Brew Guides

by Rhian Gainsborough

MAKE YOUR COFFEE. BUT BETTER.

 

Cafetière Brew Guide

what you need

  • Cafetière
  • Coffee Grinder
  • Kettle
  • 250ml water per cup
  • Timer
  • Digital Scales
  • Mug
  • Tablespoon
  • 18 grams coffee per cup, we’d recommend our Clifftop Blend


summary

  • Step 1: Weigh coffee, grind and boil kettle
  • Step 2: Pour
  • Step 3: 4 minute steep
  • Step 4: Stir
  • Step 5: Decant and Enjoy

 

STEP 1

  • Weigh, grind and boil Kettle
  • Pop your kettle on boil
  • Weigh 18 grams of coffee per cup
  • Medium coarse grind

STEP 2

  •  Pour all 250ml of your hot water over the grounds and start a timer.

STEP 3

  • Stir and wait
  • Using your tablespoon, give all the brew a good stir to agitate the grounds. Place the lid onto top of the beaker and wait for 4 minutes

 STEP 4

  • Stir
  • Once the 4 minutes is up, remove the lid and stir only the top grounds to break the crust.

 STEP 5

  • Decant and enjoy
  • Give the coffee a few minutes so that the sediment settles. Pop the lid back onto the beaker but DON’T PLUNGE! While holding the lid down, slowly decant the coffee into your mug, leaving the sediment behind.

 

Aeropress Brew Guide

 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

 

- Aeropress

- Filter Paper

- Coffee Grinder

- Kettle

- 250ml water per cup

- Digital Scales

- Timer

- Mug

- Tablespoon

- 17 grams coffee per cup, we’d recommend our Single Origin coffees



Summary

 

Step 1: Weigh coffee, grind and boil kettle

Step 2: Pour

Step 3: Stir & steep

Step 4: Plunge

 

STEP 1

 

Weigh, grind and boil kettle

Pop your kettle on boil

Weigh 17 grams of coffee per cup

Medium Fine grind

 

STEP 2

 

Pour

Pour all 250ml of your hot water over the grounds and start a timer.

 

STEP 3

 

Stir and steep

Using your tablespoon, give all the brew a good stir to agitate the grounds. Wait 60 seconds

 

STEP 4

 

Plunge and enjoy

Once the 60 is up, insert plunger and press slowly until you hear a hiss sound.

 

Pour Over 

 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

 

- Pour Over Brewer, we recommend a Hario V60

- Filter Paper

- Coffee Grinder

- Kettle

- 250ml water per cup

- Digital Scales

- Timer

- Tablespoon

- Mug

- 15 grams coffee per cup, we’d recommend our The Mumma -Single Origin Ethiopian 



Summary

 

Step 1: Weigh coffee, grind and boil kettle

Step 2: Rinse and bloom

Step 3: 1st Stage Pour

Step 4: 2nd Stage Pour

Step 5: Drawdown and enjoy



STEP 1

 

Weigh, grind and boil kettle

 

Pop your kettle on boil

Weigh 15 grams of coffee per cup

Medium grind



STEP 2

 

Rinse and bloom

Rinse and preheat the brewer and mug, decant water

Add ground coffee, start timer and slowly pour 45ml and swirl the brewer.



STEP 3

 

1st Stage Pour

After 30 seconds of bloom, slowly pour water up to 150ml

 

STEP 4

 

2nd Stage Pour

When the waters almost drained, slowly pour water up to 250ml

 

STEP 5

 

Drawdown

Coffee should drain by around 3:00 to 3:30. Remove pour over and enjoy the brew.

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