Coffee and Tea at Home
Like Duolingo, but for Coffee and Tea 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.
75 levels across 8 sections, about 150 minutes end to end, roughly 30 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Quick Win: Your First Great Cup, The Foundation of Flavor, Mastering Immersion and Pressure, The Art of the Pour-Over, Espresso and Milk at Home, The World of Tea, Advanced Tea Rituals, and Maintenance and Mastery. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Coffee and Tea at Home
- Immersion brewing means the water and coffee stay in contact without needing a precise pouring technique
- The 1:15 ratio means using 15 parts of water for every 1 part of coffee
- Drip methods are more sensitive to how fast you pour water compared to the French Press
- A lower ratio makes the coffee too intense, while a higher ratio makes it watery
- Coarse grinds resemble sea salt and are ideal for long immersion times
- Why the French Press is more forgiving than other methods
- Fine grinds will pass through the metal mesh filter and create a muddy, bitter cup
- The bloom involves adding just enough water to wet the grounds first
- Applying the 1:15 ratio to achieve balanced strength
- Gases escaping from the wet grounds prevent the water from extracting flavor evenly if not released
- Selecting the correct grind size for a French Press
- The sequence of the 'bloom' and its purpose
- Four minutes is the standard time for the water to pull the best flavors from coarse grounds
- Plunging too early results in weak coffee; waiting too long makes it unpleasantly bitter
- Identifying the ideal steep time for full flavor
- Coffee flavor peaks within weeks of roasting
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 Coffee and Tea 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.
If you use a 1:15 ratio to make your coffee, how many parts of water do you need for every 1 part of coffee?
Get it right to open this lesson and 74 more in the app.
Where Coffee and Tea at Home takes you
Master the art of the perfect brew from your own kitchen. Learn to use professional tools and techniques to transform beans and leaves into world-class beverages.
- 1
The Quick Win: Your First Great Cup
- The French Press Shortcut
- 2
The Foundation of Flavor
- Selecting Your Beans
- The Science of the Grind
- Water: The Silent Ingredient
- 3
Mastering Immersion and Pressure
- The Versatile AeroPress
- The Moka Pot Ritual
- Cold Brew and Patience
- 4
The Art of the Pour-Over
- Precision with the Hario V60
- The Elegant Chemex
- 5
Espresso and Milk at Home
- The Espresso Shot
- Milk Texturing Basics
- 6
The World of Tea
- Understanding Tea Families
- The Perfect Steep
- Matcha Preparation
- 7
Advanced Tea Rituals
- Gongfu Cha Basics
- Herbal Infusions and Tisanes
- 8
Maintenance and Mastery
- Cleaning and Descaling
- Storage for Freshness
- Developing Your Palate
8 sections · 19 units · 75 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Coffee and Tea at Home 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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