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Brew guides

The recipes we use at the roastery, by weight. A $20 kitchen scale will do more for your coffee than a new grinder.

Coffee dripping through a paper filter into a glass carafe

Scale any recipe

Pick a brewer and how many cups. These are the numbers printed on the back of your bag.

1cup
Coffee
22 g
Water
352 g
Ratio
1:16
Grind
Medium-fine, like table salt
Time
3:00 to 3:30
Water temperature
96°C / 205°F

Pour-over, V60 or Kalita

1:16

  1. Heat water to 96°C (205°F). Rinse the paper filter and dump the rinse water.
  2. Add 22 g of coffee ground medium-fine. Level the bed.
  3. Pour 50 g of water and wait 40 seconds while it blooms.
  4. Pour in slow circles to 352 g by 1:45.
  5. Let it drain. Aim to finish between 3:00 and 3:30.

Espresso

1:2

  1. Dose 18 g of finely ground coffee into the basket and level it.
  2. Tamp firmly and evenly. Wipe the rim.
  3. Pull 36 g of espresso into the cup in 27 to 30 seconds.
  4. Running fast and sour: grind finer. Slow and bitter: grind coarser.

French press

1:15

  1. Add 30 g of coarse coffee to the press.
  2. Pour 450 g of water at 96°C and start a timer.
  3. At 4:00, stir the crust and skim the foam off the top.
  4. Put the lid on, press slowly, and pour it all out so it stops brewing.

Drip machine

1:17

  1. Use 60 g of medium-ground coffee for a one-litre carafe.
  2. Use filtered water if your tap tastes of anything.
  3. Brew, then take the carafe off the hot plate within 20 minutes.

Cold brew

1:8

  1. Add 100 g of extra-coarse coffee to a jar.
  2. Pour in 800 g of cold, filtered water and stir until every ground is wet.
  3. Cover and leave in the fridge for 14 to 16 hours.
  4. Strain through a paper filter. Dilute one to one with water or milk over ice.

AeroPress

1:15

  1. Add 15 g of coffee ground medium-fine.
  2. Pour 225 g of water at 90°C and stir three times.
  3. Put the plunger on, wait until 2:00.
  4. Press down gently for about 30 seconds.

Grind size, at a glance

If it tastes wrong

Change one thing at a time, and start with the grind.

It tastesWhyTry
Sour, thin, saltyUnder-extractedGrind finer, or use water closer to boiling.
Bitter, dry, harshOver-extractedGrind coarser, or shorten the brew time.
Weak but not sourNot enough coffeeAdd 2 g of coffee, keep the water the same.
Muddy, siltyGrind too fine for the filterGrind a step coarser, especially for a French press.

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