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fin 12 Jun 2013 | 12:23 am
About 5 years ago I started writing stuff on this blog, and in less than a month an invoice will come to renew the domain registration and to pay for another year of hosting, which I will be declining...
Taste Preference Study Data 13 Apr 2013 | 03:14 am
I have been remiss at publishing this data in a timely manner. As promised, for anyone interested the data is available here. The data was presented in a digested form at the Nordic Barista Cup last y...
in summary 6 Oct 2012 | 11:18 pm
weighing bloody beans! manual coffee brewing: a pain in the tits
phase 2 9 May 2012 | 02:45 am
*EDIT* PLACES NOW FULL For a little over 2 months participants in this study have been making and rating coffee beverages, measuring TDS and submitting data online. In that time a couple of hundred s...
paper form for research 17 Mar 2012 | 01:23 am
Big thanks to Jessica McDonald from Square Mile on this. I popped into the Square Mile Roastery a couple of weeks ago, and they had a clipboard with this sheet on it to record all their brews to ente...
Random Brew Recipe Generator 1 Mar 2012 | 08:41 am
48 grams coffee / kilogram water (approx g/L) 3 minutes This is intended for use with the coffee brewing research study. It has been kept as simple as possible, just providing a brew ratio/recipe a...
coffee research form 29 Feb 2012 | 05:20 am
I refer you to: this post which details the purpose of this study and this post which contains a random brew recipe generator and this page for reference on how to clean, calibrate and use a VST ...
disseminating coffee research(ing) 29 Feb 2012 | 05:14 am
The SCAE Gold Cup Research programme, which I have discussed previously, is a timely piece of work, but also a massive pain in the arse. I applaud the SCAE for undertaking this endeavour, as it is an ...
the worst of coffee in 2011 2 Jan 2012 | 12:02 am
Lists are great. There should be more lists. Here’s one with a negative tone: 1. The silent dishonesty of working in coffee. It is hard (and not very smart) to be publicly critical of friends, clien...
burrs again 23 Dec 2011 | 09:22 am
Grinding coffee for non-espresso brewing at home is a pain in the tits. Short of finding space and the budget for a shop grinder your choices are limited and there a lots of concessions. When the Mahl...
