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Good Eats: True Brew
Ah, coffee. The dark drink many folks must have to start their day. If they only knew what they were missing when they settle for insipid inky ick. Alton means to show them! Coffee is just water and coffee beans, right? Right! But the right kind of coffee beans, the right water and even the right temperature mean the difference between a bland brew and... Good Eats!
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 2x7 Production Number: EA1B08 Airdate: Wednesday April 12th, 2000 |
Recap
It’s 6:15am in suburbia. Alarm clocks rouse the pre-coffee zombies. As they lurch from their homes to secure that first cup Alton arrives, curious why they’re not getting that coffee at home. When one of them murmurs “home coffee bad,” Alton disembarks and offers his own brew. They’re impressed! As they drink, Alton shares something of the history of coffee before the neighborhood coffeehouse. It seems that then, people were proud of their brews, grinding and sometimes even roasting at home. Brewing is cooking, and Alton feels it’s time to take back the brew and make home coffee…Good Eats...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
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- Pyrolysis: Chemical change resulting from exposure to heat
- [Master roaster] Don’s looking for the “sweet spot” where acidity, flavor, and body balance.
- Lloyd’s on London started as a coffee house in 1668.
- To re-calibrate your electric brewer’s capacity, measure how many ounces it holds, then divide by six.
- Legend has it that coffee was discovered around 800 B.C. by an Ethiopian who noticed that his goats became excited after eating berries from a mysterious shrub.
The episode title is a play on the colloquialism "true blue." The phrase means "loyal and steadfast," and conveying the idea of constancy. Alton means to teach viewers how to produce a quality cup of coffee time after time - a "true brew."
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