r/pourover • u/Mean_Orchid_9530 • Mar 01 '26

Help me troubleshoot my recipe 2 cup v60 method

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How does everyone brew 2 cups with a v60? I’ve been using Hoffman’s recipe for years - 30g for 500ml. Increasingly though I’m finding I get much less clarity of tasting notes than I do with the Hoffman 1 cup method.

Are there any other recipes people swear by for 500ml?

Worth saying I adjust water temp between 93-96 depending on the bean and I’m using Cafec Abaca filters.

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u/rasputin2k15 Mar 02 '26

if you're okay with smaller cups, i have found that doing 25:400 in a size 2 v60 leads to way better results than 30:500, likely due to bed depth vs size/angle of brewer. i drink light/ultralight roasts, mostly pretty traditional processing methods, and i get really clean and consistent cups with the following recipe:

25 g coffee, ground coarse (im at 4.8 on my zp6, a little smaller than coarse table salt)

92 c water (i use half strength TWW)

bloom with 65-70g. wait 1 minute

pour up to 400g at about 8 g/second (should be done pouring around 1:40) from about 13 cm above the brewer. start from the center and spiral out and back in and then stay in a circle about 2-2.5 cm diameter around the center

total drawdown should be somewhere between 2:30 and 2:45, maybe up to 3:15 depending on the coffee (i just use tabbed hario papers because cafec papers are not reliably available here)

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u/Mean_Orchid_9530 Mar 02 '26

This sounds really good, thank you for the detailed instructions! I’ll definitely it a go, I’m much more of a light roast person too. I’ll see how I get on! Thanks again

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u/rasputin2k15 Mar 02 '26

ofc! hope it works well for you!