Brew Methods

Brew Methods

You don’t need to be pretentious or obsessive to understand that different coffee brewing methods can yield highly varied results.  It should be common sense that a 35 ml espresso shot, made with 206°F water, evenly pressed through a cake of finely-ground coffee, at 9 Bar of pressure, will taste vastly different from a Ms. Coffee machine, dripping a stream of 12 cups of varied temperature water (180-210°F), right down the middle of a loose pile of drip-grind coffee.  


What does Brushtail Coffee recommend?  Well that very much depends.  If you are looking for the simplest way to get fantastic coffee, perhaps start with a french press.  With that said, you should really explore all the options available to you for brewing, as you may find that they all have their time and place.


Despite the endless amount of literature available on the topic, find herein, various suggested brewing methods, from Brushtail Coffee.

Comparison: Dry Process vs Wet Process Coffee

Comparison: Dry Process vs Wet Process Coffee

To select unique and remarkable coffee, and match it to your own, individual palate, it is important to understand the difference between "wet" and "dry" process beans. [...] This break in coffee variety takes place after coffee cherries are harvested, when the coffee beans (cherry pits) are ready to be "processed" from the cherries.

Brew Methods

Brew Methods

You don’t need to be pretentious or obsessive to understand that different coffee brewing methods can yield highly varied results.  It should be common sense that a 35 ml espresso shot, made with 206°F water, evenly pressed through a cake of finely-ground coffee, at 9 Bar of pressure, will taste vastly different from a Ms. Coffee machine, dripping a stream of 12 cups of varied temperature water (180-210°F), right down the middle of a loose pile of drip-grind coffee.  


What does Brushtail Coffee recommend?  Well that very much depends.  If you are looking for the simplest way to get fantastic coffee, perhaps start with a french press.  With that said, you should really explore all the options available to you for brewing, as you may find that they all have their time and place.


Despite the endless amount of literature available on the topic, find herein, various suggested brewing methods, from Brushtail Coffee.

Comparison: Dry Process vs Wet Process Coffee

Comparison: Dry Process vs Wet Process Coffee

To select unique and remarkable coffee, and match it to your own, individual palate, it is important to understand the difference between "wet" and "dry" process beans. [...] This break in coffee variety takes place after coffee cherries are harvested, when the coffee beans (cherry pits) are ready to be "processed" from the cherries.