DIY Extraction Tasting

DIY Extraction Tasting

The very first post on Barista Hustle was about understanding the taste of extraction. This week I’d like to share a simple experiment that will allow you to taste those differences in extractions side by side. All you’ll need is coffee, scales, a grinder and an...

Strength Calculators

Strength and Dilution Calculators These interactive calculators will help you understand the effect of adding water to coffee from the perspective of strength (Total Dissolved Solids, or concentration). Although they require a refractometer to provide initial coffee...
Cowculator

Cowculator

It’s time, people. For the second instalment of our series on milk, we give you “The Cowculator”. The Cowculator figures out the precise breakdown of coffee, fat, protein and sugar in your milky drinks. You can use it for both drip/filter and espresso based coffees,...

Consulting

 Barista Hustle has been a great way to share surface-level information with the coffee community, and it’s so far helped over 1.7 million people make better coffee. From the number of questions we receive via email there’s still an obvious lack of specific and...
I’m Matt Perger

I’m Matt Perger

Barista & Boundary Pusher Everything I do is focused on consistency, accuracy and deliciousness. People around the world know me as the Barista who popularised using the EK43 grinder for espresso, sieved coffee grinds for uniform particle size in the WBrC and...