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Bean feeling bitter? You can choose to feel butter!

Roasting coffee beans. Caramelization. Maillard reactions. And the secret Southeast Asian recipe for great coffee.

 

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Colors!

Additive. Subtractive. Wavelengths. And the amazing things colors do for food.

 

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Eye see we are on different wavelengths.

Chlorophyll. Wavelengths. Eye. And how these give us color vision.

 

wavelengths of light and colors in vegetables

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Want to feel better? Try a lithium bit of this.

Electrons. Energy levels. Brain neurons. And how a little lithium helps to make moods better.

 

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Release the cracking!

Exothermic. Endothermic. Cooling. And how energy is transferred when we roast coffee beans.

 

exothermic and endothermic reactions release the cracking

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How to be a crack at roasting coffee.

Steam. Pressure. Sound. And how to go from cool beans to hot stuff when roasting coffee.

 

Roasting coffee - A collage of coffee beans showing various stages of roasting from raw through to Italian roast

 

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You’re so hot, I would heat to lose you.

Cooking. Energy. Efficiency. And why energy efficiency is the Fifth Fuel that saves the environment.

 

efficiency and heat loss

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Saving the earth one cup at a time.

Boiling water. Induction cooking. Product design. And how one company hopes to help us waste less energy.

 

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Roller coaster cooking science (in-depth).

Eddy currents. Roller coasters. High-speed trains. And how laws give us a brake (and an induction stove).

 

roller coaster animated gif

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Oh, Paris pastries, you have that je ne sais crois-sant.

Lamination. Melting point. Emulsion. And why European butter is fat and proud of it.

 

croissants and butter

 

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