V60 02 V60
Ultimate Technique
The Ultimate V60 Technique by James Hoffmann. A two-pour method with bloom swirl, agitation stir, and a final swirl for even extraction.
Parameters
- 15 g
- Coffee
- 250 g
- Water
- 1:16.7
- Ratio
- 100 °C
- Temp
- 4 medium-fine
- Grind
- 3:30
- Total
- 1
- Servings
Method
3:30 · total-
Bloom 1 / 60:00+30g add
To
30g
10s SlowPour 30g of water (2x coffee). Swirl the dripper gently to saturate all grounds evenly.
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Pour 2 / 60:45+120g add
To
150g
30s CircularPour in slow circles up to 150g total (60% of total water).
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Pour 3 / 61:15+100g add
To
250g
30s CircularPour in slow circles up to 250g total.
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Stir 4 / 61:45
Stir once clockwise and once counter-clockwise with a spoon to knock grounds off the walls.
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Swirl 5 / 61:50
Swirl the dripper gently to flatten the coffee bed.
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Done 6 / 63:30
Brew complete. Target drawdown ~3:30.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by James Hoffmann, published at youtube.com.
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Definitions, ratios and protocols behind this recipe.
- V60 Hario's conical brewer is the most copied design in modern coffee, and for good reason: a 60° cone, deep ribs, and one big hole add up to a brewer that doesn't restrict flow at all. The grounds are what hold the water back, not the device. That makes the grind and your pour the only real variables.
- Processing Coffee grows as a cherry. The bean you brew is the seed. Processing is everything that happens between picking the cherry and getting a dry green bean ready to ship — and it's the second-biggest flavor decision after origin. Two coffees from the same farm processed differently will taste like two coffees.