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If you’re new to the coffee industry and not yet familiar with lingo like ‘extraction’ and ‘brew filter’, then communicating with your co-workers is going to be a challenge. While you’ll definitely learn a lot from listening to and observing your fellow baristas, it can help to have someone run through the main terms so you have a knowledge base to start with.
Pete Licata won the 2013 World Barista Championship, and now works as a coffee educator and consultant. In this lesson, he defines the main terms that come up when discussing espresso preparation.
Learn hospitality skills for today’s world, including definitions for:
- Extraction and extraction time
- Dose
- Portafilter
- Brew or beverage yield
- Brew ratio
- Distribution
- Under extraction and over extraction
Baristas, get your career off to the right start with this expert coaching!
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