CoffeeGlossary
Vol. 6 · Est. 2019
Tuesday Edition · Issue No. 1,247
Vol. 5 · Issue 47 · Tuesday EditionThe Brew Brief Newsletter
Brew Brief is the weekly dispatch from CoffeeGlossary — read by 47,000+ home baristas, Q-Graders, and roasters. New glossary entries, brewing deep-dives, and equipment roundups, edited by credentialed coffee professionals and delivered before your kettle boils.
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Brew Brief is short on purpose — five sections, five minutes of reading, no filler. Here is exactly what you will receive, week after week.
A single coffee term — drawn from our 1,247-entry library — explained with the precision of a Q-Grader and the patience of a friend at the bar. Past picks have covered development time, turbulence, and quaker beans.
New in every issueA short, practical walkthrough of one brewing technique — V60 pour-over, AeroPress inverted, lever espresso, cold brew concentrate — with ratios you can actually repeat. Written by certified baristas, tested on real home equipment.
2,300+ signups per month from these guidesA curated, opinionated look at grinders, kettles, scales, and espresso machines at every price tier — with affiliate links to the gear we genuinely recommend. No sponsored placements, ever.
Reader-funded via affiliate linksA short, personal letter from the desk of Lena Vasquez (founder) or one of our four Q-Grader editors — on a piece of coffee news, a roaster worth watching, or a brewing question pulled from reader mail.
Signed by the editorWritten by an editorial team of 9 — including 4 Q-Graders and 2 WBC-certified judges. Meet the editorial board →
From the Archive · Past Issues
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From the $40 Timemore C2 to the $2,900 Weber Workshops EG-1, our editor spent six months dialing in identical coffees across every grinder we could borrow. Here is what held up — and what did not.
A four-page field guide to under-extraction — written for the home barista who has watched ten YouTube videos and is still chasing a balanced shot.
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