Want to Brew a Better Cup of Coffee at Home?

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!