By Hailie Stevens |

Fellow's Take on DAK Coffee Roasters Panettone | Brew Recipe

Here's how we brewed this special festive feature by the world-famous Amsterdam roaster DAK.

DAK is known for their unique experimental coffees and every year they choose a playful yet refined offering for the festive season. This year’s is a Colombian coffee co-fermented with orange, cardamom, and a touch of cinnamon, then honey processed. The result is comforting and a little unexpected, with sweet notes of soaked orange cake, cardamom and pearl sugar.

🌎Origin: Risaralda, Colombia

🍊 Process: Co-Ferment

🔬 Variety: Caturra

⛰️ Elevation: 1,600 MASL

🔥 Roast: Light

Brew Guide for DAK Coffee Roasters Panettone

Pour Over

Stagg X/ flat bottom drippers

Ingredients:

  • Coffee: 20.5g

  • Water: 350g at 204°F

Grind Settings:

  • Ode + SSP Burrs: 5.1 - 6.2

  • Ode Gen 2 Burrs: 4.1 - 3.1

  • Ode Gen 1 Burrs: 3.1 - 2.1

  • Opus: 6.1-6.2 (inner ring at 0)

Steps:

  1. Grind coffee at medium to medium-coarse setting

  2. Rinse filter with 204°F water

  3. Bloom: Pour to 50g water, wait 45 seconds

  4. Continuous pour stages:

    • Pour to 150g, swirl gently when water is 0.5” above grounds

    • Pour to 250g

    • Final pour to 350, swirl

  5. Target brew time: 2:20 - 3:20 minutes

Note: If following a declining temperature profile, it's helpful to remove your kettle lid and adjust the temperature down right after each pour (sometimes adding room temperature water helps cool it down faster).

Espresso

Recipe:

  • Coffee: 18g

  • Yield: 36g - 45g

  • Temperature: 200°F

  • Ratio: 1:2 to 1:2.5

  • Pressure: 9 bars

  • Pull time: 26 - 30 seconds

Note: You’ll want to experiment with this coffee! It can present favorable qualities at faster OR slower pull times, and at different ratios.

Aiden Brewer Settings

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Single Serve

Grind Settings:

  • Ode + SSP Burrs: 5.1 - 6.2

  • Ode Gen 2 Burrs: 4.1 - 3.1

  • Opus: 5.1 - 6.2 (Use finer settings for 150-250ml, coarser for larger volumes)

Batch Brew

Grind Settings:

  • Ode + SSP: 7 - 9.2

  • Ode Gen 2: 6 - 8.2

  • Opus: 7 - 9.2 (Use finer settings for 450-750ml, coarser for larger volumes)