Just starting out with V60 pour over? Need to know the best V60 brew time and what kind of coffee to use? No problem! The V60 brew time is around 4 minutes. Or 240 seconds. Or 240,000 milliseconds, if that’s how you roll. A Coffee Grinder - manual or electric; we suggest starting out with a hand grinder first. You can of course use pre-ground coffee but this can spoil in a matter of hours.

You can find a few different types of pour over brewers, with the Chemex and V60 being the most popular. A brew ratio (or golden ratio) of 1:16 tells us that we need 16 grams of water for every gram of coffee. We use 320 millilitres of water for one-to-two cups of V60 coffee. So, because 320 divided by 16 is 20, we’ll need 20g of coffee. This is about 3 heaped tablespoons.Grind size plays a vital role too. If you grind the grounds coarser you will get a weaker coffee taste, but if you grind it finer then you will get a stronger taste but not always a better flavour. Let's face it...there are a lot of filter options! To try and simplify your buying experience we've kept the "wrapped" 02 x100 papers separate (VCF-02-100W-H) Made in Holland over here. Or you can find "love bird filters" in 02 size (VCFL-02-20W) over here. If in doubt, feel free to give us a call on 0800 033 7918 - we'd be delighted to hear from you! SKU Once boiled, let your water cool for a few minutes - just boiled water is a little too hot for optimum coffee

Pour over the rest of the water, using a circular motion. This step takes between 2 and 2.5 minutes. Watch your coffee drip drip drip through. It’ll all come through by the time you hit around 3.5 minutes.Whizz on to 2005, and guess what you’ll find? The release of the V60 coffee dripper! Angular drippers had been popular in Japan since the 1980s, yet in the 00s designers started experimenting with rounded shapes to achieve a cleaner, more tea-like taste. Pour in a little hot water to flush away any papery taste and discard the water that comes through. This step also helps to heat up the coffee dripper.

You simply pop it on a container, place your filter and ground coffee in the cone, and pour away. Brew well, and your V60 will treat you to clean-tasting, perfectly light coffee brimming with gorgeous flavour. Scrummy!

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Remember those V60 brew ratios we mentioned? Experiment with a few different coffee amounts to see which takes your fancy. After a moment, continue to slowly pour the water over the grounds in the dripper. Try to pour in to the middle and then draw an outward sprial with the water to get all the coffee extracting. Avoid pouring too much straight on to the filter paper directly. But brew ratios aren’t set in stone. Others might use V60 brew ratios of 1:15 or 1:18, for instance. Why? Because they like the way their coffee tastes with that much coffee! 1:16 is a starting ratio – adapt to make your tastebuds merry!