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What's the big deal about pour-over coffee?
Pour over systems give you the ability to control the water flow through the coffee grounds with a high level of precision whereas a drip brewer does not.
I will admit, this is a bit of a trend, ...
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What's the big deal about pour-over coffee?
Nate sums up the technical aspects nicely in his answer (+1!), so I'll just add a few other aspects.
You also asked for the difference between the pour-over today and back then and where the ...
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How do I effectively clean a metal Chemex filter?
This problem seems quite normal. Over time, the little holes are filled up with small coffee grounds and stuck there by the help of gluing force of grease. This grease is extracted during brewing ...
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Re-using spent coffee grounds?
There are a few elements to this answer, so I'll try to tackle them one by one.
is it possible to brew another cup with the used grounds...?
Yes. It is physically possible to do this. Just do what ...
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What is the difference in methods between a pour over and a drip coffee?
I have tried all sorts of different brewing methods and here are the differences I’ve noticed.
With pour over, you are in control/responsible for a lot of variables, from the water temperature, ...
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How do I know when to end the bloom?
The bloom should be 30s for V60 and 40-45s for Chemex and Kalita and 30s for full immersion methods (like AeroPress or French Press). Blooming is not just about degassing but also to saturate the ...
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Can you stir a pour-over?
The short answer is yes you can stir pour overs and it can be useful but generally not recommended.
The primary use for stirring pour overs that I have seen is a very light stir to jostle grounds ...
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What am I doing wrong when I do my pour-over?
You need to use a coarser grind. You have grounds that are just the right size to block the mesh. Too small and they'll just pass through, making your coffee gritty. Medium-sized and they'll block ...
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Can regular drip coffee grounds be used for pour over coffee and achieve good results?
Yes, it'll be fine.
Drip brewing and pour-over coffee are essentially the same process: Pour hot water over ground coffee to extract flavor compounds, then let the infused hot water solution drip ...
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D.I.Y. Pour Over Coffee Maker
It should work since there is no magic involved in the pour over coffee maker. The only problem could be the pressure from the wet coffee on the 'arm' holding the coffee since it was never made to ...
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French-press v.s. manual pour over brewing quality
First things first, let's put the difference between French press and manual pour-over:
French-press: Coffee and water stay in the same container during brewing. The water is not very close to ...
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Is there a difference in taste between bleached, unbleached and natural fibre filters?
This could depend on the brand of filters and the brewing method so it's worthwhile (and fun) to do the experiment. I'd love to see results from more experimenters.
Bamboo vs. Paper Filters:
I did ...
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What is coffee bloom
As per Kyle above, YEs coffees fresher to roasting are expelling more gas than older ones that have degassed more. indeed a definition of staleness may include no more CO2 is released.
hitting beans ...
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How do I effectively clean a metal Chemex filter?
I would advise against using soap to clean anything coffee related. As a simple measure, just use boiling water to loosen the oils. You can also use citric acid (the recommended cleaner for coffee ...
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What is the best coffee brewing method to learn at home? What equipment shall i prepare?
I am unsure if you are comjng from the perspective of someone who wants to become a barista or someone who is interested in making quality coffee at home.
In my opinion learning how to brew quality ...
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When making pour over coffee, why does it sometimes take a very, very long time to drip out of the filter?
The problem could very well be what Stephie was touching on; very fine coffee dust restricting the flow.
I was having the same issue with my setup and was just going to live with it. That is, until I ...
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How do I effectively clean a metal Chemex filter?
I tried boiling in vinegar and washing in the dishwasher over my bottle jets the other day. It did improve the flow situation greatly, but the filter was still brown. So I ordered urnex coffee ...
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How do I effectively clean a metal Chemex filter?
Use a water flosser, like waterpik to blast the coffee oils out. I tried boiling and vinegar, no use. Mini-pressure washer worked best. Water moves through the filter much faster.
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How do I effectively clean a metal Chemex filter?
The only thing that I've found that I've found that works elegantly, quickly, and completely is ultrasonic cleaning. After boiling with vinegar water, lots of rubbing and scrubbing, high pressure ...
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What is coffee bloom
Bottom Line: When someone allows their coffee to bloom, they are pouring just enough hot water on the ground coffee to allow the gasses to be released but not so much that a lot of water starts ...
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Moka vs. pour-over oil extraction efficiency
Pourover methods tend to use a paper filter which prevents oils from flowing into the coffee. Pourover is also brewed at a low pressure and a higher coffee to water ratio, giving the coffee a gentler, ...
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French-press v.s. manual pour over brewing quality
It's relatively difficult to define quality differences without knowing how you're grinding it.
Grinding may be the most influential aspect in your case. If you're grinding with just a basic blade ...
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How does Nel Drip compare to paper filtered Pour Over?
One thing that the flavor profile doesn't cover is "mouth feel". According to one Nel aficionado, Nel Coffee has a consistency or mouth feel that's different from traditional pour over. Nel Coffee ...
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What am I doing wrong when I do my pour-over?
Apart from the fact that the dripper itself may have a design flaw (does it work for small servings?):
Surely enough, the diameter of the dripper's lower throughput sieve
a) influences maximum ...
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Pour over coffee is too bland or too acid
It sounds like the main thing you're not carefully controlling for is temperature. I have found that if I use cooler temperatures (80-92 degrees celsius) for my pour-over, I get very bright/acidic ...
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Using just a filter without a pour-over to brew coffee
Your friend's method is totally valid, since coffee-brewing is only a science of extraction, not methodology.
In order for your friend to properly extract the coffee, he would need to go through the ...
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Using just a filter without a pour-over to brew coffee
It is certainly possible to avoid using a cone, and I have also done this in a pinch. Though it works, there is no real benefit to using a bare filter (that is, using a paper filter without a filter-...
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What is the best coffee brewing method to learn at home? What equipment shall i prepare?
Actually, all someone requires to make a pour over is; hot water, coffee grounds, a napkin and a glass. No special equipment is required. You may want to google cowboy coffee to see the basics of ...
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Can you stir a pour-over?
I stir with my V60. First the bloom, as little water as possible, just to wet the grounds, and as little little drip as possible. In the second pour I fill it some, and then stir to remove the channel(...
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Can you stir a pour-over?
I have never stirred pour over as it kind of goes against the grain of common brewing knowledge, and I have never had the need.
I think the biggest problem with the idea of stirring the slurry ...
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