Northern Brew

Notes on coffee, roasting and slow mornings.

Pour-over ratios I actually use

After two years of weighing every brew, I settled on three ratios that cover almost every bean in my cupboard.

My first batch of home-roasted beans

A popcorn machine, a bag of green coffee and a very smoky kitchen. Here is what went right and what did not.

Is a grinder upgrade worth it?

I used the same cheap blade grinder for years. Switching to a burr grinder changed more than I thought it would.