1 Fun Thing
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert film became a box office blockbuster a week before hitting cinemas with global advance ticket sales topping $100m. That makes it the most profitable concert film in history.
3 Coffee Facts
The EU’s new law banning the import of commodities, including coffee, linked to deforestation has industry professionals worried that it may end up impacting producers the most. Countries like Ethiopia, Uganda, Peru, Guatemala, etc that have “inadequate infrastructure and low levels of traceability” may see less demand from Europe, which may force those producers to sell to countries that don’t have the same level of traceability requirements, thus negating the intent of the law: decreasing deforestation.
Flavour experiences are heavily influenced by our EXPECTATIONS before we actually taste the food. These expectations are automatically triggered by what we see, hear, touch, and smell orthonasally, and come from both ‘intrinsic’ (colour, aroma, etc) and ‘extrinsic’ (utensils, packaging, branding, etc).
The Mahlkönig EK 43, the one-time spice grinder, has spent the last decade as THE go-to coffee grinder at high-end cafes the world over. Ahead of the hospitality event Host Milan, the German manufacturer has released the Mahlkonig EK Omnia with massive 98mm cast steel flat burrs. There are three grind modes — Classic (manual); Time, similar to time-based dosing in other Mahlkönig espresso grinders; and Library, consisting of 10 programmable settings that automatically dial in the Omnia to the pre-saved grind size via the new pre-dosing hopper.