Brew Journal

Brewing tips, coffee storage advice, and prairie coffee stories from Autumn Prairie Pumpkins in Newton, Kansas.

How Long After Roasting Should You Brew Coffee? What a Cured Pumpkin Knows

How long after roasting should you brew coffee? Rest beans 3 to 7 days for drip, longer for espresso. Kansas-roasted coffee to try.

Can you put coffee grounds in raised beds? A Kansas gardener's plain answer on how much to use and when to skip. Shop small-batch coffee.

Can you reuse coffee grounds for a second pot? A plain answer, plus better ways to stretch a bag and where the used grounds do...

The tomatoes are done and the last of the vines are curling brown along the fence, but the coffee ritual never quits. It just moves...

It is the kind of late September morning that makes you a little sad and a little proud at the same time. The tomatoes are...

There is a gray squirrel who works the fence line behind our patch every fall. This week I caught him sitting on top of a...

The equinox came through Kansas this week and the mornings finally have an edge on them. I walked out to the patch yesterday with both...

There is always a little left in the pot. You pour the first cup, carry it out to the patch, and by the time you...

The first cool morning of the year always sneaks up on us. The pumpkins are lined up on the rail curing in the sun, and...

There is a coffee can by the back door that never quite makes it out to the pile. Grounds from the morning pot, still damp,...

Medium grind, about the texture of coarse sand, is the right grind size for drip coffee. Here is how to tell by feel, the mistakes...

The first cool morning of September pulls you outside before the coffee is even finished. This week I carried my mug down to the compost...

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