Brew Guide: Auto Drip

Auto Drip

(also known as your standard home coffee pot)

1. Insert coffee filter into the coffee brewer basket.
2. We recommend using 10g of coffee per cup of coffee brewed. (i.e. Use 80g of coffee for an 8 cup pot) Adjust the dosage to your personal preference, more grounds for a stronger cup, less for a more mild brew. 
3. Grind coffee to a medium-fine setting; or if you have pre-ground beans skip this step. More on grind settings below.
4. Pour ground coffee evenly into the brewer basket. Give it shake so the grounds lay flat. 
5. Insert brewer basket into brewer, rinse coffee pot, and begin the brewing process.
6. Swirl coffee pot when brewing is finished and enjoy! 

Helpful Hints

Most coffee pots have baskets that have trouble holding more than 60-80g of coffee when brewing (6-8 cup pots). If you notice that grounds have overflowed in your coffee pot, try brewing a smaller batch! 

Why does this happen? Coffee beans contains gas and as they age, when they're ground, and when they are brewed they "off-gas". When coffee grounds are introduced to water it creates a "bloom" and if you don't have a deep enough basket and filter the grounds can spill over the edge.

Grind Settings

Since coffee beans off-gas as they age, the correct grind setting for the age of your coffee can play a big role in the taste. Our favorite age to brew coffee is in it's 2nd week post-roast, but here is a general grind setting guide to get the most out of your specialty coffee beans at any age.

Week 1: Fine grind
Week 2: Medium-fine grind
Week 3: Medium grind
Week 4: Medium-coarse grind

Ordering Pre-Ground coffee? No worries, our "Drip" grind setting works best for this brew method.