V60 Coffee Supreme Brew User Guide
- June 15, 2024
- Coffee Supreme
Table of Contents
V60 Coffee Supreme Brew
Product Information
Specifications
- Product Name : Coffee Supreme Brew Guide
- Product Type : Coffee Brewing Guide
- Contents : Instructions for various coffee brewing methods
Product Usage Instructions
Before We Start
The following tips should be followed before starting the coffee brewing
process
- Tip #1: The quality of the beans is crucial for a good cup of coffee. It is recommended to use high-quality beans specifically roasted for your preferred brewing method.
- Tip #2: Use coffee aged to the roaster’s recommendation. Consult with your local specialty roaster for their suggestions.
- Tip #3: Invest in a good grinder to ensure freshly ground coffee before brewing.
- Tip #4: Use a timer and digital scales to weigh both the coffee and brewing water accurately.
- Tip #5: Store coffee away from light, air, and temperature extremes to maintain its freshness.
- Tip #6: Clean your brew gear after each use to prevent coffee oils from sticking and affecting the taste of future brews.
The Golden Ratio
The recommended ratio for brewing filter coffee is 60g of freshly ground
coffee for every liter of water. This ratio is based on the Specialty Coffee
Association of America’s Golden Ratio. However, you can adjust the ratio
according to your personal taste preferences.
Water | 250ml | 500ml | 750ml | 1L | 1.5L | 2L |
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Coffee | 15g | 30g | 45g | 60g | 90g | 120g |
The Grind
Recommended Grinders
- PORLEX TALL COFFEE GRINDER – A portable, hard-wearing coffee grinder.
- HARIO COFFEE MILL – CERAMIC SLIM – An ultra-portable hand-powered coffee grinder.
Grind Settings
The correct grind size is essential for the brewing method. Here are three
common grind settings
- Fine: Similar to flour, best suited for espresso and stovetop brewing methods.
- Medium
- Coarse
FAQ
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Q: Can I use any type of coffee beans?
A: It is recommended to use high-quality beans specifically roasted for your preferred brewing method. Consult with your local specialty roaster for their suggestions. -
Q: How should I store my coffee to maintain freshness?
A: Keep your coffee away from light, air, and temperature extremes to prolong its freshness. -
Q: Do I need a timer and digital scales for brewing coffee?
A: Using a timer and digital scales is recommended for accurate measurement and consistent results.
Making a great cup of coffee can be easy — whether you’re at home, in the
office or out in nature with your enamelware and kindling.
The Coffee Supreme Brew Guide brings together simple recipes and tips for some
of the more well-known ways of making coffee. We’ll have you making a great
cup of coffee in no time.
SIX TIPS
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Tip #1
The most influential factor in the quality of your coffee is the beans themselves. Good beans, good cup. If you can’t get your hands on a bag of Supreme, try something from your local specialty roaster. Make sure you buy coffee roasted for your brew method. -
Tip #2
For the best results, we suggest using coffee aged to the roaster’s recommendation. This can vary so you should ask them what they suggest. If you have whole beans then make sure to grind them just before brewing. -
Tip #3
If you’ve gone to the trouble of buying some nice brew gear, we highly recommend investing in a good grinder to go with it. -
Tip #4
To follow these recipes, we’d also recommend using a timer and a good set of digital scales to weigh both your coffee and your brewing water. -
Tip #5
To help prolong the freshness of your coffee keep it away from light, air and temperature extremes (challenging if you’re ascending Everest, but probably not your biggest problem). -
Tip #6
Lastly, clean up your brew gear after each use, no matter what it is, glass, plastic, gold. Coffee oils stick to everything. Keep clean equipment for tasty brews every time.
THE GOLDEN RATIO
- Just like with cooking, if you can follow a simple recipe, you can easily produce something tasty. In most cases, we base our recipes for each brew method on the SCAA’s* Golden Ratio for brewing filter coffee.
- We recommend a ratio of 60g of freshly ground coffee for every litre of water. This is a good place to start, but you can fine-tune your recipe to suit your taste.
- Check out the table below — here you’ll find some suggested brewing ratios of hot water to ground coffee for you to use. These ratios are a great starting point. However, you might like to tweak these numbers to suit your taste.
- Specialty Coffee Association of America — regarded by many as the international authority on coffee.
RECCOMENDED GRINDERS
GRIND SET TINGS
If your coffee is either over or under extracting (brewing too slow or too
fast), the chances are that you have the incorrect grind for your brew method.
To start you off, here are three of the common grind settings we refer to through this Brew Guide
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Fine
Like flour. Best suited for espresso and stovetop. -
Medium
Like table salt. Generally suited to paper filters such as Aero Press. -
Coarse
Like raw sugar. Generally suited to mesh filters such as a plunger.
BIALET TI
STOVETOP
This recipe is designed for any stovetop coffee maker.
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ABOUT
The humble Stovetop is our go-to for making fresh Italian-style coffee at home.
Invented in the roaring 20s, Alfonso Bialetti’s stovetop espresso machines are, in our opinion, the best on the market.
They’re easy to use and produce rich, full-bodied coffee in minutes. -
Hot Tip
If you like milk with your coffee, you can include this in the top compartment before putting it on the heat. -
Pro Tip
Never use detergent to clean your stovetop. All it needs is hot water and a nice sponge to help extend the life of the seal.
RECIPE
3 Cup Recipe
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WATER
130ml at 96˚C (205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
17 medium ground -
BREW TIME
5 mins
6 Cup Recipe -
WATER
270ml at 96˚C ( 205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
28g coarse ground -
BREW TIME
6 mins
INSTRUCTIONS
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Step One
Fill the bottom chamber with hot water. Hot water reduces the brewing time and less chance of the coffee over-extracting. -
Step Two
Evenly spread your favourite Supreme espresso to the top funnel. Do not pack down. -
Step Three
Screw the top section tightly to the base and place on high heat with the lid open. -
Step Four
Once the coffee starts to extract, reduce the heat to medium and remove from heat immediately once the pot is full.
Voila, you now have authentic Italian-style espresso at home.
BODUM
PLUNGER
This recipe is designed for the Bodum Chambord Plunger, but can be used on any
plunger.
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ABOUT
This oft-neglected but ubiquitous brewing device, can be found at the back of almost everyone’s kitchen cupboard.
The plunger or ‘french press’ doesn’t seem to have been swept up in the modern filter brewing zeitgeist but definitely deserves a place in the conversation alongside your Chemex and AeroPress. It’s tried and true.
Press with pride. -
Hot Tip
Heat your plunger with hot water before brewing. This will help achieve a more stable brew temperature.
RECIPE
3 Cup Recipe
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WATER
330ml at 96˚C (205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
20g coarse ground -
BREW TIME
5 mins
8 Cup Recipe -
WATER
850ml at 96˚C ( 205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
51g coarse ground -
BREW TIME
5 mins
INSTRUCTIONS
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Step One
Place the coffee grounds in the plunger and pour half the brew water on top. -
Step Two
Dunk the floating grounds with a spoon to ensure all the coffee is wet. -
Step Three
Add remaining water and plunge down slightly to keep all coffee grounds immersed. Put the timer on for 5 minutes. -
Step Four
At 5 minutes, finish plunging the coffee grounds and immediately pour the finished brew into cups or a warmed vessel.
And, you’ve made yourself a delicious pot of Joe.
FRIELING
GOLD COFFEE FILTER
This recipe is designed for the Freieling Gold Coffee Filter.
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- ABOUT
- Freiling’s Gold Filter offers convenience and consistency every time you brew your coffee.
- The magic is in the 24-carat gold-plated micro-foil metal filter that allows coffee to develop its full flavour without influencing the taste during the filtration process.
- Perfect for those who do not want to compromise on taste while wanting as little fuss as possible. This is as easy as it gets for great coffee making.
- Hot Tip
- If your coffee brews faster or slower than what is suggested in the recipe, try adjusting the grind (finer if too fast or coarser if too slow). If you are using really fresh coffee, grind it a little further in advance to allow the coffee to de-gas.
RECIPE
1 Cup Recipe
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WATER
250ml at 93˚C / 199˚F -
COFFEE DOSE
15g medium ground -
BREW TIME
2-3 mins
INSTRUCTIONS
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Step One
Start with placing the gold filter brewer on top of a decent sized mug. -
Step Two
Put your ground coffee into the bottom mesh compartment. -
Step Three
Place the infuser into the bottom compartment and add water, filling up to the black line near the top lip. -
Step Four
Allow the water to flow through until the infuser is empty. -
Step Five
Remove the brewer once the infuser is drained of water.
And, you’ve got yourself a delicious cup of coffee.
AEROPRESS
This recipe is designed for the Aerobie AeroPress.
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- ABOUT
- The AeroPress was developed by American inventor Alan Adler who conducted hundreds of brewing experiments in search of the perfect cup.
- He concluded that proper temperature, total immersion and rapid filtering were key to extracting the best flavour from coffee.
- This method is a favourite amongst travellers and the time poor due to its compact design and usability.
- Hot Tip
- You’ll notice the instructions that come with an AeroPress are a little different. We have found that the inverted method gives the best results. However you can use the same recipe with the standard brewing technique.
RECIPE
1 Cup Recipe
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WATER
200ml at 96˚C / 205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
14g medium ground -
BREW TIME
2 mins
INSTRUCTIONS
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Step One
Fit the plunger into the chamber, so the rubber seal lines up with the top of the number 4. Then stand it upside down with the hexagonal end facing up. -
Step Two
Place an AeroPress paper filter into the black diffuser disk and rinse with hot water. -
Step Three
Place ground coffee into the chamber and add the 200g of water. Give the grounds and water a stir to ensure all the grounds are wet. Lock disc and filter into place on top and let it brew for 90 seconds. -
Step Four
Carefully turn the AeroPress over onto your mug and press the plunger down until all water and air has been expelled.
And you’re done! CHEMEX
This recipe is designed for the Chemex.
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Hot Tip
Try to add the water in one continuous pour, keeping the water level topped up
until it has all been added. If your coffee brews faster or slower than what
is suggested in the recipe, try adjusting the grind (finer if too fast or
coarser if too slow).
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ABOUT
The Chemex brews an exceptionally clean cup, much of which is owed to its heavy paper filter, which delivers a purity
of flavour by allowing the best aromatics to pass while trapping undesirable elements in the paper. The Chemex is perfect for brewing filter coffee for a small group. -
RECIPE
3 Cup Recipe -
WATER
350ml at 96˚C (205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
21g medium ground -
BREW TIME
3:30–4 mins
8 Cup Recipe -
WATER
675ml at 96˚C (205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
41g medium ground -
BREW TIME
4:30–5 mins
INSTRUCTIONS
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Step One
Heat the entire Chemex by filling it with hot water, then empty it. -
Step Two
Place the Chemex paper filter cone in the top with the double layered side of the filter on the side of the spout. Rinse thoroughly with hot water. This will remove paper taints and heat the vessel at the same time. -
Step Three
Carefully pour out the rinse water ensuring the filter stays in place. -
Step Four
Drop your ground coffee into the filter. For every 1g of coffee add 2g of water. The hot water will react with the fresh grounds and expand, this is called the ‘bloom’. -
Step Five
Stir the bloom just enough to ensure all the coffee is wet. -
Step Six
Slowly add the remaining water, pouring in small circles over the centre of the coffee. Fill to the top of the Chemex (the top of the filter may sit slightly above the glass so be careful not to overfill). -
Step Seven
As the water draws down, gently stir. A slight dome should form in the coffee bed. You’re done when the filter stops dripping. -
And you’re done!
V60
This recipe is designed for the Hario V60.
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Hot Tip
As with the Chemex method, try to add the water in one continuous pour,
keeping the water level topped up until it has all been added. If your coffee
brews faster or slower than what is suggested in the recipe, try adjusting the
grind (finer if too fast or coarser if too slow).
ABOUT
The origins of the cone filter date back to the turn of the 20th Century, when
Melitta Bentz received a patent on her first filter design in Berlin, Germany.
Later in the 1930s, Melitta’s design was revisited with the tapering of the
filter device to create the now ubiquitous cone shape.
RECIPE
1 Cup Recipe
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WATER
250ml at 96˚C ( 205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
15g medium ground -
BREW TIME
2–2:30 mins
2 Cup Recipe -
WATER
500ml at 96˚C (205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
30g medium ground -
BREW TIME
3 mins
INSTRUCTIONS
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Step One
Place the cone on top of the vessel you want to brew coffee into. Put the paper filter in the cone and rinse the paper filter thoroughly with hot water – this heats the cone and the collection vessel. Tip out the rinse water. -
Step Two
Drop your ground coffee into the filter and pour 2g of your brew water for every 1g of coffee. The hot water will react with the fresh grounds and bloom (expand). -
Step Three
Stir the bloom just enough to ensure all the coffee is wet. -
Step Four
Now slowly add the remaining water pouring in small circles over the centre of the slurry. Fill to the top of the cone. -
Step Five
As the water draws down, gently give a final stir following the downward direction of the rifled sides. A slight dome should form in the coffee bed. Once the filter has stopped dripping the coffee is brewed.
And you’re done!
MOCCAMASTER
This recipe is designed for the Moccamaster.
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Hot Tip
We recommend using the Technivorm Moccamaster. For other machines use the
golden ratio to determine a coffee dose. To enhance extraction some machines
call for agitating the coffee once it’s wet (sneak this in after step 4).
ABOUT
There are a plethora of filter machines on the market now that produce
beautifully brewed coffee, rather than the stewed office swill that they are
more commonly associated with.
This new generation, like the Technivorm Moccamaster, heats and delivers water
in a far more accurate fashion than their predecessors, making them an
excellent and fuss-free option for making a whole lot of great coffee.
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RECIPE
1.25L Recipe -
WATER
1.25L cold -
COFFEE DOSE
75g medium ground -
BREW TIME
6:30 mins
INSTRUCTIONS
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Step One
Preheat the thermos jug with hot water. -
Step Two
Fit the filter inside filter pan and distribute ground coffee evenly into the filter then place into the machine. -
Step Three
Fill water tank with 1.25l of fresh, cold, filtered water. -
Step Four
Empty out thermos jug, insert ‘brew through lid’ and place underneath the machine. -
Step Five
Turn machine on and allow coffee to brew through into the jug. -
Step Six
Once the brew cycle has finished, turn machine off, take out the brewing lid and replace with screw on lid for serving.
And you’ve got yourself a fresh pot of coffee.
NO GEAR METHOD
This recipe is designed for when you don’t have any of the above — we’d
reccomend and good glass vessel like a Pyrex jug.
ABOUT
Caught you at your ma ‘n’ law’s with naught but a bag of Coffee Supreme and no
gear to speak of? No worries, let’s get creative…
RECIPE
Hot Tip
Sometimes you’ve just got to do what you can.
RECIPE
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WATER
96˚C ( 205˚F) -
COFFEE DOSE
Use the Golden Ratio (1:17). So that’s 12g of whole bean coffee, medium ground, for every 200ml of water -
BREW TIME
3–5 mins
INSTRUCTIONS
Step One
Place the coffee grounds into your vessel, a large cup, small bowl, or a
server should do the trick.
Step Two
Pour hot water over the grounds, ensuring all coffee is fully saturated, and
the vessel is filled with the correct amount of water. Let it steep for no
less than 3 mins and no longer than 5 mins.
Step Three
Take a spoon and scrape off any grounds that have floated to the of the water.
Step Four
If you can find a fine tea strainer in the house, then pour the coffee through
this, and into your mug, to remove more grinds.
And that’s how you conjure a coffee with no gear.
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References
- Coffee Supreme Online Store (Global)
- Coffee Supreme Online Store (Global)
- Bialetti – Coffee Supreme
- Buy AeroPress by Aeropress online - Coffee Supreme
- Buy Chemex Coffee Maker - Classic Series by Chemex online - Coffee Supreme
- Buy Gold Coffee Filter by Ezicaf online - Coffee Supreme
- Buy Hario V60 2 Cup by Hario online - Coffee Supreme
- Buy Moccamaster KB741 Classic by Technivorm online - Coffee Supreme
- Buy Porlex Coffee Grinder II by Porlex online - Coffee Supreme
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