Coffee recipes

More for my memory than for anyone else's, these are the various coffee recipes I use at home. I like espresso milk drinks but they're pretty unhealthy generally so I don't make them at home, and I've yet to acquire the taste for espresso itself. So filter coffee is what I make at home, and where these recipes come from.

Many are inspired either from James Hoffmann, or modified versions. His youtube channel tends to be my first port of call for coffee related things.

v60 Switch - Immersion

This is my default way to brew coffee at home, it's very simple, hard to mess up, and consistently great. It produces a single mug of coffee.

Brewer: Hario v60 Switch
Method:

• Pre-heat brewer by putting in the filter paper and filling half way with boiling water. Wait a few moments and drain the water.
• Grind up 15g coffee beans, add to brewer
• Ensure switch is closed, start timer, and slowly add 240g boiling water
• At 2 mins, give a gentle stir once or twice to help the grounds settle
• At 2m15s, open switch and let the coffee drain

From adding the water to being fully filtered, it should take between 3m30s and 4m. Adjust grind size accordingly if this is missed (more fine if it's too quick, more coarse if it's too slow).

Cafetiere / French Press

Another immersion recipe, this produces two mugs of coffee so it's my go-to when making coffee for multiple people. You can scale up the water and coffee ratio as needed, and as your press allows.

Brewer: Timemore Cafatiere
Method:

• Grind 28g of coffee beans, add into the cafatiere
• Start timer, and add 420g of nearly boiling water
• Stir just enough to make sure all the coffee is wet and not clumped up
• Steep for 4 minutes
• Gently stir a few times to encourage the grinds to settle, if there is anything left on the surface just scoop it off into the sink
• Add the press but leave it sitting just below the surface
• If you can, then leave it to sit for 5 minutes. This will let the grounds naturally sink to the bottom and give a cleaner cup. If you can't wait then just go for it, and maybe plunge the press down a little but be slow and gentle.

Aeropress Go

I use this when camping, and will sometimes take it if I'm travelling overnight to a hotel. In the latter case I'll usually pre-grind the coffee and just take a serving of ground coffee with me in a little sealed salad dressing pot.

Brewer: Aeropress Go
Method:

• Rinse filter paper and lock it in
• Stand the aeropress on the cup
• Add 15g of coffee, this should be pretty finely ground - much more so than for a pourover.
• Start timer and add 200g of boiled water, this should be just a smidge above the "3" marker if working without scales
• Give it a gentle stir to ensure all the coffee is wet
• The plunger in, just enough to keep the heat in - don't press yet
• After about 1m of infusion time, give a final gentle stir
• Re-apply the plunger and then gently and slowly press down until all the water has been pressed through