01Rinse the filter
Put the paper in the cone. Pour hot water through it into the server, then dump that water. You just preheated the vessel and washed the paper taste out.
Weigh 30 g coffee, grind medium — like sand, not powder, not peppercorns.
Coffee & Drinks
Pour-Over Coffee
30 g coffee, 500 g water, one V60-style cup that isn't muddy
20 min4 photographed stepsBeginner
A complete pour-over: rinse the paper, bloom, two pours, and a total brew around 3 minutes. You will taste when the grind is too fine (choke) or too coarse (sour tea).
What you'll learn
- Rinse the paper or the cup tastes like paper
- Bloom 45 seconds
- Two main pours to 500 g
- How drawdown time tells you the grind
Inside this course
- SetupHeat, rinse, weigh.
- BloomCO2 out, water in.
- The poursDon't drown it in one go.
- DrinkSwirl, don't microwave later if you can help it.
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