![Siphon](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Hero%20Banner/Hero-Banner-Siphon-16x6.jpg)
Siphon
The most delicious theatrics in all of coffee
Siphon coffee was invented in the 1840s more or less simultaneously by a French housewife and Scottish marine engineer. It’s been refined many times, but a few principles hold true: It produces a delicate, tea-like cup of coffee; it can be quite persnickety; and it is, for our money, one of the coolest brew methods available.
- WHAT YOU'LL NEED
Coffee
Grinder
Scale
Siphon set
Thermometer
Timer- BREW TIME
2 - 2½ minutes
COFFEE AMOUNT
20-25 grams
GRIND SIZE
Sea Salt
WATER AMT & TEMP
300 grams
185-195°
BREW TIME
2 - 2½ minutes
Step One
Prepare the filter
After soaking your filter in a warm water bath for at least five minutes, drop it into the bottom of your siphon’s top component, or “hopper,” and hook to the bottom of the hopper’s glass tubing.
![A filter being inserted into the siphon](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-1-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)
Step Two
Fill your siphon’s bottom component, or “bulb,” with 300 grams of hot water (12-oz).
![A kettle pouring water into a siphon](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-2-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)
Step Three
Insert the hopper, filter and all, into the bulb.
You don't have to press too hard; just make sure it's securely and evenly in place. Position the entire assembly above your heat source.
![Siphon](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-3-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)
Step Four
Weigh and grind your coffee
While the water is heating, measure out between 20-25 grams of coffee and grind it just little bit finer than you would for regular drip coffee.
![Ground coffee](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-4-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)
Step Five
The water in the bulb will begin boiling and rise up into the hopper.
For some physics-related reason we don’t fully understand, a little bit will stay in the bottom. Don’t worry about this little bit.
![Siphon](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-5-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)
Step Six
Once the water has moved into the hopper, turn your heat down so that the water is between 185-195°.
![Siphon with a thermometer inserted into the water.](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-6-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)
Step Seven
Add your coffee, and gently (but thoroughly) submerge it with a bamboo paddle or butter knife.
![Ground coffee being added to the top chamber of the siphon.](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-7-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)
Step Eight
Let the coffee brew, undisturbed, for one minute and 10 seconds.
![Siphon brewing](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-8-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)
Step Nine
In one brisk motion, remove your siphon from the heat and give it ten stirs with a bamboo paddle.
![Coffee in the top chamber of a siphon being stirred.](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-9-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)
Step Ten
Your coffee should take another minute or so to draw downward and finally rest in the bulb.
You'll know it's ready when a dome of grounds has formed at the top of the filter, and when the coffee at the bottom has begun to bubble at approximately the pace and strength of a kitten’s heartbeat.
Remove the hopper and serve. In order to guarantee the most complex cup, give the coffee a few minutes to cool.
![Siphon brewed coffee being poured into a glass mug.](https://res.cloudinary.com/hbhhv9rz9/image/upload/f_auto,c_limit,w_3840,q_auto/Brew%20Guides/Siphon/Steps/Step-10-Siphon-Mobile.jpg)