A home brewer's notebook about filter coffee: recipes that worked, recipes that did not, and the small things that change a cup.
- One ratio for a week
Seven days at 1:16. I changed only the grind, and learned more than in a month of random recipes.
- From blade to burr
I used a blade grinder for two years. The change to a hand burr grinder was the biggest upgrade in my setup.
- Water is half the cup
Tap water, filtered water and a simple recipe of my own. The coffee was the same, the cups were not.
- The 4:6 method, my way
Five pours, a clear idea about sweetness and strength, and two small changes that work for my kettle.
- Three washed Ethiopians, side by side
Yirgacheffe, Guji and Sidama in one tasting. Similar on paper, different in the cup.
- Why I weigh everything
A kitchen scale costs less than a bag of good coffee and removes most of the guesswork.