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Liz Clayton

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What Is A WDT Tool For Espresso?

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By Liz Clayton Verified
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What is a WDT tool? If you’ve watched a barista closely in the last decade, you may have noticed some changes in their espresso preparation routine. After filling the portafilter with coffee, and before tamping down the espresso, many baristas have added another step—distributing the ground coffee with a gizmo known as a WDT (Weiss Distribution Technique) tool. This spiky handheld device looks like a small, open-tipped whisk, or perhaps one of those scalp-ticklers… but for espresso.
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What is Co-Fermentation In Coffee?

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By Liz Clayton Verified
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A practice originating in wine, co-fermentation in coffee is a method of allowing coffee, during processing at the farm or mill, to ferment alongside non-coffee ingredients. Fermentation is a part of any coffee’s journey from farm to your cup, and is a defining stage in flavor development within the bean. Co-fermentation of coffee is commonly done with fruit, with the goal of influencing the ultimate flavor profile of the coffee towards more complex, often sweeter, flavors.
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Chicago Coffee Guide: 8 Cafes We Love In 2026

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By Liz Clayton Verified
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Whether you’re zipping up the 606, slogging along the Kennedy, or screeching loudly around a curve of the El, there’s no question about it: traveling the streets of Chicago is only ever seeing just the tip of the iceberg. Sprawling, luminous Chicago is so big, so packed with things to taste and see and do, it seems impossible to this native to make any short list out of the heaps of choices for food, drinks, or anything else delicious in this decidedly gustatory town.
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