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Light Roast

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

  • Floral
  • Citric
  • Light-bodied
  • Light roast
  • Standard
  • Intermediate
Total
3:30
Ratio
1:16.7
Coffee
15 g
Temp
100 °C

The Light Roast recipe by April Coffee Roasters for the April Brewer uses 15 g of coffee and 250 g of water (1:16.7 ratio), at 100°C, with a target brew time of 3:30.

Parameters

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

Method

3:30 · total
  1. 0:00
    Bloom

    Bloom with 50g.

    +50g 8s Slow
  2. 0:40
    Pour

    Pour to 100g.

    +100g 8s Slow
  3. 1:10
    Pour

    Pour to 170g.

    +170g 10s Slow
  4. 1:40
    Pour

    Pour to 250g.

    +250g 10s Slow
  5. 3:30
    Done

    Brew complete.

Notes

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

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Original source

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

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