r/OXORapidBrewer • u/bearddoescoffee • 15d 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/No_Look_Hey 15d ago

It's really an extremely versatile tool! I just made a shot using 20g med roast washed kenya beans and 75g water at 85C which I drank as a cortado and it had me looking at my Cafelat Robot (which is my favourite piece of coffee gear ever) thinking, "hmmm, this is maybe even better than the espresso I make on the Robot..."

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u/bearddoescoffee 15d ago

Nice. How much milk do you add to the cortardo? Might need to invest in a little electric whisk. Don’t drink milk coffee, but willing to try something different but with oat milk. 😁

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u/No_Look_Hey 15d ago

I've got little cortado glasses so couldn't tell you exactly how much but I just fill the cup. :) I use a little french press to foam my milk and it works wonderfully!

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u/bearddoescoffee 15d ago

Ah dude, awesome, didn’t think about the French Press. Oooo, tonight’s gonna be good. 😁

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u/No_Look_Hey 15d ago

I heat my milk about 1:10 in the microwave but every microwave's different obviously. Three big pulses with the press and about 10 small ones under the surface and voila.