The Brew
Practical guides to choosing, brewing and enjoying your coffee.
To make French press coffee, add coarse-ground coffee to the pot at about 60g per litre of water, pour in water just off the boil, wait four minutes, break the crust with a spoon, then...
Read the guideBatch brew is filter coffee made in volume. A machine pours hot water over a bed of ground coffee, the brew drains through a paper filter into a carafe, and the café serves it by...
Read the guideSour coffee is commonly under-extracted; bitter, dry coffee is commonly over-extracted. The useful fix is to change one extraction variable at a time: grind first, then water contact, temperature or dose as the method…
Read the guideA 1kg bag makes roughly 45–65 coffees for most home brewers . The exact number is set by the dose you use for each drink, not by the size of the cup. An 18g espresso...
Read the guideCoffee continues changing after roasting as trapped gases escape, and what happens over the following days decides whether a bag tastes the way it should. This guide explains what's going on inside the beans, how...
Read the guideBuying coffee beans online starts with the cup you want to drink. Chocolate and caramel in a flat white? Something fruity to sip black? Choose for your taste and your equipment, then check the roast...
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