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You’ve probably already heard about the concept of slow brew, which is a huge trend at the moment because the sustainable brewing method produces a flavorful cup of coffee – and all it takes is a glass jug of steel filter, water, and your favorite coffee beans.

Don’t be intimidated by the word ‘slow’, because it doesn’t take too long to brew a wonderful cup of coffee.

Coffee on a pour-over jug ​​is the most straightforward brewing method. You use a glass jug of steel filter to extract the magic of the beans into a flavorful cup of coffee.

With the guide here you can easily get started with brewing today’s best cup of coffee on a pour-over.

Essence of the Pour-Over Method

When brewing coffee with the pour-over method, you cannot convert a poor-quality coffee bean to become good.

This method produces a pure coffee aroma. It requires time and focus.

Let’s be honest, filter coffee has, for many years, been similar to boring coffee taste. But about 10 years ago, this attitude began to change, and filter coffee got a revival.

In the past, most housewives used the coffee funnel, but today many coffee shops and restaurants serve filter coffee, which tastes better and is brewed according to the so-called handheld pour-over method.

The method is now on the way to becoming the most widely used and interesting brewing method at all.

Thilde Maarbjerg is an expert in tasting as she is a trained sommelier and has worked for many years with wine and coffee in the gourmet restaurant industry.

She has trained her taste and smell senses to taste and smell even the slightest notes, and she supports the pour-over method.

“The Pour-over method is a great brewing method because it can give a flavor profile that you can’t get with coffee brewed from a plunger and espresso jug.

The Pour-over method gives a completely pure expression of the coffee bean.

But this method also places great demands on the bean, because if the quality is poor, it cannot taste better than it actually does. You can’t make it up ”.

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Pour-Over Requires Focus

The pour-over method is not a brewing method that you should start with if you are under time pressure because it can be a bit complicated.

The method requires focus and time for the details – in other words, one has to look over the process all the time.

This method is also a method that many coffee enthusiasts gush about. 

They spend a long time finding the right amount of water and use weight to weigh the amount of coffee with them.

At some coffee shops and restaurants, baristas and servants often see the method as a small show, so you see them brewing the coffee at the table where the coffee-thirsty guest sits.

You can follow the neat hand gestures, hear the sound of water hitting the freshly ground coffee, and smell the warm black drops up close.

“When brewing this way, it takes longer than brewing on a machine, which is why the method is a kind of ritual. 

It is a coffee that you are really looking forward to when you press a coffee machine button. 

My husband says, for example, that he drinks much more coffee when it is easily accessible, as it is when it comes from a machine without having to make an effort. 

When you have to make more effort for your coffee and take your time, you think more “now we need a cup of coffee”.

I think the pour-over method is a beautiful thing in a busy life because you take the time to brew the coffee.

One of the best things about this method is also that you smell the coffee so strongly.”

Thilde Maarbjerg

Amount of Caffeine

Is filter coffee or coffee brewed on pour-over the strongest?

When you pour the almost boiling water over the beans, you remove less caffeine than in the brewing process used for espresso. 

So take your time when brewing your coffee. Then you will get the right taste and a good shot of caffeine.

What do You Need to Get Started?

Getting started with the pour-over method is not expensive, but it requires some equipment which is available in various price ranges. 

Often you can buy a starter kit that has it all in one kit (for example from Hario or Kalita).

General Use
  • Kettle with a good spout so it is easy to pour and can hit the centre of the coffee in the funnel
  • Filter holder (the funnel) either in plastic or metal
  • Coffee filter – paper or fabric
  • Measuring spoon
Additional Stuff
  • Weight to measure the right amount of coffee
  • Thermometer to check the optimal temperature of water
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You can check out our ultimate guide to using a pour-over.

Making Coffee with a Pour-Over

These are the steps to follow when making coffee with a pour-over:

1. Always brew freshly ground coffee to get the best results. It is recommended that you grind the coffee finely and use 7 grams per cup.

2. Use fresh tap water and wait to pour the water over the beans half a minute after it has cooked.

3. Start by pouring a little water over to form a plug.

4. Wait a moment, then continue to pour water slowly. Slow coffee takes time to make.

Tip: Boiling water over the coffee beans is not a good thing. Coffee loses many of its flavors in this way. The optimum water temperature is between 94℃ and 96℃. This prevents the coffee from becoming acidic or dull.

5. When the right amount of water has been poured, and all the water has run through the steel funnel, the coffee is ready to serve, and you can enjoy a nice cup of ‘slow coffee’.

Our Recommendation

You can easily brew sustainable coffee

The same applies to all coffee makers from the beginning of time until today: good coffee beans, a glass jug, a steel filter, and freshly boiled water.

That’s all it takes to brew the world’s best cup of coffee. 

Our favorite pour-over is the Bodum Pour Over with 4.6 stars on Amazon.

No paper filters or capsules are necessary as the fine-mesh and stainless steel filter in Bodum’s Pour-Over can be used again and again.

Therefore, you can say goodbye to the traditional paper filters that are resource consuming and suck the aroma and oil out of the coffee.

With the steel filter, all the fine flavours are preserved.


Summary

Now, you hopefully know what a pour-over is, which one is our favorite and how to make coffee using one.

Give it a shot and try it on your own!

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