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How to make pour over coffee at home

A pour over is the cleanest way to taste a bright, light roast. Here is the KAIVO recipe.

Use 20 g of coffee ground medium, water at 92 to 96°C, poured slowly in circles, finishing in 2:45 to 3:00 minutes. Rinse the filter first.

Hands pouring brewed coffee from a white pitcher into a small tasting cup.

In pictures

Pour over, step by step

A hand pours coffee from a white jug into a small paper tasting cup with a round Kaivo label, held in the other hand.

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What you need

A dripper and filter, a kettle, a scale, a mug and 20 g of freshly ground medium coffee.

Step by step

Weigh 20 g and grind medium. Rinse the filter with hot water and discard the water. Add the coffee and pour water at 92 to 96°C in slow circles. Aim to finish between 2:45 and 3:00 minutes.

Fix it by taste

Too sour or thin: grind a little finer. Too bitter or harsh: grind a little coarser. Change one thing at a time.

Which coffee

The Leap and The Wildcard are the two blends made for it. Use the timer on the brew page.

From the range

Made for this.

On film

Watch it made

The same method, filmed from above, one step at a time.

  1. 01

    Add the grounds

    Place a paper filter in the dripper, rinse it with hot water, and add medium ground coffee. About 15 g for a 250 g cup is a good start.

  2. 02

    Bloom

    Pour just enough hot water to wet all the grounds, about twice the weight of the coffee. Watch it bubble. Wait 30 to 45 seconds.

  3. 03

    Pour in circles

    Pour slowly from the centre outwards in small circles, keeping the water level steady.

  4. 04

    Keep going

    Add water in two or three pours until you reach the full weight. Keep the bed of coffee flat.

  5. 05

    Let it drip through

    The coffee should finish dripping in about three minutes in total. If it takes much longer, grind a little coarser.

  6. 06

    Serve

    Swirl the server, pour, and taste while it is hot.

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