How do you do...or should we say how do you brew? You dynamic PNW coffee aficionados pick up right where they left off last episode from the history of coffee to the evolution of the types of machines to brew it. Join us with java on this second part of our "This Is Coffee" series.

(Johnny Cash - A Cup of Coffee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktEkeJjHqBI). Complete with yodeling and either drunk or high rambling lyrics!)

“Craft” Coffee

Water + Coffee +Time (and care)

*how do you brew? aka Extraction Process*

* _*Pressure/Siphon*_
* Espresso
* Percolator-later-early 19th century
* Bialetti / siphon pot /(the Italian Moka pot (https://www.bialetti.it/it_it/company-story) which was invented in 1933.)
* The earliest siphon pot (or vacuum brewer) dates back to the early 19th century. The initial patent dates from the 1830s in Berlin, but the first commercially available siphon pot was designed by Marie Fanny Amelne Massot, and it hit the market in the 1840s. By 1910, the pot made its way to America and was patented by two Massachusetts sisters, Bridges and Sutton. Their pyrex brewer was known as the “Silex.”
* Moka pot (https://ineedcoffee.com/the-story-of-the-bialetti-moka-express/)": aluminum- the wonder metal (Facist drive to make it the national metal of Italy) stove-top brews coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through ground coffee. Named after the Yemeni city of Mocha, it was invented by an Italian engineer named Alfonso *Bialetti* in 1933
* Aeropress (https://aeropress.com/why-aeropress/)
* Alan Adler-designed instrumentation systems for military aircraft, nuclear reactors, and submarines, a paraboloid lens for telescopes, and dozens of flutes
* 2004 Alan began studying the coffee brewing process and analyzing coffee maker designs - debuted 2005
* Low acid- 1/9 acid of french press, 1/5 of drip.

* _*Gravity*_
* Drip
* Pour over
* Chemex (https://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/)
* (Family owned) The *Chemex* (https://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/about-us) Coffeemaker was invented in 1941 by Dr. Peter Schlumbohm PhD. Made simply from non-porous, borosilicate glass and fastened with a wood collar and tie, it brews coffee without imparting any flavors of its own.--On permanent display at MOMA NY and other fine museums, it is truly a work of art.

* _*Steep*_
* Ibirik
* French press
* The lore (https://europeancoffeetrip.com/the-history-of-french-press/):
* A Frenchmen was boiling his water when he realised he had forgotten to put the coffee in. Once added, the coffee grounds rose to the surface of the boiling pot. He wanted to save the only portion of coffee he had with him and bought a piece of metal screen from a passing-by Italian merchant. Fitting the screen over the boiling pot, he used a stick to press the screen down, together with the coffee grounds. And how was the coffee? He expected it to be terrible, but the result turned out to be the best coffee both men had ever tasted. An accident led to a discovery of a new way of brewing coffee.
* The first documented origins of the “most underrated method of brewing coffee”, as James Hoffmann called it in his book ‘The World Atlas of Coffee’, date back to 1852. It was Mayer and Delforge, two Frenchmen, who had their innovation—a simpler version of the later designs—patented then.
* The coffee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee) brewing device invented by Paolini Ugo and patented by Italian designer Attilio Calimani and Giulio Moneta in 1929.
* _*Pod based brews*_
* Nespresso (https://www.nestle-nespresso.com/about-us/our-history)- began over 30 years ago “enable anyone to create the perfect cup of espresso coffee just like skilled baristas”
* 1986 epicenter of this movement- introduced in Swiss households with the Turmix C100 machine and the Nespresso Club. Also got the eye of airlines
* Keurig
* The original single-serve brewer and coffee-pod manufacturing company, *Keurig*, Inc., was founded in Massachusetts in 1992. It launched its first brewers and *K*-*Cup pods* in 1998, targeting the office market.
* 2004 was their boom


*History*

* https://www.thecoffeebrewers.com/hiofcobreq.html
“Coffee drinking has always been somewhat of a social activity. Not surprisingly, as many women as men were involved in its evolution and the evolution of preparation techniques over the centuries. At one point, as for our own prohibition era, women tried to outlaw coffee. This was in 1674 in England. At that time, many women were angry because they felt that their men spent too much time in coffee houses drinking coffee and socializing.”
* 17th century coffee cane and boomed in Europe.
* “Historians believe the first coffee filter was a sock; people would pour hot water through a sock filled with coffee grounds. ”https://historycooperative.org/history-of-coffee-brewing/
* Mr. Biggin.” In 1780 “Biggin pots”


coffee methods and hacks

*Chris:*

2. Turbocharged Caffeine hit? - Eat grapefruit along with your coffee. “By eating some grapefruit along with your morning coffee the caffeine from it stays in your bloodstream longer. ” From SpoonUniversity.com. (https://spoonuniversity.com/how-to/coffee-hacks-every-caffeine-addict-needs)
3. Bitter Coffee Face? A study showed that sodium ions (https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/coffee-add-salt-not-sugar-better-flavour-taste-cup-caffeine-bitterness-sodium-a7675916.html), “...suppress the bitterness in coffee and actually enhance its flavor.“ While it shouldn’t be added to every cup of coffee, if its particularly bitter then a small pinch of salt will help to mellow the overall flavor.
4. Make No-Churn Coffee Ice Cream (https://www.deathwishcoffee.com/blogs/news/7-coffee-hacks) - Add heavy cream, condensed milk, finely ground coffee, and warm water. Mix and freeze overnight. Top it with whipped cream because you deserve it. (From the Death Wish Coffee Company - best name for a coffee company according to Chris'.)
5. Make ready-to-go coffee bags by scooping ground coffee in a coffee filter and tying it up. Put your DIY pouch in a cup of hot water and brew just as you would a cup of tea. From Better Homes and Gardens (https://www.bhg.com/recipes/drinks/coffee/5-simple-coffee-hacks-that-will-make-you-better-than-a-barista/).
6. Make your own syrups - Vanilla Bean, Blackberry, Cinnamon Brown Sugar, and Almond (https://www.howsweeteats.com/2014/07/four-homemade-coffee-syrups-and-my-favorite-cold-brew/).
7. Homemade Holidy Gift Idea (HHGI) - Create a DIY Coffee Candle - From PopSugar (https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/Upcycled-Paper-Coffee-Cup-Candle-31102984) - (Small paper coffee cup, 1 to 2 tablespoons used coffee grounds, Paper towel, 1 cup wax candle remnants, Candle wick, Scissors, Small saucepan, Small metal or glass mixing bowl.)


*AJ:*

1. In Spokane? Want to learn and share int he passion of coffe- meet Indaba
1. https://www.indabacoffee.com (https://www.indabacoffee.com/)
2. Coffee Honey- latte
3. Maple - latte
1. https://runamokmaple.com/ (RUNAMOK MAPLE, FAIRFAX, VERMONT (https://runamokmaple.com/contact/))
2. https://www.woodinvillewhiskeyco.com/products/woodinville-barrel-aged-maple-syrup/
4. Kamira
1. https://www.espressokamira.net/kamira?lang=en
2. Messina Sicily Italy


Video in the intro and throughout the episode:
*This is Coffee *by Vision Associates 1961 : Public Domain courtesy of the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Vision+Associates%22)


Find us on the Web

AJ: ajbarse.com (http://ajbarse.com/)
Chris: chrispowell.co (http://chrispowell.co/)


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