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Pour-over coffee recipe for klutzes
Make a fine cup of coffee using the Hario V60 cone dripper
The Hario V60 Japanese cone dripper makes wonderful coffee and is environmentally sound, but it requires more effort and attention to detail than other coffee making techniques. The unique aspect of the V60 that most distinguishes it from other filter drip systems is the large opening at the bottom of the cone. If you try to use the V60 like any other dripper, your boiled water will rush through quickly delivering extremely under-extracted, sour and weak coffee. When you search for V60 hints on the net you will find scores of how-to’s often insisting on very specific and curious details. Many of them seem downright ritualistic!
This is my relatively straight-forward and reliable method, ideal for distracted and klutzy folks like myself. As described, it makes a single 8 ounce cup of coffee. Do some easy arithmetic for other quantities.
Required ingredients and tools
- 16 grams of coffee (I grind fresh from whole roasted beans, but pre-ground is fine too)
- 8 ounce coffee cup
- V60 02 Hario cone dripper
- V60 filter paper (I recommend white bleached)
- digital kitchen scale (preferably accurate to…
