More Variety

Thanks for taking the time to fill out our Better Coffee questionnaire.

It looks like you’re well on your way down the path of great coffee. I see that you recently bought an Encore grinder from us. Please let us know how you’re liking that, and if you need any help dialing that in or if you have any problems with it. 

I also use a Hario dripper at home most days. And I switch out kettles now and then, trying new things. But I’ve been using the Fellow Stagg for a while, and I like the way it heats water just to the set temp in a very elegant way. 

The interesting thing I enjoy about making pourovers is that I can really get into the nuances of individual coffees by changing my brew temp by 1 degree either way, or by changing my grind size by one click either way. I usually use a 1:12 ratio, which is what we use here at the DoubleShot, but I sometimes go to a 1:11 or 1:10 for variation. And all that makes a difference. 

If you’re looking to keep it simple but want more spice in your life, I’d recommend another manual brewing method. My backup is the Aram Espresso Maker  which we don’t currently have in stock. But it’s a great manual espresso machine. We are expecting that back on the shelf hopefully in a month or two (you know how things are right now with supply chain). Another great brewing method, surprisingly, is the aeropress  Just brewing coffee with it the way that it was intended can make something akin to an americano. 

Mark and I recently recorded an episode of the AA Cafe podcast about a bunch of home coffee brewing methods. You might check it out at aacafe.org on the DoubleShot website: https://aacafe.org/household-brewing-methods

Let us know if you have questions. I’m confident we can help you broaden your spectrum of coffee making methods and help you achieve more creativity for better coffee. We’d be happy to schedule a time to meet with you and taste some coffees here and show you a few of the alternate brewing ideas we have in-house.