I think it is helpful the way you finished with "what not to do" examples.

How you explain and show everything with multiple takes and examples, shot clearly, is incredibly informing. I love coffee and I brew everyday but at times I can not make the time to experiment like you have. You clearly demonstrating the problems makes everything so much easier for me. I remember how my coffee bed looked when the cup was very dry yesterday, so I can compare and adjust! Thank you so much. On the lookout for more content!

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Lots of great examples -- great new channel.

i like how you structure your video and ties the mistakes with your explaination. now i can tell what went wrong via visual cues of coffee bed.

Man, this explanation surprised me, the facts are opposite to what I understood from my common sense about light and dark roasts, I tried a bit longer bloom time with darker roasted coffees and the flavor and sweetness are in the cup now =D, in the past I always used less time with dark roasts, thank you for this excellent lesson.

I'm 63 and I never knew about this, thank you! I have been drinking cacao because my drip coffee has been tasting too bitter, no matter what brand or grind and someone mentioned bloom and I found your video, it's like an art to making coffee now.

Excellent advice! Thanks for sharing your video!

Man, this is the video I needed! 9:05 that's exactly how I pour. Thank you for this video, I will certainly apply your advice for improving that first pour for the blooming.

Nice tip 👌

GREAT VIDEO. I've watched numerous videos on various pour-over methods. This is the most informative I've watched. Finally somebody explains the why on the pouring method. Well done, Sir. Looking forward to more content, and I do hope to see some videos on the Aeropress 😉

I stir within the paper filter on my Technivorm Moccamaster. The arm that extends over the grinds is in the middle over the basket. Supposedly, it is a good idea to stir the grinds with the water. The manufacturer feels that this is not necessary, but I find it hard to believe that this exercise does not help with the saturation of all of the coffee grinds.

Can you please do a video about Vietnamese coffee using the phin? Thanks 🙏

I use 20g light roast Kenya AA with a medium grind in a 02 Hario V60. When I put the grounds in the V60, I will make a hole in the centre of the grounds. Essentially, I have a cone of grounds. I pour into the hole until it fills then I'll do small circles outward to wet the high parts on the edges. Because the grounds are a uniform thickness I'm guessing it wets all the grounds evenly. I usually find I use 60g to 80g of water. Then I let it sit for 20 seconds. After 20 seconds I start pouring in circles starting from the outside and making the circles smaller and smaller until I'm in the middle. I usually stop at 250g of water then swirl the coffee vigorously, coating the sides of the filter paper. By this time I'm at around 50 seconds. I then pour around the outside on the filter paper to get the grounds off the paper. I then pour back and forth, slightly randomly. Occasionally, I'll pour in circles. I do this slowly until there is around 400g in. I then swirl once or twice to flatten out the bed of coffee. As the water goes down, it tends to cling to the walls and form a cone. Before that happens I give a gentle swirl, once or twice to flatten out the bed of coffee. Around the 2 minute mark most of the water is gone and I have a flat bed of coffee. I'll let it keep dripping until I reach around 3 minutes. The coffee should be dripping out VERY slowly. Maybe one drop every 10 seconds. If the whole process takes longer than 3 minutes, your grounds are too fine. If it happens too quickly, your grounds are too coarse.

A lot of 'recipes' say to put a divot in the center, presumably to thin the center and help the water saturate.

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what about blooming using a french press?

why not stir the bed while blooming to wet all the grounds?

Is less-hot water bloom better?

Just do the circular motion in the middle why do you have to get water on the edges? If you hit the filter paper with water of course it will start dripping early. Its actually just painful seeing you hit the filter paper with water everytime.

I can see that you watched a lot of vvcafe 😅