01 / DOSE
Weigh it.
Every basket weighed to the tenth of a gram — consistency starts here, not at the tongue.
18.0 g · ± 0.1Prototype No. 001 · East Hastings
Brew bynumbers.
A specialty roastery and tasting room run like a lab — every cup is a recipe: dose, ratio, temperature, time. Dialled in on the bench, then handed to you.
Unsolicited concept by X9 AI — not affiliated with Prototype Coffee. Imagery is illustrative stock; the brew figures below are example defaults for the owner to set; 4.7★ is the shop's own Google rating, not ours.
Dose
0g
Ratio
1:0
Water
0°C
Time
0:00
// illustrative defaults — owner dials in the real recipe
/ the method
Five steps, every single cup.
The protocol behind the bench — placeholder copy showing the shape of it. The owner swaps in the real spec.
02 / GRIND
Dial the grind.
Particle size sets extraction. We chase the sweet spot, then lock it for the day.
setting · owner to set
03 / BLOOM
Let it bloom.
A short pre-infusion to let CO₂ escape — flat bloom, flat cup. We wait for it.
~ 40 s04 / POUR
Pour in stages.
Slow, concentric, even saturation — the kettle does the talking.
1:16 · 93 °C
05 / TASTE
Taste & log.
Every batch tasted and noted, so the next one's better. Come compare two side by side.
on the bench, daily→
Your real protocol here.
We wire these five steps to your actual recipe — editable by you, no developer needed.
Find the shop ↗/ extraction yield
Tuned to the sweet spot.
Under-extract and it's sour; over-extract and it's bitter. The window is narrow — roughly 18–22% of the coffee dissolved into the cup. We measure, taste, and stay inside it.
Illustrative target · scroll to read the gauge →
0.0%
extraction
Small batch. Measured. Poured by people who care.
Illustrative stock imagery — owner to supply real photos.
4.7 ★ on Google
That's Prototype's own rating from its customers — shown as-is, not ours. (Review count: owner to confirm.)
/ visit
Come taste on the bench.
- Address
- 883 E Hastings St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1R8 - Hours
- owner to confirm
- Phone
- (604) 251-6451
- Online
- prototypecoffee.ca · @prototypecoffee.ca