How to brew the perfect V60
The V60 is one of our favourite brew methods for highlighting clarity and sweetness in coffee. With just a little care and attention, you can get a consistently delicious cup at home. Here’s our step-by-step guide to brewing with a V60, plus some handy tips to help you dial in your coffee.
What You’ll Need
Freshly roasted coffee
Brewing Water
Hario V60 brewer and paper filter
Scales & timer
Your favourite mug or server
Step-by-Step Brewing Guide
1. Measure Your Coffee
Start with a ratio of 60g of coffee per litre of water. For one cup, that’s usually around 15g of coffee to 250ml of water.
2. Grind Your Coffee
Put your kettle to boil and grind the beans on a medium setting—similar in texture to granulated sugar.
3. Prep Your Filter
Place the paper filter into the V60 and rinse it thoroughly with hot water. This helps remove any papery taste and preheats your brewer.
4. Set Up
Place the brewer over a server or mug, set everything on a scale, and zero it out. Add your ground coffee to the V60 and tare. Now you are ready to start brewing.
5. Pour in Stages
Pour hot water in five equal stages, adding one-fifth of the total water weight every 30 seconds. Gently stir between the first and second pours to break up any clumps of coffee, then give the brewer a light swirl to even out the coffee bed without over-agitating. In the later stages, aim to avoid bubbles rising to the surface.
6. Finish & Serve
Once all the water has been poured, give the brew a final stir. The full brew should take about 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
Handy Tips for Dialling In
Too acidic / drains too quickly? → Grind finer.
Too bitter / drains too slowly? → Grind coarser.
Want a stronger brew? → Add +1g coffee.
Prefer a lighter brew? → Use -1g coffee.
Enjoy Your Coffee
That’s it! A clean, balanced, and delicious V60 in just a few minutes. Now all that’s left to do is sit back and enjoy.
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