Hello everyone, following on from our last tip, this week we will be discussing how to pour tulips. Using the information from setting your canvas sets you up to begin to pour this classic pattern. Step 1 – Set The Canvas For more information on how to do this read our article here (link) […]
Hello everyone, following on from our last tip this week we will be discussing how to pour rosetta’s. Using the information from last week about setting your canvas sets you up to begin to pour this classic pattern. Step 1 – Set The Canvas For more information on how to do this read our article […]
Hi Everyone, for this post we will be talking about how to set up your cup for a pattern and give yourself the best chance of making beautiful latte art. Setting The Canvas Setting the canvas is the fancy term for preparing your freshly poured shot for a pattern. When getting ready to make a […]
Welcome back to our handy hints and tips, following on from last week we will be talking more about ways to improve your milk methods. In this post we will cover the importance of juggling (and what that means) and a few quick tricks for pouring. Milk Juggling Simply put milk juggling just means keeping […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to A new series in our hints and tips segment. This post we will be going over how you can improve on your milk steaming methods to become more consistent from coffee to coffee and work up towards pouring patterns. Jug Position One of the best things about a good […]
Now for the last instalment in this series. This time we will be discussing the final element of a coffee shot which is caffeine. Caffeine is the part that everyone is looking for in coffee, it’s well known for giving you an energy boost but what you may not have known is it’s also responsible […]
Following on from our last tip on oils and how they present themselves in the cup this week we are going to cover the basics of sugars. In comparison to Oils, Sugars tend to present through the middle of the shot and are easy to spot as they are a medium brown. Nowhere near as […]
Coffee’s Colours Uncovered Pt. 1 For this tip we are going to get started on the secrets of coffee’s different colours and what it all means. Firstly coffee is made up of a huge variety of different chemicals but for the next few tips we are going to simplify into a form that you can […]
Today we are going to tackle the first step of making a good coffee and one that is often left by the wayside, Dosing. What we will do is break the process down into steps with a simple explanation (where necessary) for why each step is important along the way. At the end of the […]
There’s a lot of discussion on how hard to tamp, but not so much on tamping procedure. If you’re pumping out coffee all day it’s hard work on your arm and wrist to tamp hundreds of times. So how do you sustain your work without getting RSI? The key is leaning into your tamp with […]