Wednesday, November 09, 2005
And You Thought Chemistry Was Boring
The Chemistry of Great CoffeeDehydration, oxidation, extraction, these are the elements of good coffee. Folks that's chemistry.
This is a "soxhlet extractor" and if you worked in a lab you'd know it is probably the best way in the world to make coffee.
Quick, what was the first chemistry ever done by mankind? If you said "fermentation," you'd be right, in other words, wine-making.
And you thought we were nerds that did stuff that nobody really cared about.
