Pour Over
Clean, bright, and controllable — the pour over methods (V60, Chemex, Kalita) and the ratios that make them sing.
Pour over is the method that made specialty coffee famous: hot water poured by hand over a bed of freshly ground coffee, dripping through a paper filter into your cup. It rewards attention. Grind size, water temperature, pour speed, and — above all — your coffee-to-water ratio decide whether the cup is bright and sweet or thin and sour.
The three drippers you’ll meet most are the cone-shaped Hario V60 (fast, clarity-forward), the thick-filtered Chemex (clean and tea-like), and the flat-bottom Kalita Wave (forgiving and even). Each has a sweet-spot ratio and pour pattern, and our guides give you a repeatable recipe for each — plus the Brew Ratio Calculator to scale it to any batch size.
2 articles in “Pour Over”
Coffee-to-Water Ratio: The Golden Ratio Chart for Every Brew Method
The single number that decides whether your coffee is bright and sweet or weak and sour — with an exact ratio chart for pour over, French press, espresso, and cold brew.
How to Brew Chemex Coffee: A Step-by-Step Recipe
The Chemex brews the cleanest cup in the pour-over family. Use 30 g of medium-coarse coffee, 500 g of water at 200 °F, and a 4-minute total brew for a bright, tea-like cup.
Related calculators
Free tools for pour over.