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Are you confused by coffee jargon? Frustrated that your coffee at home doesn’t taste quite as good as at your favourite cafe? If you want to learn more about coffee, join coffee expert Angela Holder as she shares her knowledge and passion for great coffee to help you get better coffee for a happier life. Ironically a bad cup of coffee was the catalyst for Angela's personal coffee journey. It led her into a career in the coffee industry where she discovered what truly makes a coffee taste good. Angela’s mission is to share this information with you so that you have the knowledge you need make better coffee at home and to find the cafes that serve great coffee when you’re not. In short coffee break sized episodes, Angela reveals need-to-know coffee information and coffee industry insights through the lens of a different theme each week. Join Angela on her quest to guide you towards better coffee so that you too can can brew great coffee at home. The best way to tackle life is one coffee at a time. Here’s to better coffee!
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Send me a text messageIt's the season finale! In the last episode for this season we find out why that great coffee you just had was in fact a miracle in a cup. Discover just what had to go right all along the way from coffee bush to cup so that you could have a moment with your coffee. This week’s FACQ answers the frustrating question of why it is that when you find a good coffee it’s never there when you go back for it again.Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageIt’s time to tackle coffee blends. Did you know that while all coffee blends are coffees not all coffees are blends? In this episode we explore this distinction, why it’s important and what it means to you as a consumer. This week’s FACQ wonders just how many different coffees you can find in a blend.Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageSpecialty coffee is all about the beans from the Arabica coffee plant which are complex and varied in flavour. But there is another coffee species called Robusta, widely used in cheap, high volume coffee products, which is potentially more resilient than Arabica to the threats posed to coffee production by global climate change. As the future of coffee may well lie with Robusta this episode takes a deep dive into its current situation - where it grows, what it tastes like and in this week’s FACQ, what your options are for tracking down Robusta coffee to try for yourself.Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageDo you like bitterness or are you bitter averse? In this episode we explore bitterness in coffee: what causes it, how you can influence a coffee’s bitterness and why it is actually something to be embraced not avoided. This answer to this week’s FACQ tackles the search for that ever elusive ‘not too bitter’ coffee!Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageThis episode tackles the subject of the freshness of your coffee. What is defined as fresh coffee? How can you tell if your coffee is fresh? Can coffee ever be too fresh? This week’s FACQ explains the important difference between the ‘roast date’ and ‘best before’ dates on coffee packaging.Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageAll about decaffeinated coffee, or decaf for short. All coffee naturally contains caffeine so any coffee that is labelled as decaf has to have gone through a manufacturing process to remove its caffeine. This episode covers what’s involved in that process and how decaffeination affects the way coffee brews and tastes. This week’s FACQ asks just how decaffeinated is decaf coffee? As mentioned, you can read more about decaf in this article on the Consumer Reports website.Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageThis episode picks apart the tangle of what we mean when we talk about strength in coffee. Encouraged by supermarket labelling, you might fall into the trap of thinking that the strength of a coffee is merely a consequence of its roast level but in fact the brewing method and a coffee’s inherent character also have a part to play in its strength. This week’s FACQ tackles how to reduce the strength of your coffee without compromising the flavour.Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageThis week’s episode delves into what is meant by roast level and the impact of roast level on brewing and coffee flavours. This week’s FACQ discusses the effect of roast level on the amount of caffeine in your coffee.Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageThe importance of coffee grind size on the flavour in your cup and why you really should buy a grinder. This week’s FACQ answers the age old question: can you grind coffee for Instant?Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageIn this episode we explore the impact of how coffee is stored on how it tastes - for better and worse! This week’s FACQ tackles the best way to store roasted coffee at home to keep it tasting good.Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageWhen you’re trying to find a good coffee to brew at home the world of specialty coffee can be an impenetrable and confusing place. This episode cuts through snobbery and marketing to suggest ways to find a coffee that you’ll love. This week’s FACQ answers the question of why the altitude that a coffee is grown at has a profound effect on its flavour. Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageHow brewing water temperature affects the flavours in the cup, the ideal temperature range for brewing a good coffee and how to use brewing water temperature to control some aspects of coffee tastes. This week’s FACQ is about how to use other brewing variables to reduce the bitterness of your coffee.Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
Send me a text messageAre you drinking good coffee? Do you even know what makes a good coffee? In this weekly coffee-break length podcast for the coffee curious, find out what actually makes a coffee good and how to go about getting it…Get in touch! Email: thecoffeedrinkersguide@gmail.comInstagram: @thecoffeedrinkersguideLusona Publishing and Media Limited website: https://www.lusonapub.co.ukYou can find the show notes and transcript here: www.thecoffeedrinkersguide.co.uk
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