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How to Brew Pour Over (V60)

How to brew great Pour Over (V60) coffee at home — ratio, grind and step-by-step.

Ratio
1:16
Grind
medium-fine
Dose
15 g
Water temp
94°C

Grind size

The V60's open cone drains fast, so grind size is what really controls contact time. Medium-fine — about the texture of granulated sugar — usually lands a brew near 2:30–3:00. Draining in under two minutes and tasting thin? Go finer. Water pooling on top and tasting drying? Go coarser.

450–650 µm · Medium-fine

Step by step

  1. 1
    Bloom

    Add 2× the coffee weight in water, wait 30–45 s.

  2. 2
    Pour

    Pour in slow spirals to your target weight.

  3. 3
    Drawdown

    Let it drain; aim for a total time of 2:30–3:00.

Ratio calculator Grind settings for 207 grinders