Coffee guides
How to make great coffee at home: guides to brew methods, grind size, gear and keeping your beans fresh, from the team at BIRMA roastery.
How to make coffee in a moka pot
How much coffee, which grind, how much heat and when to take it off the stove.
Read 1:16 · GRIND 6 · 3:00How to make pour-over coffee
Ratio, temperature, grind and time, and how to fix a sour or bitter cup.
Read 1:15 · GRIND 9 · 4:00How to make French press coffee
Ratio, coarse grind, four minutes, and the trick for a cup without sludge.
Read GRIND 1–10Coffee grind size guide
A simple chart of the right grind for each brew method, and how to spot the wrong one.
Read 1:8 · GRIND 10 · 12–18 HHow to make cold brew at home
How much coffee and water, how long to steep, and how to strain and serve.
Read GRINDER · KETTLE · SCALERecommended coffee gear for home
Grinders, kettles, pour-over, moka pots and bean storage, in order of importance.
Read AIR · LIGHT · HEAT · MOISTUREHow to keep coffee beans fresh
Where to keep them, fridge or freezer, how much to buy and when to grind.
Read 18 G · 36 G · 25–30 SHow to make espresso at home
Dose, grind and time, and how to fix sour or bitter espresso.
Read GRIND 1 · 7–8 G / CUPHow to make Turkish coffee
In the cup or in a finjan: dose, grind, and how to get the foam.
Read 15 G · 85–92° · 2:00How to make coffee with an AeroPress
A standard recipe and the inverted method, with ratio, grind and time.
Read LIGHT · MEDIUM · DARKLight, medium or dark roast: what's the difference
What happens in the roaster, how each roast tastes, and how to choose.
Read WASHED · NATURAL · HONEYWashed, natural or honey: how coffee is processed
What the bag says: how processing at the farm shapes the taste.
Read 60–65° · FOAMHow to froth milk at home
With a steam wand, a hand frother or a French press, and at what temperature.
Read 2 G · 75–80°How to make matcha
How much powder, what temperature, how to whisk without lumps, and a hot or iced matcha latte.
Read 20 G · 160 ML · 140 G ICEHow to make iced coffee at home
Pour-over on ice, espresso on ice and cold brew: three ways to iced coffee that isn't watery.
Read 1:2 · 1:15 · 1:16How much coffee per cup: the coffee-to-water ratio
One chart: grams of coffee for every method, and how to make your cup stronger or milder.
Read SWISS WATER · 97%Decaf coffee: how it works
How caffeine is removed, what the Swiss Water process is, and how much caffeine is left in the cup.
Read 90 · 135 · 190 · 300 MLEspresso, cortado, cappuccino and latte: what's the difference
Espresso, macchiato, cortado, cappuccino, flat white and latte: how much milk, how much foam, which glass.
Read ACIDITY · SWEETNESS · BODYHow to taste coffee and what tasting notes mean
What tasting notes mean, and how to taste coffee and pick out acidity, sweetness and body.
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