How we brew it · Forno Bianco

Moka pot

Coffee

20 g

Water

200 ml

Heat

Medium

Time

5:00

1 Hot water to the valve, basket level. 2 Low flame, lid open. 3 Off the heat when it starts to sputter.

Never tamp the basket.

At home · Kumo Tea House

Hōjicha

Leaf

4 g

Water

200 ml

Heat

95°C

Time

0:30

1 Boiling water is fine. It’s roasted. 2 Thirty seconds, then pour it all. 3 Again and again, a little longer.

Toasty, low caffeine.

$5

The Dumpling Wagon

All day

Milk tea

Brown sugar.

How we pour it · Kumo Tea House

Matcha

Matcha

2 g

Water

70 ml

Heat

80°C

Whisk

30 s

1 Sift the matcha into a warm bowl. 2 Add water; whisk in a quick W. 3 Stop at a fine, even foam.

No sugar needed. Really.

How we pour it · Kumo Tea House

Sencha

Leaf

5 g

Water

200 ml

Heat

75°C

Time

1:00

1 Warm the pot; cool the water. 2 One minute, not a second more. 3 Second pour: 20 seconds, hotter.

First flush, spring picked.

How we brew it · Common Ground

Cold brew

Coffee

100 g

Water

1 litre

Temp

Cold

Time

18 hr

1 Coarse grind into cold, filtered water. 2 Stir, cover, fridge overnight. 3 Strain twice. Keeps a week.

Summer in a jar.

Staff favourite · Grão

Pão de queijo

Crisp outside, stretchy inside.

40 min

Makes 24

Easy

You need

250 g tapioca flour 120 ml milk 60 ml oil 1 egg 150 g aged cheese Pinch of salt

Method

1

Boil milk, oil and salt; pour on the flour.

2

Beat in the egg, then the cheese.

3

Roll into small balls with oiled hands.

4

Bake at 200°C for 20 minutes.

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Brew guide · Leaf & Lantern

Gongfu oolong

Leaf

7 g

Water

100 ml

Heat

95°C

Time

20 s

1 Rinse the leaf once, pour it away. 2 Short pours, twenty seconds each. 3 Add five seconds every round.

Tieguanyin: orchid and cream.

Hopscotch Brewing · Portland

Hazy pale

5.4% · mango, oats.

Taster

150 ml

Half

300 ml

Pint

500 ml

Wed–Sun 2–11pm · hopscotchbrewing.com

Mochi & Co

1137 11th Avenue Honolulu

Table 8

7.49 pm

08.05.27

No. 1724

1 Haupia square

$3.50

2 Butter mochi

$8

1 Shave ice

$7

1 Mango li hing

$7

Subtotal

$25.50

Total

$25.50

Grandma’s recipe, a bigger kitchen.

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At home · Café Sofie

Espresso

Dose

18 g

Yield

36 g

Heat

93°C

Time

28 s

1 Level, tamp once, firmly. 2 Pull 36 g in 26 to 30 seconds. 3 Taste. Adjust the grind, not the dose.

Short and often.

Falafel Frères

On the road

Tuesday · 11–15

Bercy Village

Wednesday · 11–15

La Défense

Thursday · 11–15

Rue des Rosiers

Friday · 11–15

Canal Saint-Martin

Saturday · 11–15

Marché d’Aligre

Falafel fried to order, never kept warm.

falafelfreres.fr · Paris

Brew guide · Tall Poppy

AeroPress

Coffee

17 g

Water

220 g

Heat

85°C

Time

2:00

1 Upside down, coffee in, water to the top. 2 Stir three times; steep ninety seconds. 3 Flip and press slowly, thirty seconds.

Fine grind, gentle press.

Brew guide · Halfmoon Coffee

V60

Coffee

15 g

Water

250 g

Heat

94°C

Time

3:00

1 Rinse the paper; bloom with 40 g for 40 s. 2 Pour in slow circles up to 250 g. 3 Swirl once. Done by three minutes.

Grind like sea salt.

At home · Kumo Tea House

Gyokuro

Leaf

6 g

Water

60 ml

Heat

60°C

Time

2:00

1 Cool the water in the cups first. 2 Pour onto the leaf; wait two minutes. 3 Pour every last drop. Infuse three times.

Sweet, brothy, very green.

Brew guide · Halfmoon Coffee

V60

Coffee

15 g

Water

250 g

Heat

94°C

Time

3:00

1 Rinse the paper; bloom with 40 g for 40 s. 2 Pour in slow circles up to 250 g. 3 Swirl once. Done by three minutes.

Kenya this week: blackcurrant and lime.

At home · Kumo Tea House

Gyokuro

Leaf

6 g

Water

60 ml

Heat

60°C

Time

2:00

1 Cool the water in the cups first. 2 Pour onto the leaf; wait two minutes. 3 Pour every last drop. Infuse three times.

Sweet, brothy, very green.

Common Ground

Café · Bed-Stuy

Doors open this Friday

Bagels boiled here at five.

403 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn · commonground.nyc