Pour Speed – an Unexpectedly Big Pour Over Variable

Pour Speed – an Unexpectedly Big Pour Over Variable

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Pour Speed – an Unexpectedly Big Pour Over Variable

Pour Speed – an Unexpectedly Big Pour Over Variable

minimum dose size?

I use the Hario switch to brew my coffee and am trying to reduce my caffeine consumption. Hence I would like to brew smaller cups of coffee. I am currently using 10g of coffee with 160g of water. (1:16 Ratio) I am wondering if there is a minimum amount of coffee...

Pour Speed – an Unexpectedly Big Pour Over Variable

I have been experimenting with how aggressively I pour water during my pulses. I'm using a Kalita Wave 185, Baratza Encore, and EKG gooseneck kettle. Keeping all other variables the same (grind size, water temp, size and frequency of pulses, height of the kettle over the brewer, etc.), I have been surprised to see that how strongly I pour the water can vary the brew time by almost a minute and a half. It started because I was fine-tuning my grind size for the wave (I got it as a Christmas gift). I locked in what I thought was the goldilocks grind for the brew time I was shooting for (also letting taste inform what I was doing). After about a week at that goldilocks grind size, by brew time started going down and down, until it hit about a minute and a half less than what I had been aiming for. After wracking my brain, and a little trial and error, I realized that the only thing that was different was that I was becoming more confident in the technique/recipe, so I wasn't babying the pour as much. I wasn't pouring crazy aggressively or anything, but not babying it. Also wasn't changing the pour height. When I started focusing on a deliberately gentle pour again, not changing anything else, the time went back to my original target.

TLDR, I didn't appreciate what a big variable pour strength/speed was, even with a gooseneck kettle.

What are your preferences? Do you try for a gentle pour, or do you just let the natural restriction of the gooseneck control pour speed?

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