Automatic Home Brewer

Total Brew Time: Varies by Brewer

The automatic home brewer, also known as a batch or drip brewer, is by far the most well-known coffee brew method for most coffee consumers. The machines get a bit of a bad rap, and sometimes rightly so with older, hot-plate designs that can burn the coffee as it sits in the carafe. But now, more than ever before, there are some fantastic options out there for home brewers capable of making very tasty coffee in larger, sharing friendly volumes.

THINGS YOU’LL NEED

• Digital scale (ideally w/ 0.1g accuracy)
• Spoon
• Batch brewer & filter
• 500 – 900g filtered water
• 30 – 54g of coffee (ground medium, see Notes below)

 BREWING

1. Grind 30g of coffee to a medium setting — a bit finer than you would for a V60 or Chemex. Grind right before brewing for the best flavor.
2. Place the filter in the brew basket. Rinse the filter with hot water, then discard water. This removes any paper taste and pre-heats the brew basket.
3. Place your coffee grounds into the brew basket and shake gently to level the coffee grounds.
4. Place the brew basket back into your brewer and begin your brew cycle.
5. When the brew cycle is complete, we like to stir the brewed coffee thoroughly with a spoon (if possible) to make sure we’re getting a even, consistent cup from start to finish.
6. Share with friends and enjoy!

Some Notes:

• You can adjust the amounts of coffee and water to your specific brewer and tastes, but we like a 16.6:1 starting ratio of water to coffee.
• We always recommend grinding your coffee right before you brew. We use the Fellow Ode (Gen 2) grinder, and we typically grind our coffees between 7 and 8 on this grinder when we’re brewing with a home batch brewer.
• Our go-to batch brewer is the Fellow Aiden, but there are many brewers out there capable of brewing excellent coffee. Brewers that are marked as ‘SCA Certified Home Brewer’ have been tested for certain parameters and meet certain SCA brewing standards, but with good coffee, clean filtered water and the right ratio, many brewers can brew clean, enjoyable coffee with enough to share…or enough for a few cups of your own.
• We’ve found that starting with a ‘6-cup’ brew (for brewers that have a ‘8-10 cups’ capacity) gives good results and provides a good baseline for that brewer.