The most useless college majors

Plus: Best buys at Aldi, and George Santos' résumé.

View in browser Subscribe January 13, 2023 Hello, Insiders. After our week digging into crypto, here's my conclusion: It's going to be a dark time for crypto in the years ahead. I suspect we understand very little about how a zero-interest-rate environment propped up the market. And I expect that a lot of people who made what looked like very quick money will see it go very quickly, too.   That said, there's been a number of technological innovations that might become a big part of our lives. I'm just skeptical of anyone who claims to know the values those will create. Then again, I would have said this a decade ago — and maybe that's why I don't own a vacation home purchased with crypto earnings! But as one reader wrote to me: "Live in the present. You can't predict the future. It's not that complicated." Let me know your conclusions as well: insidertoday@isnider.com. We're going to have our first Saturday edition of the newsletter tomorrow! We'll share more of your responses then.   — Nicholas Carlson If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. The latest The wife of an Iowa Republican was arrested and accused of casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election. More here. A "successful" return to a student-loan repayment "hinges" on upholding Biden's debt relief, over a dozen groups have told the Supreme Court. Find out more. The notorious Russian arms dealer freed in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner has backed out of his pledge to fight in Ukraine. More on that here. The big story Jemal Countess/Getty Images   Career experts dish on the 12 most useless college majors.   It's hard enough to afford college. But what about the degrees that best help you afford life after college?    A recent survey from ZipRecruiter found that a whopping 44% of respondents with college degrees regretted their major of choice. But that same survey found the highest-paid respondents were pretty happy with their college path.   With that in mind, Insider reached out to experts — career coaches, recruiters, and counselors — to weigh in on the college majors that are unlikely to give you a good return on your investment.  From acting to philosophy to communications, the experts identified 12 majors that are most likely to limit your career options and salary potential.  CHECK OUT THE FULL LIST   Top reads US Air Force/R. Nial Bradshaw   The F-35 fighter jets' problems are rippling through the US military's combat aircraft fleet. Years of delays, rising costs, and technical glitches have forced the Pentagon to use older jets to plug the gaps. The result: aging warplanes that may not be up to the job. Read more. Lawyer booted for text shaming coworker on maternity leave. Cleveland firm Zashin & Rich confirmed it let go of one of its partners after he texted his colleague, saying she was "sitting on her ass." 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How To Roast Coffee with Scott Rao - Jan 13th 2023

Course Launch: How To Roast Coffee

BH Unlimited Update, Jan 13th 2023

A big Happy New Year to you all! Here's how the brand new BH x Scott Rao roasting course came together and what's in store for all our BH Unlimited subscribers:

After MICE and the WBC came to town towards the end of 2022, Barista Hustle teamed up with Scott Rao — the world's preeminent coffee roasting consultant — in a Melbourne film studio, and on location at the Small Batch and Code Black roasteries. During this long awaited collaboration (we've been talking about this for literally years) we created 40 new videos for a brand new online course called How to Roast Coffee (with Scott Rao). Since then we've been busy editing the films and putting together the written lesson components of the first chapters of the course. And now, we're delighted to announce … We have the first instalment of this awesome new course ready for you to dive into.

As usual, this course will be released in biweekly instalments beginning with the prologue called Getting Set Up. The course and all its subsequent updates can be purchased upfront with lifetime access, with links to new lessons delivered into your inbox every two weeks until the final lessons are published in mid 2023. And of course, BH Unlimited subscribers have advanced access to each new lesson as the course progresses and can head in there now and check out the first three lessons.

To begin with, How to Roast Coffee provides you with advice on how to choose a roasting space and how to set up your own roastery.

In the next instalment, we'll be giving you advice on fire safety, pollution control, and green storage. Then, as the course progresses, we focus on tuning your roasting machine — everything from finding the optimal RPM and airflow, to ensuring your burners are working safely and efficiently.

Scott Rao's five books about brewing, espresso and coffee roasting, together with his frequent masterclasses and popular coffee blog, have reshaped the way all baristas and roasters approach their coffee.

Who is Scott Rao?

If you've been living under a Raock, and you're unaware of who exactly Scott Rao is, here's some biographical info about the person who, in our opinion, has shaped the way folks roast and brew more than anyone else in our industry.

Please note: You may be surprised to hear that Scott's surname is actually pronounced 'Ray-owe' as in 'ray' of sunshine and 'to owe' someone a huge debt of gratitude.

Scott started his first cafe-roastery in Amherst, MA when he was 22. That business quickly became an institution, serving well over 1000 customers per day whilst tripling the sales volume of the Starbucks down the street. Scott's next career move took him on a fact-finding mission in the New Zealand coffee industry. He then returned to the US to open a restaurant and coffee roastery inspired by his travels in the antipodes. Scott later founded a pioneering cafe in Montreal that influenced coffee making worldwide.

Upon selling his second business, Scott began writing books about coffee-making in the hopes of helping roasters and baristas become more educated and systematic in their approach to coffee. Scott parlayed those books into a consulting career and now spends his time consulting for coffee roasters around the world, teaching the world's most advanced roasting masterclasses, and designing next-generation coffee equipment.

In the last month, Scott launched Prodigal, a new coffee roasting company with chef-turned-roaster Mark Benedetto. Prodigal is based in Boulder, Colorado. (FYI, due to immense popular demand, they sold out of all their coffee within 24 hours of opening their webshop — but trust us, it'll be worth the wait once they restock.)

We hope you love this course as much as we loved making it. We'll be back in two weeks with your next update.

Quick links

Over the last few weeks, coffee fermentation consultant and podcaster Lucia Solis released two new episodes with Vava Angwenyi, author of Coffee Milk Blood and founder of social enterprise VAVA COFFEE.

Professor Steven Abbott released his new virtual coffee roasting app the other day. Here's a white paper Professor Abbott prepared for us, explaining how it all works. Also, the good professor appeared in a delightful new podcast series by James Harper where he discusses the science of milk foams.

Tim Wendelboe has been publishing a series of extended Instagram posts summing up the changes he saw in 2022 and predictions about what lies ahead. Here's the first in the series. He's done 5 of them so far!

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BH provides a level of detail about coffee production that platforms like Youtube are unable to obtain, because we are a subscription service — our members pay us to produce the best, most detailed information for them, rather than creating videos that get the most views for an advertiser.

At BH we never do ads for other company's products on our website. There's no product placement in any of our courses, newsletters or blog posts. Our only income comes from what you pay for your subscriptions.

When you see machinery or coffee gear mentioned in any of our educational material, or featured in our course videos, we have chosen to use that equipment because we like using it, because we think it's historically significant in the evolution of the espresso machine, or because it shows you something you need to see about modern coffee culture. It's as simple as that.

How To Roast Coffee

Prologue — Getting Set Up
HTR 0.00 • What's in the Prologue?
HTR 0.01 • Roastery Essentials
HTR 0.02 • Cyclones and Flues
HTR 0.03 • Afterburners

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From Kev, Introducing the Gaggia Reale!

Hello , In the latest video I've just published, I'm properly introducing the amazing Gaggia Reale, and G10 Evo grinder.    Watch the Video This is a commercial espresso machine, so it's not one I'm suggesting for home use, you'd have to have a fairly huge kitchen to accommodate this setup ;-). But this video isn't all about the machine, there's some stuff in here about the history of espresso machines, and there's some really nice footage of the machine in action, I think most people will find it enjoyable. Also make sure you watch to the end to see the psychedelic useless info bit, Wes and Oli have really outdone themselves with this one! ;-) While I'm here, just a quick reminder to anyone who wasn't aware, there's an extra 20% discount all January on first subscription orders, check it out below.    Check Them Out Thanks,  Kev coffeeblog.co.uk cworks.co.uk Follow me on Twitter Follow me on Instagram Follow me on Facebook  Subscribe to my YouTube Channel

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Don't miss out on El Salvadorian coffee!

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Continuing our tour of lesser known coffee regions, we come to El Salvador.

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Before writing this article, the only thing I knew about El Salvador was that it was the smallest country in Central America. Then I learned that it is known as "The Land of Volcanoes," and its potential as a coffee growing region was suddenly clear.

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Volcanoes and coffee farms are linked all over the world. Volcanoes provide the high elevation and mineral-rich soil needed to grow specialty Arabica coffee beans. Pair that with Central America's topical climate, and you have a recipe for a top coffee growing region. Indeed, El Salvador's claim to fame in specialty coffee circles is that it's the homeland of the prized Pacas and Pacamara varieties.

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If you're lucky enough to try good-quality El Salvadorian coffee -- and we suggest three fine examples at the link below -- you'll enjoy a clean and sweet cup. The flavor profile varies with the bean variety and processing method, and there is a surprising diversity for such a small country. Looking for a bright and fruity coffee with citrus acidity? You'll find it. Prefer rich and chocolatey with a creamy mouthfeel? El Salvador has that, too!

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Have I said enough to pique your interest? Check out this...

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​Guide to El Salvadorian Coffee​

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...to learn more about the past, present, and future of coffee in the country -- and where you can buy some to try for yourself!

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From Kev. Did You Know?

Brew time. Did You Know This? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Hello , Kev here :-), Did You Know? The Khaldi the goatherd story... Is a fairytale! If you've ever googled anything about the history or origins of coffee, you'll undoubtedly come across the story of a goatherd called Kaldi or Khaldi, who is supposedly the person who discovered coffee? Legend has it that his goats had an energy boost when munching on the cherries of a particular small tree, so he thought he'd try it himself. Exhilarated by chewing these berries himself, he took the berries to a Monk, well of coarse he did, what else would a goatherd do after munching some berries? The monk launched them on a fire, because, that makes sense... and an amazing aroma filled the room. He ordered the embers to be removed from the fire, and for hot water to be poured on them, of course, because again, that makes perfect sense. They drank this mixture which filled them with a peaceful warming sensation (yeah right, murky fire ember water with a hint of really quickly roasted coffee beans, sounds lovely), and the monk shared this discovery with other monks, and there we have an explanation for the discovery of coffee. It's all true, and while he was at it Kaldi or Khaldi tripped over one of big-foot's shoes (they're really big), and then bumped into the Loch Ness Monster who was there on his holidays. Speaking of Ethiopian coffee, have you tried Melon & Toffee Ethiopia, from The Coffeeworks? This is a light roast, great for V60, good for espresso too as long as you have the setup to extract it, as light roasts are a bit more challenging.  This coffee is grown in the Lekempti region of Oromia in Ethiopia, by the Bulechala co-operative, a co-op of over two thousand small holders covering an area of approx. 4,000 acres of classic Ethiopian Heirloom varietals.   Treat Yourself! This story is shared so often as if it has any resemblance to the true origins of coffee, but you don't have to look into this very deeply to figure out that if Khaldi really did make this discovery, he was very late to the coffee party. It's like me now proclaiming to have stumbled upon this amazing thing called gravity ;-). That would be silly, but actually the period between now and Sir Isaac Newton getting an apple to the noggin, is a much much shorter period of time since the probable first use of coffee and the supposed date of the Khaldi coffee discovery story.  OK, more credible publications that include this story do state that it's apocryphal, but they use the story nevertheless, for want of a more concrete explanation, but there is one, and it's staring us right in the face. The use of coffee in Ethiopia pre-dates this story by at least a couple of thousand years, from what I can see, as a food to begin with, so a local goatherd shouldn't have been surprised in the 9th century to find goats being energized by the cherries that people of the area had been using for their energetic properties for a very long time by that point. ​The Ethiopian coffee ritual has been an important part of daily life there for a long time, but where did it start? If you jump in a time machine and go the forests of Oromia, a huge region stretching right across Ethiopia, at least a couple of millennia before the time that Kaldi supposedly discovered coffee, you'll find the Oromo people. These people lived in these forests for millennia, and over this time they became to know every animal, every tree, every berry. Of course everyone growing up there would know what they could or couldn't eat.  The Oromo people knew that they could eat the cherries of the coffee tree. One of their traditions involved wearing an animal skin pouch which was filled with small balls made of a mixture of coffee cherries and animal fat. These "world's first energy bars" were a caffeinated mixture of fats and sugars which kept them going on long hunting and gathering trips. From what I can gather, depending on the date that you set your time machine to, if you go to an earlier time you'll find raw coffee cherries being used with animal fat, and then at some point you'll find that this evolved to removing the seeds and cooking them, crushing them and then mixing them with the animal fat for a more potent energetic mixture. If you keep taking your time machine back to this area every hundred years or so (so many uses for a time machine, the most obvious being going to a few days ago to buy a Euro Millions ticket...) you will find at some point that the relationship with coffee has evolved further, and you'll find people in Ethiopia now brewing what is today known as "coffee" as an important part of their culture. So it would appear to make perfect sense to me that the origins of coffee is simply a process of evolution which started with the indigenous people of this region of Ethiopia first counting coffee cherries as one of their 5 a day. So there you go, myth busted :-). Thanks, Kev coffeeblog.co.uk cworks.co.uk Follow me on Twitter Follow me on Instagram Follow me on Facebook Subscribe to my YouTube Channel

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