1:3 — The Lungo And Short Of It
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Edition No. 3
Happy Friday! We hope you enjoy today’s edition of 1:3 whilst sipping on your daily cuppa.
1 Fun Thing
We’ve been playing this track on loop, and guarantee it’ll put you in a great mood for the weekend! Rhythm is all around us, and that includes coffee brewing too. Fun experiment: next time you’re brewing, try ditching the timer and using your favourite song to guide you instead. You may not get it right the first time, but it’s loads of fun!
3 Facts
Pour over brewers like the V60 have ridges which create gaps between the filter paper and walls of the brewer. While brewing, some of the water above the coffee bed slips out through the paper and down these gaps making little to no contact with the coffee. This phenomenon, called bypass, leads to lower extractions, and is why low or no bypass brewers like the KŌNO and Tricolate are gaining popularity.
Did you know India’s coffee is entirely shade-grown? Coffee grows under the forest canopy, amidst other crops like pepper, cardamom, jackfruit, banana, etc. which lends itself to protecting the natural ecology more.
Temperature has a big impact on extraction, making the material that your brewer is made of very important. Metal and ceramic (vs. plastic for example) can absorb a lot of heat out of the brew water and therefore benefit from being pre-heated.