Various brewing methods, their differences, and how the coffee tastes. Also, find out about some of our favorite local coffee shops in the greater Los Angeles area where you can enjoy the perfect cup.

1. INTRO TO COFFEE
Jeffrey Wang
James Wu
home brewing for the college student

2. Breaking It Down
Ingredients
beans water
Equipment
grinder scale
kettle method

3. Grinder
Images not to scale
$22 $129 ($99)* $2460

4. Kettle
$94.99 ($65) $35* $62

5. Scale

6. Aeropress
A versatile immersion method
that involves pressing water
through a filter into a cup
Serves 1
Fast
Easy to clean
Kettle/scale not required
Versatile
$30

7. V60
Serves 1 or 2
Bold taste
Nutty/chocolatey
$20
A pourover method where water
drips through grounds in a
filter with a pointed bottom

8. Chemex
Serves 3
Less acidity
Sick pictures
Hard to wash/clean
$45
A pourover method where water
drips through grounds in a
filter with a pointed bottom,
into a pretty piece of
glassware

9. Kalita Wave
Serves 2
More floral taste
Harder to find filters
$28
A pourover method where water
drips through grounds in a
filter with a flat bottom,
with 3 openings in the
dripper

10. Cold Brew
Makes 4 cups
Takes 8-12 hours
Can use older beans
Filter with anything
Refrigerate for later
An immersion method that
extracts flavor from coffee
grounds over an extended
period of time at room
temperature

11. Packages
Aeropress .......................................$52
(Hario Minimill
+ Aeropress)
Pourover ...............................$77/$85/$102
(Hario Minimill
+ Kettle
+ Pourover method)
Substitute Minimill with Encore +$77
Add scale +$15

12. Coffee of LA
Or, CoLA

13. Profeta
Westwood
Espresso drinks only
No outlets
Bottled cold brew (rare!)

14. Demitasse
Santa Monica / Little Tokyo
Open til 10pm Thurs-Sat
Best Cold Brew (Kyoto drip!)

15. Primo Passo
Santa Monica
White wall aesthetic
Strauss milk

16. Go Get ‘Em
Tiger
Larchmont
Bar environment
Barista award winner
Salt & Straw combo

17. Verve
WeHo / Beverly / DTLA
Juice bar included
Best pourovers (Gesha)

18. Starbucks
Hidden gem
Starbucks Reserve
Sakura frappuccino (rare!)

19. And much more!
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20. Questions?

21. Demo
The part you’ve all been waiting for