Print this pageCoffee To Water Ratio
Recipe: Weight of dry coffee to volume of unbrewed water
SCAE Gold Cup Standard: 50 to 65 Grams (weight) for 1 Litre of Water (volume)
Finished Brew is a Controlled Balance Between Strength (Solubles Concentration) and Extraction (Solubles Yield)
Coffee to Water Ratio - The ratio between the weight of the ground coffee and the volume of water used to brew.
Any coffee to water ratio below 50g/litre or above 70g/litre can not achieve the Gold Cup standard
Most Acceptable Ranges of Concentration (Strength) fall between 1% and 1.5% dissolved coffee solids and between 99.0% and 98.5% Water