How To Make Pour Over Coffee

Written By Jason Wilger

The Patience Coffee Pour-Over Guide

Recipe:

  • Ratio: 1:16

  • For one cup: 15g coffee → 240g water

  • Time: ~3 minutes

  • Water Temp: 200–205°F (93–96°C)

  • Grind: Medium-fine (similar to table salt)

Step 1: Pick Your Coffee

Start with something you love. For pour-over, we reach for coffees that have bright, expressive flavors — but the real goal is simple: drink what makes you pause for a second.

Use beans roasted within the last few weeks, and grind fresh just before brewing.

Step 2: Gather Your Gear

You’ll need:

  • A pour-over dripper (like a V60 or Kalita)

  • Paper filter

  • Scale

  • Gooseneck kettle

  • Grinder

  • Mug or server

Use filtered water if you can — it brings out the clarity and sweetness in your cup.

Step 3: Rinse and Prep

Place your filter in the dripper and rinse it well with hot water. This warms everything up and removes any paper taste. Dump the rinse water before you add coffee.

Step 4: Grind & Set

Weigh out 15g of coffee and grind to a medium-fine texture.

Pour it into your dripper, level the grounds with a gentle shake, and get ready to pour.

Step 5: Bloom

Start your timer and pour about 40g of hot water evenly over the coffee.

The goal is to saturate all the grounds — not flood them.

Let it sit for 30–45 seconds as the coffee “blooms” and releases gas.

This step helps the rest of the water extract evenly.

Step 6: Pour

After the bloom, begin your main pour.

Pour in slow, steady circles from the center outward, then back to center.

Keep the water level consistent — not too high, not too low.

  • Pour to 150g total water

  • Wait 10–15 seconds

  • Pour to 240g total

You’re done pouring when the scale hits 240g.

The total brew should finish around 2:45–3:15.

Step 7: Finish & Swirl

Once the coffee finishes dripping, remove the dripper.

Give the brewed coffee a gentle swirl to mix everything evenly.


Step 8: Sip Slowly

Smell first. Then take a sip.

This is your moment. Notice the sweetness, acidity, and how the flavors unfold as it cools.


At Patience Coffee, this is what we mean when we say “take your time.”

Every pour is a chance to slow down, breathe, and enjoy something crafted with intention.

Quick Adjustments

Tastes sour? Grind finer or pour slower.

Tastes bitter? Grind coarser or pour faster.

Too weak? Add a little more coffee next time (try 17g).

Jason Wilger
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