Before moving to the US, I’ve passed all my coffee gear to a very dear friend. After some research, I’ve settled on:

coffee gear

• Kalita Wave is my new dripper - While I still love my Hario V60, the Kalita is way more forgiving and yields me better extraction overall.
• Bonavita Stovetop Kettle helps me to do a slow but steady stream - I kinda regret not getting an electric kettle, but I’m happy with it
• Porlex Stainless Steel Grinder for getting a decent grind without going bankrupt with a bigger electric ceramic conical burr grinder.
• IKEA electronic scale for weighing
• Cheapo instant-read ultra lazy thermometer (this thing takes almost 20s to settle on a temperature)

beans

When I was living in Brooklyn, I gave preference to Conterculture’s coffee, which I’ve had easy access near the office; After moving to Philadelphia, I was still buying their blends (somewhat easy to find at supermarkets), but I knew I wanted a coffee subscription. A coworker pointed me to Four Barrel’s Single Origin, and a few days afterwards, this beauty came on the mail:

ratios

My golden ratio for a single cup of coffee goes like this

• 17g of beans, a little bit coarser grind
• water at 93ºC
• do degassing with 60g of water, let it bloom for 25s
• start pouring from the center to the edges in spiral movements
• wash the edges, forcing the grounds to go down
• stop at 204g total weight

That’s all, hope this is useful!