Home coffee brewing guide: Filter Coffee

We all know that coffee is very much a thing to us cyclists. But for many of us, we might be missing a few tricks that could help take our coffee game up a few steps. So, with something so important at stake, we got in touch with the experts in coffee to put together a few guides to making a great cup at home. In this first instalment, we take you through the much-loved filter coffee.

Thanks to Workshop Coffee, you've also got the chance to win some of their incredible beans and all the kit you need to brew yourself great coffee at home. We'll ensure that the winner is also kitted out with a bundle of our luxury casuals - perfect for that post-ride coffee, slumped in your favourite chair. You'll find all of the prize details and ways to enter at the bottom of this page.


WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

  • 45g fresh, whole bean coffee
  • Carafe and filter paper
  • Coffee grinder
  • Stirrer
  • Timer/phone
  • Weighing scales

STEP 1: Add your filter paper to the brewing cone and rinse it with hot water.


STEP 2: Weigh out 45g of coffee and grind, you're aiming for a consistency like dry cous-cous.


STEP 3: Add your ground coffee to the rinsed filter paper and assemble your carafe. 

STEP 4: Start your timer and begin pouring just-off-the-boil water over the coffee. If you're using a scales (as Workshop recommend), you'll want to pour 100g of water. Do your best to pour evenly, hitting all of the coffee. Give it a quick stir to ensure it's all evenly wet.


STEP 5: When the time reaches 30-45 seconds, resume adding water in a steady stream, keeping the kettle’s spout low and drawing circles in the coffee. Stopping when the scale hits 750g.

STEP 6: Leave the water to drain through the filter - this can take a while so be patient! By 4 and a half minutes all of your water should have drained through and into your carafe. 

STEP 7: Now you're ready to remove the filter paper and spent coffee grounds... it's almost time!

STEP 8: Pour out your perfectly brewed, fresh filter coffee into your favourite coffee cup.

STEP 9: Enjoy! Savour the flavours, appreciating the little bit of effort that you put into making it.

This is one of our favourite moments in the day: a chance to enjoy the calm before work, to plan out a new route for the weekend or spend some quality time catching up with friends and family.

If you fancy getting your hands on all of the kit that we used above to enjoy the perfect filter coffee in comfort at home, then you're in the right place

Enter the competition below and keep those fingers crossed:

Workshop Coffee Home Brewing Bundle Giveaway

 

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