The Coffee Taster's Journey
Like Duolingo, but for The Coffee Taster's Journey. 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: 39 levels across 5 sections, about 78 minutes end to end, roughly 16 days at five minutes a day. It moves through First Sips and Better Orders, The Espresso Family, Developing Your Palate, How Brewing Changes the Taste, and The Source of Flavor. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in The Coffee Taster's Journey
- A macchiato is just a 'stain' of milk
- Most cafes use a standard double-shot of espresso for all medium and large sizes
- A cortado is roughly equal parts milk and espresso
- Increasing the cup size usually just adds more steamed milk
- Lattes have the highest volume of milk relative to the coffee
- More milk makes the coffee flavor less prominent
- The relationship between milk volume and coffee intensity
- Understanding that larger sizes often dilute the coffee flavor
- Strength can refer to flavor intensity or caffeine kick
- Darker roasts taste 'stronger' but don't necessarily have more caffeine
- Espresso is more concentrated than drip coffee
- Espresso is defined by high-pressure extraction
- Drip coffee relies on gravity and time
- Any bean can be ground and brewed using any method
- Distinguishing between caffeine content and roast profile
- Espresso is a brewing method, not a specific bean
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 The Coffee Taster's Journey 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 size up from a medium to a large latte at a typical cafe, what usually happens to the amount of espresso?
Get it right to open this lesson and 38 more in the app.
Where The Coffee Taster's Journey takes you
Go beyond the caffeine kick. Learn to navigate any cafe menu, identify complex flavor notes like a pro, and understand how different brewing methods transform the bean.
- 1
First Sips and Better Orders
- Navigating the Cafe Menu
- The Anatomy of a Great Cup
- 2
The Espresso Family
- Short, Strong, and Pure
- The Milky Classics
- Modern and Cold Espresso
- 3
Developing Your Palate
- Finding the Sweetness
- Understanding Acidity
- The Texture of Coffee
- 4
How Brewing Changes the Taste
- The Clarity of Pour-Over
- The Immersion Experience
- 5
The Source of Flavor
- The Roast Spectrum
- Arabica vs. Robusta
- Processing and Origin
5 sections · 13 units · 39 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
The Coffee Taster's Journey is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. 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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