Food Theory: How to Brew the PERFECT Cup of Coffee at Home

[@StevenHe]

Somehow the algorithm showed new this WHILE I’m making coffee

[@Sl33pd3priv3dartist]

I WANT TO COMMENT SOMETHING FUNNY BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNNY GENE RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

[@Happy.Froggy_]

It’s a sign

[@arkhamadness-5065]

Your mum

[@curtisnkrystaljoslin1120]

@@Sl33pd3priv3dartist EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!

[@sgovind28]

What does it show when you make Beijing corn?

[@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

First tea, now coffee. After this, I think an episode for hot cocoa/chocolate would be the perfect episode to finish the "how to make drink" videos

[@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

Water vs milk, how much to mix in, different ways to heat the liquid, etc

[@KennedyKJK2016]

Yes the holidays are coming and I would like to know the best host cup of coco.

[@me5o164]

It should be a Christmas special

[@xSkysilver]

Well it's the perfect time for the episode

[@SarahAbramova]

Yesss it's the perfect season for it!

[@Thewhiteezkl]

Food theory becoming that mom and dad food experimentation show again, you love to see it

[@biancabrooks280]

Nature is healing

[@xochitldanielaperezvelez5918]

This is cute how both Claudia and Santi are made for each other. By the way I hope you guys are doing can't wait for more theories from u guys.

[@snakesbakecookies]

Santi… Claudia…… Santa…… Claus? this can’t be a coincidence

[@paulinelol3930]

*le gasp*

[@оІІәН]

​@@paulinelol3930 Translated: *THE WASTE*

[@computerking]

I love Santi rocking the MatPat jacket. Nice Homage.

[@Irhak69]

Some time soon it will be MatPat who's rocking "Santi's jacket" with no change of wardrobe :D

[@raawesome3851]

​@@Irhak69Matpat is too iconic

[@ScaryCoup]

This is like matpats tea episode this a good stepping stone for santi

[@coolu]

I thought it was matpat until i saw his face lol

[@nanoglitch6693]

creepy obsessive stalker vibes imo

[@SGFnafKitty-mf4qj]

Tea. Hot chocolate. Coffee. Soda. Long ago these four drinks lived in perfect harmony. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="56">0:56</a> But, everything changed when the Coffee Nation attacked. Only the Food Theorist, Master of all four drinks could put an end to it, but when the world needed him most he vanished.

[@austinbobo1344]

Many countries have changed, and recently a new food theorist has risen, a soda drinker named Santi. And while his taste testing skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to critique anyone. But I believe that Santi can save the world.

[@LeahLambertus]

Become a comedic duo

[@hemster]

Underrated comment I love atla

[@PhantomIsOdd]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="21">0:21</a> i thought that was Mat at first 😭

[@midiarum693]

Same 😂

[@NakaharaChuuya_SKK]

same 😭

[@spencer7751]

😢

[@ShantaGold406]

Ive been bamboozled 😭

[@JNSP-kk7py]

That signature red jacket

[@sarahbridges9015]

Hi Claudia, it's nice to meet you. I bet we will see you a lot more on Food Theory!

[@pumpkinspicehedgie]

I kinda wish this wasn’t sponsored so they could have tested brew methods. This is all well and good but that’s a big variable I want to know more about.

[@angelsnyder6381]

I think it's good that Santi went with how he normally brews coffee. This video opens up the option to them use what he finds in this video to them do a video on other brewing methods.

[@tylerd4884]

might i recommend james hoffmanns youtube channel for coffee videos

[@Void-y6j]

Like just putting the coffee milk and sugar in the cup together and pouring water from the kettle

[@zanzabar4ky7]

Look up James Hoffmann. He has the exact content you are looking for and is the industry standard for how to do basically everything coffee related.

[@timfunnydragon]

If only espresso making

[@SamiKankaristo]

A few years ago, I thought that I liked dark roasts, because they have a stronger taste, and I like strong coffee. But then I tried many different roasts, and turns out, I like light/medium roasts a lot more. The thing is, dark roasts usually just taste like "dark roast coffee", they all taste a bit similar. Whereas lighter roasts have way more variety in the taste. And you can still brew strong coffee from lighter roasts.

[@theprince1822]

6 minutes in, and I already love the addition of Claudia. Already loved Santi, but there’s just something extra about him with Claudia’s presence. Reminds me of the episodes with Mat and Steph. I hope she becomes a regular addition to Food Theory!

[@IcePho]

Fun fact for those who wish to throw some spice in; Salt - Helps reduce the acidity, helping those with Acid Reflux Cinnamon - Classic, for those who wish to have a holiday blend [Theres a few others, but I have no personal experience in those]

[@JJAlexanderDPW]

Nutmeg helps mellow the coffee as well

[@chmuurkaa3030]

Fair warning though, you want less cinnamon than you think. Coming from a European, I don't know American taste preference for cinnamon, but adding more than 20-30 of those cinnamon "particles/grains" made the coffee borderline undrinkable for me. Don't forget how absolutely strong dissolved cinnamon is

[@ked49]

Reminder; a little additives go a long way. This is coming from an American who will drink anything, you will easily overpower the flavor of coffee and depending on the spice, you will get a cup of bean soup.

[@patax144]

I do like cinammon and it is better than adding sugar a lot though I do use a bit of honey, my dad likes it with lemon or lime juice, don't ask me why he adds more acid to it, no explanation, he just likes it that way and is the culprit of me hating dark coffee.

[@josephrobleto855]

I need to see a "how to make the perfect milkshake" video now that we're going through all the drinks

[@brennansander6165]

They better include matpat in that video otherwise I'll be furious, lol

[@MegaAlextheAwesome]

I just put a bit of salt in the grounds. I saw it on Alton Brown's Good Eats. Not too much; you don't want salty coffee, but just a pinch dramatically reduces the bitterness. Nice and simple.

[@GaberBott]

I love the that show!

[@sarapenn9776]

I make truck stop strong coffee and will add 1/4 to 1/2 tsp baking soda to the grounds to bring down the acidity.

[@noonyx33]

@@GaberBott same!

[@justho3350]

Eeh i used to do that but the bitterness is also part of the various flavors of coffee. Once you drink enough you really dont notice it anymore.

[@human840]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="106">1:46</a> matpat's jacket fits him 😢

[@dubsenbert]

Where my James Hoffmann guys and gals at?

[@boat02]

here

[@SythKohore]

Here

[@pakuma3]

How about Hames Joffman??? Wink wink

[@pablofreitasmachado8076]

😊

[@boat02]

@@pakuma3 Hames has some good summaries but I'm not sure about how helpful they are.

[@afterdinnercreations936]

I make it cold-brew. I prep by placing coffee-grounds in paper-filters, fold them up to look like pouches, staple them shut, place them in a mason-jar filled with water in the fridge, and leave overnight. There's virtually no bitterness, its actually like drinking cold-water with a hint of coffee, but the process concentrates the caffeine.

[@alphakowaclips]

Ooh that sounds interesting, i like the more concentrated flavor so might prep it with hot water then put it in the fridge 🤔

[@Lisandra1G]

I actually exclusively do cold brew as well, but I just put the grounds straight in the mason jar and add the water, then filter to remove grounds in the morning. It's my favorite way to prepare coffee, as I am not a fan of hot coffee. I always have my cold coffee ready to go :)

[@Ghostgal4]

The only way I can drink coffee is cold brew. There are some really inexpensive cold brew kits.

[@michaelsasse8427]

Cold water with a hint of coffee? That sounds horrible.

[@LadyLeomon]

A Caffeine Fix before bed? Yes please! Thanks for the new Theory, Santi and *please* go hug your furbabies all 💙🐱💙 (Love and miss you always my Twinkle, who went to Rainbow Bridge exactly one month ago today)

[@Wharf922]

I really like having Claudia on. the lack of a Stephanie on the show has felt odd since Mat left, but she is definitely a good substitute! Hope to see more of her!

[@synonys]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="119">1:59</a> That’s why he moved to Miami.

[@PattyAguilar-wf9uu]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="280">4:40</a> with the power of DanCE 🕺 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺

[@JoshuajrPLAYZ]

Santi: "I have never made a bad cup using Aeropress." Cold milk: *Evil dairy noises*

[@VictarisGX]

Thank you, Santi and Claudia, for your crash course in coffee consumption! My wife taught me a lot of this early in our marriage, being a longtime Starbucks partner herself. But for those without a barista in their kitchen, this info is invaluable. 👏👏👏

[@vixenvicky3842]

Love the unintrusive plug for aeropress. Literally did not realise it until the first plug was almost done. Made me actually check the description to see if was plug or not, also using in the video and basically demoing how to use it helps with deciding whether to buy it

[@Just_Shaun]

Santi in the signature MatPat jacket just feels right. 🎉🎉

[@Bunny_Bill]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="562">9:22</a> I love this man

[@n0t51ck3n0ugh]

YES ive been waiting for a coffee episode on Food Theory for ages now!

[@official_benbeN]

Santi rocking the MatPat jacket is surreal

[@Kaiann_Y0L0]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="52">0:52</a> matpat twinsies!!

[@leahluostarinen]

I didn't see that

[@sarahloveless1726]

It was so cute seeing Santi with his wife ❤️

[@tashietrashie5401]

I really like this episode for different reasons. Not only the science behind different techniques but also how most American people drink their coffee and how they brew it while being Australian myself. I'm used to having milk in my coffee and having a cappuccino most days and having a smoother and richer, while still keeping the strongness of the espresso. Would love to see Santi try different Australian coffee and how different it is to American coffee. :)

[@mrgreatbigmoose]

My favourite coffees are grown in volcanic soil. The best I've tasted is from Kona Hawai'i. Least bitter. Least acidic. Allowed you to experience the subtleties. Also you scalded the milk. Add coffee to milk just like you added coffee to sugar.

[@TAGfrost]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="20">0:20</a> A phrase I often here at a Buffet, those cups aren't _too small,_ "your eyes are too big." -

[@Astron0mical..-.]

Been waiting for this drop ever since the tea one mat did a while back 🤩🙏

[@user-hleubfk20]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="609">10:09</a> dog!!!!!!!!!

[@gracelovely3838]

Dog!!!!!!!!!!

[@AmenKing1999Gaming]

"The show to help kickstart your day." Good morning to you too. 😊

[@New3DSLuigi364]

I Love that we get to meet Santi's Wife!!

[@qbg63]

1 to 17 as the most concentrated? Meanwhile I'm here doing 1 to 10 and adding heavy whipping cream

[@Carson_Schmid_ALT]

You can make espresso milk without an espresso maker. Almost. You need a French press and how ever much mIlk you need for your drink, and the press. Now take you milk and microwave, boil, cook it idk etc. Then pour you piping milk in the press. Do 5 full presses and then fast press it until it’s foamed to you content. :)

[@BubblestheBadger]

It's really nice to see a "co-host" on the taste test type of video. Steph did that for Matt and seeing Claudia be that secondary opposing voice was really great and needed for this type of video. Hope we see more of Claudia!

[@cfreeses]

Aeropress literally changed me from not really caring about coffee to a coffee snob literally over night. I highly recommend it to everyone

[@riuphane]

Great for travel and camping too!

[@scarcat2469]

A bit disappointed in Food Theory that I had to go to the description to figure out that this was sponsored by AeroPress (unless I missed it in the video)

[@kipkey8104]

They only say it at the very end of the video

[@goombaluigi8681]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="552">9:12</a> and then there's that one place in England where the water hardness changes at random (this is real) without any warning or way to predict how hard it will be

[@GamerGeek16]

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[@will-it-brew]

Great episode! The brew method, grind, water and all definitely has an effect on the final outcome and I’ve usually enjoyed an aeropress. I’ve done several episodes testing different coffees with various brew methods.

[@4Erlik]

Seems like you NEED an AeroPress™ to brew the perfect coffee, right?

[@swapnilroy7892]

A great time for my favourite Channel to post this. I have been training my juniors how to brew coffee for the last week and honestly all the points that i have a hard time putting into words this video just did in a much easier way

[@evereimer6746]

As a professional coffee drinker, I can say coffee is the best drink on the surface of earth.

[@supernova582]

The next food theory should be can we make the polar Express hot chocolate? Or the 1000 year old Hot chocolate recipe from the Santa Claus

[@sunnie883]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="637">10:37</a> as a barista I do get you

[@BeeRue]

"Burnt My Jiblits" -Santi

[@kira4208]

I used to hate waking up early, i never drank coffee my whole life(28) and just started 2 years ago its made waking up so easy, I went from a night owl to a morning person and made it easier to fall asleep early , I love coffee now

[@SamiKankaristo]

One thing you didn't test was light/medium/dark roast. I've heard that dark roasts should be ground finer than lighter roasts, so the darkness of the roast might affect your result for the grind size.

[@mahfudzk]

Nah, roast level → brew temp. While grind size → brewing method.

[@SamiKankaristo]

@mahfudzk I'm no expert, the instructions on my espresso machine just recommended smaller grind sizes for dark roasts.

[@Red_zookeeper]

yeah this video is kickstarting my day as it's still morning

[@SnickerdoodleMcfox]

1. you should try different types of honey in it. im curious on how each one makes it taste, and 2. cream is preferable than milk. i find milk can make it too watery and taste weird.

[@Songal18]

Team Santi I get you. The kitchen truly is the best dance floor, hit me with some Old Time Rock and Roll and staaaand back.

[@BiggyMalk]

I just wanna say you all are doing great with the channels, keeping the passion and original energy mattpat always delivered. Keep up the good work

[@evereimer6746]

Me casually getting a Starbucks ad during this

[@giganotosaur314]

I like mine cold so I add ice cubes before adding the milk straight from the fridge, I brew my coffee with a strainer, paper filter, and electric kettle water. Placing the grounds on the paper filter that sits on the strainer. It isn't as hot as usual brew and it tastes so good.

[@TheFonzieCommunity]

i would love a part two, y'all are great!!!

[@KennethLines]

My favorite episode so far. I've always thought dropping sugar first was sweeter. What about cold coffee (Coldbrew) Should we put sugar in as it sits over night or put it in and then poor, or put it on top after pouring a cup?

[@evereimer6746]

The tea episodes sister 😂

[@remustdr246]

Loved the video, I hope you guys talk about cold brew in the future

[@jonathonvasquez3520]

This is exactly what I needed to see today. ☕

[@verdeverde2763]

Im addicted to sugar also santi reaction to ☕️ 😂

[@abdulmuiz4239]

i think this episode is exactly like old food theory under Matpat. the basic premise then the basic science the taste tests and then more science

[@TheOneKnownAsV]

cheap pour over coffee maker from Walmart does wonders, comes with a wire basket but just add a paper filter over it to help keep out the finely ground coffee and its pretty easy. takes less time than a normal coffee maker but tends to make much less. Worth it thought for the flavor alone. makes a very smooth cup of coffee.

[@relicking9207]

I have no use for this since I don't drink coffee(don't like the smell) but I'm here anyway because this channel is interesting.

[@alexduenas1535]

ok Santi, you got me with this one

[@vrose2496]

I'm not a coffee drinker but both my mother and grandmother drink it and they both use a coffee maker with the ratio of (number of cups of water - 2)/2 = number of scoops of coffee.

[@FireFang97]

I'm a coffee drinker I need this episode

[@dandrakearts6324]

Food Theory (Or MORTY) suggestion: Can we have a monster hunter (world, rise, wilds,etc) food theory, about how much the protagonist eats and if it does, in fact, helps in a hunt against the giant beasts?

[@WalStreet]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="960">16:00</a> FINALLY! I been saying for years now that hot milk is the only way to go!

[@ScoutReaper-zn1rz]

Coarse grinds with a glass french press is my preferred style.

[@evereimer6746]

SANTI YOUR WIFE IS GORGEOUS!!!

[@pakuma3]

I kepp telling you, This channel could not have ended in better hands

[@yohnazo]

Do coffee shops do something different with iced coffee to make the milk not ruin it, or use a different type of coffee? The bit with milk at the end confused me. Then again I have Oat milk so maybe that's a bit different too. Great video! I think metal instead of paper aeropress filters are worth a shout too, some coffees are better without such a fine filter I find, like with robusta bean coffees.

[@AnInsideJoke]

I was just wondering why they were only using milk and not even considering creamers. Personally, I've always used creamer because actual milks seem to dilute it and make it taste "watery" to me. Not sure why, just does. Plus, you don't need to add sugar then.

[@PsychoSonicFreak]

Now we need a tea version of this. Although there's a bunch of different types of tea and they're all different and all brewed differently, so it would either be way too shallow of an episode or really long. I still want it, tho.

[@Girlbrush.Threepwood]

Maple syrup is the best sweetener for ALL applications, and coffee is no exception!

[@NoNotNow]

Lol, just got barista qualifications

[@CoopMoe]

Well now you need to compare immersion, percolation, and drip!

[@paytonturner1421]

I really enjoyed the video. You done a good job on it. Can the next episode be about low carb vegetables substitutes for potatoes in recipes?

[@DerekSegura-w1b]

Congratulations on your marriage!

[@kiaer.s]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="639">10:39</a> the taste hits on the forefront but doesn't last. A good flavorful coffee will linger.

[@Sienna-is-Crazy]

You should do a Food Theory - Is the Five Second Rule Real?

[@evereimer6746]

YESSSS

[@SteelSW]

>hosts theory channel >obssessing over a beverage >wears red jacket >takes special other to test theory welcome back matpat

[@emilyfeeney7846]

Finally a video for coffees lovers like me.

[@CoopMoe]

Might I recommend James Hoffman?

[@OhryusDraela]

Coffee is a way of life lol. Thanks for showing just how different it is area to area Theorists!!

[@lacywithnoe]

That mouth-drying feeling is probably the tannins. You get that from tea and some red wines too.

[@dantereinhardt6911]

Now that's a nice cuppa.

[@gerard.fil3s]

i love that claudia gets her own png! new member of the family

[@firewoodfrog]

Need more coffee content, please ☕️

[@Meonge6089]

Only one can run the coke industry out of stock

[@runningthemeta5570]

Ok we’ve done coffee, now let us see what’s the best way to make tea

[@RihanaLin]

They done that before (thankfully) and now i make some pretty decent tea

[@runningthemeta5570]

@ did they? I must’ve forgotten. I am now remembering the whole “don’t microwave your tea”

[@alphakowaclips]

I remember matpat did that

[@vitkloucek3739]

I love the bitterness of a coffee

[@matthewwilson9749]

I'm glad you mentioned temperature. Please don't add freshly boiled water to your coffee grounds. It burns the beans and produces a bitter taste.

[@DeannaNewton-d7x]

I had a cappuccino this afternoon when I walked to Dunkin' today. I'm more of an espresso drinker, but if there is coffee to drink from a diner I would take it without anything in it since I like the taste of coffee.

[@JadenYukifan28]

I used to drink freshly brewed Coffee from a normal Coffee Maker until we got a Kuerig and I love it.

[@watsonjunior85]

I want my coffee to be bitter

[@SebastianVogel-j9u]

Hold up, let them cook