How to Dial In Your Coffee at Home

Dialing in means changing one variable at a time until the cup is sweet and balanced. You can do it at home. Fresh beans make it faster. Stale beans make it a fight.

The variables

Grind, dose, water temp, brew time, water quality. Change one. Taste. Then decide the next move.

How to read the cup:

• Bitter, dry, harsh: over-extracted. Grind coarser or shorten time.
• Sour, thin, sharp: under-extracted. Grind finer or lengthen time.
• Flat: usually stale. Get a fresher bag.

Starting points

Drip: medium grind, about 1:15, 195-205°F. Easy start: House Blend or Breakfast Blend.

Pour over: medium-fine, 1:15, ~200°F, 3-4 minutes. Try Ethiopia Natural or Colombia.

French press: coarse, 1:15, 4-minute steep. Cowboy Blend or French Roast.

Write the settings that work so you are not starting over tomorrow.

Shop these

• House Blend
• Colombia
• Ethiopia Natural
• Cowboy Blend

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