by BHLearn | Dec 21, 2018 | Knowledgebase
How do ion exchange water filters work? We all know that hard water is the enemy of good coffee – it can make coffee taste heavy, chalky, and dull, and will wreak havoc with your equipment too. Ion exchange water filters are the most common method for... by BHLearn | Dec 7, 2018 | Knowledgebase
Why Does Cold Brew Taste Different? Cold brewed coffee tastes quite different to the same coffee brewed hot, then chilled. It tastes considerably less acidic, with more ‘brown’ flavours (on the spectrum from chocolate to rubber), and generally few of the complex... by BHLearn | Nov 30, 2018 | Knowledgebase
Do you have any recommendations for the maintenance of cloth filters? If you’ve ever used cloth filters, then you’ve probably experienced this: your first few brews are fantastic – full bodied, with a distinctive silky mouthfeel, but great clarity. The next day,... 
by BHLearn | Nov 22, 2018 | Knowledgebase
Is it More Environmentally Friendly to Switch my Espresso Machine off Overnight? We’ve all been told, at some point in our careers, that modern espresso machines are so efficient that heating them up from cold actually uses more energy than leaving them running... 
by BHLearn | Nov 16, 2018 | Knowledgebase
How is it that coffee still tastes sweet, even though in scientific literature we’re told all — or almost all — the sugars have been caramelised. Is the literature wrong? Green coffee contains as much as 9% sucrose (A. Farah) as well as numerous... by BHLearn | Nov 9, 2018 | Knowledgebase
Why can coffee dry your mouth? Does it have anything to do with over extraction? Dryness – or astringency? The dry feeling in the mouth that you can sometimes get after drinking coffee is properly called ‘astringency’. This is a dry, sandy feeling on the...