S6:E10 - Coffee Smarter: Gear Advice.
At home or in the shop, Alden offers advice on how to upgrade your equipment.
S6:E10 - Coffee Smarter: Gear Advice.
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Guest: Alden Hozouri, Crossings Coffee Roasters, CAFÉ LaTERRE
Role: Founder & Head Roaster, Operator at
From: North County San Diego, CA
Instagram: @cafe.laterre & @crossingscoffee
Website: https://www.cafelaterre.com/ & https://www.crossingscoffee.com/
V60
At home, I generally brew my coffee in one of three styles: Aeropress, French press, and V60 pour over. This video from Steady State Roasting nearly exactly* encapsulates how I brew a V60, except I’m not sitting down, and I often forget a swirl in my morning fog.
*See Coffee Vocab Below.
COFFEE VOCAB
Pulsing - A type of pouring technique where you take breaks during your pour instead of continuously pouring until you reach your desired total volume.
This is the only real difference between what I do at home and what the Steady State Team does at home. Instead of pouring the entire balance of water in one shot for the final pour, I use the pulsing technique. I’m not sure when I started doing it, but I think it adds some aeration to the brewing process, and it looks cool.
FROM THE SHOW
In S1:E7 of the R!WC podcast, Chris O’Brien of Coffee Cycle took us on a deep dive exploring grind size, burr versus blade grinders, and the Ice Cube Theory. All About the Grind.
NOT FROM THE SHOW
It is officially Pumpkin Spice season. No amount of coffee pretension can (nor should it) stop the onslaught of pumpkin spice that will be consumed over the next month. Merriam-Webster has officially recognized this juggernaut by including it in the dictionary this month—along with 369 other words and phrases. See all the new words on Merriam-Webster. Shoutout to Sprudge.com for bringing this to our collective attention.
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