BREW GUIDES

ISSUE #2

Finca La Patria: Rooftop Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
  • Origami dripper
  • Kalita Wave filter
  • Kettle
  • 320g water at 93°C/199°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium-coarse grind, approx. 870 microns, or Comandante @ 29 clicks)
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 2m15s.
  8. Enjoy!

Don Mayo Tarrazú

What you'll need:
  • V60 cone-style dripper
  • Cone-style filter
  • Kettle
  • 320g water at 93°C/199°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium-coarse grind, approx. 870 microns, or Comandante @ 29 clicks)
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!

Finca El Embruji: Agro Coffee

What you'll need:
  • V60 cone-style dripper
  • Cone-style filter
  • Kettle
  • 320g water at 93°C/199°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium-coarse grind, approx. 870 microns, or Comandante @ 29 clicks)
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!

Guatemala Finca Carrizalito: Flatland Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
  • Kalita Wave dripper
  • Kalita Wave filter
  • Kettle
  • 320g water at 93°C/199°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium-coarse grind, approx. 810 microns, or Comandante @ 27 clicks)
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!

Finca La Reserva Catuai: Rooftop Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
  • Kalita Wave dripper
  • Kalita Wave filter
  • Kettle
  • 320g water at 93°C/199°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium-coarse grind, approx. 870 microns, or Comandante @ 29 clicks)
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!

Banko Chelchele: Agro Coffee

What you'll need:
  • Kalita Wave dripper
  • Kalita Wave filter
  • Kettle
  • 320g water at 95°C/203°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium-coarse grind, approx. 840 microns, or Comandante @ 28 clicks)
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!

Sumatra: Agro Coffee

What you'll need:
  • A French Press
  • Kettle
  • 450g of water at 93°C/199°F
  • 28g of coffee (medium-fine grind, approx. 820 microns
  • Two spoons
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!

Finca La Reversa Venecia: Rooftop Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
  • Kalita Wave dripper
  • Kalita Wave filter
  • Kettle
  • 320g water at 95°C/203°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium-coarse grind, approx. 810 microns, or Comandante @ 27 clicks)
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!

Brazil Caramelo: Flatland Coffee Roasters

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
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!

Finca La Reversa Venecia Espresso: Rooftop Coffee Roasters

How to make it:
17.5g in, 34g out, in 28-32 seconds

Sumatra Espresso: Agro Coffee

How to make it:
18g in, 36g out, in 30 seconds

Brazil Caramelo Espresso

How to make it:
19g in, 40g out, in 34-36 seconds

Finca La Patria Espresso: Rooftop Coffee Roasters

How to make it:
18.5g in, 36g out, in 30-34 seconds

Banko Chelchele Espresso: Agro Coffee

How to make it:
18g in, 36g out, in 25-30 seconds

Don Mayo Tarrazú: Seven Mystery

How to make it:
18g in, 42g out, in 26-30 seconds

Full Moon Decaf: Seven Mystery

What you'll need:
  • Kalita Wave dripper
  • Kalita Wave filter
  • Kettle
  • 340g water at 93°C/199°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium grind, approx 840 microns, or Comandante @ 28 clicks)
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!

Cumbres de Nariño Decaf: Rooftop Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
  • V60 cone-style dripper
  • Cone-style filter
  • Kettle
  • 320g water at 93°C/199°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium-coarse grind, approx. 840 microns, or Comandante @ 28 clicks)
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 2m15s.
  8. Enjoy!

Peru Decaf: Flatland Coffee Roasters

What you'll need:
  • V60 cone-style dripper
  • Cone-style filter
  • Kettle
  • 320g water at 95°C/203°F(~90ppm)
  • 20g of coffee (Medium-coarse grind, approx. 840 microns, or Comandante @ 28 clicks)
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!