The Coffee Drinker's Guide
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 Holder as she shares her knowledge and passion for great coffee to help you get better coffee for a happier life. Ironically a bad cup of coffee was the catalyst for Angela's personal coffee journey. It led her into a career in the coffee industry where she discovered what truly makes a coffee taste good. Angela’s mission is to share this information with you so that you have the knowledge you need make better coffee at home and to find the cafes that serve great coffee when you’re not. In short coffee break sized episodes, Angela reveals need-to-know coffee information and coffee industry insights through the lens of a different theme each week. Join Angela on her quest to guide you towards better coffee so that you too can can brew great coffee at home. The best way to tackle life is one coffee at a time. Here’s to better coffee!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
We Need To Talk About Robusta
Specialty coffee is all about the beans from the Arabica coffee plant which are complex and varied in flavour. But there is another coffee species called Robusta, widely used in cheap, high volume co…
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 em…
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 t…
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 caffe…
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 …
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 caffei…
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?
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.
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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 …
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.…
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 ab…