BREWING AT HOME
It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the variety of methods in which you brew coffee, however, once you're equipped with freshly-roasted specialty coffee beans, there is little to stand in the way of achieving the perfect cup, just stick to the fundamentals of grind, proportion, water, and freshness and you can enjoy your coffee in variety of ways.
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CAFETIERE
This popular method of brewing allows the water to sit with the coffee grounds (‘steeping’) which gives a different extraction and bolder flavour to other methods.
V60
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The V60 is a cone dripper used to filter coffee into a cup or coffee jug. The name stems from the shape of the device. It is ‘V’ shaped with the cone sloped at a 60-degree angle.
MOKA POT
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Sometimes known as a Stovetop, this stylish piece of kit was designed to enable Italians to make their own espresso at home. It works by pushing hot water through ground coffee under steam pressure.
CHEMEX
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This iconic hourglass shaped coffee brewer uses a manual ‘pour-over’ technique. Its elegant design is so distinctive it has become part of the collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
AEROPRESS
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The AeroPress is a nifty short-brew filter device which can make you a smooth coffee in under 2 minutes. Water is forced through the filter by pressing the plunger down.
ESPRESSO
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Espresso is brewed by expressing or forcing out a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through ground coffee beans. The end product is known as a ‘shot’ and has a rich and creamy flavour.