Brewing Your Best Cup
Like Duolingo, but for Brewing Your Best Cup. 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 during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Brewing Your Best Cup
- Strength refers to the ratio of coffee solids to water (intensity)
- Over-extraction refers to pulling out undesirable organic compounds (bitterness/dryness)
- A cup can be both strong and over-extracted simultaneously
- Over-extraction causes a physical sensation of astringency or dryness
- Bitterness and dryness are the primary indicators of excessive contact time
- Acidity and fats extract first
- Sugars and sweetness extract in the middle
- Bitter, heavy plant fibers extract last
- The relationship between contact time and flavor development
- Identifying the sensory hallmark of over-extraction
- Boiling water (212°F/100°C) is too hot for most coffee and can 'scorch' the grounds
- Sourness is a sign of under-extraction
- Excessive heat extracts bitter, ashy compounds that mask delicate notes
- Higher temperatures accelerate extraction to pull out sweeter, more balanced flavors
- The impact of boiling water on coffee flavor profile
- Using temperature as a tool to fix sourness
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 Your Best Cup 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.
When you describe a cup of coffee as being 'watery' or 'heavy,' which brewing concept are you actually talking about?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Brewing Your Best Cup takes you
Stop settling for bitter or sour coffee. Learn how to fix your morning brew and unlock the hidden flavors in your favorite beans using the tools you already have.
- 1
Fix Your Morning Brew
- Why Your Coffee Tastes Bitter
- The Secret to Water Temperature
- Getting the Right Coffee-to-Water Ratio
- How Grind Size Changes Everything
- 2
Master Your Favorite Method
- The Foolproof French Press
- Clean Flavors with the Pour Over
- Strong and Fast with the Aeropress
- Classic Drip Machine Upgrades
- The Art of Steeping Cold Brew
- Choosing the Right Filter
- 3
Shop and Store Like a Pro
- Reading a Coffee Bag Label
- Light vs. Dark Roasts
- Keeping Your Beans Fresh
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Brewing Your Best Cup 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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