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.
Free forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Better Coffee at Home
- Coffee beans begin to lose their aromatic oils and flavor intensity as soon as they are ground
- Specific minerals in water act like magnets to pull flavors out of the coffee grounds
- Whole beans act as a protective shell that keeps the coffee fresh longer
- Water that is too 'pure' or empty results in a flat, dull-tasting cup
- The impact of grinding timing on coffee flavor
- The role of water minerals in coffee extraction
- Fresh coffee contains carbon dioxide that pushes water away from the grounds
- Coffee beans vary in size and density, so a scoop of one coffee might weigh much more than a scoop of another
- Releasing gas first allows the water to actually soak into the coffee and extract flavor
- Measuring by weight allows you to use the exact same amount of coffee and water every time
- The purpose of the bloom phase in brewing
- Water that is too cool fails to extract sweetness, leaving coffee sour
- Boiling water over-extracts the coffee, bringing out harsh, burnt flavors
- The benefit of weighing coffee versus using volume
- The 'sweet spot' for balanced flavor is just below the boiling point
- The relationship between water temperature and flavor profile
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.
Imagine your water is a team of workers sent to fetch flavor from the coffee. What helps these workers 'grab' the flavor most effectively?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Better Coffee at Home takes you
Stop settling for bitter office coffee. Learn the simple variables that turn your morning routine into a cafe-quality experience using the gear you already own.
- 1
Brewing Your First Great Cup
- The Essentials of Extraction
- Troubleshooting Your Brew
- 2
Developing Your Palate and Choice
- How to Taste Like a Pro
- Navigating the Coffee Aisle
2 sections · 4 units · 12 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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