Consistency and recipe cards
Why recipe cards are essential for consistency in beverage preparation and how they help maintain quality across baristas and shifts.
Practical tips
Menu integration and costing
How to effectively integrate cold coffee options into a café menu, calculate costs, and price them for profitability while meeting customer expectations.
Microbial safety and shelf life
Why microbial growth is a concern in cold coffee, how to minimize risks, and best practices for safe storage and shelf life management.
Filtration and clarity at cold temps
Why filtration is especially important in cold coffee methods, how cold temperatures affect clarity, and which filtration techniques work best.
Extraction adjustments for low temps
How to adjust brewing parameters to compensate for slower extraction at low temperatures in cold coffee methods.
Cold drip towers and flow control
How cold drip towers work, the role of flow control in extraction, and how they differ from immersion cold brew methods.