A day on the Caffe Society barista course
One great service that we offer is our barista training.
The service is available to those who want to learn more about the beverage and become skilled in the art of coffee making and is something that we offer free of charge to all our commercial customers who purchase machines from ourselves. We sent our latest starter on one of these training courses and here are the results…..
“Truth be told, my experiences of making cups of coffee had been limited to putting a teaspoon of instant coffee in a mug, pouring in the boiling water from the kettle, adding some milk and sugar, stirring, and then drinking. So the idea that, in a few short hours, I would be making coffee with a traditional espresso machine and trying my hand at some latte art was, shall we say, a slightly daunting and seemingly impossible one. After all, my previous attempt on the office coffee machine brought about disastrous, bitter results.
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A gooey delight of a dessert
Aside from a regularly consumed beverage, coffee has also long been associated with showpiece events (the recent Golden Globe’s come to mind) as well as deserts. But we guarantee that you will have not heard, or seen, a use for coffee like this!
Given that posh things have come into fashion recently, especially variations of the noble burgers which has made an impact upon culinary menus, many people tip the pizza to have a renaissance this year.
Well, while that may be true. This recipe certainly is not part of that trend. But nevertheless, it is very fun.
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Tamp away in style
There are many steps in making the perfect espresso and one of the vital stages of this process is the tamping procedure.
Now you can tamp accurately, evenly and in style thanks to our coloured, anodized tampers.
The tamper is an essential tool in the trade. It allows the baristas to evenly apply pressure to the coffee grind, ensuring that the grinds are compacted in a uniform manner which in turn produces a better extraction.
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Can’t Remember? Have A Coffee!
A good, strong shot of coffee a day could be the secret to longer lasting memories a new US study finds – allowing all those associated with the beverage to once again proclaim its seemingly continuous magical properties!
Swarms of sleepy-eyed commuters clutch a cup of coffee every morning, but a study, run by Michael Yassa a neuroscientist from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, shows that your daily cup might just help jolt your memory.
The aim of the study was to better understand how images are in the brain by way of pattern separation, something which is vital to everyday situations.
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Coffee does not dehydrate a study shows
The big news doing the rounds at the moment is the results of a study undertaken by academics from Birmingham University.
Coffee, long supposed as a diuretic, is in fact ‘as hydrating as water’.
The notion that coffee dehydrates stems from work on caffeine around eighty-years ago, but did not take into account certain chemical reactions.
Finally, we can lay that issue to rest.
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Tantalising ideas for cooking with tea
From the teapot to the cooking pot
It’s not just coffee that goes a long way in the kitchen! Oh no – tea, of which some of us are partial to a cup of, is also an unsung hero in culinary adventures. According to NPR’s Bonny Wolf], tea is set to be one of the food trends of 2014
Around the word tea has been added into traditional savoury recipes stretching back hundreds of years. Generally speaking when adding tea as an ingredient you will want to take into consideration the taste of the final product – so chose your variety wisely!