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Recipes

Café drinks and brew recipes written in weights instead of vibes, so they repeat at home.

Recipes

Espresso drinks, filter builds and everything in between.

A café bombón in a small glass on a saucer, a band of dark espresso above white condensed milk

Café bombón

Espresso floated on sweetened condensed milk in a small glass, the Valencian way. Two layers, two ingredients, and a spoon to stir them together.

Time
3 min
Difficulty
easy
An AeroPress standing on brewing scales, the plunger seated in the chamber

AeroPress, the standard recipe

Fifteen grams, 250 of water, two minutes and a slow press. The recipe to learn first, and the three variables worth changing afterwards.

Time
4 min
Difficulty
easy
An americano in a white cup, with a thin ring of crema still sitting on the surface

Americano

A double espresso lengthened with hot water. The order you pour in decides whether the crema survives, and the water temperature decides whether it tastes flat.

Time
3 min
Difficulty
easy
Cold brew being poured from a glass carafe into iced glasses

Cold brew concentrate

A 1:5 concentrate steeped for sixteen hours, which keeps two weeks and dilutes to whatever you want: black over ice, with milk, or into a tonic.

Time
15 min
Difficulty
easy
A cortado in a small glass, a heart poured into the surface

Cortado

A double espresso cut with the same volume of warm milk, served in 120 ml of glass. Balance rather than foam, and the shortest milk drink worth ordering.

Time
4 min
Difficulty
easy
Coffee poured from a French press into a glass

French press for two

Sixty grams, a litre of water, four minutes and the trick that makes it clean: skim the crust instead of plunging through it.

Time
10 min
Difficulty
easy
A cappuccino in a white ceramic cup with a rosetta poured in the microfoam

Cappuccino

Equal thirds of espresso, steamed milk and foam, served in a 150–180 ml cup. The classic ratio, and how to hit it at home.

Time
5 min
Difficulty
medium
A flat white in a tulip cup with a tight tulip latte-art pattern

Flat white

A double ristretto under 130 ml of microfoam. Smaller, stronger and flatter than a latte, and the milk texture is the whole job.

Time
5 min
Difficulty
advanced
A caffe latte in a tall glass, the espresso layered under steamed milk with a heart poured on top

Caffe latte

A double shot under 200 ml of steamed milk, with one second of air. The longest of the milk drinks, and the one that needs the biggest shot.

Time
5 min
Difficulty
easy
An espresso macchiato in a white demitasse, one dollop of foam marking the crema

Espresso macchiato

A double espresso marked with a spoon of dense foam. Two ingredients, 40 grams in the cup, and the milk is punctuation rather than a drink.

Time
4 min
Difficulty
easy
A ceramic V60 dripper mid-pour, the coffee bed blooming

V60, single cup

15 g of coffee, 250 g of water, four pours. The everyday V60 recipe we come back to after testing every other one.

Time
4 min
Difficulty
medium