I am extremely grateful to everyone who responded in the comments of the last post about taste and temperature. I learned a great deal and now have some more avenues to explore. Partway down the comments I was guilty of wanting a simple explanation – a short neat summary that I could tell my customers …
Author Archives: James Hoffmann
Things I don’t understand #3214
I am not particularly ashamed of the phrase “I don’t know” but there comes a point in the day when you’ve said it five or six times and you feel you really ought to do something about it. The cause of my embarrassed ignorance: the change in flavour when coffee cools.
WBC London Coffee Map
Just a very quick post to let you know that if you are coming to London for the WBC and want suggestions of somewhere to go then I’d recommend checking out the WBC/Coffee Kids London Coffee Map. Not only will you get delicious coffee, but the participating shops are also raising money for Coffee Kids, …
One final plea
This is one last humble request on a topic I know I’ve ranted on about before. It would be really good, when talking about how we are brewing espresso amongst professionals, to start by talking about the weight of the espresso. We need to stop using volume. It is useless. Utterly useless. Saying 1.5oz is …
It’s like 8 hours of barista competition
Perhaps the best description of working at Penny University! (In a good way) I say this having only worked there a handful of days, which have left me inspired by the people who’ve come for coffee and full of admiration and appreciation for Tim and Tobias who are doing this full time – and doing …