5 recipes.
| Brewer | Dose | Water / yield | Ratio | Temp | Grind | Time | Notes | By | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French press (Timemore) with a paper filter fitted to the plunger | 22 g | 330 g | 1:15 | medium-fine: 1Zpresso K-Max 5.5 or Comandante 20 clicks | about 3 min plus pressing | Preheat and rinse the paper. Coffee in, all the water, eight stirs. Steep 1 min, stir the crust gently and steep one more minute. Fit the rinsed paper to the plunger, press gently over 45 to 60 s and decant. Coffee: any. | Chronicler | 2:58 | |
| Hario Switch, valve closed | 3 to 4 min | Full immersion needs solid agitation at the start and again at the end. | Sprometheus | 1:34 | |||||
| French press | 16 g | 250 g | 1:15.6 (65 g/L) | medium, Comandante 18 to 19 clicks | 10 min | Pour quickly, just off the boil. Leave 5 min under the crust, stir, lid on for 3 min more (8 in all), press slowly, wait 2 min and pour gently, leaving the sludge behind. One or two extra minutes is optional. Coffee: Rwandan natural. | ECT | 1:31 | |
| Clever Dripper | 20 g | 300 g | 1:15 | coarse, Comandante about 30 clicks | 5:00 | Rinse the paper, add the coffee, pour all the water and cover. Stir at 2 min to break the crust and cover again. At 4 min set it on the carafe and let it drain for about a minute. Coffee: Keen Coffee (Netherlands). | ECT | 1:37 | |
| Hario Switch (ceramic), standard Hario papers | 15 g | 240 g | 1:16 | medium-fine, Comandante C40 at 30 clicks | about 3:30 | Steep 70 g for 30 s, open the valve for about 13 s, close it and add the other 170 g, then drain at around 3:30. Grind finer for a 20 g dose. Water at 92 to 94 °C, soft and low in TDS. The ceramic Switch holds heat better. Coffee: light, processed. Guest: Jason. | Quan | 5:12 |
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