Brew Guides

How to brew with a Kalita wave

How to brew with a Kalita wave

If your anything like us and think these little metal filers with confounding filter papers are look easier than they are to use your not alone. Founded in 1958 in Tokyo, the Kalita wave dripper has many similarities to a V60 or Chemex which all make for a clean, crisp cup of coffe...
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How to make a Chemex

How to make a Chemex

Who doesn't love these well designed beautiful filter coffee brewing devices?   The Chemex® was invented in 1941 by the eccentric chemist Dr. Peter Schlumbohm. During his career his focus was making everyday object more attractive, enjoyable to use and functional. His goal with the Chemex® was...
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Ceramic white V60 brewing coffee and a black fellow kettle pouring water into the coffee bed

How to brew Hario V60

At Grouch we love brewing coffee in our V60, the clarity of flavour and the almost zen vibe brewing a V60 can bring first thing in the morning can bring.  The humble Hario was founded in Tokyo in 1921. They began by producing and selling glass products, after a number of decades Hario launched...
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How to brew with a Hario Mugen

How to brew with a Hario Mugen

The Mugen is Coffee gear legend’s Harios newest brewer. Hario, as a company, is renowned for their V60 brewer that sets the industry standard for pour over coffee worldwide, their products are a staple at every specialty coffee shop and they do some of the best coffee gear in the world. Hario hav...
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Cold brew with a Hario Mizudashi

Cold brew with a Hario Mizudashi

Cold Brew, for when your soul craves the smoothest of brews The Mizudashi Cold Brew Pot is made by Hario, a Japanese company that are well known for making high quality coffee brewing products. The Mizudashi cold brew pot is the perfect summer accessory, you can have amazing cold brew coffee s...
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How to brew with a Clever Dripper

How to brew with a Clever Dripper

What you need:  Clever Dripper Brewer  Filter paper (we use filtropa #4 papers) 25g coffee ground to medium/coarse grind 400ml water (94℃) Scale  Timer Mug or brew vessel   Prepare for brewing: Place filter paper inside your brewer and rinse with hot water.  Add your coffee grounds and place brew...
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How to brew with a Trinity Zero

How to brew with a Trinity Zero

Trinity Zero has to be the most portable coffee brewer on the market, it's light and small enough to fit in your pocket and can be used without consumables such as filter papers making it an awesome option for a portable brewer. Trinity as a company is renowned for creating coffee brewers that ar...
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How to make the best Espresso Martinis

How to make the best Espresso Martinis

One thing i am confident in is Grouchs ability to make a great Espresso Martini. During the first wave of the Covid pandemic they're literally the only thing that got us through. Having said that it wouldn't be right not to share this awesome recipe with you. but first a little history...
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Brewing Coffee in your Car - with a Clever Dripper

Brewing Coffee in your Car - with a Clever Dripper

During COVID-19 Shut down, we asked our customers to tell us what content they wanted to see. Believe it or not, how to brew in your car or tractor was one of those requests. So here we are bringing you a step by step on how to brew coffee in your car with a clever dripper. We are by no means a ...
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Cold brew coffee Negroni in a round glass with ice and a slice of pink grapefruit

How to make a Cold Brew Negroni

We absolutely love a Negroni, the bitterness with light undertones of sweetness from the orange peel - it really doesn’t get much better…until now! The origin of this drink dates back to Florence, Italy in 1919 where legend has it Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender friends to strengthen...
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How to brew with a Delter Coffee Press

How to brew with a Delter Coffee Press

  Melbourne based company Delter have created this coffee press that champions a process called injection brewing to create a cup of coffee with exceptional sweetness and clarity unparalleled by other single cup brewers. It's also compact and durable making it, in our opinion, the best portab...
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How to make your own Brew Water

How to make your own Brew Water

Water, who knew that you could make your own. Well sort of lol. We explain the best way to make your own. And yes we have heard of third wave water and peak water jugs but we love ourselves a bit of DIY.  When you really boil it down (see what we did there) water makes up 98% of your coffee - t...
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