Clever Dripper Brew Guide
The Clever Dripper combines the benefits of both filter and cafetière brewing, allowing full immersion of coffee grounds in water before serving. It features a unique one-way valve that opens when placed on a cup, allowing the brewed coffee to flow through while containing the grounds.
You’ll need
- Your favourite Causeway Coffee – beans or fresh-ground for filter
- Grinder (unless using pre-ground coffee)
- Clever Dripper
- Filter paper (ideally Filtropa or Melitta)
- Scales
- Timer
- Hot water (just off the boil, preferably filtered)
- Mug
Let’s get brewing!
- If starting with beans, grind to a medium ground size (around the consistency of rough sand). A good fresh grind is key to consistently great-tasting brew.
- Boil water and place the Clever Dripper onto your mug with the filter in place.
Pour freshly boiled water through the filter, then discard. (This preheats the dripper/mug and flushes the filter, minimising any potential paper taste.)
- Place the Clever Dripper and filter onto scales and tare. Add 15g of coffee.
- Start the timer, add 250g of water at 95°C and stir for 15 seconds.
- Place lid on the dripper and wait until 2:15 on your timer. After 2:15, place the Clever Dripper on your mug to allow the coffee to draw down (around 3:00- 3:30).
- At 3:30 remove dripper from your mug to stop draw-down.
Enjoy the great taste of a freshly-brewed coffee!
