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From the perspective of a seasoned home brewer, read what Alexander Mills has to say about coffees, cafés, and home brewing gear! I help you brew better coffee so that you can enjoy a specialty experience at home.
Alexander Mills
1y ago
Today Fellow Products dropped their most recent product for your home coffee bar, the Tally Pro Precision Scale. I’ve been using it for a few weeks already, so here are a few of my thoughts ..read more
Alexander Mills
1y ago
It’s essential that you clean your grinder, not only for the quality of your cup but for the care of that hard working piece of machinery. Here's how I clean my grinder, but this will apply to most burr grinders out there ..read more
Alexander Mills
1y ago
Coffee is a perishable food item, fighting against time and other elements of our wild world to maintain its integrity and flavour. If you’re investing in high quality coffee you want it to last for as long as possible, I get that. Here’s how to keep your coffee fresher for longer without storing it in an Atmos canister or vacuum sealing and freezing it ..read more
Alexander Mills
1y ago
There are over 100 species of the coffea plant, a flowering tree belonging to the Rubiaceae family. Of course, you know a subset of these fruit-bearing shrubs as the coffee plant. Ready to learn more ..read more
Alexander Mills
2y ago
I can’t confirm whether or not unicorns exist, but I can confidently say I’ve never seen one. I’ve never seen a home coffee grinder that can capably grind for espresso brewing and coarse filter brewing, but the new Mahlkönig X54 Allround grinder is as close to a unicorn as I’ll ever see ..read more
Alexander Mills
2y ago
Fellow Products have been the leader of the pack in home brewing innovation for the last few years. From their successful Duo Steeper Kickstarter campaign to another crowdfunded success in the EKG+ kettle, Fellow is looking to their believers once more with a claim to the best home coffee grinder ever ..read more
Alexander Mills
2y ago
Have you ever been disappointed by a coffee because you didn’t taste the flavor notes on the bag? That’s because taste is subjective, and it depends entirely on your personal experiences. Let’s learn how to talk about taste together ..read more
Alexander Mills
2y ago
There are so many variables that contribute to how your coffee tastes when you’re brewing it by hand, but one of, if not the most influential variable is your grind size. And not just your grind size, but your grind particle distribution - how even your coffee is ground. Shimmy helps improve the grind particle distribution of any grinder ..read more
Alexander Mills
2y ago
I brew into a server for the same reasons you decant a nice red wine. Giving your coffee a swirl and a sniff before you pour it into your drinking mug serves it well by introducing some oxygen into it aerating the beverage. The sniff helps to calibrate my senses before I even take a sip, setting my expectations for what I'm about to taste. It also helps to cool your drink down a few degrees so you can enjoy it sooner - who wouldn't want that ..read more