Atom Coffee Hub
THE BREW
FOR YOU The modern coffee drinker is becoming increasingly particular when it comes to the quality and origin of their daily brew. Such discerning tastes are well catered for at Dar’s Atom Coffee Hub. Here not only are you assured of coffee made from the finest beans farmed in Mbeya and Kilimanjaro, its expert team of baristas are also versed in the latest brewing methods – that can make Atom look as much like a science lab as a café on occasion – to help you in your pursuit of the perfect cuppa. Here, Jahazi provides a guide to the brews on offer with the help of Atom co-founder Abbas Jaffer Ali.
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V60 This brewing method looks disarmingly simple yet produces a very clean and flavoursome cup of coffee. The V60 coffee dripper was designed by Japanese laboratory glassware manufacturer Hario in the middle of the 20th century, but has undergone a sharp rise in popularity in the last decade. It gets its name from the 60 degree ‘v’ shaped angles of its cone that optimise extraction and fits on top of your coffee cup. To use it you place a paper filter inside, up against the spiral ribbing of the cone’s inner walls, which allows air to be released while brewing. Then you place the ground coffee on the filter
and pour over the water, which should have been boiled and left for a minute for the optimum temperature and added at a ratio of 15g of water to every 1g of coffee. The brewing process takes about three minutes as the coffee drips into your cup. Flavour: V60 delivers incredibly clear flavours and aromas, allowing coffee lovers to enjoy even the subtlest notes in their coffee. Advantages: The materials required are inexpensive and very portable so if you love your V60 brew at Atom you can recreate it at home or on your travels.
The V60 also leaves at lot of room for experimenting to find your personal brewing sweet spot by adjusting pouring speed or altering the water/coffee ratio. Disadvantages: The V60 is designed to make one or two cups of coffee at a time so is not ideal for your brewing to share. Abbas says: “The V60 brewing method extracts the most hidden and delicate notes of the coffee bean, and really allows one to truly enjoy every unique element of its flavour. It can also be adjusted to extract a stronger or a lighter tea-like drinking experience.”
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