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GOOD THINGS

BREWING

Alto Cold Brew Launches
Cold Brew Cupping Kit

Cold brew coffee equipment com-
pany Alto Cold Brew has introduced
COFFEE SHOULD
a cupping system designed to
streamline quality control for
coffee shops, roasters and other
Varia the Multi Brewer users of the brand’s filters and Tone Launches Touch 03
brewing systems. The company has Commercial Brewer
also launched an associated kit of
Varia is a flexible, six-in-one
brewing unit that allows you to cupping tools. Each $60 kit includes Swiss manufacturer Tone Kaffee-
make everything from pour over to a pack of 35 of Alto’s small home maschinen has revealed its latest
stove top to cold brew coffee with filters, a physical copy of Alto’s commercial coffee brewing machine,
a single piece of equipment. There cupping guide, a branded cupping an automated, urn-free drip brewer
are a total of 9-10 pieces, each of spoon, a 32-page book of score called the Tone Touch 03. For use
which are used for different styles sheets and a set of four 1-quart cold with open-topped manual brewers
BE MORE COMFORTABLE
of coffee. The retail price for the cupping vessels. The company also such as pourover drippers or
Varia is $155. While this cost is separately sells its own branded Chemexes, the new machine is
probably more expensive than any refractometer and TDS meter, designed to quickly heat water for
other single brew method, it which it recommends for use along single cup brews or larger drip brews
actually is a great deal. If you were with the cupping kit. of up to 2 liters. Phased brewing
to purchase a pour over brewer (i.e. occurs at the push of one of four pre-
v60, Kalita Wave or Chemex), a programmed recipe buttons. The
Who doesn’t like fashion these days? It is a rhetorical French Press, a Moka Pot and a machine uses some technology
device for cold brew coffee, it could borrowed from its bigger cousin, the
question really since fashion became a big part of every-
quite easily exceed $155. Touch 02 batch brewer that came out
day life, even coffee life. in 2019.

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