Decoding Your Coffee Cup
Like Duolingo, but for Decoding Your Coffee 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.
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Key ideas in Decoding Your Coffee Cup
- Typica lineage
- Geisha aromatics
- Bourbon mutation
- Geisha profile
- Modern descendants
- Geisha value
- Foundational lineages
- Geisha sensory characteristics
- Caturra is a Bourbon mutation prized for quality but vulnerable to disease
- Castillo was bred specifically for resistance to 'La Roya' (Coffee Leaf Rust)
- Recognizing the foundational genetic lineages of specialty coffee
- Hybrids like Castillo often trade some delicate acidity for plant hardiness
- Ethiopia is the genetic birthplace of Arabica with massive natural diversity
- Identifying the sensory characteristics of the Geisha varietal
- The term 'Heirloom' covers thousands of unidentified wild forest varieties
- Ethiopian coffees offer unique floral and fruity notes found nowhere else
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 Decoding Your Coffee 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.
If you're smelling strong notes of jasmine and rose in your coffee, which varietal is likely in your mug?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Decoding Your Coffee Cup takes you
Move beyond the menu and understand the genetic, chemical, and processing factors that define your favorite coffee's character.
- 1
The Identity of the Bean
- Varietals and Genetic Heritage
- Processing and Fermentation Styles
- 2
The Roaster and the Cup
- Roast Profiles and Chemical Development
- Texture, Body, and Extraction Style
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Decoding Your Coffee 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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Start Decoding Your Coffee Cup today.
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