🇨🇷 Costa Rican Cuisine

Cafe Chorreado

Sock-Filtered Coffee

Prep Time 5 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Traditional Costa Rican pour-over coffee filtered through a cloth bolsita (sock filter) mounted on a wooden stand, producing an exceptionally smooth, full-bodied brew.

Ingredients

4 tbsp medium-ground Costa Rican coffee
4 cups hot water (just off boil, about 93C)
Tapa de dulce or sugar to taste
Milk (optional)

Instructions

1 Place the cloth bolsita (filter sock) in the chorreador stand.
2 Add ground coffee to the filter.
3 Slowly pour hot water over the grounds in a circular motion, allowing it to drip through.
4 Let the coffee filter completely — this takes 3-4 min.
5 Serve black or with tapa de dulce for sweetness. Add milk if desired.

Did You Know?

The chorreador is considered such an important cultural artifact that many Costa Rican families display their wooden stand in the kitchen as both a tool and decoration.