{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Coffee Predictions And Futuristic Brew Tech On The Coffee Sprudgecast","description":"In the year brew thousand\u2026 in the year brew thousaaaaand! The new year is upon us and, as such, there has never a more relevant time to look into the future. Fueled with pour-overs of Loyal Coffee\u2019s Mountain Melody Blend brewed using an appropriately futuristic brewer, Sprudgecast hosts Jordan Michelman and Zachary Carlsen make their startling predictions for 2026. Did someone say futuristic brewer? Yes, that\u2019s right. Live on the show, the hosts try out the Melitta Senz V, a high-tech pour-over brewing kit that pairs with the Wabilogic phone app. The brewer is loaded with sensors (two scales, temp probe, and TDS) that send data in realtime to the app\u2014providing temperature, brew time information, and TDS measurements. The TDS (total dissolved solids) data is sent to the app, giving the user an analysis that predicts the overall extraction level (strength) of the brew. On the device itself, it displays a simple interpretation of that data with nine built-in taste profiles (e.g. \u201cstrong\u201d, \u201cacidic\u201d).  Measuring coffee\u2019s TDS using laboratory-grade refractometers have been part of professional specialty coffee toolkits for over a decade, and the Melitta Senz-V brings this useful technology to the casual home coffee brewer\u2014especially to those who are experimenting with their brew water. The coffee brewer has been \u201cout there\u201d since 2022, with availability really ramping up in 2025, and the app is connected to an active community of users sharing their data and even rating their roasted coffee\u2019s quality, offering a useful database of highly rated coffee roasters and brew recipes. For our Loyal Coffee Mountain Melody blend, we gave it five stars. Predictions abound on the episode\u2014but to find out what we really think you\u2019ll need to listen. Or read the transcript. You do you! It\u2019s 2026\u2014we\u2019re just thirteen buttons in, 352 to go! This episode of the Coffee Sprudgecast is sponsored by Baratza, noissue, Ceado, Pacific Barista Series, La Marzocco, and DONA. ","author_name":"Coffee Sprudgecast","author_url":"http:\/\/sprudge.com","html":"