A recipe for a coffee you did not roast
Start conservative, change one thing at a time, and write it down.
The starting point
Fifteen grams to 240 millilitres, water at 92°C, three pours, two and a half minutes. It is not the best recipe, it is a repeatable one.
Change grind before you change temperature; grind is the variable that moves fastest and costs least.
Write down what you did, or you will spend a year rediscovering it.
What Taiwanese lots need
Most Taiwanese washed lots are clean and light-bodied; a slightly finer grind and one more pour will give them the structure they lack.
Naturals from the same farms often need the opposite: coarser, cooler, and less agitation.
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