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free coffee for smart people tuesday

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:09:18 +0000

First, the answer from last week: Don Knuth, truly an important historical figure in computer science.

Now, this week’s question:

I brew a pot of coffee and end up with 8 cups of drinkable delight. Assuming my entire brewing process conforms to the Golden Cup standard, what is an acceptable mass (in grams) of the soluble coffee particles in said delight? Accuracy to the decigram is sufficient.

Bring in the correct answer for a free 450mL beverage of your choice. I recommend a peppermint mocha this week.

for the travelling nerd….

Leonard — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:08:00 +0000

…an article with tips for making the best of a dismal situation: the dreaded hotel coffee machine.
(there’s even a graph!!)

note: when brew nerds achieves complete galaxy domination, this blog post will self destruct.

Delicious

Leonard — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:28:00 +0000

ny times on coffee myths

Leonard — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:48:00 +0000

during my morning ritual of enjoying an eye opening cup of brew nerds deep and patroling the world wide web for interesting information, i happened upon this article in the ny times.

units

Leonard — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:39:00 +0000

it seems that in my previous post, i was a bit incomplete. i left off the units of measurement, which is nearly unforgivable in the scientific community.

so first of all, let me say, “i’m sorry”.

secondly, it’s kilograms. kilograms of coffee consumed per capita, by country.

i trust this will clear up any confusion. thank you.

coffee consumption

Leonard — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:56:00 +0000

below is a table of the annual per capita coffee consumption, by country.

Norway 10.7
Finland 10.1
Denmark 9.7
Sweden 7.8
Netherlands 7.1
Switzerland 7.0
Germany 5.7
Austria 5.5
Belgium 5.0
France 3.9
Italy 3.2
United States 3.0*
Canada 2.4
Australia 2.0
Japan 1.4
United Kingdom 1.2
New Zealand 0.9
Ireland 0.7

*now that brew nerds is on the scene, you can expect to see u.s. coffee consumption to increase significantly.

coffee facts

Leonard — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:53:00 +0000

-Over 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed yearly.

-Nearly 1/3 of the world’s coffee is produced in Brazil.

-Americans consumed 22.1 gallons per capita in 2000.

-Coffee is the top agricultural export for 12 countries (Burundi, Central African Republic, Columbia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda).

-Coffee can be traced back to the 9th century, when it was discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia

quote of the day

Leonard — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:45:00 +0000

“It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.”

-unknown

to caffeinate or not to caffeinate?

Leonard — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:01:00 +0000

there’s really no question, actually.
the sole purpose of a coffee bean, from the exact moment it bursts out into the world, until the time it reaches our custom designed drinking vessels, is to provide caffeine to the masses.

with that fact now pointed out (as if it weren’t glaringly obvious), i present you with the following facts about the approximate caffeine content in some various brew nerds beverages.

before i proceed, allow me to remind the non-nerds who may be reading, that
16 ounces ≈ 450 milliliters.

and now, without further ado, caffeine information for the galaxy’s preeminent coffee:
brewed coffee (450 ml) – 320 mg caffeine
average swirlie (450 ml) – 195 mg caffeine
cafe americano (450 ml) – 225 mg caffeine
cafe latte (450 ml) – 150 mg caffeine
cafe mocha (450 ml) – 175 mg caffeine
espresso (30 ml) – 75 mg caffeine
expresso (30 ml) – 0 mg caffeine

i can only hope that this serves to provide you with the data that will allow you to make an informed decision the next time you are fortunate enough to find yourself a patron of the one and only brew nerds.

espresso

Leonard — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:44:00 +0000

a.k.a. the perfect shot.

7 grams of precisely ground espresso beans extracted with pure ion-exchanged H2) heated to 463.15 kelvin under 900,000 pascals.