniel Parodi on

How many times have you circled back on a coffee that you’ve roasted before, excited for what you know is possible for that coffee, and been stunned that it doesn’t...

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How to Avoid the Rise, Crash, and Flick

How to Avoid the Rise, Crash, and Flick

By Carson Parodi on

Last week we talked about roasting curves and the importance of holding a steadily decreasing Rate of Rise as your roast progresses. We alluded to a few key inflection points...

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