Hopefully this little guide will give you a really good cafetiere coffee. If you have any tweaks or recommendations, we'd love to hear them. The below method is for making a 1 litre cafetiere.
Before you start:
Grab yourself some coarse ground Coffee Hound coffee coffee
(Approx 60 grams if you have a medium roast)
A kettle with approx 1 litre (1000 grams) of water
Small coffee scales and a timer
1 Litre Cafetière
Our method:
The recipe can be adjusted depending on the size of your cafetière.
- Boil your kettle.
- Once boiled. Pour into your cafetiere to preheat.
- Once warm dispose of water.
- Place the cafetière on the scales and zero the scales.
- Weigh in the approx 60 grams of ground coffee. (We use a 1 litre)
- Add more water to the kettle and boil again.
- Once boiled, open the lid for a minute to let the water cool slightly. It should be about 93-94 degrees.
- Zero the scales and pour the hot water into the cafetiere making sure to saturate all the coffee grounds. (You are looking for 1 litre / 1000 grams of water)
- Start your timer for 4 mins.
- After 4 minutes – Stir the coffee making sure to break the crust that has formed on the surface.
- Leave to stand for a further 4 minutes, you should start to see the coffee sink to the bottom.
- Place the lid on the cafetiere and plunge slowly.
- Pour into warmed mugs and enjoy!
