How Much Caffeine in Coffee? Flat White, Long Black & More
How much caffeine is in your cup? Understand the differences between espresso, filter and decaf, with published reference figures and clear limits on what they can tell you.
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A little understanding. A better cup.
Practical guides to choosing, brewing and enjoying your coffee.
What Is Specialty Coffee? A Practical Guide for Australian Coffee Drinkers
Specialty coffee is coffee recognised for distinctive attributes that give it additional value. Those attributes can include how it tastes and smells, as well as what is known about its origin, producer and processing.…
Read the guideHow Many Coffee Plants Does It Take to Make 1 kg of Roasted Coffee?
A year on a coffee tree. And still not a kilo. Pick up a 1 kg bag and it feels like nothing much. A tree spent a year on this. Then most of the weight...
Read the guideWhat Coffee Beans Work Best in a Flat White at Home?
Beans for a home flat white A reliable starting point for a home flat white is a medium or medium-dark coffee with chocolate and caramel notes. Milk changes the balance of sweetness, acidity and texture....
Read the guideHow Much Coffee Per Cup? Grams and Ratios by Brewing Method
Dose and ratio A practical starting point is about 6 grams of coffee for every 100ml of brewing water in filter-style methods. For espresso, start from the basket you actually use. On an 18g basket,...
Read the guideFlat White vs Latte: What’s the Difference?
The milk-coffee guide Same espresso family. Different milk manners. If you have ever ordered a flat white and wondered how it differs from a latte, the useful answer is in the balance of coffee, milk...
Read the guideHow Hard Should You Tamp Espresso? Pressure, Level and Dose
Tamp until the coffee stops compressing, keep the tamper dead level, and do it the same way every time. The exact pressure matters far less than the folklore says. The famous "30 pounds of force"...
Read the guideHow to Clean and Descale Your Espresso Machine
Espresso machine care comes down to three habits: wipe and flush daily, clean the brewing parts weekly, and descale on the schedule your machine's manual sets. Do those three and you head off most of...
Read the guideLight, Medium or Dark Roast: What Actually Changes?
Roast level changes a coffee's taste from end to end: lighter roasts keep more of the bean's natural acidity and brew a brighter cup, while darker roasts trade that acidity for heavier, more bittersweet roast...
Read the guideCoffee Grind Size Chart: Which Grind for Every Brewer
Match the grind to the brew time: fine grinds for fast, pressurised brews like espresso, medium for drip and pour over, coarse for long steeps like French press and cold brew. Get that pairing right...
Read the guideHow to Store Coffee Beans (and Keep Them Fresh)
Store coffee beans in an airtight, opaque container in a cool, dark cupboard, buy only what you will drink in a few weeks, and grind just before you brew. That is the whole science. Everything...
Read the guideCold Brew Coffee Ratio: Ready-to-Drink & Concentrate
Cold brew is coffee made by steeping coarse-ground coffee in cold or room-temperature water for 12 to 18 hours, then straining it. For a concentrate, use 100g of coffee per 500ml of water and dilute...
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