Brew method
Pour Over grind size & ratio
Water poured by hand over a cone of coffee, drawn through paper by gravity. The method that rewards attention and punishes inconsistency.
Pour Over grind setting on popular grinders
“Medium-fine” is a different number on every grinder. These are worked out from each model’s own dial curve rather than a generic chart.
| Grinder | Pour Over setting |
|---|---|
| 1Zpresso JX-Pro | 120 clicks |
| 1Zpresso X-Ultra | 108 clicks |
| 1Zpresso ZP6 Special | 47 clicks |
| Baratza Encore | 19.3 |
| Comandante C40 MK4 | 25 clicks |
| Eureka Mignon Specialita | 7.7 rotations |
| Fellow Ode Gen 2 | 4.8 |
| KINGrinder K6 | 77 clicks |
| Mahlkönig EK43 | 7.7 |
| Niche Zero | 27.2 |
| Timemore C3 | 20 clicks |
| Timemore Sculptor 078 | 21.1 |
How pour over works
A paper filter traps oils and fines, which is why pour over tastes cleaner and more separated than immersion brewing. You taste acidity and individual flavours more clearly, and body less.
Because you control the pour, you control extraction directly: how fast water moves through the bed, how evenly the grounds are wetted, and how long the whole thing takes. That is more variables than any other method, which is both the appeal and the difficulty.
Total brew time is the single most useful diagnostic. If a recipe says three minutes and yours finishes in two, the grind is too coarse regardless of what the bag says.
When it tastes wrong
Grind finer, or pour more slowly so the water spends longer in the bed.
Grind coarser, or lower the water temperature by a few degrees.
The common mistake
Pouring too aggressively in the middle of the brew, which digs a channel through the bed and lets water escape without extracting evenly. Pour gently, in circles, and keep the bed flat.
Pour Over recipes worth knowing
- James Hoffmann's Ultimate V60 Technique30g · 500g · 1:16.7 · James Hoffmann
- Tetsu Kasuya 4:6 Method20g · 300g · 1:15 · Tetsu Kasuya
- Scott Rao's V60 Method22g · 360g · 1:16.4 · Scott Rao
- Onyx Coffee Lab Kalita Wave22g · 350g · 1:15.9 · Onyx Coffee Lab
- The Classic Chemex Method30g · 500g · 1:16.7
- BrewMark Everyday V60 — Light Roast18g · 300g · 1:16.7
- BrewMark Everyday V60 — Dark Roast & Supermarket Blends18g · 300g · 1:16.7
- BrewMark First Brew — Pour Over Without the Fuss20g · 320g · 1:16
- BrewMark Japanese Iced Coffee22g · 360g · 1:16.4
Your grinder, your number
Convert this grind to your grinder
Pour Over sits at grind index 38 on BrewMark’s 0–100 scale. The converter turns that into the real number or click count on any of 78 models.
Open the grind converter →Dial-in charts by grinder
Every brew method's setting for one specific model, espresso through cold brew.
- ComandanteC40 MK3 grind settings
- EurekaAtom 75 grind settings
- EurekaOro Mignon XL grind settings
- FiorenzatoAllGround grind settings
- KINGrinderK6 grind settings
- MahlkönigEK43 grind settings
- NicheDuo grind settings
- Option-OLagom P100 grind settings
- RocketFaustino grind settings
- TimemoreChestnut S3 grind settings
- TurinDF83 V2 grind settings
- WilfaSvart Aroma grind settings