Advanced Coffee Brewing - August 21st

The Advanced Coffee Brewing (fna "Understanding Extraction") training combines

theoretical exploration of coffee brewing with tasting and

troubleshooting exercises. As a result, baristas gain the ability to

approach any brewing method.

First, the trainer introduces the brew control chart. Next, baristas

interact with TDS (strength) and extraction using formulas. This is done

with both a chalk board and digital calculator tools. Then, baristas learn

how the combination of strength and extraction apply to coffee

brewing.

Baristas will brew and chart extractions using real brews and then

measure TDS. Next, using the recipe and TDS, baristas learn how to

measure extraction. Last, these tools inform an exercise in the

understanding coffee extraction training that improves upon the quality

of a brewed coffee.

This course, when pared with advanced espresso, should give

baristas plenty of mental material to contemplate while making coffee.

Therefore, we hope it acts as a springboard to the professional pursuit

of coffee. Actual methods that Blueprint finds beneficial to improving

coffee quality in our cafes inform this course. While science, scales, and

calculators may feel out of place behind a coffee bar, we believe they

are critical to the advancement of our field.

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