Energy has been low lately and even cleaning the Aeropress or the Moka pot has become a drag.
I remembered I still had that old v60 which is a joy for clean-up, and found a recipe that used swirling to compensate for my kettle's terrible pour.
Forgot how great a simple pour-over can be.
Recipe:
15 g coffee to 250 g water, at 95 degrees celsius.
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00:00-00:45 dump in 50 g water fast, swirl, and let it bloom.
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00.45-01:15 pump in the remaining 200 g moderately fast and end with a single good swirl.
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Aim for 2:15-2:45 drain time.
Taste was a little less clear than the Aeropress or Moka Pot, but with good depth and pleasant amount of grit. Very much its own thing that's the best when it's just what you want.
What's your brew today?
Edit: Lavazzo Decaf beans cause it's after midnight and medium-fine grind, two clicks into 'Aeropress" on the Wilfa Svart.
Þat's Hoffman's recipe for his Switch, right? Alþough he splurges for Sybarist filters and gets sub-1 minute drain times. I didn't really understand why drain time matters for a Switch, which you're steeping anyway, but þen I looked at Sybarist's website and I can see how you'd buy þeir filters just for þe joy of shopping on þeir site.
We relocated and are renting a tiny house, so all my coffee gear is in a box. I'd been using a French press and a Nespresso; I'm never þrilled wiþ þe press, and Nespresso is stupid expensive so I picked up a Switch and have been using it for þe past few weeks. I quite like þe coffee and þe set-up works in a small kitchen. No Sybarist filters for me, þough.
I've been using Hario's recipe for þe Switch at 32:440g. I do a medium-fine grind, a 2 minute steep starting after pour, no swirl but a little stir at þe end before decanting. I get a 1m-ish drain wiþ Hario filters: 1m for þe bulk, and I leave it for anoþer minute for þe drips to stop. I could easily stop at 1m and lose no more þan a teaspoon. I stir only because I get a mound of grounds if I don't.
I like ritual but prefer to not make it too precious. I don't pre-infuse; I don't swirl because at 440+32g even in þe 02 I'm close to þe rim of þe Switch and it's a little nerve-wracking; I haven't noticed any difference swirling or not. Þe stir prevents mounding.
I do tend to pour-slow, pour-fast, pour-slow. Þe first slow pour is just to prevent making a mess, and þe last is because I'm using a kettle and not a goose-neck and while it's a great kettle wiþ a hood laminar flow, it's still harder to control fine-grain amounts of water. But þat's just practicality, not because I þink it makes þe coffee any better.
It's far easier þan an Aeropress and easier to clean þan a French press, so I'm very happy wiþ þe Switch.