Brewing Guides

How to Brew Coffee using a French Press A french press (sometimes called a press pot) used to be a very popular brewing method that has seemed to fallen out of fashion the last few years.  The major disadvantage of this brewing method is that it does not use a paper filter so there will be some "silt" that ends up at the bottom of your mug. There are a few methods you can use to reduce this, some involve skimming the coffee of the top before plunging or plunging much slower. The French presses disadvantage also happens to be...

How to Brew with a One Cup Pour Over The beauty about this brewing method is that you can get these single cup pour over devices in a variety of materials and costs.  The cheapest is probably the Melita single cup coffee maker which is made of plastic to the Bee House coffee dripper made of porcelain.  The actual brew method is very similar to the Chemex The two most important things about brewing coffee with a one cup pour over are: The 1:16 ratio - for every gram of coffee you use you add 16 grams of hot water.  In our...

How to brew with a Chemex The Chemex is probably one of the most beautiful coffee brewing devices.  In its beauty is also a simplicity of use that yields fantastic tasting coffee with little effort. The two most important things about brewing coffee with a Chemex are: The 1:16 ratio - for every gram of coffee you use you add 16 grams of hot water. In our example below we are using 20 grams of coffee so we need to add 20x16=320 grams of water. Water levels - when brewing make sure you keep the coffee fully submerged in water but don't add...