How To Use Pour-Over
Our Pour-Over method guarantees rich, balanced flavor every time. With precise steps and simple tools, you’ll brew café-quality coffee that tastes fresh, smooth, and perfectly extracted.
Servings: 1 standard mug
Equipment
- Pour-over dripper (e.g., cone type like V60, flat-bottom dripper like Kalita, or other similar).
- Paper filter, or reusable filter if your dripper supports it.
- Gooseneck kettle (helps with precise pour control, especially concentric circles and slow steady stream).
- Digital scale (so you weigh coffee and water accurately).
- Timer (or use your phone timer).
- Coffee grinder (fresh whole-bean grind is best).
- Mug or carafe to brew into.
Ingredients
- Whole-bean coffee
- Filtered or clean water (since water quality affects taste).
- Paper or reusable filter appropriate for your dripper.
Instructions
- Heat filtered water to 90–96°C, set up your dripper with a filter on your mug or carafe, rinse the filter to remove paper taste and prewarm, discard rinse water, place everything on the scale, and tare to zero.
- Weigh 20 g of coffee beans, grind to a medium-fine texture slightly coarser than table salt, then pour the grounds into the rinsed filter and gently level the bed.
- Zero the scale again, start the timer, pour about 40–45 g of hot water to wet all grounds for the bloom, and let it sit for 30–45 seconds until the coffee swells.
- Slowly pour the remaining 280 g of water in stages using a gooseneck kettle, maintaining a steady circular motion from center outward and back, and aim to complete pouring within 2–3 minutes for a total brew time of 2.5 - 3.5 minutes.
- Allow the dripper to finish dripping, then remove it and discard the filter and grounds, swirl your coffee to mix, inhale the aroma, and pour into your cup to enjoy.
- Rinse your dripper, carafe, or mug, clean your kettle if needed, and keep your brewing gear fresh for the next perfect cup.
Notes
Recommended Ratios & Settings
- Coffee to water ratio: a good place to start is about 1 g coffee : 16-17 g water (or about 1:16-1:17) which many guides suggest.
- Grind size: medium to medium-fine (somewhere between table salt size and fine sand) depending on your dripper design.
- Water temperature: around 90-96 °C (195-205 °F) is common.
- Brew time: roughly 2:30 to 3:30 minutes for a single cup, depending on amount and dripper