168 : Getting the Best From Your Coffee w/ Pete Licata

Dialing in your coffee can be hit or miss. There are so many factors to consider for the extremely large variety of coffees we are tasked with brewing. Methods, recipes, and philosophies abound yet still the complexity of brewing remains a barrier to getting the best from your coffee. That is the problem that todays guest, 2013 WBC Champ, Pete Licata has set out to solve in his new book, "How to get the Best from your Coffee". In the book Pete identifies and expounds on 4 fundamentals in brewing: Water, Device & Filter, Grinding, and Variables. He takes readers through his process of identifying key practices and insights into each of those categories that will yield a predictably great cup every time, whether or not you are familiar with that coffee. In this conversation you will learn: How to choose temperature based on coffees density Which material is best for brewing What about our water makes a coffee shine? Is grind uniformity truly the best for brewing? The importance of questioning and curiosity Why our obsession with celebrity is regressive So much more! Go get this book: "How to get the Best from your Coffee" www.licatacoffeeconsultants.com