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V60 · Professional

Classic V60 Three-Pour

Bloom plus three pours. The V60 you will find in every cafe. Clean cup, balanced extraction. Your workhorse recipe.

Professional recipe, one of the curated recipes from champions, roasters and Atlas editors.

Coffee
15 g
Water
250 g
Ratio
1:16.7
Water temperature
94°C
Total time
3:30
Grind
Medium-fine
Comandante ~22 clicks

Step by step

15 g of coffee to 250 g of water: a 1:16.7 ratio. Water at 94°C, about 3:30 min in total.

  1. Rinse the filter

    Rinse the filter, discard the water, add 15 g of coffee and level the bed.

  2. Bloom

    • from 0:00
    • pour 45 g
    • for 0:15

    Wet all the grounds with 45 g of water.

  3. Wait

    • from 0:15
    • for 0:30

    Let it bloom until 0:45.

  4. First pour

    • from 0:45
    • pour 105 g → 150 g
    • for 0:30

    Pour in concentric spirals up to 150 g by 1:15.

  5. Second pour

    • from 1:15
    • pour 50 g → 200 g
    • for 0:20

    Pour up to 200 g.

  6. Third pour

    • from 1:35
    • pour 50 g → 250 g
    • for 0:20

    Pour up to 250 g, finishing around 1:55.

  7. Swirl the brewer

    • from 1:55

    Gently swirl the dripper to flatten the coffee bed.

  8. Drawdown

    • from 1:55
    • for 1:35

    Drawdown should finish around 3:30.

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