Drip Coffee Maker

Machine

The one on the counter. Better than you think.

Automatic drip coffee machine brewing into a carafe, water dripping through the filter basket — Lot | 23 brew guide

The drip machine is the most-used and most-underestimated brewer in the world. Most bad drip coffee is not the machine fault — it is the grind, the ratio, or the fact that the pot sat on the hot plate for two hours.

Start with fresh coffee and a scale. Sixty grams per litre of water, medium grind, fresh paper filter. Decant into a thermos the moment it finishes.

Do those three things and a small machine makes a serious cup.

Recipe

Ratio1:16
Coffee40 g
Water640 g
GrindMedium · kosher salt
FilterPaper, rinsed if paper-tasting
TimeMachine cycle

How to brew

  1. 0:00

    Fresh filter in the basket. Rinse it with hot water if you can. Discard.

  2. 0:01

    Coffee in the filter. Level it. Fresh cold water in the tank.

  3. 0:02

    Start the machine. Do not open the lid.

  4. 0:03

    When it finishes, pour it all into a thermos. Never leave it on the hot plate.