Before you brew

  1. Use a paper filter in the siphon.
  2. Seal the upper chamber once the water is near boiling. Start the timer when the water up top holds 94°C, and turn the heat down to about two thirds.
  1. 0:00
    Water rises400g

    Add the coffee straight away.

  2. 0:03
    Stir

    Stir hard, up and down and side to side, then finish with one strong circle at 0:15.

  3. 0:15
    Steep
  4. 0:35
    Off the heat

    Take the siphon off the heat and stir about five quick circles, halfway down the slurry.

  5. 0:40
    Drawdown

    Leave the forming bed alone.

  6. 3:00
    Done