Brewing Your Best Cup
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.
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.
A short one: 26 levels across 3 sections, about 52 minutes end to end, roughly 10 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Fix Your Morning Brew, Master Your Favorite Method, and Shop and Store Like a Pro. It starts from scratch.
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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.
How to learn Brewing Your Best Cup, step by step
Go in order. 26 short levels across 3 sections, about 52 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 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.
Questions about Brewing Your Best Cup
How do I learn Brewing Your Best Cup?
Go in order: start with Fix Your Morning Brew, then Master Your Favorite Method, then Shop and Store Like a Pro. On Tomo that's 26 short levels, about 52 minutes in all, played five minutes a day. Start free and play the first level in under a minute.
Is there a Duolingo-style app for Brewing Your Best Cup?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo: short daily lessons, streaks and quick quizzes. Brewing Your Best Cup is one of its free courses, and you can type any other topic to get a course of your own.
Is the Brewing Your Best Cup course free?
Yes. Brewing Your Best Cup is playable on Tomo's free plan, which doesn't expire. No credit card, no waitlist. Download the app and start your first lesson.
How long does it take to learn Brewing Your Best Cup?
26 levels across 3 sections, about 52 minutes of play in total. It's built for five minutes a day, so you finish it a little at a time instead of all at once.
Do I need any background to start Brewing Your Best Cup?
No. It's pitched at a beginner level, so it starts where you are and builds up. If you can tap a phone, you can start.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Brewing Your Best Cup is taught in 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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Start Brewing Your Best Cup today.
Download Tomo, search Brewing Your Best Cup, and play your first lesson in under a minute.