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BARATZA GRINDER
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I tell people invest in a grinder, before they invest in a brewer, before they invest in a scale, anything else. Because when you grind coffee it releases a lot of gas, which means it releases a lot of aromatics, so the longer it sits there, it’s losing more and more and more flavor.
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BODUM BISTRO ELECTRIC BURR COFFE GRINDER
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Who
Rachel Lehman is the co-owner of Crema in Nashville, Tennessee.
Why
After fifteen years working at various coffee shops and roasters, Rachel opened up her own “Brewtique” in Nashville.
Crema Coffee | Rachel Lehman | Recommendations
March 8, 2012
Nashville, TN
BUNN BREWER
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It’s supposed to reach the proper temperature to extract the coffee properly. If your temperature is too low, it under-extracts the coffee, which makes it really thin and bitter. People tend to overcompensate by adding more coffee, which makes it even more bitter. The hotter the temperature, it mixes with the oil sand produces a better cup of coffee.
KALITA
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It’s a Japanese pour over. I like the ceramic one, it has better heat transfer. It has three holes in the bottom which allows for a more even extraction. It’s more forgiving to the home consumer who may not know a lot about pour over coffee.
YAMA VACUUM POT COFFEE SIPHON BREWER
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That brew method requires some attention to detail. We use it at our shop since it produces a really interesting cup of coffee. It’s not for everyday. We only use it in our slow bar. It can produce some amazing cups of coffee, as long as you have a very skilled barista.
Eat | Restaurants - Nashville, TN
THE CATBIRD SEAT
Belmont / Vanderbilt
New American
I really love what the guys are doing over at Catbird Seat. It’s one of one fine dining places in Nashville, I can’t afford to go there every week, but I love what they’re doing. They have a bar with the kitchen in the middle and the chefs are the servers. They explain every dish that you’re having. It’s a multi-course dinner with pairings. I love the dessert, cherry crisp with a smoked ice cream and droplets of bourbon balls in gel form. They’re little drops of Maker’s Mark that pop in your mouth.
CITY HOUSE
1222 4th Avenue North, Nashville, TN, 37208
T: 615.736.5838 (make a reservation)
Germantown
Italian
It’s by far one of my favorite restaurants. It’s a great, cozy place serving rustic Italian food. Chef Tandy uses all local fresh water fish, he makes many of his own cheeses for the pizzas. My favorite is the cauliflower pizza. The cauliflower is roasted and served with chili oil and really nice cheese. Just great texture and taste. I also love his chicken. It’s a half-chicken cooked in the wood fired oven. It has a nice crispy skin and is really juicy on the inside. He uses great quality chickens and ingredients. It’s really simple, but really local.
TAMARIND
Demonbreun / Belmont
Modern Indian
It’s a Northern Indian place with a clay oven. All of the standard dishes are great. I really like the Malai Kofta (vegetarian patties cooked with cashew and tomato sauce) and the Aloo Gobi (potato and cauliflower with onion, tomato and spices).
DOSE
Richland / West End
Coffee / Tea
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They have great coffee and I love that they bring in different roasters from outside of Nashville. It just gives us an idea to see what’s going on, what’s happening in coffee.
FARM:TABLE
Civic Center / Tenderloin
Coffee / Cafe
It’s really tiny. It’s a combination of good coffee and good people. I have been to all the flashy places, but I appreciate when someone looks me in the eye and treats me like just an average joe. When I go into places, I don’t tell them I work in coffee.
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FOUR BARREL
Mission
Coffee
It’s just really cool inside with all this taxidermy on the wall. The guys in there are super friendly and super nice. They’re cash only.
OCTANE
Westside
Coffee / Bar
It’s one of my favorite coffee places to go to when I’m in Atlanta. They have great awesome coffee, but they also have a great bar. It’s definitely a coffee shop, but they have great regional beers on tap. It’s nice to go for the afternoon and if someone wants beer, they have it.
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JAMES HOFFMANN
Coffee Barista
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World Barista Champion 2007. James Hoffmann has been one of the great leaders in our industry and he’s totally not a snob, which I love that about him.
NICK CHO
Coffee Barista
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters and host of the Portafilter Podcast. I follow him on twitter and I like that he is asking a lot of questions of the coffee community. He is pushing the coffee community more towards understanding the science instead of the art.
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