How to Make Filter Coffee

Brewing filter coffee at home doesn’t have to be complicated.

Below are our recommended recipes for both Orea and Hario V60, designed to highlight clarity, sweetness, and structure in specialty coffee.

Flat Bottom Pour Over Recipe (Orea V4)

Coffee Dose: 17 g

Water: 270 g total

Water Temperature: 96°C

Pouring Pattern

60 g → 60 g → 50 g → 100 g

Pour every 40 seconds.

Grind size guide

11.5 on the Timemore Sculptor 78

If using another grinder, adjust grind so that water passes through top layer of coffee prior to each consecutive pour, aiming for a 2:45-3:15 total brew time.

What to Expect

A vibrant, structured cup with clarity and balance, highlighting the unique profile of the coffee.

Conical Pour Over Recipe (Timemore Crystal Eye/Hario V60)

Coffee Dose: 15 g

Water: 240 g total

Water Temperature: 97°C

Pouring Pattern

• 60 g bloom for 45 seconds - swirl 3 times

• +180 g pour over - swirl 3 times, and tap cone

• 2:30-3:00 Total brew time

What to Expect

This recipe creates a layered extraction with high sweetness, body, and a clean finish.

Grind Size

2 on the Timemore Sculptor 78

This recipe relies on a finer grind setting and fewer pours to extract. If you're left with big coffee grinds along the wall of the filter paper the grind is most likely too coarse. If the brew time extends beyond 3 minutes 30 seconds you're most likely grinding too fine. As a rule of thumb, find a grind setting that gives you a total brew time between 2 minutes 30 seconds and 3 minutes.