"Our initial objective was to have a place to roast beans. We had difficulty finding an industrial space to do so," Compass Point Co-Founder Eric Hodos recently told Daily Coffee News.
The e-nose is one of three advanced techniques the research team used to confirm what is essentially a fingerprint of volatile aroma compounds associated with coffees from eight specific countries.
At WatchHouse, the latest coffee outlet in NYC, an exquisite pour-over coffee is priced at an astonishing $52, making it one of the city's priciest brews.
"Grind size is THE factor for flavor experience for espresso," says Andrea Allen, co-founder of Onyx Coffee Lab... "Finding the balance in coffee flavor is about finding the correct grind size."
It's really challenging to strike that balance between making it feel homey without making it feel a little too dusty. We want it to feel like people come in there and live there.