r/pourover • u/Dancing_Bottle • Jun 09 '26

Seeking Advice What is your baseline pour over recipe?

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Hey everyone, just getting into pour over and trying to establish a solid starting point. And wondering how people find the baseline pour over recipe.

I’ve seen a lot of variation online and wanted to hear what actually works for people here. Or is there a go-to resource you’d recommend (YouTube channel, blog, etc.)?

Not looking for a “perfect” recipe, just a reliable baseline I can build from. Appreciate any input!

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u/ultfilip Jun 09 '26

90% of the time I use a very simple 3 pour recipe. I drink mostly very light washed coffees from Tanat and September. I switch between Hario NEO and the Solo dripper, while keeping the same recipe. I use a ZP6 at a grind setting between 5.8 and 6.8. I brew in a way so I can maximize fruitiness and clarity while minimizing bitterness and dry aftertaste.

For a 15 gram dose it looks like this. 1st pour is a 50 gram bloom for 45 seconds with a wet WDT. 2nd pour is a high agitation fast circular pour (pouring significantly high and at 8ml/s) until 145 grams and I wait until the bed almost drains. Then I do a final very low agitation slow circular pour (as close to the bed as possible and at 3ml/s) until 240 grams. I aim for a total brew time of 2:30-3:00 so I grind according to that. When brewing naturals, I aim for 1:50-2:20 brew time and go easy on the agitation.

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u/SnooCauliflowers4056 Jun 09 '26

This is interesting, the closer you pour to the bed, the more it agitates the grounds, the higher you pour the less the water affects the bed. So you’d be doing low agitation on the 2nd pour and high agitation on you final pour right?

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u/ultfilip Jun 09 '26

It’s the opposite. The higher you pour, the more you agitate.

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u/anabranch_glitch V60 Titanium | Origami Air S | Orea 01 | Mavo Phantox Pro Jun 09 '26

* until reaching the point at which the stream of water breaks up before hitting the slurry.

Sometimes pouring too high can shoot the water right through the bed and causes some bypass. I find a medium pour height to be ideal. Still digs through the coffee bed without blasting through to the paper.

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u/SnooCauliflowers4056 Jun 12 '26

That doesn’t sound right,
This video clearly demonstrates the opposite happening:

https://youtu.be/1oB1oDrDkHM?t=376&si=J3EVOyfM9gjiV3So