academic coffee

gas station coffee

This is a weakly-brewed variant of filter coffee. This recipe aims to replicate the flavour of coffee produced by the automatic filter machines found in american gas stations or in academic offices. It is very drinkable and easy-going. However, your polemics should be anything but!

# notes

This recipe works well with darkly-roasted beans with dark, roasty, nutty/chocolatey flavours, such as darkly roasted south american coffee (Brazil, Nicaragua, etc.) or other coffee marketed as “Italian” or “French” roast or style.

This coffee is best prepared as a large batch and then drunk over many hours whilst working on your latest manuscript.

In the absence of owning a large carafe, using a cafetiere without the lid works well.

# coffee matrix

Brewer Beans Grind
filter 25g 40 niche

# method

  1. Boil a large volume of water
  2. Measure and grind your coffee
  3. Once the water has boiled, rinse the filter with the hot water by placing it in the filter holder and pouring some water through.
  4. Add your coffee grinds to the filter and place it on top of your vessel.
  5. Pour the hot water over the grounds, aiming to thoroughly wet all of them.
  6. Let the water drip through
  7. Notice that there should be a groove in the grounds, now pour water around the edges of the filter to wash the grounds back to the middle.
  8. From here on, keep adding water when there is space, in a gentle, circular motion, until you have reached your desired volume of beverage.

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