Pour over coffee ratio
Clean and bright. Choose how much you are making and your strength, and follow the timer for the bloom and each pour.
1 What are you making?
Popular in Perth
Café drinks
Brewed coffee
2 How much?
g of coffee
Weighed your beans? Type the grams and we will work out the water.
3 How strong?
Units
How to make a pour over
For 1 cup (250ml), at balanced strength. Change the size or strength in the calculator above.
You need
- 16g ground coffee, medium-fine, like table salt
- 250ml water, 92 to 96°C
Method
- Bloom: pour 31ml and wait.
- At 0:45: pour slowly in circles up to 150ml.
- At 1:30: pour slowly up to 250ml.
- At 3:00: let it drain. Done when the bed is flat.
Pour over quick answers
| Size | Mild (1:17) | Balanced (1:16) | Strong (1:15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup 250ml water | 15g coffee | 16g coffee | 17g coffee |
| 1 mug 350ml water | 21g coffee | 22g coffee | 23g coffee |
| 2 mugs 700ml water | 41g coffee | 44g coffee | 47g coffee |
These are starting points. Every bean is different, so taste and adjust.
New to this? Read how to brew pour over coffee, step by step.
