Updated October 2026 · Filter Recipe Series
Dose is the weight of dry ground coffee. In the Filter Recipe Series it isn't fixed: it comes from how much coffee you want to make and the ratio for your bean density, across all 121 recipes and any yield from 150 to 1000 ml.
Dose = yield ÷ ratio. For the default 190 ml cup that's 15.8 g for the darkest roasts, 12.7 g in the middle and 10.6 g for the lightest. Choose your yield on the recipe page and the dose scales with it.
How it's worked out
Yield is how much coffee you want to make: the coffee in your cup or carafe, weighed under a drip stand. The ratio comes from your bean density, from 1:12 for the darkest roasts to 1:18 for the lightest. Divide one by the other and you have your dose.
190 ml ÷ 15 = 12.7 g (Recipe 61)
On each recipe page, choose your yield and the dose scales with it. Your choice carries through when you press Extract More or Extract Less, so you only set it once.
The grounds soak up and keep some water, and how much varies with the dose and roast level. Basing the dose on what reaches the cup takes that out of the equation.
Across the series
For the default 190 ml yield, the dose falls from 15.8 g for the darkest roasts to 10.6 g for the lightest. Light roasts get less coffee per cup because they need a higher ratio: more water per gram to extract properly.
1:12 · 0.330 g/ml, the darkest roasts (Recipe 1)
1:15 · 0.390 g/ml, the middle (Recipe 61)
1:18 · 0.450 g/ml, the lightest roasts (Recipe 121)
Dose by yield
Choose any yield from 150 to 1000 ml, in 25 ml steps or your own number. Each card shows the dose for Recipe 1 · Recipe 61 · Recipe 121 (darkest · middle · lightest).
12.5 g · 10.0 g · 8.3 g
15.8 g · 12.7 g · 10.6 g
25.0 g · 20.0 g · 16.7 g
41.7 g · 33.3 g · 27.8 g
83.3 g · 66.7 g · 55.6 g
190 ml is the default: a standard cup. Haven't measured your beans? Start at Recipe 51 (1:14.5, 13.1 g for 190 ml).
Tips
A 0.1 g scale makes a real difference at filter doses: at 10–15 g, half a gram is a noticeable change in strength.
Choose a yield that suits your brewer. A big dose in a small cone can overflow or brew slowly, so move up a brewer size for larger yields.
Cloth doesn't work as well at low doses. If you brew with a cloth drip pot, choose a larger yield so the dose is big enough.
Changing the yield changes the dose, not the taste. To fix sour or bitter, taste and press Extract More or Extract Less.
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