Pour-over
A better one-cup V60
One cup, five equal pours: 15 g coffee and 250 g water.
By James Hoffmann · View source ↗
- Coffee
- 15 g
- Brewing water
- 250 g
- Brew target
- 3:00
Before you start
Get ready.
Preheat the dripper and rinse its paper filter. Add 15 g ground coffee and tare the scale. For lighter roasts, prepare freshly boiled, soft filtered water.
Grind: Medium-fine
Equipment checklist
- One-cup HARIO V60
- Paper filter
- Grinder
- Kettle
- Coffee scale
- Cup or server
Brew along
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Recipe details & source
James Hoffmann · 2007 champion · later published one-cup technique · Champion-published recipe
HARIO publishes Hoffmann’s later one-cup technique, not his 2007 competition routine. About three minutes is a variable drawdown target, not a forced stop. Pouring and pause windows are preserved in the cues; at-your-pace mode waits for confirmation.
- Water temperature
- Not documented
- Bypass water
- 0 g
- Difficulty
- Approachable
Original coffee: Not documented
Published brewing steps
- 0:00 · Bloom
Wet the grounds evenly with the first 50 g.
Add 50 g
- 0:10 · Swirl and wait
Gently swirl at 10–15 seconds, then let the bloom continue to 0:45.
- 0:45 · Pour to 100 g
Add 50 g over 15 seconds; pause until 1:10.
Add 50 g
- 1:10 · Pour to 150 g
Add 50 g over 10 seconds; pause until 1:30.
Add 50 g
- 1:30 · Pour to 200 g
Add 50 g over 10 seconds; pause until 1:50.
Add 50 g
- 1:50 · Pour to 250 g
Add the last 50 g over 10 seconds.
Add 50 g
- 2:00 · Swirl and drain
Swirl gently at 2:00–2:05, then allow the water to drain.
- 3:00 · Finish when drained
Remove the dripper after drawdown, around 3:00. Allow extra time if needed.
Source reviewed 2026-10-27. Instructions paraphrased by Solution Coffee.
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Make it your dose
Scale the documented coffee and water. Temperature, grind, timing and technique stay as published.
Dose adaptation, not the original recipe. Extraction and brewer capacity may change; use your equipment’s limits. The guide above uses the original measurements; its selected mode controls pacing.
250 g brewing water · 0 g bypass
- Bloom: 50 g added
- Pour to 100 g: 50 g added
- Pour to 150 g: 50 g added
- Pour to 200 g: 50 g added
- Pour to 250 g: 50 g added
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