Processing · drying
The traditional drying method: coffee spread on a hard surface and raked. Cheap, high-capacity, and less even than raised beds.
Patio drying spreads coffee on a large concrete or brick surface and rakes it regularly until it reaches about 11 per cent moisture.
Capacity. A country producing a third of the world’s coffee needs to dry enormous volumes, and patios scale in a way raised beds do not.
Brazil’s dry harvest season also makes it reliable.
Airflow only from above. Coffee in contact with a hot surface dries unevenly, and the bottom of the layer behaves differently from the top.
Ground contact risks contamination and off-flavours if the surface is dirty.
Temperature swings. Concrete gets very hot in the afternoon and cold at night.
Thin layers, frequent raking — sometimes hourly — and covering at night and in rain.
Raised beds dry from all sides, more slowly and more evenly, and are now standard for specialty lots. Patios remain standard for volume.
Nothing method-specific; drying quality shows as consistency rather than as a flavour.
The equipment this actually requires — not a shopping list, the shortest route to doing it properly.
60° cone · spiral ribs · 1–4 cups
The most transparent cup you can brew for twenty euros, and the least forgiving. Ceramic holds heat where plastic does not — and the open bottom means your pour, not the dripper, decides the coffee.
Best for: Someone who wants to taste what a single-origin coffee is actually doing.
≈ $25 / £20 / 22 €
64 mm flat burr · filter only · single dose
64 mm flat burrs, near-zero retention and a footprint the size of a mug, built for filter and honest about not doing espresso. For pour-over it is the clearest grind you can buy at this price.
Best for: V60, Chemex, AeroPress and batch brewing, where clarity is the whole point.
≈ $345 / £275 / 300 €
0.9 L · ±1 °C hold · counterbalanced gooseneck
The best-pouring kettle sold, and the hold function matters more than the thermometer. Expensive for boiling water — but if you brew pour-over daily, it is the accessory that most improves the cup.
Best for: Daily pour-over, where flow rate is the variable you are trying to control.
≈ $195 / £165 / 180 €
