our favorite The Road BREWING RECIPES to Your Cup At Equal Exchange, we rely on our farmer partners to provide us with the best HOME BREWER beans in the world. What you need: We rely on ourselves to ❉ 12 cup home coffee brewer(850 watts minimum) enhance the beans’ flavor ❉ ground (drip grind) coffee profiles with each and every ❉ filtered water roast. And we rely on you to ❉ unbleached release these fine attributes when you brew.

We work in partnership with 1 Put 12 tablespoons 3 Turn the coffee brewer of freshly ground coffee on and wait. small-scale farmer co-ops into the filter basket and to bring you sweet, unique shake the basket a little Note: Brewing less than flavors in that are to create a level bed of 12 cups of coffee (or the grown with great care and grounds. recommended amount) skill. In coffee growing, with a home brewer may everything matters. The 2 Fill the coffee decanter produce an undesirable environment the coffee with filtered water to the and bitter flavor, unless is grown in, the farmer’s 12 cup line and pour the the coffee brewer was craftsmanship, the organic water into the back of the specifically designed to cultivation practices, brewing vessel. brew smaller amounts. handpicking coffee cherries at their peak ripeness, the fermentation process, and FRENCH PRESS evenly drying the coffee in What you need: the sun – all these factors ❉ 34 oz. French press combine to create unique ❉ coffee flavors. ground (coarse grind) coffee ❉ ❉ water kettle filtered water The artistry is continued in ❉ thermometer ❉ timer our roasting and cupping ❉ chopstick or wood spoon practices. We offer over 40 coffees, each one 1Put 8 tablespoons of the coffee to expand and highlighting special flavor freshly ground coffee bloom as it steeps. characteristics and blend COFFEE into the bottom of a dry combinations that are French press. 5 Using a timer, wait for perfected by our team of the coffee to brew for roasters and quality control BREWING 2 Bring water to a boil 4-6 minutes (depending technicians. The rest is up (212°F). on your desired brew to you, but that’s what this strength) and then stir the guide is for – to help you get Remove water from 3 coffee with a chopstick the most out of your cup the heat and allow to cool or wood spoon. Put the of coffee, a cup that has an to 195 – 205°F (about 2-4 French press plunger on minutes). We recommend top and slowly press the incredible amount of work using a thermometer to filter down. behind it. We hope you enjoy TIPS Equal Exchange verify the temperature of it as much as we do. by your water. 6 We recommend pouring out the first ½ Join us on our journey to brew the 4 Pour the water over the ounce of coffee and then perfect cup of coffee with this easy ground coffee in a circular pouring the rest of your guide to our roasts, grind size and motion to saturate the tasty brew into a thermal brewing methodology. grounds. Be sure to allow carafe or thermos to a ½ inch space at the top preserve freshness. of the French press for www.equalexchange.coop Crafting the perfect roast. BREWING TIPS GRIND GUIDE “A good coffee STeP 1: Select STeP 2: Select roaster has a lot of 1 Decide Your Brewing Method Brewing PROPER curiosity, willingness Each brewing method requires a different to experiment, and type of coffee grind in order to extract method GRIND a full understanding the proper flavor characteristics. A burr of their tools. Developing the five grinder, like the type of grinder found at french press COARSE grind senses as a tool is the store, allows you to select different extremely important; grinds, from a coarse grind to a fine grind. my senses inform how I use the roasting machine. I’m Rule of Thumb: trying to find the sweetest way to deliver the complex Always match your preferred brewing method aromas and flavors in each coffee, so that you can to the proper grind size. indulge your senses and curiosities when you brew.” 2 Select the Proper Grind Above photo: Equal Exchange Lead Roaster Thomas Lussier using Begin by using freshly roasted coffee and a trier to watch the coffee as it roasts. grind a small sample to evaluate the size and consistency of your grind. Use the Grind Guide on the right. Does the grind match your brewer? MEDIUM ROAST This offers the sweetest, brightest, most Rule of Thumb: If your cup of coffee tastes accurate flavor profile of the individual bitter, the grind is too fine for your brewer. coffees. It reveals the ’s true A watery cup of coffee means the grind is characteristics. You’ll notice the beans too coarse. home brewer DRIP grind have a dry appearance.

FULL CITY ROAST Oils start to appear on the surface of 3 Use Clean, Fresh Water the beans. The sugars caramelize a little Filtered water is best and produces longer, offering new depth to the flavors fantastic results. without covering up acidity. We’re taming the tart while highlighting the sweet. Rule of Thumb: If you don’t the water, don’t use it to brew coffee. VIENNA ROAST The beans have a scarlet maple coloring with an oily surface. This roast offers 4 Drink While it’s Fresh dense caramelized sugars, and smokiness We recommend using a brewer that has for more bittersweet flavors. Think cooked fruit. Think maple and mesquite. a thermal carafe to preserve the coffee. Think dark chocolate. If your brewer has a glass decanter, remove the coffee from the heat source FRENCH ROAST and put it into a thermos at the end of This one is all about the roast profile, the brewing cycle. with heavy oils on the beans and a dark fine grind brown color. But we make sure the Rule of Thumb: Drink your coffee within one beans offer something more - heavy hour of brewing. mouthfeel, smoky flavors, and a sweet, refreshing aftertaste. 5 Store in a Cool, Dry Place Protect your coffee by storing it in an POST-ROAST BLENDING opaque, airtight container in a cool, dry If you see different roasts in the same bag, it’s a Post-Roast Blend. This method allows us to roast two place like your kitchen cabinet. Contrary or more coffees to their desired roast levels and blend to popular belief, it is not necessary to them together to create unique flavor profiles. store your coffee in the refrigerator or the freezer - this can actually have an adverse effect on the beans. Rule of Thumb: Only buy as much coffee as you will use in one week.