Coffee, Health, and...Gut Bacteria?

Coffee BrewingScott RaoFebruary 3, 2017coffee, gut bacteria, health

The Bed Wetter

Coffee BrewingScott RaoJanuary 23, 2017batch brew, batch brew machine, spray head, coffee bed, Fetco

Five Decent Days

Coffee BrewingScott RaoDecember 19, 2016Decent Espresso, cafe, coffee machine, coffee industry, flow rate, temperature, espresso, extraction, espresso shots, preinfusion, espresso machine, channeling, dosing, distribution method, grounds, grinder

YES or NO by RAO

News & UpdatesScott RaoDecember 9, 2016coffee questions, barista, coffee roaster

Cat & Cloud

News & UpdatesScott RaoDecember 9, 2016Cat & Cloud, barista, coffee podcast, customer loyalty, cafe, coffee roasting, coffee blog

Anatomy of a Consulting Job

Coffee RoastingScott RaoNovember 27, 2016coffee consulting, roasting software, roastery, extraction, Probat

There Are No Points for Difficulty in Coffee

Coffee Roasting, Coffee BrewingScott RaoNovember 7, 2016coffee, coffee roasting, green coffee storage, coffee roaster, barista, preinfusion, grinder burrs, cafe, water-treatment system

The West-Coast Tour

News & UpdatesScott RaoNovember 1, 2016Decent Espresso, espresso, extraction

The Coffee Podcast

News & UpdatesScott RaoOctober 30, 2016scott rao, the coffee podcast

Prewetting: When to do it, when not to

Coffee BrewingScott RaoOctober 27, 2016coffee, espresso, hand pour, immersion, preinfusion, prewet, prewetting, scott rao

Some Observations on Hand Pours

Coffee BrewingScott RaoOctober 8, 2016chemex, clever dripper, hand pour, kalita, scott rao, v60

This Milk Jug Will Save You a Lot of Money and Improve Your Latte Art.

Coffee BrewingScott RaoSeptember 22, 2016decent espresso, latte art, milk jug, milk pitcher, milk steaming, scott rao, steaming pitcher

Ask Anything!!

News & UpdatesScott RaoSeptember 15, 2016AMA, coffee roasting, coffee brewing, questions

Go Get Em, Again

News & UpdatesScott RaoSeptember 13, 2016Fetco, Los Angeles, Ethiopia, cafe, GGET

Your Bean Probe Has Been Lying to You

Coffee RoastingScott RaoSeptember 7, 2016roasting machine, bean probe, the turn, roast curve, cropster, bean-temperature, ROR curve, ColorTrack

Batch Brew Basics Part 1: The Setup

Coffee BrewingScott RaoAugust 31, 2016batch brew, third wave coffee, coffee bed, channeling, extraction, batch size, bed depth

Australians Invade Manhattan. Again.

While this blog will be primarily about coffee roasting and brewing, I plan to post the occasional cafe review when I'm inspired by something particularly wonderful or terrible. Last week I visited three of Manhattan's newer cafes and had some refreshing experiences.