If you choose a brewing method and device that require filtering, you have basically three options: paper, metal and cloth. The most common option for filtering is filter papers. Filter papers come in different shapes, sizes and colour but what makes a good filter paper? Now let’s take a deeper look at the filter papers!
For many of us word barista is very closely related to coffee but I feel there is much more to know if one really wants to be a great barista. We have talked a lot about milk, water and spices used in recipes and coffee brewing. But one thing we should talk a lot more is tea. Tea culture is something we should bring to next level in our coffee shops as there is more and more people bouncing between these two beautiful drinks. Also global trends are leading towards healthy drinks and tea definitely is seen healthy as well as tasty. And not to forget tea is fifty billion dollar business yearly. I met a Finnish tea pro Nina Lindgren from Théhuone tea room to talk a bit more tea and how a barista can perfect their tea skills.
Processing coffee so separating the coffee cherry’s fruit flesh and skin from the coffee beans is one of the most crucial aspects of farming coffee. How to coffee is processed can have a dramatic effect on the resulting cup and nowadays roasters and baristas are concentrating on coffee processing to describe the coffee. Also, lately it has become more and more popular that the farmers have started to experiment with new coffee processing methods such as anaerobic fermentation. Let’s go through the most common coffee processing methods.
It would be lovely to open a success coffee shop and let people just flow in to enjoy your products and service and spend their money. But there are always some business related things to be taken into consideration so running a successful coffee shop is definitely not just a picnic!
Is your friend or a loved one a coffee nerd and you would like to buy him/her something coffee related for a Christmas Gift but don’t know what to buy? Here is my guide for the best Christmas gifts for a coffee nerd!
Out of the several ways you can make flavour pairing with coffee, we will now talk about two of them: coffee as an ingredient and coffee served with a perfect match. Coffee is delicious on its own but flavour pairing it perfectly with sweet or savory can lift them both to another level. Check my tips what to consider when flavour pairing coffee!
Have you ever wondered what happens in a coffee farm before the beans are roasted by a coffee roastery? Coffee farms come in different sizes and all have different methods of farming and processing but here is one example from Kenya where I visited early 2019.
Why some of the coffee shops don't seem to be successful in all the customers and some of them are left without any? How to get people to visit your location and come back over and over again? What makes a successful coffee shop? A successful coffee shop doesn't just happen and there are many reasons behind a successful coffee shop.
I visited the city for the first time years ago and totally fell in love with, well, everything. Since I have visited regularly. It's a stunning mixture of history and modern, rough street corners next super posh high street shops and of course interesting coffee scene. Russia has been traditionally more tea then coffee country, and when 94% of people drink tea you could say it still is pretty tea concentrated nation. But statistics show that coffee consumption is getting bigger and bigger every year. I also believe that in big cities such St Pete and Moscow the coffee culture is already blooming really nicely. Here is my best picks from my last visit this fall.
Welcome to our coffee blog! Here you will find coffee blogs from Paulig Barista Institute trainers. We are all passionate coffee lovers from the Nordics and Baltics. In addition, we give barista training at Paulig Barista Institute and you can learn more about our barista courses here. In our coffee blogs we want to share our expertise and love for coffee. Join our barista community!
