BREW GUIDES

ISSUE #3

Felipe Estela: Drumroaster Coffee

What you'll need:
How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 80g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m30s, pour 120g (to ~200g) in circles.
  5. At 1m05s, pour 120g (to ~320g) in circles.
  6. The coffee should drip through in 2m15s.
  7. Enjoy!

Currant Mood: Rosso Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 60g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m30s, pour 80g (to ~140g) in circles.
  5. At 1m05s, pour 80g (to ~220g) in circles.
  6. At 1m40s, pour 100g (~320g) in circles.
  7. The coffee should drip through in 2m10s.
  8. Enjoy!

Tima: Café Pista

What you'll need:

If you don’t have an Origami dripper, you can use either a Kalita Wave dripper, or a V60 cone-style dripper, depending on the paper type. If the recipe calls for a wave-style filter, please use a Kalita Wave, and grind slightly coarser. If the recipe calls for a cone-style filter, please use a V60, and grind slightly coarser.

How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 60g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m40s, pour 130g (to ~190g) in circles.
  5. At 1m30s, pour 130g (to ~320g) in circles.
  6. The coffee should drip through in 2m15s.
  7. Enjoy!

Two Wheel: Rosso Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 80g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m40s, pour 120g (to ~200g) in circles.
  5. At 1m30s, pour 120g (to ~320g) in circles.
  6. The coffee should drip through in 2m15s.
  7. Enjoy!

Dancing Goats: De Mello Coffee

What you'll need:
How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 60g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m30s, pour 80g (to ~140g) in circles.
  5. At 1m05s, pour 80g (to ~220g) in circles.
  6. At 1m40s, pour 100g (~320g) in circles.
  7. The coffee should drip through in 2m15s.
  8. Enjoy!

Classic Diner: Drumroaster Coffee

What you'll need
How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 60g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m30s, pour 80g (to ~140g) in circles.
  5. At 1m10s, pour 80g (to ~220g) in circles.
  6. At 1m40s, pour 100g (~320g) in circles.
  7. The coffee should drip through in 2m45s.
  8. Enjoy!

Gentleman: De Mello Coffee

What you'll need
How to make it:
  1. Add your coffee grounds to your French Press.
  2. Start timer, pour water over coffee grounds, leave plunger aside.
  3. Wait 4 minutes.
  4. Stir the grounds 3 times gently, breaking through the crust that forms on top.
  5. Wait 4 minutes.
  6. Use the two spoons to scoop or skim the foam and floating coffee grounds out of the vessel.
  7. Wait another 2 minutes.
  8. Put the filter plunge on, and plunge gently to separate liquid from coffee grinds.
  9. Pour and enjoy!

Hideaway: Rosso Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 80g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m40s, pour 120g (to ~200g) in circles.
  5. At 1m30s, pour 120g (to ~320g) in circles.
  6. The coffee should drip through in 2m15s.
  7. Enjoy!

Tandem: Café Pista

What you'll need:
  • An AeroPress
  • Filter of choice (Two AeroPress standard filters preferred)
  • 16g of coffee (medium-fine grind, approx. 780 microns, or Comandante @26 clicks)
  • 260g of water at 93°C/199°F (~75ppm)
  • Carafe or vessel for your AeroPress
How to make it:
  1. Place your paper filter/ filters into the AeroPress cap.
  2. Place the cap on the AeroPress and set it on your carafe.
  3. Wet your filter to rinse out any undesirable flavours.
  4. Pour the 16g of ground coffee into the chamber.
  5. Start your timer, carefully add 260g of water.
  6. Stir 10 times, then immediately place the plunger on top to prevent coffee from dripping through.
  7. At 1m10s, slowly press the plunger for 40 seconds until complete.
  8. Enjoy!

Homebody Espresso: Rosso Coffee Roasters

How to make it:
18g in, 42g out, in 28-31seconds.

Tandem Espresso: Café Pista

How to make it:

18g in, 34g out, in 32 seconds.

Gentleman Espresso: De Mello Coffee Roasters

How to make it:
18g in, 42g out, in 23-25 seconds.

Pedro Moreno Espresso: Drumroaster Coffee

How to make it:
19g in, 45g out, in 28 seconds.

Cherry Wild Espresso: Rosso Coffee Roasters

How to make it:
19g in, 42g out, in 32-34 seconds.

Shoondhisa Espresso: Café Pista

How to make it:
18.5g in, 37g out, in 38 seconds.

Off Hours Decaf: Rosso Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 60g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m30s, pour 80g (to ~120g) in circles.
  5. At 1m00s, pour 50g (to ~170g) in circles.
  6. At 1m30s, pour 50g (to ~220g) in circles.
  7. At 2m00s, pour 50g (to ~270g) in circles.
  8. At 2m30s, pour 70g (~340g) in the center only.
  9. The coffee should drip through around 2m45s.
  10. Enjoy!

Baho Decaf: Café Pista

What you'll need:
How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 60g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m30s, pour 80g (to ~140g) in circles.
  5. At 1m10s, pour 80g (to ~220g) in circles.
  6. At 1m40s, pour 100g (~320g) in circles.
  7. The coffee should drip through in 2m45s.
  8. Enjoy!

Zumachi Decaf: De Mello Coffee

What you'll need
How to make it:
  1. Start by wetting the filter on your dripper.
  2. Pour the 20g of ground coffee into the dripper.
  3. Start your timer, pour 60g of the hot water in slow, gentle circles.
  4. At 0m30s, pour 80g (to ~120g) in circles.
  5. At 1m00s, pour 50g (to ~170g) in circles.
  6. At 1m30s, pour 50g (to ~220g) in circles.
  7. At 2m00s, pour 50g (to ~270g) in circles.
  8. At 2m30s, pour 70g (~340g) in the center only.
  9. The coffee should drip through around 2m45s.
  10. Enjoy!

Dustin Yu

Dustin Yu

Director of Coffee. Works with the best Canadian roasters to curate our subscription boxes. Creates brew guides as a coffee education super nerd. Has a terrible habit of always ordering a washed Colombian or Ethiopian pour over. Loves making ceramic coffee cups, and is also a cooking enthusiast!



Dustin Yu

Dustin Yu

Director of Coffee. Works with the best Canadian roasters to curate our subscription boxes. Creates brew guides as a coffee education super nerd. Has a terrible habit of always ordering a washed Colombian or Ethiopian pour over. Loves making ceramic coffee cups, and is also a cooking enthusiast!