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A WORLD IN EVERY CUP

Good coffee starts with curiosity.

Explore coffee varieties and origins, make a better brew, and share the cafés and coffees you love.

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Coffee plantation in São João do Manhuaçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil — Minas Gerais, Brazil · Fernando Rebêlo · CC BY-SA 3.0

A little precision. A better cup.

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Coffee to water ↗

Choose your dose and water-to-coffee ratio.

Coffee dose ↗

Find the coffee dose for a measured amount of water.

Espresso yield ↗

Plan the mass of espresso in your cup.

Espresso ratio ↗

Calculate the ratio of your measured shot.

Recipe scaler ↗

Scale coffee and water together.

Serving planner ↗

Plan brew water and coffee for several cups.

Bloom water ↗

Set aside the first pour from your total water.

Pour schedule ↗

Split remaining brew water into equal pours.

Iced pour over ↗

Divide brew water into hot water and ice.

Concentrate dilution ↗

Dilute a measured concentrate by mass.

TDS dilution ↗

Calculate added water to lower a measured TDS.

Extraction yield ↗

Estimate extraction from beverage mass and coffee TDS.

Get to know your coffee

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Species

Arabica

The species behind many specialty coffees and a large family of named cultivars.

Coffea canephora at Aanakkulam, Kerala, India; cultivar not identified · Jee & Rani Nature Photography (Jeevan Jose) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Species

Robusta / Canephora

A diverse coffee species that includes cultivated robusta material.

Species

Liberica

A cultivated coffee species distinct from Arabica and Canephora.

Species

Excelsa

A coffee species also encountered under older Liberica-related names.

Cultivar

Bourbon

Bourbon is a Arabica entry in the World Coffee Research variety catalog.

Cultivar

Caturra

Caturra is a Arabica entry in the World Coffee Research variety catalog.

Cultivar

SL28

SL28 is a Arabica entry in the World Coffee Research variety catalog.

Cultivar

Typica

Typica is a Arabica entry in the World Coffee Research variety catalog.

From the coffee belt

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Coffee farm in São João do Manhuaçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil · Fernando Rebêlo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Country

Brazil

Coffee origins in Brazil: traceability, regional context and community discoveries.

Coffee plantation on Mount Gumitir, Java, Indonesia · Okkisafire · CC BY-SA 4.0

Country

Indonesia

Coffee origins in Indonesia: traceability, regional context and community discoveries.

Coffee beans photographed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; cultivar not identified · Ninaras · CC BY-SA 4.0

Country

Ethiopia

Coffee origins in Ethiopia: traceability, regional context and community discoveries.

Coffee plants in Cianda, Kiambu County, Kenya · Lebu Ayiga · CC BY 4.0

Country

Kenya

Coffee origins in Kenya: traceability, regional context and community discoveries.

One method at a time

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Brewing

A repeatable pour-over recipe

A practical pour-over starting recipe with clear steps and adjustments.

A Bodum French press; equipment photograph · Kreegah · CC BY-SA 3.0

Brewing

French press: an immersion starting point

A practical immersion starting recipe with clear steps and adjustments.

Brewing

Espresso: dial in by dose and yield

A practical espresso starting recipe with clear steps and adjustments.

AeroPress and AeroPress Go; earlier product versions photographed in 2020 · Bex Walton · CC BY 2.0

Brewing

AeroPress: a simple upright brew

A practical AeroPress starting recipe with clear steps and adjustments.

Find your next coffee stop

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Café

Tim Wendelboe Espresso Bar

A coffee stop at the roaster’s Oslo espresso bar.

Oslo · Norway

Café

Coffee Collective Jægersborggade

Coffee Collective’s Jægersborggade coffee shop in Copenhagen.

Copenhagen · Denmark

Café

Monmouth Coffee Covent Garden

Monmouth Coffee’s shop in London’s Covent Garden area.

London · United Kingdom

Café

Prufrock Coffee

A London café on Leather Lane with a focus on coffee.

London · United Kingdom

Around the community

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