Brew guide
Brew it well, however you brew.
Starting recipes for seven ways to make coffee at home, with the coffees and gear that suit each one. Weigh your coffee and water, then adjust the grind to taste.Starting recipes for seven methods. Weigh coffee and water, then adjust the grind to taste.
brew ra·tionoun, coffee
The weight of coffee compared to the weight of water. Most filter methods sit around 1:16, meaning 1 gram of coffee for every 16 grams of water. Three things to set:
01 RatioCoffee to water, by weight
02 GrindFiner for short brews, coarser for long
03 TimeHow long water touches coffee
Choose a method
Grind chart
Finer for fast brews, coarser for slow onesGrind chart
Extra fineLike powdered sugarTurkish
FineLike table saltEspresso
Medium-fineLike fine sandPour-over, AeroPress
MediumLike beach sandDrip
CoarseLike sea saltFrench press, cold brew
Fix a bad cup
Change one thing at a timeFix a bad cup
Sour, sharp or thin
Under-extracted: the water didn’t pull enough out.
Grind a little finer.
Use hotter water, or brew a bit longer.
Bitter, harsh or dry
Over-extracted: the water pulled out too much.
Grind a little coarser.
Shorten the brew time.
Weak or watery
Not enough coffee for the water.
Use more coffee, moving toward 1:15.
Check that the beans are within a few weeks of the roast date.