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.
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Key ideas in Better Coffee at Home
- Ratios maintain the relationship between water and coffee regardless of total volume
- Beans have different densities based on roast level
- Doubling the water requires doubling the coffee beans to keep the flavor profile identical
- Darker beans are puffier and lighter, so a scoop contains less actual coffee material
- A ratio is a recipe that scales up or down perfectly
- Weight measures the actual amount of coffee matter, while volume measures the space it takes up
- Scaling a ratio
- Density and weight
- The 1:17 ratio is a balanced starting point for most palates
- Changing the ratio primarily affects the concentration or 'strength' of the liquid
- Understanding why weight is superior to volume for coffee beans
- Personal taste dictates whether to move toward a 'tighter' ratio (like 1:15) for more intensity
- Extraction refers to how much flavor you pulled out of the grounds, usually controlled by grind or time
- Applying a ratio to maintain flavor when changing brew size
- The ratio is a guide to be adjusted, not a rigid rule
- Adding more beans makes the coffee 'stronger' without necessarily changing the quality of the flavor
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 holding a handful of dark roasted beans in one hand and light beans in the other. Why do they feel different?
Get it right to open this lesson and 20 more in the app.
Where Better Coffee at Home takes you
Stop settling for mediocre mornings. Learn the variables that transform a bitter cup into a balanced, cafe-quality experience using the gear you already own.
- 1
The Perfect Brew
- The Golden Ratio
- Grind Size and Surface Area
- Water Temperature and Quality
- 2
Developing Your Palate
- Acidity, Bitterness, and Balance
- Reading the Coffee Bag
- 3
The Science of the Bean
- Roast Levels and Chemistry
- Extraction and Troubleshooting
3 sections · 7 units · 21 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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