Practical straining, rinsing and sifting know-how from the COLAROA kitchen. No fluff, just what works.
September 3, 2026
The short answer: skip the novelty gadgets. The kitchen gifts people still use in February are the quiet workhorses: a digital scale, a good peeler, a honing rod, a heavy pepper mill, an instant-read thermometer – and a mesh strainer set that doesn’t fall apart. Useful beats clever, every time. The test a kitchen gift […]
September 3, 2026
The short answer: stir coarse-ground coffee into cold water (1:8 ratio), let it sit 14-18 hours in the fridge, then pour it through a fine 60-mesh strainer. That’s it – no dedicated cold brew maker, no paper filters, no cheesecloth. The recipe 1. Grind 80 g of coffee coarse, like breadcrumbs (or ask your roaster […]
September 3, 2026
The short answer: with three mesh grades on one handle you can retire the pasta colander (for small batches), the flour sifter, the tea infuser, the gravy separator’s strainer cap, the cocoa duster, the nut-milk bag and the cheesecloth roll. One drawer slot instead of seven. Coarse 20 mesh: the rinse-and-drain jobs 1. Rinsing rice […]
September 3, 2026
The short answer: rinse under hot running water within a minute of using it, brushing the back side with your fingers or a soft brush. For flour, cocoa or dried-on batter in fine mesh, soak five minutes in warm soapy water, then rinse from the BACK – water pressure pushes the particles out the way […]
September 3, 2026
The short answer: you don’t need a nut-milk bag. Blend soaked nuts with water, pour through a fine 60-mesh strainer set over a bowl, and let it drain for two minutes before a final gentle stir. You’ll bottle smooth milk and skip the part where you hand-wring pulp through fabric at 7 a.m. The trouble […]
September 3, 2026
The short answer: strain twice. First pass through a coarse or medium mesh to remove bones and vegetables, second pass through a fine 60 mesh – slowly, without pressing the solids. Pressing squeezes cloudy particles through; gravity alone gives you the clear, glossy stock restaurants serve. Why stock turns cloudy Cloudiness is suspended protein and […]
September 3, 2026
The short answer: use a coarse 20-mesh strainer, rinse under cold running water while stirring with your fingers, and stop when the water runs clear – about 30 seconds for rice, a full minute for quinoa. The coarse mesh lets the starchy water escape fast while holding every grain. Why rinsing matters Quinoa is coated […]
September 3, 2026
The short answer: nearly every kitchen strainer is built the same way – a wire handle spot-welded to the rim of the mesh bowl. Heat, water, detergent and a few hundred lifting cycles slowly fatigue those two tiny weld points until one day the bowl simply drops off the handle, usually over a pot of […]
September 3, 2026
The short answer: mesh numbers count the wires per inch. 20 mesh is coarse and holds back pasta, beans and berries while water rushes through. 40 mesh is the everyday middle ground for tea, juice and stock. 60 mesh is fine enough to sift flour, dust cocoa and strain nut milk. If you only remember […]
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