by Sharayah | Mar 12, 2025 | All About Coffee, Great Coffee At Home
We don’t mean to downplay the skill it takes to understand coffee tasting notes, we just want to be clear that we think anyone can learn it! The number one most important thing when tasting coffee is to be able to tell if you like it or not. If you can tell... by Sharayah | Feb 19, 2025 | All About Coffee, Brewing Methods, Great Coffee At Home
Now that we’ve got the preliminary stuff down, we’re ready to start making coffee! (Woohoo!) There are three things that affect the taste of coffee: water temperature, grind size, and coffee to water ratio. Today we’re going to spend a little...
by Sharayah | Dec 19, 2024 | All About Coffee, Coffee Gear, Great Coffee At Home
You’ve got your brewing gear. You’ve got your coffee. You’ve opened your coffee. And now, you’ve gotta keep that coffee fresh. There’s a lot of advice out there about the best way to store your coffee. And just like coffee gear,... by Sharayah | Dec 13, 2024 | All About Coffee, Great Coffee At Home
One of the questions we get asked all the time at markets is “When was it roasted?”. Our answer is almost always “within the last week”. Sometimes folks will turn their nose up at this answer; they’re looking for the freshest possible...
by Sharayah | Nov 21, 2024 | All About Coffee, Brewing Methods, Coffee Gear, Great Coffee At Home
We have some good news: you don’t need a bunch of fancy gear to make great coffee at home. And, maybe this is good news to you, you can still have fancy coffee gear if you want! We want to help you be the best home barista you can be, so we’ve got some... by Sharayah | Nov 7, 2024 | Coffee History, Great Coffee At Home
Here at BCR, we want to be on the cutting edge of 4th wave coffee. Ok, in normal person, not pretentious coffee snob speak, we want to make you the best home barista you can be. And we’re happy to support you at whatever level of coffee snob you aspire to. 😁...