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April Brewer

Light Roast

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April Brewer April by April Coffee Roasters

Optimized for light roast specialty coffees with higher temperature and finer grind.

1:16.7 Ratio
3:30 Total
15g Dose
100°C Temp
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Parameters

15 g
Coffee
250 g
Water
1:16.7
Ratio
100 °C
Temp
3 fine
Grind
3:30
Total
~250 ml
Yield
Grind · 3/10 · fine
FINE COARSE

Method

3:30 · total
  1. Bloom 1 / 5
    0:00

    Bloom with 50g.

    +50g→ 50g Center pour 8s
  2. Pour 2 / 5
    0:40

    Pour to 100g.

    +50g→ 100g Pulsed spiral 8s
  3. Pour 3 / 5
    1:10

    Pour to 170g.

    +70g→ 170g Pulsed spiral 10s
  4. Pour 4 / 5
    1:40

    Pour to 250g.

    +80g→ 250g Pulsed spiral 10s
  5. Done 5 / 5
    3:30

    Brew complete.

Notes

The April Brewer excels with light roasts. Use boiling water.

Original source

Recipe by April Coffee Roasters, published at aprilcoffeeroasters.com.

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1:16.7 Ratio
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250g Water
3:20 Total

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220g Water
3:00 Total

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1:10 Ratio
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150g Water
2:00 Total

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1:15 Ratio
18g Coffee
270g Water
3:00 Total
Cold

Iced Coffee

by April Coffee Roasters

1:10 Ratio
18g Coffee
180g Water
2:20 Total

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Bloom

0:00

50g

+100g add

8s
Bloom · 1/5 0:00