The Coffee Drinker's Guide

By Angela Holder

Are you confused by coffee jargon? Frustrated that your coffee at home doesn’t taste quite as good as at your favourite cafe? If you want to learn more about coffee, join coffee expert Angela Holde

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The Coffee Drinker's Guide episodes:

April 03, 2024 Why Your Coffee Is Bitter And What To Do About It
Do you like bitterness or are you bitter averse? In this episode we explore bitterness in coffee: what causes it, how you can influence a coffee’s bitterness and why it is actually something to be embraced not avoided. This answer to this week’s FACQ tackles the search for that ever elusive ‘not too bitter’ coffee!
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9min
March 27, 2024 When Was Your Coffee Roasted?
This episode tackles the subject of the freshness of your coffee. What is defined as fresh coffee? How can you tell if your coffee is fresh? Can coffee ever be too fresh? This week’s FACQ explains the important difference between the ‘roast date’ and ‘best before’ dates on coffee packaging.

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9min
March 20, 2024 All You Need To Know About Decaf
All about decaffeinated coffee, or decaf for short. All coffee naturally contains caffeine so any coffee that is labelled as decaf has to have gone through a manufacturing process to remove its caffeine. This episode covers what’s involved in that process and how decaffeination affects the way coffee brews and tastes. This week’s FACQ asks just how decaffeinated is decaf coffee?

See the photos showing the difference in colour between normal raw beans and raw decaf beans here
As mentioned, you can read more about decaf in this article on the Consumer Reports website.

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10min
March 13, 2024 Coffee Strength: More Than Just A Number
This episode picks apart the tangle of what we mean when we talk about strength in coffee. Encouraged by supermarket labelling, you might fall into the trap of thinking that the strength of a coffee is merely a consequence of its roast level but in fact the brewing method and a coffee’s inherent character also have a part to play in its strength. This week’s FACQ tackles how to reduce the strength of your coffee without compromising the flavour.
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8min
March 06, 2024 Exploring Roast Level And Its Impact On Your Coffee
This week’s episode delves into what is meant by roast level and the impact of roast level on brewing and coffee flavours. This week’s FACQ discusses the effect of roast level on the amount of caffeine in your coffee.

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9min
February 28, 2024 Grind Size Matters
The importance of coffee grind size on the flavour in your cup and why you really should buy a grinder. This week’s FACQ answers the age old question: can you grind coffee for Instant?
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8min
February 21, 2024 Why Coffee Storage Matters More Than You Might Think
In this episode we explore the impact of how coffee is stored on how it tastes - for better and worse! This week’s FACQ tackles the best way to store roasted coffee at home to keep it tasting good.

See the photos showing green coffee and what coffee sacks look like here
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9min
February 14, 2024 Finding Your Coffee
When you’re trying to find a good coffee to brew at home the world of specialty coffee can be an impenetrable and confusing place. This episode cuts through snobbery and marketing to suggest ways to find a coffee that you’ll love. This week’s FACQ answers the question of why the altitude that a coffee is grown at has a profound effect on its flavour.

Key information to note about the coffees you like
1/ The country and region within the country where it was grown
2/ The variety of coffee bush
3/ A number with the letters m-a-s-l after it which is telling you the altitude or metres above sea level that it was grown at
4/ The processing method (such as: washed, natural, honey, anaerobic)
5/ The level of roast (light, medium, dark - or in the case of a supermarket coffee the ‘strength’ number on the packet)
6/ The farm name or Co-op if buying a roaster’s relationship coffee (where the roaster has an on-going agreement to buy coffee from the same supplier)
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9min
February 13, 2024 The Impact of Brewing Water Temperature on Coffee
How brewing water temperature affects the flavours in the cup, the ideal temperature range for brewing a good coffee and how to use brewing water temperature to control some aspects of coffee tastes. This week’s FACQ is about how to use other brewing variables to reduce the bitterness of your coffee.

Ideal water temperature brewing range for good coffee:
88° to 92°Celsius or 190° to 198°Fahrenheit
Keep it simple! Brew with water at 90°Celsius or 194°Fahrenheit

To modulate unpleasant tastes:
Too tart? Brew with water in the temperature range of 90° to 92°Celsius or 194° to 198°Fahrenheit.
Too dark and bitter? Brew with water in the temperature range of 88° to 90°Celsius or 190° to 194°Fahrenheit.
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8min
February 09, 2024 Trailer
Are you drinking good coffee? Do you even know what makes a good coffee? In this weekly coffee-break length podcast for the coffee curious, find out what actually makes a coffee good and how to go about getting it…
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The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.