Keep It Simple
Coffee brewers— both professional and enthusiast— love to make things complicated. Complex multi-step brew recipes and brewing devices with some unique feature have become standard. Fancy new features on espresso or brewing machines are demanded without any evidence of their necessity (hello pressure profiling).
Barista Hustle Community Guidelines
We aim to engage in meaningful, professional, friendly discussions surrounding coffee. A fundamental goal of Barista Hustle is to help the world make better coffee — and there is a lot that falls under that umbrella. So we want to talk about the deep and meaningful, the scientific and technical, the broader industry-wide topics, and the smaller individual level aspects. We want to talk about all the important stuff.
To enable these conversations to happen in a positive, respectful, and equitable manner, we have a few guidelines.
The Great Distribution Tool Debate
Two months ago I was embroiled in a twitter battle for three tweets about distribution tools. Note I didn’t say they don’t work. I just wanted (and still want) empirical evidence that they do. Please also note I’m not attacking any singular product; I was asking for evidence for *any* of the available distribution tools. The goal here is truth…
Coffee Is the Leased of Your Worries …
While extraction theory, EK alignment, and particle size distribution are all worthy topics of discussion here at Barista Hustle, these all mean nothing if you’ve not got a shop to experiment in. Jared Lawler gives us a fascinating view on the business side of coffee, with a solid list of points to consider.
DIY Water Recipes: The World In Two Bottles
Our Barista Hustle water recipe was and is a useful starting point for building water, giving you a good chance of success when brewing up coffee at home. For those willing to dive a little deeper, we can get far more specific. The math can get rather complicated so we’ll spare the details until another time. The motivating factor here…
Immersion vs Drip Coffee Brewers
There are two main types of coffee brewer – drip, and immersion. They each make coffee slightly differently, but one of them is far more efficient. Here’s why!
Barista Hustle Water Recipe
Inspired by “Water for Coffee” by Maxwell and Chris. This is the Barista Hustle water recipe!
Cool Earth – How the Barista Hustle Community Helps
We donate $1 from every package we send, for each and every subscriber, every month, and every online purchase to Cool Earth
DIY Extraction Tasting
Help develop your palate by trying this simple experiment that will allow you to taste differences in extractions side by side
Strength Calculators
These interactive calculators will help you understand the effect of adding water to coffee from the perspective of strength (Total Dissolved Solids, or concentration
Cowculator
The Cowculator figures out the precise breakdown of coffee, fat, protein and sugar in your milky drinks.
Consulting
Information on consulting services offered by Barista Hustle
I’m Matt Perger
An introduction to Matt Perger, founder of Barista Hustle.
Barista Hustle Slack
The BH Slack has been suspended. Turns out thousands of people in Slack isn't conducive to productive conversations. We'll see you on instagram though! 🙂
2017 Predictions and Promises
2017 is shaping up to be a massive year for Barista Hustle and the coffee community at large. The following is a few of my predictions and promises for this year and beyond.
A Lighter Tamper?
The story behind the Barista Hustle tamper.
The Cafe Button Project
A while back I talked about the potential value of having a button in your cafe that asked customers a simple question
Stop Renouncing Refractometers
It’s 2016 and there’s still a lot of misinformation and anti-intellectualism surrounding refractometers for coffee. Here’s a couple phrases I’ve read recently, and my rebuttals
Roast Development and Colour
Understanding Roast Development and Colour.
Conditions d'utilisation
Terms of service
politique de confidentialité
politique de confidentialité
The Grinder Paper: Explained
The most in-depth article on grinding coffee, ever.
BH Turns One – Looking Back (and Forward)
This week marks 1 year of Barista Hustle. A good opportunity to look at what has happened so far, and talk a little about
The Espresso Compass
The Espresso Compass is a little more complicated than the Brewed Coffee Compass. Last year I wrote a series on Espresso, culminating in a video showing the relationship between extraction, brew ratio, and the coffee control chart. If you’re on top of that, you’ll get this compass in no time. If not I’d recommend …