I was Bombed

marco:

To brew:

• Pour about 5.5 ounces of water into the Helvetica Kettle. (Measured on the scale.) Set it on fire.
• Grind 8 grams of beans (measured on the scale) at medium coarseness.
• Rinse the filter with hot water (to remove paper taste, supposedly) and let some of the hot water sit in the filter-cone to heat it up (so the coffee water doesn’t lose too much heat to a cold cone).
• Drain the cone, set up the filter in it, dump the coffee grounds in, and set it on top of the glass.
• The water will probably be boiling right when this is done. (It’s quick. It’s not very much water.) Pour a bit in to wet the grounds (the “bloom” phase), wait about 10 seconds, then slowly pour the rest in, in small circle motions to get near the edges but not pour directly onto the paper areas, and pausing whenever it starts pooling up very much. The whole pour takes around 90 seconds. I’m done when I run out of water. Easy.
• Wait a minute for the last few drips, and to let it cool slightly in the cup.

The coffee setup, 2010: I’ve always wondered about the “Bloom” phase. I try to achieve this with my French Press as well. I know Marco isn’t a huge fan of FP coffee, and he makes a mean brew, but I’ve enjoyed my FP a lot. I used my Joe’s Coffee House Groupon to buy some Kenya AA Peaberry, it’s amazing.