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Back to basics - brewing...cafetiere / french press

28/7/2018

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I often get asked about different ways to brew coffee. So once you’ve chosen which beans you like, and whether you prefer a lighter or darker roast, how are you going to make your drink? So in this series of short blogs I’m going to take those new to coffee through some of the absolute brewing basics. This time it’s the turn of the good old Cafetière or French Press .....
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Brewing In a Cafetière / French Press

How much coffee to use?
Use 1.5 to 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per small coffee cup
For a 3 cup cafetière, I use 4 to 5 tablespoons of coffee
For an 8 cup cafetière, I use 11 to 15 tablespoons of coffee

Grind Size?
The coarseness of your coffee grind is really important. Every brewing method extracts flavour differently. So for a Cafetière use coarse ground coffee. At The Garden Roastery our Eureka grinder can be set to all levels. So just let us know how you brew when you order your coffee, and we’ll give you the perfect grind.

Preparation
Boil your kettle, 94 degrees is good for cafetière brewing so let the water cool a little. You can pre-warm the pot, but it’s not essential and remember that will affect your brewing temperature.

Here we go...
Add your coffee to the pot. Pour over the water to just cover the grounds. Leave for 30 seconds to ‘bloom’. Then fill the pot, leaving enough room to place the plunger on top.

Wait 4 minutes....... then plunge, slow and steady.

Your coffee is ready to enjoy.

Take some time to experiment, to make the perfect cup of coffee, just how you like it. These are just guidelines .. #yourcoffeeyourway.


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If you fancy brewing your coffee in a Cafetière, but don’t have one, check out the gift sets in The Garden Roastery shop.
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Roasting day

21/7/2018

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So it's roasting day.  This is how we do it at a micro-roastery....
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Back to basics...

8/7/2018

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So I’ve taken a bit of time out over the last few weeks, and it’s got me to thinking. I set up the Garden Roastery after I became increasingly interested in speciality coffee, I learnt a lot, and I am still learning. But before all that training and developing my knowledge, what did I know? I knew that I loved coffee, I was fascinated by the hundreds of ways that you could make and drink it, but I didn’t know the difference between a latte and a flat white, the difference between commodity coffee and speciality, and I’d certainly never heard of an aeropress! I guess that is the same for the majority of folks, so I’ve decided over the next few blogs to write about some of those things. I make speciality roast coffee in a micro-roastery, and I want people to not only be able to drink my coffee, but to know how to make it the way they like it #yourcoffeeyourtime, so let’s learn about coffee together...
#yourcoffeeyourtime

Hey coffee lovers, add a comment to the blog if you have any questions or interest areas, and I will try to include these in future blogs... e.g. ways to brew your roast coffee, what’s the best grind size to use? when do you press the plunger in your cafetière? how much coffee should you use?....


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    Lisa - Roaster by Passion

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