Tom's Guide Usual Pour Over Routine
A personal pour over routine from a comparative pour-over test, using close circular pours at 200 F.
Brew spec
- Method
- Pour over
- Cup type
- Filter coffee
- Coffee
- 16 g
- Water
- 256 g
- Temperature
- 93°C
- Ratio
- 1:16
- Grind size
- Medium-fine
- Brew time
- —
- Pours
- 1
Grind converter
Medium-fine · ~600 µmGrinds ~0–1090 µm
Recommended setting
23
dial setting
Settings are approximate community estimates. Use them as a starting point, then taste: more bitter → go coarser, more sour → go finer.
Brew this recipe hands-free
The assistant reads Tom's Guide's brew steps aloud, one at a time, with a randomly selected background loop running throughout the brew.
Current phase
Setup
16 g coffee · 256 g water
Grind 16 g of coffee medium-fine and place it in a rinsed pour over filter.
Press play to start. A randomly selected coffee-room loop plays throughout the brew while the coach speaks each instruction over it.
Ingredients
- 16 g coffee
- 256 g water at 200 F
How to brew
- 1
Grind 16 g of coffee medium-fine and place it in a rinsed pour over filter.
- 2
Pour 256 g of 200 F water close to the dripper in controlled circular motions.