By Valorie King | Owner & Coffee Maven

I made this video during the COVID 19 pandemic. During this pandemic, Lamppost Coffee Roasters is open for take out/carry out beverage orders. We also are using the Joe Coffee app (download this through your app store) for mobile beverage ordering.

You can also order roasted coffee here through our webstore. We can ship to you or, if you are local to the Puget Sound region, you can choose free in-store pick up. We do rotate through some coffees. Don't be surprised if a single origin changes or is not available since the last time you ordered. :) Coffee is also an agricultural product. Flavor profiles for each coffee can change from harvest to harvest along with aging in the current crop/harvest. 

Enjoy the video and make note of the Maven's editorial remarks below!
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​More people are brewing coffee at home. Brewing coffee is all about coffee to water ratios, grind sized and time. A few basic assumptions I will make is that you are willing to:

1. Experiment to find the coffee to water ratio you like as well as the grind size. When using a drip coffee maker, the manufacturer chooses the time and the cup size. Be sure you know the cup size so you can figure out the ratio!
2. Purchase fresh roasted coffee.
3. Invest in some reasonably priced home equipment.

Drip coffee made easy! In order to do so, you need a few things:

• a drip coffee maker
• a grinder
• filter
• fresh roasted coffee
• a kitchen scale
• filtered water
• cup to drink from

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The first two pieces of equipment that I strongly recommend purchasing are a burr grinder and a simple kitchen scale that weighs in grams.

Links as promised in the video to grinders and brewers:

• Baratza Encore on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b0qF9o
• Cuisanart burr grinder original model: https://amzn.to/2XjlKwa
• SCA Certified Home Brewers: https://bit.ly/34q7bsa

​Corrections & Edits:

• You'll see about four minutes into the video that I had not cleaned out the home grinder. #embarrasing I clean it out every few weeks.
• We like a 1:16 ratio of coffee to water. The Bonavita we use at home brews best at 1000 ml level. So we use 63-64 gm of coffee to 1000 ml of water.
• About nine minutes into the video I talk about grinding coffee and pre-ground coffee. I said you have about 10 minutes from the time you "brew" coffee before staling really sets in. I meant, you have about 10 minutes from the time you GRIND coffee to brew with it before the flavors and freshness begins degrading noticeably.

In case you are wondering, we ship coffee here in the US. As mentioned above, you can order coffee through our webstore. You can have your coffee shipped to your home. If you are local, you can also choose free in-store pick up. Thanks for watching!

This amazing 20 minute video was made by Starbucks and highlights the amazing women of the Rwanda Hingakawa Co-op. We are so grateful for Starbucks assistance in helping to get their story told. It's about so much more than coffee. This women (and men) are creating a new culture and weaving a beautiful story as they overcome fear and prejudice to make poverty their common enemy. It's worth the 20 minutes! 

Being Courageous,
Valorie King, Owner & Coffee Maven

By Valorie King, Owner & Coffee Maven

On Monday, 1/7/2019, I did a Facebook Live showing the two American drip coffee brewers we personally like to us, the Moccamaster by Technivorm and the 8-cup pourover-style brewer by Bonavita. Both use the stainless steel carafe to keep the coffee warm. 

One of the things I forgot to do when measuring the TDS (total dissolved solids) on the live video was to swirl the pots before testing the TDS. On Tuesday, 1/8/2019, I used only the Bonavita. I did remember to swirl the pot before checking the TDS. While I did lower the amount of coffee I used to lower the TDS measurement from 1.32, I did use a different coffee, 2018 Christmas Blend. I will be doing this again using the Rwanda Hingakawa as my consistent coffee so that I am only changing one variable at a time. 

Here is the video from Monday, 1/7/2019 for your viewing pleasure!

From today, 1/8/2019...It's too strong...but then again, I personally like my coffee strong! Next pot, less coffee.

Be sure to check out our Facebook page, @lamppostcoffee or Lamppost Coffee Roasters, for more videos! Now it's your turn, how do you like your coffee? Strong? Black? With cream? We'd love to hear from you...

By Valorie King, Owner & Coffee Maven

What are your coffee routines? In this video, I share our use of the American drip brewer, along with our evening and morning coffee routines.

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