Better Coffee at Home
Like Duolingo, but for Better Coffee at Home. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A deep dive: 31 levels across 4 sections, about 62 minutes end to end, roughly 12 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Your First Great Cup, Sourcing and Selection, The Variables of Extraction, and Troubleshooting and Refinement. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Better Coffee at Home
- Fine grounds pass through the French Press mesh filter
- Boiling water (100°C) can scorch coffee beans, creating a bitter taste
- A coarse, sea-salt-like grind is required for the metal filter to work
- Waiting 30-60 seconds after the boil brings water to the ideal 92-96°C range
- Consistent particle size prevents fine dust from clouding the brew
- Proper temperature extracts sweetness rather than just bitterness
- Choosing the correct grind size for a French Press to avoid a muddy texture
- Identifying the correct water temperature to avoid burnt flavors
- Four minutes is the industry standard for full immersion brewing
- Choosing the correct grind size for a French Press
- Under-steeping results in a thin, sour cup
- Over-steeping leads to harsh, astringent flavors
- Identifying the correct water temperature
- The 'crust' of grounds must be broken to let them sink
- The 'break and clean' sequence
- Fast plunging creates turbulence that forces silt past the filter
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Better Coffee at Home the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Picture this: you pour water at a rolling boil (100°C) directly onto your grounds. What is the most likely flavor outcome?
Get it right to open this lesson and 30 more in the app.
Where Better Coffee at Home takes you
Stop settling for mediocre mornings. Learn to brew cafe-quality coffee by mastering the variables that actually matter, from bean selection to extraction science.
- 1
Your First Great Cup
- The French Press Quick Win
- The Pour-Over Ritual
- 2
Sourcing and Selection
- Decoding the Coffee Bag
- Roast Profiles and Processing
- 3
The Variables of Extraction
- The Grind Size Spectrum
- Water Chemistry and Temperature
- The Golden Ratio
- 4
Troubleshooting and Refinement
- Diagnosing the Brew
- The Science of Freshness
4 sections · 9 units · 31 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Better Coffee at Home is taught in the The Storyteller style: every lesson is a story. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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Start Better Coffee at Home today.
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