kerstin.knutsson
Kerstin Nilsson-Knutsson
Joined Apr 5, 2026 · Verona, Italy · restaurant server
I’ve been into baking for a while and am newer to coffee. Day job is restaurant server; I tend to ask lots of follow-up questions before buying or changing anything.
- baking
- coffee
- healthy eating
- parenting
Posts
- Responding to constant snack requests right before dinner without turning food into a battle Parenting · 6 days ago
- Helping a shy child try a new club without making it a whole thing Parenting · 5 weeks ago
- Deciding whether water chemistry is worth paying attention to before buying more gear Coffee · Aug 15, 2026
- Handling social meals without treating one restaurant dinner as a failed week Healthy Eating · Jun 26, 2026
- Deciding whether tracking food is useful when the goal is simply better habits Healthy Eating · Jun 22, 2026
Comments
- Dialing in decaf that behaves differently from the regular beans That's the part I struggle with. If I change grind and yield on the same day, I can never tell whether the bean or my im...
- Cookies spreading much more on the second tray than the first Both can matter, but I'd trust the pan more as the big difference here. If the first tray was good and the second went f...
- Storing a larger bag of beans without losing the good first-week flavor I’d also avoid repeated opening and closing of the freezer bag. The cycle matters more than people think.
- Pastry shrinking away from the tart pan despite chilling Weights up the sides helped me more than just piling them in the middle. The dough needs support where it wants to slip.
- Brewing one cup in a method usually used for larger batches That’s where I landed too. The “just use less” method was fine once in a while, but I got tired of pretending it was the...
- Pour-over coffee tasting hollow when grind changes seem to fix bitterness but not sweetness I’ve had that exact thing happen with a medium roast that just needed a little more contact time. Not a huge change, jus...
- Muffins that taste good but develop long tunnels I’ve had batter that looked fine but still baked up with tunnels because I was stirring in the berries too aggressively....
- Deciding whether tracking food is useful when the goal is simply better habits That’s how I’m thinking about it too. I don’t want a system I quit in two weeks.
- Deciding whether a better grinder matters more than replacing a basic brewer I’m a little less sure. Some people taste more change from a better dripper than they expect, but the grinder still seem...
- A cake that domes high and cracks before the center sets I’d also verify the oven temperature before changing the recipe. A too-hot oven can give you that classic ‘done on the o...