Brew Guides

You have your coffee beans, now what do you do with them! Below are our brew guides to help you brew that perfect cup of Ariosa coffee. We have been doing this for years, but don't be afraid to play around with these methods to find what suits you and your machine best.

Dose
28g
Temperature
~205°F / ~96°C
Grind
ground coffee
What you need

The plunger pot

1 tablespoon of coffee for every 4oz of water

Timer

Kettle

Scale

Hot water just off the boil

Mug




Plunger Pot

The French Press is all about simplicity. Coffee, water & time. Its classic and well-engineered design hasn’t changed much since its invention in 1929, and it’s perfect for making multiple cups of heavy-bodied coffee in 4 minutes.

The metal filter allows more oils and small coffee particles to make it into your cup, resulting in a heavy bodied, rich cup of coffee.

Make the perfect brew

01

It is important that the coffee be ground with a good quality burr (rather than blade) grinder. By grinding the coffee coarse, you’re allowing for a slower and more even extraction, which results in a fuller bodied and more nuanced cup. Blade grinders chop the coffee rather than grinding it, resulting in uneven and unpredictable particle size & increased bitterness.

Grind Coffee
02

Ensure pot is clean and dry. You’ll need 1 tablespoon of coffee for every 4oz of water. Feel free to adjust based on personal tastes.

Add coffee to pot
03

Bring water to the boil & then let it cool for 45 seconds. Pour it aggressively into the pot so that water saturates the grounds evenly. Move the stream around to facilitate this. Do not fill up pot entirely.

Add water
04

After 1 minute, stir the grounds in the pot. This guarantees even & optimal extraction of all the coffee.

Stir
05

Press the pot at exactly 4 minutes. You should push the press (slowly) into the pot to force all grounds to the bottom. You may need to repeat this step.

Press the pot