How to brew our coffee:
On the topic of freshness, let's also cover how to brew and the ratios we recommend for manual brewing methods. Don't ask us about espresso, that is not our jam.
Check our Brew Guide Videos if you are a visual learner.
Pour-over:
12 oz. cup of coffee
25 grams (~3 Tablespoons) of medium-fine grind coffee with freshly boiled to 205ºF degree water, left to stand for 1 minute.
We like a little finer grind in our pour-over, closer to an Auto-Drip grind for a little richer cuppa.
Pouring right out at 205ºF can scald the grounds, especially with delicate light roasted coffees, making for a more acidic cup. Wet the paper filter to remove any paper flavor or residual in the cup or in the dripper. Add your medium-fine freshly ground 3 T coffee. Slowly saturate partially, allow for the remaining CO2 bloom, allow to settle, and then pour in a swirling motion pulling the grounds in the center. Typically 2 dripper-full pours fills a 12 oz. cup and takes 3-4 minutes to make.
AeroPress:
19 grams of finely ground coffee
205ºF water boiled, and rested for 1 minute
Follow AeroPress brew instructions
French Press:
3 cup use 21 grams of coarsely ground coffee
8 cups 53 grams of coarsely ground coffee
205ºF water boiled, and rested for 1 minute
Pour grinds into bottom of press, slowly add water. Let steep for 3-4 minutes before depressing plunger.
For the real coffee nerds out there:
The Golden Ratio
A brew ratio is simply a guide to help you figure out how much water and coffee you should use for brewing. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when chatting with coffee nerds about brew ratios:
- Since coffee is 99% water, the larger number in the ratio is always water. We say this because folks will say 18:1 or 1:18 without clarifying which is which, and this can be confusing at first. (Plus, when you get into ratios for espresso, it gets more confusing with more concentrated ratios like 1:3).
- Another key piece of information is remembering that for water, milliliters = grams. So if someone says they are using 20 grams of coffee to 100 millilitres of water, the ratio is 20:100 = 1:5.
- The average cup in America is 8-12 oz, and 1 oz is approximately 30ml. So for an 8-12 oz cup, you’re looking at 240-360 ml water.
SCAA, the Specialty Coffee Association of America, has come out with their golden ratio, which is approximately. 1:18. So, therefore they recommend 55 grams of coffee for 1000 ml (grams) of water.
Obviously this golden ratio depends on your brew method, type of coffee, and personal taste preference.
General Consumption Breakdown:
1 lb. of coffee beans yields 16-20 12 oz. brewed cups of coffee. The average consumer drinks 1-2 cups of coffee a day at 12 oz. per each brewed cup, which is 168 oz. a week, around 21 cups, slightly less that 1 lb. per week.