According to USA Today, 83 percent of Americans drink coffee. Do you think all of these people understand how their coffee was made? Or better yet, know what they are ordering each day? This post is going to address just that. Let’s focus on the variety of methods for brewing coffee. Basically, I want to get…
There are a few different ways to brew awesome coffee at home. I’m going to discuss the pour over method and give you my tips to outfit your kitchen with everything you need to brew like a barista. My hope is that after reading the Home Brewing Guides Parts 1 & 2, you will be…
So now that you have everything you need (see Home Brewing Guide Part 1 if you have equipment questions), let’s get started actually making the coffee. Step 1 – Water Prep: Fill up the kettle with filtered water. Filtered water is so important. More than 98% of coffee is water, so tap water just won’t…
If you have come into a Chattahoochee Coffee location you may have noticed that behind the bar looks like some kind of chemistry lab. There’s unique glass devices, crazy, expensive-looking equipment and scales. Now scales may seem like an odd addition to the list, but in reality they are essential to every beverage we make.…
Notes of sweet floral, melon and citrus. This is how a coffee label reads. Seems crazy, right? You may have encountered this on a menu or heard a barista describe a coffee in this way. How does a coffee professional decide to label a coffee in that way? The answer: a coffee cupping. A cupping…
Y’all, it’s hot. Like so hot you don’t even want to leave your house. Even if it is to go to the pool or beach — it’s just too hot. For me, and most of you, it’s not too hot for coffee, though — especially when you order it iced. Do you know what you…