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Pour over
Pour over is the simplest way to brew by hand: hot water poured slowly through ground coffee in a paper filter. These guides cover how to make it, what the shape of the dripper changes, which paper filters to buy, how a Chemex compares with a V60, how pour over differs from espresso, and what happens when people swap the water for Coke.
How to Make Pour Over CoffeeThe method is four pours and a timer. What makes it hard is that every one of them has to land in the same place, which is the one thing a recipe cannot write down for you.
Flat Bed vs Cone: What the Shape of a Dripper ChangesA cone concentrates the coffee in the middle and drains fast. A flat bed spreads it evenly and drains slow. That one difference decides how much your pour has to be right.
Paper Coffee Filters: Types, Sizes and Which to BuyCone or basket, white or brown, thick or thin: the right paper filter depends on the brewer, and the wrong one overflows, tears or changes the taste.
Chemex vs V60: Which Pour Over Brewer to BuyBoth are cone-shaped pour over brewers, and both make clean filter coffee. The Chemex is a glass carafe with thick filters that makes several cups at once; the V60 is a dripper with thin paper and a big hole that rewards a careful pour.
Pour Over vs Espresso: What Actually DiffersOne is gravity and three minutes, the other is nine bars and thirty seconds. The numbers, and which ones are actually published.
Brewing Coffee With Coke: What Happens, and the Version That WorksThe viral pour over runs cola through the grounds instead of water, and vanilla Coke is the one people say comes out best. Here is what the can does to extraction.