After a few weeks of experimenting and watching most of the back catalog of James Hoffmann’s YouTube videos I have managed to avoid (so far) spending any more money and have got the hang of consistently making a decent brew with the v60.
Taking lessons from the video linked below the process that is working for me at the moment is:
- Grind 15g of coffee in the Rhino at about 6 clicks
- Rinse filter (currently using raw filters, will get bleached ones next time)
- Add 35g of just off the boil water to the coffee and swirl (I find that 30g doesn’t give enough to make a decent slurry)
- Wait 45 seconds then start adding water aiming for 150g total by 1 minute 15 seconds
- Slow pour and aim to have the full 250g of water in at 1 minute 45 seconds having with the cone being full
- Give the coffee a gentle stir making sure to avoid leaving the coffee swirling
- Enjoy
The main frustration I have at the moment is doing the timing, keep leaving my phone upstairs when I go to make coffee.
Currently trying to find a timer/scale combo that has auto timer start on weight change though everything I am currently finding also has phone linked smart functions that I really don’t see the point of!