Section · history & glossary
Coffee brewing history and glossary
Where today's brewing devices came from, the vocabulary used across the lab, and a short note on the company that used this domain before.
HistoryBrewing device history: percolator to AeroPressA dated timeline from the 1819 percolator to the 2005 AeroPress, with the patents behind the moka pot, French press, Chemex and V60, and where the records disagree.HistoryCoffee filter history: Melitta Bentz, 1908The 1908 utility model, the 1930s cone and filter bag, museum objects, a dated timeline, where the records disagree, and dates for other brewing devices.ReferenceCoffee brewing glossaryBloom, bypass, channeling, drawdown, extraction yield, fines, slurry, strength and TDS, A–Z with SCA definitions and a labelled pour-over diagram.Domain noteHello: what happened to pourxlab.comA sourced note on PourX, the Taiwanese company whose Oura scale used this domain, and where to start in the lab.