Brewing Tips & Recommendations
At-Home Brewing Supplies We Love!
Coffee Brewer: Techivorm Moccamaster Coffee Brewer
The Moccamaster Brewer has a thermal carafe that keeps the coffee hot without using a hot plate! Very well made and is easily customizable! The cone-shaped brew basket helps steep the coffee and extract all the great flavors of each coffee! We love this maker, and plan on loving it for more time to come:) Also, it’s SCA certified!
Cold Brew Maker: OXO Good Grips 32 OZ Cold Brew Coffee Maker
This brewer is what I've been using for my cold brew for 4 years! It evenly distributes the water and coffee grounds so they steep all together. It’s easy to use, and easy to filter out the cold brew when done! It also has a mesh filter that is cleanable, and reusable! Great bang for your buck!
Espresso Machine: Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine
I absolutely love my Breville machine. It is consistent in espresso shots, steams silky smooth milk, and has pumped out thousands of coffee drinks for me! It’s easy to clean, precise, customizable, and easy to work with. The machine has 16 grind options, a 9-bar extraction system, a full steam wand, and a pre-infusion element that helps bring out all your coffee’s flavor! It is also recognized by SCA!
Coffee Grinder: Baratza Encore Coffee Grinder
The encore grinder has 40 different grind settings so you can grind for cold brew, all the way to espresso! It has 40mm burr grinders that help bring consistent grounds and precision to each cup. It is also a SCA award-winning grinder!
Pour Over: V60 Coffee Dripper
A great and easy brewing device, that's also aforadbale!
French Press: Fellow Clara Insulated Coffee Maker
There are lots of great French presses out there, we just recommend one that is dual walled and has good heat retention! Plus, we love Fellow products:)
Kettle: Fellow Stagg EKG Gooseneck Kettle
Fully customizable brewing, precise stream for optimal flow rate, and keeps water hot at set temperature for up to 60 mins. Great kettle to pour with, beautiful exterior, and easy to clean.
Brew Tips & Ratios
Coffee: 70 grams of coffee to 40 oz of water, medium grind
Cold Brew: 10 oz cold brew to 40 oz of water, dilute with 2 or 3 parts water, super coarse grind
French Press: 18 grams of coffee to 12 oz water, coarse grind
Pour Over: 23 grams of coffee to 12 oz water, medium-coarse grind
Espresso: 18 grams of coffee, fine grind. 36 gram output of espresso.
Flavored Drinks: we use 1 oz flavoring, or 2 TBSP, of flavoring for a 16 oz drink.. But you can use more or less as needed:)
Cleaning Supplies
Make sure to clean! Thoroughly cleaning your equipment helps your machine work better, and also keeps to going longer!
URNEX has the best coffee cleaning supplies! Reliable, safe to use, and recognized by the SCA.
Grinders: Grindz Professional Coffee Grinder Cleaning Tablets
Coffee Brewers: Tabz Coffee Brewer Cleaning Tablets
Descaler
Coffee Pot Cleaner
Espresso machine
You can use the Tabz for the backflush, and the descaler for hard water.
For cleaning portafilters/ coffee equipment, use Cafiza Espresso Cleaning Powder