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Syllabus and Event Details

Brewology Seminars are available at our Medford, MA location. This wildly popular educational event and coffee tasting is great fun for individuals and groups, as well as being a chance to learn in-depth information about the delicious beverage from Heirloom Coffee's expert owner, Len.

Event Details

We are located at 9 Jerome Street, Medford, MA 02155. Click for Map and Directions. The location is a single-story white building with red trim and parking in front.

If you purchased admission and you want to sign up for your seminar date, click here . If you are interested in attending and have not purchased admission yet, please call us at 781-391-2255.

Summer Iced Coffee Event Overview

The Heirloom Iced Coffee Seminar is an exciting and interactive event for any coffee lover. It is a 90-minute "seminar" in which we offer a brief presentation on the history and nature of some of the world's most exclusive and unique coffees, and then interactively create delicious iced coffees using quick and easy methods.

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Our company specializes in importing old-world coffees that descend from original plantings made between the 1500s and circa 1920, mostly in Southeast Asia.

We will explain why these coffees seldom find their way through the current import channels and corporate coffee companies to your table or local coffee shop. Using some of our most unique coffees, we will show you a variety of ways to make perfect iced coffee at home in under 5 minutes.

You will learn why the inexpensive Phin Filter and French Press are great ways to make full-strength Iced Coffee in minutes, and also will learn the simple formula by which to make "cold-brew" coffee concentrate you can keep in your fridge and pour over ice at any time for instant Iced Coffee gratification.

We will also be providing fresh-baked treats from a local bakery and/or cookie company to complement your iced coffees.

After the brewing, we offer an optional 20 minute "Afterparty" for guests who would like to learn to make specialty iced coffee drinks, from flavored drinks to bar drinks to frozen desserts.

After the seminar you will be able to self-select your own take-home package of coffees from a number of choices, to reflect what you enjoyed the most. You will also receive a free Phin Filter for making Vietnamese Iced Coffee and an illustrated booklet recapping what you have learned and providing a number of delicious recipes.

Syllabus Outline

  1. Introduction

    1. What are Heirloom Coffees and why do we source from Southeast Asia??
    2. The four distinct species of coffee (Arabica, Robusta, Excelsa and Liberica), and why people have different palates and prefer different coffees
    3. Why drip brewers don't make good iced coffee
    4. How to keep iced coffee full strength even after pouring over ice
    5. The techniques you will learn:

  2. Making perfect Iced Coffee

    1. Vietnamese Iced Coffee - as served in Vietnamese restaurants, using a simple, traditional Phin filter
    2. Using a French Press to make a more concentrated coffee
    3. Creating an iced coffee concentrate to keep in your fridge and pour anytime
    4. Exotic iced coffees and specialty drinks, how they are made

  3. The After-party

    1. How to add flavors to iced coffee and get a great balance
    2. How to choose the right coffee for a base in making a specialty drink
    3. How to make frozen iced coffee drinks
    4. Try a few of our favorite specialty drink recipes (mmmm!)

  4. Demonstration ends. Participants create a customized take-home package.
    Each participant gets:

    1. Choice of 4 sample packages of unique Heirloom Coffees
    2. One stainless steel Vietnamese Phin filter/brewer
    3. An illustrated booklet with techniques, tips and recipes
    4. A coupon with a 15% discount for a future purchase or purchase at time of event,
    5. And a second coupon for a 25% discount to a future Brewology event for a friend.