UPDATE: Because we don’t have room for an in-line water treatment system, I’m all in on by-the-gallon coffee water solutions. Since late-2016, I’ve been using Third Wave Water for all my coffee and espresso water needs, both at home and on the road. To manage the costs, I am buying in bulk. I backed the
Cupping is an industry standard process used to evaluate coffees. Just add hot water to ground coffee at a set ratio. After waiting a few minutes, break the crust, skim the oils off the surface and start slurping. Polished immersion brewing follows these same basic step, then adds a “polishing step,” during which the coffee is decanted
In May 2013, I experimented with a polished immersion brewing process that I referred to as the “ad hoc Clever Coffee Dripper.” Fast-forward to February 2015, and Sarah Anderson, representing Intelligentsia Coffee, is the 2015 US Brewer’s Cup Champion. In the regional rounds of the competition, Anderson won the Southwest Brewers Cup Championship by brewing Intelly’s Kenya Ngaita using a similar