I've just gotten into the world of brewing coffee that is a step above a K cup, so I'm still quite new to this. I have a v60 and dabbled with a couple bags of beans, but no matter what I did, I could not get a good cup out of it. I was following the Hoffman method, but try as I might, I could not make a good cup with it. After trying your method, I brewed the first truly good cup on my own. Thank you for the video! I really like the shallower fill of the vessel as opposed to filling it up completely.
you have done a great job with your first video. you have covered all the aspects from the required equipment to grind size also the method was perfect and convincing. Keep it up. Thumb up
Great to see one of the best coffee sites venturing onto RU-vid! Would be great to know which grind setting your Encore was set to for this video? I understand that they're all calibrated differently, but it would still be nice to have a rough guide to work from.
Probably not too coarse! But definitely track the final “drawdown” time of your brews. If it’s going way too fast, try grinding finer and see how that goes :)
Thanks for an amazing video. I can't for the life of me though get my coffee to taste balanced extracted. It tastes like dark watery bark. Even when the flow rate is slow and fast. Doesn't matter. Same with finely ground and coarsely ground, with and without paper. 94.5 Celcius water. Good water quality. Conical Burr grinder nice quality. Coffee beans are fresh. Tried different kinds. Everything taste the same. I've looked at every variables. What am I possibly doing wrong? Bought the grinder on aliexpress. It's really nice quality. There's always 50% of the grains that is half the size of the set size. The grounds look great.
Excellent content. I'll try it tomorrow. I was happy to see you say that the rinse water should be discarded. The Chemex video had us brew into the rinse water :-o
What I don’t understand is why 45 seconds ... how I know after how many second make the pour ... and also why other baristas do more than two pours when they are doing hario v60 ... btw good video 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Excellent video. I really like that setup. I did notice that Encore grinds extremely silent. Mine sounds like a monster. You must've used some video/sound magic on that.
@@HomeGroundsCoffee cool il try it and for a virtuoso plus dark roast filter coffee what would you set the grind to? I had mine on 30 and it tasted bitter I know dark roast you don’t have it so thine
Hello, my friend! Have you found the sweet spot for the Timemore C2? Just got it about a week ago and I've been struggling. Done a lot of research and there are tons of suggestions. I've tried them and I either get under-extraction or over-extraction. Haven't tried every single adjustment point yet so if you have some suggestions I'll be super happy to read them!
@@crazyranger100 Heyy, what ive figured out is that it really depends on the bean you have, its density and roast level to try and get the flavour you want. I have tended to stick to between 16-18 clicks for light-medium roast ethiopians that are more dense and ive been doing about 20 on darker roasts as they require less surface area. Let me know how you get on
That’s a really great question! Think of bitter as the tasting sensation of dark chocolate, while sour is that of biting into a lemon. It takes some practice to be able to identify these in coffee, but give it a shot!
Question: in the blooming phase, the water does not stay in the brewer long enough for a stir or shake or for it to bloom. Is it the grind size? amount of water?
does the amount of coffee used change the overall brewing times and markers that we should be aiming for? For example if i stick to the 1:16 ratio but only use about 10-12 grams of coffee, should i be decreasing bloom / extraction time?
Can you recommend a similar brewer that doesn't use disposable filters? thinking we should try reduce our every day disposable items. Assuming most of us drink more than a cup a day lets say that every week we use roughly 10 filters that we just throw away, 520 a year and so on. Soooo if you have a recommendation for a good brewer of the same fashion but with a built in good mesh id love to hear about it. THX :)
That’s a great point! There are options out there for reusable mesh filters for the V60, if you just google ‘V60 mesh filter’. You can also use cloth filters, but those require a bit more maintenance. Another option is to compost! I personally compost all of the coffee and filters I use at home and pay for a local farm to use it in their program. Lots of great options to choose from.
Jordan, I just use a cheap basket filter and reuse it until it rips (10-20 cups). All you do is dump the grounds over the trash container, shaking off the filter. Then rinse the filter and hang over a string or thread like the old clothesline. I don't use the Hario filters because the filter won't hold together at the pleat during rinsing. I came upon this accidentally once because I was on my last filter and didn't feel like going out to the store. Advantages: - Only need to rinse the first time to remove papery taste. - Filter gets like cloth after about 3 cups, easily fitting any pourover brewer. I use a Melitta.
Great video! Could you give me any suggestions for a single cup? I use 12.5 grams of coffee and 200 grams of water. I found that the coffee is kinda over-extracted (200-203 F for medium-roasted beans)? Is it better to reduce the temperature or grind coarser? Thanks.
We would recommend starting with grinding coarser. That will give more significant results than adjusting the water temperature, in our opinion, and then you can experiment with water temperature to fine-tune it. Good luck!
Thank you Steven. I usually avoid plastic with hot beverages plastic it usually leave weird taste, so does the plastic Hario produce good tasting coffee?
Yes it makes great coffee! But like I said, the differences between all the materials is pretty small, so I would mainly make the decision based on personal preference.
