Burr Grinder Coffee Adventures

So, I'm exploring how to make great coffee.

The thing about making great coffee is that it means something different to everyone.  Here's what it means to me:  The coffee is dark and flavorful.  It doesn't taste like it's watered down.  It has a great aroma and makes me smile when I drink it.  I guess this blog is really about how to maximize the 'smile' factor.

I'm no coffee pro or snob.  Just a guy who wants better-than-average coffee.  My colleague Jeremia, who knows a heck of a lot more about coffee than I do, just informed me the other day that the lighter blends actually have more caffeine than darker blends, because the caffeine is roasted out of coffee the longer it roasts.  Now there's a guy who knows his coffee.  To thank him for that pearl of knowledge, I just bought him some raw Luwak coffee, straight from Indonesia.  We'll see what he does with that bad boy.

Today I tested three burr coffee grinders to figure out which one was best: the Capresso 560 Infinity Conical Burr Grinder , Bodum Bistro Electric Burr Coffee Grinder, and Mr. Coffee BVMC-BMH23 Automatic Burr Mill Grinder .  Previously we had been using the Capresso 464.05 CoffeeTeam GS 10-Cup Digital Coffeemaker with Conical Burr Grinder but the coffee just wasn't coming out with enough flavor.

Make better decisions: Benchmark your startup against 3,200 others

Today I learned about the Startup Genome Report from the Startup Genome, as well as the Startup Genome Compass.

This amazing project by Max Marmer, Bjoern Lasse Herrmann, Ron Berman and Ertan Dogrultan compares over 3,200 startups to find parallels between them that are predictors for success or failure.

the Startup Genome Compass is a ~30 minute form you can fill out to find how your startup compares to others.

Here are a few excerpts from the report -- I highly recommend you download the report and answer the questions in the compass to see how your startup compares to others.

Today I learned about the Startup Genome Report from the Startup Genome, as well as the Startup Genome Compass. This amazing project by Max Marmer, Bjoern Lasse Herrmann, Ron Berman and Ertan Dogrultan compares over 3,200 startups to find parallels between them that are predictors for success or failure. the Startup Genome Compass is a ~30 minute form you can fill out to find how your startup compares to others. Here are a few excerpts from the report -- I highly recommend you download the report and answer the questions in the compass to see how your startup compares to others. There's some amazing learning for all of us in here.  Congrats on a job well done, guys, and thank you for this amazing project.