Inside a Brewers Cup Coffee Recipe
from Everyday Beans Podcast - Mostly About Coffee and Other Stuff Hosted by Oaks, the coffee guy
Send us Fan Mail I just watched a World Brewers Cup recipe from a competitor named Simon Gauteren, and it sent me down a rabbit hole I had to record. In this episode I break down his brewing recipe step by step: an immersion percolation method that intentionally throws away roughly thirty percent of the finished coffee to chase clarity for the judges. I walk through why competitors go to these lengths, what "playing God" with a coffee actually looks like when you control every variable from roast to grind to water, and what happened when I tried the recipe myself. But this episode is really about something bigger than one recipe. I get into why competition brewing exists in its own world, separate from the coffee you and I make every day, and why I think specialty coffee doesn't need this level of engineering to taste great. I share why I'm drawn to simple, fast pour over instead of long, tedious recipes, what instant gratification has to do with how I brew, and I turn the question back to you: would you actually make this recipe every day, or is it just entertainment? If you've ever wondered what really separates a competition cup from your everyday cup, this one's for you. Support the show Go deeper than the episode, in the newsletter: https://itsmellsbetterthanittaste.com For tips, tricks and still trying to figure it out: https://www.youtube.com/@everyday-beans For good tasty coffee, check us out at: everydaybeans.com
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Send us Fan Mail I just watched a World Brewers Cup recipe from a competitor named Simon Gauteren, and it sent me down a rabbit hole I had to record. In this episode I break down his brewing recipe step by step: an immersion percolation method that intentionally throws away roughly thirty percent of the finished coffee to chase clarity for the judges. I walk through why competitors go to these lengths, what "playing God" with a coffee actually looks like when you control every variable from r...
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- 2:12 Breaking down the recipe step by step
- 4:24 Doing the math on the 30% he throws away
- 6:33 Playing God: controlling every variable
- 9:15 Comparing it to what the rest of us drink every day
- 11:02 Rethinking what "specialty" really means
- 13:32 Is it worth it? His honest verdict
- 14:35 Why simple, fast recipes fit him better
- 16:25 A question for you
- 18:19 What competitions are teaching him about people
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