A simple trick to know how long to bloom your coffee for

One of the common conventions between pour over coffee enthusiasts is that blooming is good for your coffee because it rapidly releases trapped carbon dioxide (CO₂) and fully wets the grounds; this leads to more even extraction, cleaner flavors, and better aroma.

For me personally, when I started brewing pour over coffee at home, I’m not always sure how long I should let the coffee bloom.

Filter kopi kain

Singkat cerita, filter kopi dari bahan kain adalah filter kopi favorit saya saat ini.

Dulu ketika saya baru mulai hobi kopi, saya pernah nonton video dari James Hoffmann mengenai filter kopi kain.

Tapi waktu itu saya merasa belum cukup pede bisa berkomitmen menggunakan filter kain. Jadi selama ini, saya masih pakai filter kertas kalau bikin kopi. Barangnya mudah didapat, mudah digunakan, bersih-bersih jadi lebih mudah (tinggal dibuang saja bersama ampas kopi), dan hasil seduhan kopinya enak.

Jakarta Coffee Week 2024

Jakarta Coffee Week (Jacoweek) kembali hadir di tahun 2024 ini di Indonesia Convention Exhibition, Bumi Serpong Damai, pada tanggal 1-3 November 2024. Ini adalah tahun kedua saya mengunjungi pameran kopi ini.

Secara keseluruhan, Jacoweek 2024 ini tetap seru. Sepertinya tahun ini Jacoweek semakin banyak dihadiri oleh tokoh kopi internasional; dan semakin banyak juga brand peralatan kopi yang menjual produk mereka di acara ini. Namun di sisi lain, beberapa tenant ada yang sudah tidak menawarkan sample brew kopi lagi. Trunk Coffee contohnya, ketika saya mengunjungi booth mereka tahun ini, mereka hanya menawarkan untuk mencium hasil grind biji kopi yang mereka jual.

Talen coffee dripper, a handmade brewer crafted by an artisan in Thailand.

Earlier this year I had the chance to finally visit Thailand.

For coffee, I only managed to visit Factory Coffee and Talen Coffee. In this post I want to specifically share about my experience with Talen Coffee and the dripper they sell.

Talen coffee dripper from Thailand.

HyperChiller, alat untuk mendinginkan kopi dengan cepat.

Cuaca ketika siang hari bisa terasa sangat panas beberapa hari terakhir ini; karena itu saya mulai suka membuat es kopi lagi agar lebih segar ketika sedang gerah.

Biasanya, untuk membuat es kopi yang saya inginkan, saya harus menggunakan resep kopi yang berbeda dengan resep kopi panas yang biasa saya gunakan.

2024 World Brewers Cup Championship

Pertama-tama, selamat untuk Ryan Wibawa, sebagai perwakilan dari Indonesia yang berhasil meraih posisi juara 3 pada event 2024 World Brewers Cup Championship di Chicago.

Pada postingan kali ini saya ingin coba merangkum informasi mengenai biji kopi dan peralatan apa saja yang digunakan para juara tahun 2024 ini. Saya rasa kita bisa banyak belajar dari mereka 😀

3D printed v60 paper filter folding tool (negotiator) for Hario Mugen

Hario Mugen is a rib-less v60 coffee brewer. It has a relatively smooth wall to minimize water bypass. The idea is to create a one-pour coffee brewer.

I think it works great most of the time. Perfect when you just want to make a simple cup of coffee.

My issue with it is that sometimes placing the paper filter can be a little tricky. If you don’t place it right, the paper filter won’t adhere nicely to the wall.

Mini review: Brewista Aroma Cup

I already have several cups and mugs for drinking coffee, but this aroma cup from Brewista is my new personal favorite for drinking coffee at home.

The requirements

I was looking for:

A glass cup, because I enjoy seeing the coffee inside. It just looks nicer in my opinion, compared to porcelain or ceramic.
A double-walled cup on the “bowl” section, and single-walled on the rim section. Double-wall that goes right to the rim is just too thick for me.
Good capacity for my daily brew. This one is 300ml. More on this below.
Designed for swirling the coffee. Not a hard requirement, but it’d be really nice to have.

My Hario “Pulsar” recipe (Hario Mugen + Hario Switch base + Melodrip)

No-bypass brewing is gaining popularity lately. A lot of no-bypass brewers are being released. Tricolate, LVL-10, Hario Mugen, Orea (with the negotiator), etc.

The latest generation of no-bypass brewers, like the Next Level Pulsar, also combines a variable flow-rate valve into the mix.

Pulsar is impossible to buy around here right now, and I do have some reservations in purchasing one (higher minimum recommended amount of coffee required, proprietary filter size, etc). But I’m still intrigued by the overall idea of combining immersion, no-bypass, and low agitation brew.

I happen to own Hario Switch, Hario Mugen, and also the Melodrip. So I thought, why not leverage what I already have? 🙂

First brew impression – Brewista Target Next Wave Duo dripper

I really like my Orea v3, but discussions about plastic related health risks kinda flared up again in my social circle. It made me look for non-plastic alternative to the Orea v3, even though I know that the clear version of Orea v3 is supposed to be BPA-free.

One day I found out about the Brewista Target Next Wave Duo dripper. Long story short, I bought it, it arrived yesterday, and I just had the chance to brew with it this morning.