By Hailie Stevens |

Fellow's Take on Panama Gissell Garrido by Bean & Bean Coffee | Brew Recipe

Here's how we brewed this clean and expressive washed Catuai from an award-winning estate, roasted by NY’s Bean & Bean.

With high elevations and volcanic soils, Panama grows some of the world’s finest coffees and this selection by Bean & Bean is a stunner. Produced by the Garrido Estate, winners of Best of Panama (the country’s most prestigious coffee competition), this washed Catuai is beautifully expressive.

🌎 Origin: Boquete, Panama

💦 Process: Washed

🔬 Variety: Catuai

⛰️ Elevation: 1,500 - 1,750 MASL

🔥 Roast: Light

⚖️ Bag Size: 10.9 oz (310g)

Gissell Garrido Red Catuai coffee should rest for at minimum 2-3 weeks.

Pour Over

* Stagg X/ flat bottom drippers 

Ingredients:

  • Coffee: 18g

  • Water: 278g at 205°F (at sea level-1°C per each 400 meter elevation)

Grind Settings:

  • Ode + SSP Burrs: 6-7

  • Ode Gen 2 Burrs: 5-6

  • Ode Gen 1 Burrs: 4-5

  • Opus: 6-7 (inner ring at 0)

Steps:

  1. Grind coffee at medium-coarse setting

  2. Rinse filter with 205°F water

  3. Bloom: Pour to 50g water, wait 23 seconds

  4. Continuous pour stages:

    • Pour to 50g, wait 15 second

    • Pour to 100g, wait 15 second

    • Final Pour to 150g

Bypass (add water to brewed concentration after you are finished brewing) 100g at 196°F

  1. Target brew time: 1:35-1:45 minutes


Espresso

Recipe:

  • Coffee: 21g

  • Yield: 38g

  • Temperature: 92°F

  • Ratio: 1-1.9

  • Pressure: 7-8 bars

  • Pull time: 22 seconds

  • 3 seconds of Pre-infusion

Note: If your basket size is bigger or smaller, try to have the maximum capacity of your basket for lightly roasted coffee.

Aiden Brewer Settings

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Single Serve

Grind Settings:

  • Ode + SSP: 6-7

  • Ode Gen 2: 5-6

  • Opus: 6-7 (Use finer settings for 150-250ml, coarser for larger volumes)

Batch Brew

Grind Settings:

  • Ode + SSP: 7-8

  • Ode Gen 2: 6-7

  • Opus: 7-8 (Use finer settings for 450-750ml, coarser for larger volumes)