Brewing Tips

There are many ways to enjoy coffee, we like to think of these as recommendations and tips to get you started.

Experiment and find your perfect cup! Some helpful tools around the kitchen include:

Burr Grinder - In my opinion one of the the biggest advances you can make in your coffee experience at home is enjoying freshly ground coffee from freshly roasted beans. There are many burr grinder options out there, we like the Breville Smart Grinder Pro or the Dose Control Pro for easy, at home use.
Digital Coffee Scale - a food scale will work too, make sure it has a tare feature and can accurately measure grams and ounces.
Quality Kettle - gooseneck for more control on pour over drinks, a wide mouth is fine for full immersion. Aim for one with temperature readings.
Food Thermometer - always handy to have on hand, also great for when learning to steam milk.
A Great Attitude - because hey, you’re about to have coffee.

Start by heating up some fresh, filtered water - preferably around 200°-205°F. If you’ve reached boiling temperature simply pull it off for about 10-15 seconds.
Measure out your whole beans - there are many ratio recommendations, we like a 1:15 ratio of 1 gram of coffee per 15 grams of water. For a shared french press grind 50 grams of fresh coffee to a medium-coarse grind.
Preheat your press with some of the warmed water from your kettle. After a few minutes remove the water and add your ground coffee.
Once your water is at temperature, steadily but firmly add to the press. Remember the idea is to fully immerse your coffee, making sure all the grounds are fully saturated. Use a scale to check your water intake and stop when you hit 750 grams.
Set a timer for 4:00 minutes, your grounds should start pushing out gas and expanding, causing a “bloom” at the top of your press.
2:00-3:00 minutes in, take a spoon and gently break your top crust with a few stirs, allow the grounds to re-sink to the bottom.
4:00 minutes in, gently press down, pour, and enjoy!

Start by heating up some fresh, filtered water to 200°-205°, preferably in a goose neck kettle.
Measure out 20 grams of whole beans and grind to a medium- fine grind.
Use some of the water to pre wet the filter, this will get rid of any papery taste and will also serve to pre heat your cup or pot.
Once your water is sitting around 200°, slowly start to pour in a clockwise motion, making sure to saturate all of the beans.
Set a timer and aim for 100grams of water per minute. Use a spoon to gently stir and grounds that might try to stick to the filter.
at 3:00 minutes you should have yielded 300 grams, or enough for a 10oz cup.
Adjust your grams and water based on tase and volume, and enjoy!

With a little homework you can really dial in your auto drip coffee machine at home. Start by figuring out the amount of water per “cup” by your machines standards, for example we fill our Cuisinart Perfect Temp to 10 cups on the pot which actually comes out to 56oz, or seven - 8oz cups.
To round it out, fill the reservoir with 60oz or 1500 grams of clean, fresh water, if you are in the market for a new machine look for one with an internal filtration system.
Measure out 80-85 grams of whole bean coffee and grind to a medium coarse grind. This comes to a slightly higher coffee to water ratio, but keep in mind you will lose some water from the steam of your coffee machine.
Add a clean filter in your machine’s basket, feel free to pre dampen it to get rid of any papery taste.
Add in your ground beans, you are locked and loaded.
Press start and enjoy!