Brew Guide, V60

For East African coffees, we brew with a quick and hot extraction, aiming to showcase the coffee’s brightness in aroma and acidity.

This straightforward V60 recipe really suits both Gitwe and Karimikui.

DATA:

• 15 grams of coffee (medium-fine grind)
• 250 grams of water 30-50ppm 96C
• CAFEC Abaca or Light roast filters

METHOD:

Dose the fine ground coffee into the V60 and shake to even out.

0:00 add 60g of water

Pour straight in the centre for 30g, before spiralling outwards to wet all of the grounds. Don’t swirl or stir the bloom.

0:30 add the remaining 190g (scale says 250g)

Poured in large concentric circles

Total brew time 2:15 - 2:45

kenya

Karimikui

Our first Kenyan release of the year, a returning favourite from the Rungeto Cooperative’s Karimikui station.

A typical washed Kenyan profile, with fresh and ripe red fruit

Burundi

Gitwe

Our first release of the year from our long term partners at the Long Miles Coffee Project in Burundi.

Here we find ripe and fresh currant notes, followed by the typically Burundi herbal rooibos notes in the finish.