Tasting Coffee Like a Pro
Like Duolingo, but for Tasting Coffee Like a Pro. 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 Tasting Coffee Like a Pro
- Slurping creates a fine mist of coffee droplets
- Aerosolized coffee reaches the olfactory receptors at the back of the nose
- Most complex flavors are perceived through smell rather than taste buds
- Basic tastes are handled by the tongue
- Complex flavor notes require the coffee to be aerosolized to reach the nose
- The physical mechanism of how slurping enables flavor perception
- The relationship between aeration and flavor complexity
- Forceful inhalation is required to create the mist
- The mist must travel to the back of the throat/nose to unlock aromatics
- The sequence of the slurp technique to maximize flavor
- Under-extraction results in acidic, sour, or salty flavors
- Extraction happens in stages, with acids dissolving before sugars
- Over-extraction pulls out heavy, burnt, and drying compounds
- The 'sweet spot' occurs when sugars balance out initial acids
- Ashy/dry flavors indicate the water was in contact with the grounds too long
- Shortening the brew time prevents the extraction of bitter tannins
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 Tasting Coffee Like a Pro 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.
Where does the coffee mist need to go to unlock its most complex aromas?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Tasting Coffee Like a Pro takes you
Stop just drinking your morning brew and start actually tasting it. Learn to identify hidden flavors and find the exact beans that match your personal palate.
- 1
Fix Your Daily Cup
- The Slurp Technique
- Finding the Sweet Spot
- Temperature and Taste
- When to Add Milk
- 2
Identify What You're Drinking
- Fruit, Nut, or Chocolate?
- Feeling the Texture
- Spotting Sour vs. Bitter
- The Lingering Aftertaste
- Smelling Before Sipping
- The Clean Cup Test
- 3
Shop for Better Beans
- Decoding the Bag Label
- Light vs. Dark Roasts
- Why Altitude Matters
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Tasting Coffee Like a Pro 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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