📘 Coffee

I am very interested in experimenting with various methods of brewing coffee. Most days I have a 10oz or 20oz cup of black coffee brewed with a Kalita Wave 185.

1. My equipment
2. Kalita Wave 185
3. Aeropress
4. Prismo
5. Phin
6. Grid Size

My equipment

• Hario Mini Slim Coffee Mill MSS-1
• Kalita Wave 185, stainless steel
• Kalita 300ml carafe
• Cloth Filter Co, Kalita Wave 185
• Aeropress
• Puck Puck
• Prismo
• Bialetti Moka Pot
• Carter Move Mug, slate grey, 16oz, splash guard
• Trung Nguyen phin

Kalita Wave 185

• Coffee: 15g, medium roast, medium-fine grind
• Water: Slightly boiling

1. Add coffee
2. Saturate grounds with ~90g of water
3. Pour ~110g of water until 200g total, in a spiral motion
4. Occasionally pour 25-50g of water, in spiral motion, until 375g total
5. Wait until coffee reaches 300ml, remove and discard the rest

Aeropress

• Coffee: 15g (1 scoop, not leveled), medium roast, medium-fine grind
• Water: Slightly boiling

1. Add coffee
2. Start timer
3. Fill to the 4 with water, or ~240g
4. Stir
5. Place plunger, pull up slightly
6. Wait until 1:15
7. Push down plunger, gently

Prismo

• Coffee: 20g, espresso roast, fine grind
• Water: 75ml, Slightly boiling

1. Add coffee
2. Add water
3. Start timer
4. Stir until 0:10
5. Wait until 1:10
6. Place plunger and push down quickly

Phin

• Coffee: 15g, medium ground
• Water: Slightly boiling

1. Add coffee to the basket, shake to level
2. Place on top of cup or mug
3. Add enough water to wet the grounds
4. place the filter on top of the grounds (do not push, just gently drop it)
5. Wait ~15 seconds
6. Fill basket to just below the top, near the rubber handles
7. Wait until all water has dripped through
8. If desired, combine with some condensed milk or other milk. I like to use some frothed oat milk.

Grid Size

Below are the "clicks" I set my grinder to for various brewers.

• 3 clicks Fine - Prismo
• 7 clicks Medium fine - Moka Pot
• 10 clicks Medium - Kalita Wave, Aeropress

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