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Freshbrew coffee is ground coffee for freshbrew machines: the office and catering machines that make each cup separately by running hot water through a portion of ground coffee and a filter. A freshbrew machine is essentially a filter coffee maker scaled down to one cup, so it takes an ordinary filter grind; there is no separate freshbrew grind. Every coffee on this page is therefore filter-ground: Gala and Landhaus at the factory, our own fresh coffee after you order. Advice on dosing and on choosing coffee for heavy office use follows below the products.

The right grind for a freshbrew machine

A freshbrew machine takes a medium-coarse filter grind, the same one a drip filter machine uses at home. Each cup is brewed in a short cycle in which hot water passes through a small dose of coffee and a filter, and that cycle is designed around filter coffee. Anything finer holds the water back and makes every cup bitter; anything coarser lets it slip past and the cup tastes thin. Espresso-ground coffee therefore does not belong in the canister of a freshbrew machine.

Dosing is set on the machine

The amount of freshbrew coffee per cup is programmed on the machine, so follow the manual or the settings your supplier left. When you switch to another coffee, pay close attention to the first few cups. If they come out clearly stronger or weaker than you are used to, change the dose before you think about the grind. For grind size in general, read How do you set the right grind size for your coffee?

Choosing coffee for an office machine

Volume. A busy office machine gets through a pack quickly. For that kind of use our own fresh coffee also comes in 1 kg bags; Gala and Landhaus come in 500 g packs.
A steady supply. Our own coffee can be ordered as a subscription every 1 to 8 weeks, so the canister does not run empty in the middle of the week.
Which option to pick. There is no freshbrew option in the Coffee type menu. Choose 'Freshly ground - Filter': that is the grind a freshbrew machine needs.
Decaf. Landhaus Entkoffeiniert is a decaffeinated filter coffee, handy for colleagues who avoid caffeine in the afternoon.

Bean-to-cup machines and filter machines at home

If the machine at work grinds its own beans, fill it with whole beans rather than ground coffee; you will find them under coffee beans. For a drip filter machine at home, the same coffees are gathered on filter ground coffee.

Frequently asked questions about freshbrew coffee

What is freshbrew coffee?

Freshbrew coffee is filter coffee brewed one cup at a time by a freshbrew machine, the kind often found in offices and catering. For every cup the machine takes a dose of ground coffee, runs hot water through it and a filter, and discards the grounds. You fill it with ordinary filter-ground coffee, so there is no special freshbrew blend or grind to look for.

Is freshbrew coffee the same as filter coffee?

Yes, in terms of the coffee itself: a freshbrew machine uses the same medium-coarse filter grind as a drip machine. The difference lies in the machine. A drip machine brews a whole jug that then waits on the hotplate, whereas a freshbrew machine brews each cup fresh on demand. A pack of filter coffee therefore works in both.

What coffee do I need for a freshbrew machine?

A freshbrew machine needs ground coffee in a medium-coarse filter grind, unless it has its own grinder, in which case you fill it with whole beans. Espresso-ground coffee is too fine and makes the cups bitter. How strong each cup tastes depends mainly on the dose set on the machine, so adjust that first when you change coffee.

Freshbrew coffee for office machines

The right grind for a freshbrew machine

Dosing is set on the machine

Choosing coffee for an office machine

Bean-to-cup machines and filter machines at home