NINE DRINKS
the same coffee, different proportions
HOW MUCH COFFEE TO WATER
six methods · weight, grind, time
ARABICA AND ROBUSTA
two species, six varieties, one difference
POST-FERMENTED TEAS
six teas changed by microbes rather than oxygen
MATCHA DRINKS
six proportions · grams, millilitres, degrees
MATCHA GRADES
ceremonial, premium, culinary — what is behind the words
PUERH AGEING
sheng and shu · what the years do and when to drink
BLACK TEA
grades, six leaves and four blends · in China it is "red tea"
TEA PLANT CULTIVARS
assamica against sinensis · leaves at one scale · six cultivars
GREEN TEA
six leaves · water, time, number of steepings
OOLONG
from 15 to 80 % oxidation · leaf shape · seven steepings
SIX KINDS OF TEA
one plant · the oxidation scale · seven processing steps
YELLOW TEA
yellowing under a cover · the step no other tea has
THE ISO 3591 GLASS
the only wine glass with dimensions instead of adjectives
WINE TEMPERATURE
neither from the fridge nor from the room — not one of them
THE HAMBURGER
the ratios of the mince and the five steps that decide the result
SUGAR IN FRUIT
grams of natural sugar per 100 g of fresh fruit — and how much water sits beside it
NEAPOLITAN PIZZA DOUGH
four ingredients in the proportions written into an EU regulation
POUND CAKE
four equal weights — a recipe whose name is its ratio
PROTEIN IN FOODS
grams per 100 g · animal and plant · and the state each one was weighed in
BARRE CHORDS
two shapes, twelve chords each
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
12 keys · key signatures · relative minors
THE ELECTRIC GUITAR PICKUP
one coil or two · six builds · where it sits along the string, and how high above it
FIRST CHORDS
15 chords every beginner starts with · standard tuning E A D G B e
NOTES ON THE FRETBOARD
standard tuning E A D G B e · first twelve frets
THE PENTATONIC
three positions · the root is marked
TONEWOODS
density, hardness, export · what is measured kept apart from what is taste
THE STEREO FIELD
what stays centred · what is spread · why the low end is not panned
NOTE VALUES
from whole to thirty-second · how many fit a 4/4 bar
C MAJOR FINGERING
right and left · one octave and two
THE KEYBOARD
three octaves · every key and its note on the staff
DADGAD
D — A — D — G — A — D
DROP D
one string down · everything else unchanged
HALF STEP DOWN
every string down a semitone · same shapes
OPEN C
the deepest of the open tunings
OPEN D
the open strings are already D major
OPEN G
the open strings are already G major
UKULELE CHORDS
the first twelve chords · standard tuning G C E A
IMPERIAL UNITS
convert in your head · without a calculator