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Equipment & beverage Focus
By the year 2000, the third wave of coffee Where is filter coffee at now? Is it
emerged. This wave shifted people's preferences popular, is it any good, is it still
towards various brewing techniques, specific relevant and will it be around for
coffee origins, and types of beans. Terms like filter ever? We asked some experts for
coffee, hand brew, batch brew, and drip coffee their perspective and we’re happy
became synonymous with a superior coffee to share our findings.
experience, emphasising freshness, passion, and We spoke first to Stewart
knowledge in enhancing the coffee experience.
Cummings at Edge roasters in

The experience of home brewing has shaped the Arundel, a leading artisan roaster
offerings in coffee shops. By combining science, with oodles of experience in the
craftsmanship, and a meticulous process with coffee sector and asked what he
high-quality roasted coffee, coffee shops have truly thought about filter coffee.
enhanced consumer experiences. Customers now Stewart admitted, "We have
seek both education and entertainment alongside recently adjusted our approach to
their coffee in these establishments. The filter coffee. We have come to
contemporary barista not only demonstrates skill understand that it is a highly
but also enriches our coffee encounters. approachable type of coffee and

These days, we get to enjoy coffee anytime can also be offered at a

anywhere and coffee culture is everywhere- you reasonable price. We have been
can get a latte 24/7. The once famously bad world using it to highlight some of our
of hotel morning coffee has upgraded to a much micro-lots, such as our
better standard of coffee, and offices mostly now Nicaraguan Elephant Maragogype
use bean-to-cup technology. Beans from the El Diablo region."

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