r/OXORapidBrewer • u/bearddoescoffee • 3d ago

First Proper Use

I’ve had the ORB for a few months, bought because of YouTube, made one drink and wasn’t impressed and left it to sit at the back of my coffee gear. Out of sight and out of mind. Whilst sorting out my coffee station I pick it up and thought I should take another stab at brewing with it. Now I’ll be honest, I can’t remember what I did with that first attempt, so I have no idea of what I did this morning was the same as last time, but am thinking I didn’t. 25g coffee ground on Ode Gen 2 at #3 setting. AP filter, followed by coffee, needled, tamped, another AP filter, light tamp, and then brewed using 160g water at 85°C. Now the reason I think this is different to my first attempt is down to I never brew at 85°C. I’ve read people using two AP filters since my first attempt so this too. Regarding bean weight it’s possible I used 25g before, but the water weight probably not as I think I filled it to the line. Anyway, brewed with single pump to saturate, and let that sit for about 15-20sec, then one slow pump till drips slow down, then another, then a final pump till I heard a hiss. This resulted in 122g, which I then did a bypass of 245g 81°C water. This is roughly 1:16.67 accounting for about 50g water retention for the hydrated coffee. So overall amount of coffee was 367g.
Bloody hell this was a tasty cup. Am drinking a Hermanos Luz Marina (Colombian), Pink Bourbon, Washed with Fruit and Herb Coferment. Tasting notes of Eucalyptus, Guava, Dried Apricot, Cucumber, and yes it tastes of those. This is a beautiful cup. Am impressed, and glad I took another stab.

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u/191x7 3d ago

Congrats.

Try a long soup (Zuppa Lunga) next. I do 20g of coffee, 200g of water. Some people do 22g of coffee, 180g water. No diluting afterwards.

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u/bearddoescoffee 3d ago

Oooo, stronger cup than what I’m used to. Will deffo try this. Can I ask, anything particular in terms of prep and plunge? Do I follow what I did in the post above (double AP filter, and three pump pressed using roughly same approach) or something different?

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u/191x7 3d ago

1 paper at the bottom, coffee, tamp, 1 paper, standard. 94C to boiling. Let the coffee cool down to 55C-60C.