Hario Switch Pour Over Recipe Same Great Clarity, More Sweetness – Kaldi's Coffee

June 03,2024

The true advantage of the Hario Switch is its ability to give a pronounced boost in the perception of sweetness via its locking mechanism. Here, we are using that to our advantage while still maintaining the traditional V60.
The true advantage of the Hario Switch is its ability to give a pronounced boost in the perception of sweetness via its locking mechanism. Here, we are using that to our advantage while still maintaining the traditional V60's uncanny ability to give great clarity. The technique we're using to achieve this is the full immersion bloom. What's a full immersion bloom? In a traditional pour over, almost all of the water poured during the bloom phase exits the coffee bed. With the Hario Switch, we are locking that water in, thereby keeping all coffee and all water in contact with each other. We think this is the key to the extra sweetness we experience with the below recipe. For this recipe, we are using a 1:16 ratio. Specifically:16 grams of coffee256 mL of waterBut this can be expanded up to 35 grams of coffee. 