DIY Water Recipes: The World In Two Bottles

DIY Water Recipes: The World In Two Bottles

Note: This post has been updated! In July 2019 we wrote a follow up to this post, using a different set of concentrates to make it even easier to develop your own water recipes. Since having two different sets of instructions was getting confusing, we’ve changed...
Barista Hustle Water Recipe

Barista Hustle Water Recipe

Update: We’ve got a pretty cool Version 2.0 here — you should really check it out! Plus you might want to check out out post on advanced remineralisation for coffee water here. Water can be responsible for highlighting acidity, increasing body, and slowing down...
DIY Extraction Tasting

DIY Extraction Tasting

The very first post on Barista Hustle was about understanding the taste of extraction. This week I’d like to share a simple experiment that will allow you to taste those differences in extractions side by side. All you’ll need is coffee, scales, a grinder and an...

Strength Calculators

Strength and Dilution Calculators These interactive calculators will help you understand the effect of adding water to coffee from the perspective of strength (Total Dissolved Solids, or concentration). Although they require a refractometer to provide initial coffee...