Calibrated ratings leaves out ratings before June 2026, while the rating scale was still settling. Every rated brew, including earlier ones. Leaves out each bag's dial-in brews (the first, or 2 for an 8+ brew bag). Sample minimums still count them. Every rated brew, dial-in included. 90°C or 91°C All within 0.2 so far 93°C looks higher · 2 bags Usually: 90–92°C Temp: 90°C or 91°C · 90°C, 91°C: within 0.2 so far · 10 bags · 93°C looks higher · 2 bags · Usually: 90–92°C 2 in the running Lotus - Ultralight Mg + K (900mL) or Lotus - Mg/K 60/10 (900mL) Lotus - Mg/K 60/10 (880mL) looks higher · 1 bag Usually: Lotus - Mg/K 60/10 (900mL) Water: 2 in the running · Lotus - Ultralight Mg + K (900mL), Lotus - Mg/K 60/10 (900mL): within 0.2 so far · 25 bags · Lotus - Mg/K 60/10 (880mL) looks higher · 1 bag · Usually: Lotus - Mg/K 60/10 (900mL) 5 in the running Gabi Master A, Alpha Switch, CT62, Graycano or V60 Usually: CT62 Dripper: 5 in the running · Gabi Master A, Alpha Switch, CT62, Graycano, V60: within 0.3 so far · 20 bags · Usually: CT62 Cafec Abaca or Cafec T90 All within 0.2 so far Usually: Cafec Abaca Filter: Cafec Abaca or Cafec T90 · Cafec Abaca, Cafec T90: within 0.2 so far · 25 bags · Usually: Cafec Abaca 1:15.5–16.5 +0.3 vs same bag Usually: 1:16.5–17.5 Ratio: 1:15.5–16.5 · +0.3 vs same bag · 14 bags · Usually: 1:16.5–17.5 < 16g, 18–20g or 20+g All within 0.1 so far Usually: 18–20g Dose: < 16g, 18–20g or 20+g · < 16g, 18–20g, 20+g: within 0.1 so far · 31 bags · Usually: 18–20g 4 in the running 1.7.0, 1.2.0, 1.4.0 or 1.6.0 Usually: 1.3.0 Grind: 4 in the running · 1.7.0, 1.2.0, 1.4.0, 1.6.0: within 0.3 so far · 9 bags · Usually: 1.3.0 60s+, 30–44s or 45–59s All within 0.3 so far Usually: 60s+ Bloom: 60s+, 30–44s or 45–59s · 60s+, 30–44s, 45–59s: within 0.3 so far · 33 bags · Usually: 60s+ 3 in the running 31–45 d, 46–60 d or 61–90 d Usually: 61–90 d Rest: 3 in the running · 31–45 d, 46–60 d, 61–90 d: within 0.2 so far · 15 bags · Usually: 61–90 d
Matching: 221 bags, 1168 brews
Sweet spots
Sweet spots
- For each setting, the band your ratings favor for coffees like this.
- First choice: the same bag brewed both ways.
- +0.4: beat the same bag's other brews by 0.4.
- Too few of those: bag averages across similar coffees, widening the group until there's enough.
- Likely / Possible: the gap is 2×+ / 1.5–2× its margin of error (about 95% / 87% sure).
- Early: ahead or looking tied, but too few bags to call.
Early
- Ahead (or looking tied) so far, but too little data to call it.
- More brews would settle it.
Early
- Ahead (or looking tied) so far, but too little data to call it.
- More brews would settle it.
Early
- Ahead (or looking tied) so far, but too little data to call it.
- More brews would settle it.
Early
- Ahead (or looking tied) so far, but too little data to call it.
- More brews would settle it.
Likely
- The gap is at least twice its margin of error: about 95% sure it isn't chance.
Early
- Ahead (or looking tied) so far, but too little data to call it.
- More brews would settle it.
Early
- Ahead (or looking tied) so far, but too little data to call it.
- More brews would settle it.
Early
- Ahead (or looking tied) so far, but too little data to call it.
- More brews would settle it.
Early
- Ahead (or looking tied) so far, but too little data to call it.
- More brews would settle it.
Top bags like this
Top bags like this
- The bags matching these filters with the best ratings.
- Score: each bag's average pulled toward the matching brews' average by 5 brews, so one great brew doesn't top.
- SD: how much its ratings vary.
- Small: consistent.
- Big: hit or miss.
- Under each: its roaster, then usual temp · water · dripper.
BagBrewsScore
SD · standard deviation
- How much ratings vary from brew to brew.
- Small: consistent.
- Big: hit or miss.
- 1 Gachiku Estate TOH #1 Natural SL28 Big Sur · 92°C · Lotus - Mg/K 60/10 (900mL) · Alpha Switch +2.4 vs Natural Nordic Light coffees 6 0.27 8.6
- 2 Colombia Gesha Washed El Hatillo Luminous · 94°C · Lotus - Mg/K 60/10 (900mL) · Alpha Switch +2.0 vs Nordic coffees 9 0.65 8.3
- 3 Colombia Yoiner Mosquera Gesha Anaerobic Natural Shoebox · 85°C · Lotus - Ultralight Mg + K (900mL) · Graycano +2.8 vs Anaerobic Natural Ultralight coffees 6 0.71 8.2
- 4 Masincho Washed 74158 Big Sur · 92°C · Lotus - Mg/K 60/10 (900mL) · Alpha Switch +1.5 vs Washed Nordic Light coffees from Ethiopia by Big Sur 5 0.35 8.1
- 5 La Terrazan Java Bean's Beans · 91°C · Lotus - Ultralight Mg + K (900mL) · CT62 +1.9 vs Washed Ultralight coffees by Bean's Beans 4 1.03 8.1