Brewing Better Coffee
Like Duolingo, but for Brewing Better Coffee. 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 short one: 11 levels across 2 sections, about 22 minutes end to end, roughly 4 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Perfect Extraction and Developing Your Palate. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Brewing Better Coffee
- The 1:16 ratio means 1 gram of coffee for every 16 grams of water
- A digital scale measures the actual mass of the coffee, ensuring the same amount of flavor potential every time
- A standard mug of coffee requires roughly 30 grams of grounds to hit the 1:16 target
- Darker roasts are puffier and take up more space in a scoop than denser light roasts
- Deviating significantly from 1:16 results in coffee that is either too weak or unpleasantly intense
- Volume-based measurements (scoops/spoons) lead to 'mystery' cups that taste different every morning
- Boiling water can scorch coffee grounds
- Waiting after the boil reaches the sweet spot
- Tempered water extracts natural sugars
- Fresh coffee contains trapped CO2 gas
- Gas creates a barrier against water
- The bloom clears the way for extraction
- 1:16 ratio for a standard mug
- Weight vs volume for consistency
- Smaller particles have more surface area for water to touch
- Fine grinds speed up extraction
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 Brewing Better Coffee 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.
If you are using the 'Golden Ratio' for your morning brew, how many grams of water do you need for every 1 gram of coffee?
Get it right to open this lesson and 10 more in the app.
Where Brewing Better Coffee takes you
Stop settling for mediocre mornings. Learn the simple variables that transform a standard cup of joe into a cafe-quality experience at home.
- 1
The Perfect Extraction
- The Golden Ratios
- Grinding for Flavor
- 2
Developing Your Palate
- Tasting Like a Pro
- Buying Better Beans
2 sections · 4 units · 11 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Brewing Better Coffee is taught in the Explain Like I'm 5 style: no big words. promise.. 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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