If you want to brew coffee in a fancy way, you should check out the so-called “coffee cone” or Hario V60. It’s one of the most renowned coffee drippers in the industry. Furthermore, it’s one of the frequently used pour over coffee techniques because it’s easy, and it can bring out the flavor notes of the coffee.
Pour over coffee brewing via Hario V60 coffee dripper will require long patience, especially if you’re going to brew for other people. Continuously flow of the water is not an option because the brewer is supposed to control the flow. Aside from the pour, you’ll have to wait for the coffee to drip for the water inside the dripper doesn’t overflow. On the brighter side, this dripper has different sizes, which are 01, 02, and 03. If you’re going brew for more than one cup, these sizes make your life easier.
Brewing Time:
2 to 4 minutes
Coffee Grind Type:
Medium to medium-fine size
What You’ll Need:
When it comes to the recipe, you’ll only need your coffee (medium to medium-fine grind size) and your water.
Necessities:
- Hario V60 (60-degree coffee cone) Coffee Dripper
- V60 paper filter (natural or bleached)
- Grinder (manual or electric)
- Scale
- Timer
- Kettle (preferably a gooseneck-type)
- Coffee Server
- Drinking cup
Optional:
- Drip Stand (Some brewers put the dripper on the server, while some are using a stand)
- Spoon or any Stirrer (for agitation)
- Extra cup (for the coffee)
- Thermometer
Steps on How to Brew Coffee via Hario V60
Regardless if you’re a beginner in brewing a cup coffee, you can brew a decent cup on your own! Just follow these steps, and you can play with your preferred coffee ratio.
- Prepare your recipe by weighing your coffee using the scale. You can use an extra cup or the ground bin of your electric grinder to hold the coffee as you weigh per gram. Put your container on the scale, and then tare it. Afterward, put the coffee and weigh as per desired grams. Set aside for a while.
- Put the V60 coffee dripper on the coffee server or the drip stand, if you’re going to use one.
- Fold the paper filter, follow the seams, and then put it on the coffee cone.
- Put the coffee server on the scale. If you put the dripper on the stand, align it with the coffee server placed on the scale.
- Start to boil your water and use a thermometer to monitor the temperature. Boil it between 90-degrees to 96-degrees Celsius, depending on your recipe. Having no thermometer is not a problem at all! You can count 30 to 45 seconds instead.
- While waiting for the water to boil, you can start grinding your beans using your manual or electric grinder. Make sure you to use a medium to medium-fine grind size.
- Pre-heat your filter, dripper, and coffee server with the hot water. Rinse the filter carefully, to remove the undesirable papery taste, and let the water drip down to the server. Before removing the water inside, give it a swirl to pre-heat it thoroughly. Also, you can leave your drinking up with hot water for pre-heating as well.
- If you’re using a stand, put the coffee server back on the scale, align the dripper and server, and then tare the scale.
- Put your coffee grounds in the dripper. If your dripper is placed on the server, make sure to put the grounds in first before you tare the scale.
- Once you’re all set, start the blooming stage. Pour 20 to 30 grams of water, and make sure you wet all the grounds. Wait for about 20 to 45 seconds before your second pour.
- Double the amount of water, depending on your recipe, and then pour slowly. You can make concentric circles during your slow pour, or you can make a constant water flow to play around with your coffee’s body.
- Pour until you reach your desired water recipe in grams. Make sure you’re checking on your scale as you pour the water. However, using a drip stand will not let you measure the water volume in the dripper. You can only measure the volume once it starts dripping down the server.
- You can agitate by using a spoon or any stirrer. You can apply agitation if you pour a continuous flow. If you pour in a circular motion, you can skip the agitation because the motion is as good as agitating it.
- The brewing time should be 2 to 4 minutes. Once you reach your target time, remove the dripper from the server. Then, put it on the extra cup you used to measure the coffee, or you can remove the filter with the grounds for disposal. As for the stand, you can switch the server with the extra cup, in case the residual liquid continues to drip.
- Give your server a swirl to mix your freshly brewed coffee. Don’t forget to smell the aroma.
- Remove the water in your drinking cup, pour the coffee in, and enjoy the drink.
