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Best cup of the year: Kenya Nyeri AA on a V60
15 g, 250 g of water at 96°C, three pours, 2:50. Blackcurrant and grapefruit, exactly like the bag says. Worth every krona of shipping.
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- Hana Kobayashi · General · Kenya Nyeri AA is back on the roaster for a second week, and this lot is the be…14 comments
- Jordan Ellis · General · Hi, I’m Jordan, founder of Brightwave. Brew Club is where we help each other ma…38 comments
- Mateo Alvarez· General
Hi from Portland! New here
Joined last night after my sister would not stop talking about the latte art throwdown. I brew with a Moka pot and a hand-me-down blade grinder, and I’m saving up for something better. What should I learn first: dialing in or milk?
- Harper Quinn
Do I need a 0.1 g scale for pour-over?
My kitchen scale only does 1 g steps. Good enough for V60, or is a coffee scale worth it?
- Grace Liu
Ethiopia Guji Natural pulling sour: what am I missing?
Picked up the Guji Natural from the last drop and my shots are bright to the point of sour. I’m at 18 g in, 32 g out in 24 seconds at 93°C on a single-boiler machine with flat burrs. It smells like blueberry jam in the bag; I just can’t get that into the cup. Grind finer, longer ratio, hotter water? I’m down to half a bag.
- Amara Mensah· Wins
Finished Latte Art 101 and poured a six-layer tulip!
Two months ago my hearts looked like potatoes. I finished the last lesson yesterday and this morning I poured my first clean six-layer tulip in a Brightwave Camp Mug. Thank you, Elena, for the feedback on my milk texture!
A six-layer tulip in a Brightwave Camp Mug - Hana KobayashiAdmin· General
Questions for next week’s Live Q&A
I’m doing the Live Q&A on Tuesday, October 13 at 5:30 PM Pacific. Drop your questions here and I’ll answer the most-liked ones first. Anything goes: roast development, why naturals behave differently, how we pick lots, or what I drink on my day off.
- Inés Navarro
Kenya Nyeri AA on a flat-bottom dripper
Trying the Kenya on a flat-bottom dripper: 16 g to 260 g, two pours, 3:10 total. It’s juicy but the finish is a little dry. Coarser, or fewer pours?
- Santiago Sandoval
Same grinder, different results after cleaning
Deep-cleaned my burrs on Sunday and now every setting pulls faster than before. Did I put something back wrong, or was all that old coffee actually changing the grind?
- Rafael Costa
My first heart that actually looks like a heart
Forty-something attempts and today it finally happened. Small, a bit lopsided, but definitely a heart.
A small heart poured into a cappuccino - Hannah Schmidt
My rosetta keeps drifting to one side
Every rosetta leans left, like it’s trying to escape the cup. I pour with my right hand and start in the middle. Is it my wrist or the cup angle?
A rosetta leaning to the left in a white cup - Jamal Washington
AeroPress recipe for the Colombia Huila Washed?
Looking for a starting point. I do 15 g with 230 g of water at 90°C, steep 1:30, then press. It’s fine, but flat. What’s yours?
- Esme Laurent
Oat milk that actually pours?
My oat milk either turns into bubbles or stays completely flat. Which barista oat milk works for you, and do you steam it cooler than dairy?
- Kai Nakamura
Sunrise Espresso Blend tastes bitter in milk
Switched from the Huila to the Sunrise Espresso Blend for flat whites and everything tastes a little ashy. 18 g in, 36 g out, 30 seconds. Is this a roast level thing, or am I over-extracting?
- Yasmin Rahimi
Hand grinder or an entry-level electric?
Budget is around $200. I mostly brew V60 and the occasional AeroPress, one or two cups a day. Is a good hand grinder better than a cheap electric at this price, or will I regret cranking every morning?
- Elena DuarteAdmin· General
What’s in your mug this week?
Quick one for the roast planning meeting: which coffee are you brewing most this week?