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Linh at a long wooden table in her home teaching studio.

Home coffee teacher

Mai Pham

I’m Mai. I teach home brewing from a small studio on a hillside, and I sell brewing guides, tasting cards and two video courses.

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  1. Where your coffee beans come fromThe beanWhere coffee grows and what ripe cherries look like.FreeWatch it
  2. From cherry to bean: how coffee is driedThe dryingTrays in the sun and why the way beans dry changes the cup.FreeWatch it
  3. Grind Size GuideThe grindCoarse to fine, and which grind goes with which brewer.$7Buy now
  4. Pour-Over at HomeThe pourA kettle, a scale and a dripper, taught step by step.$59Start the course
  5. Tasting Notes CardsThe cupCards for writing down what you smell and taste.$8Buy now

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Slow Cup

A short letter every Sunday about coffee at home: one thing to brew, one thing to taste and one habit to try this week.

One email every Sunday. Unsubscribe any time.

A coffee cup on a rainy windowsill with hills beyond.

About

About me

My family grew coffee on a hillside, and I grew up watching the cherries picked and the beans dried on trays in the sun. I drank it every morning and never gave it a thought. Then I moved to a city and bought a bag of beans from a shop, and I could not make it taste like home. It took me two years and a great deal of bad coffee to learn why.

Now I teach what I learned. You do not need an expensive machine or a trained tongue. You need a kettle, a small scale, a grinder and a little attention. I film my lessons at a long wooden table in my studio, and I write a letter every Sunday about one thing I noticed in the cup.