Manual Brew Coffee: Making a Hario Woodneck Brew - Cloth Filter 1-cup Continuous Pour Over

[gabeslover]

Love that kettle!!!

[desertkoi]

This is hilarious. I took a vid of him making a siphon pot for me over a year ago which I refer to fairly regularly.

I suspected when I looked up "hario pour over cloth" on youtube he might show up again.

[ChristopherVanS]

@desertkoi Haha, who're you? I only remember specifically three people I didn't personally know taking video of me doing a syphon.

[hazymat]

Hmm. 18g - a lot of coffee. I should really vary my dosage as I'm a stickler for 14g, I'm sure that not varying it is even worse than being a stickler.

How do you deal with channeling? It happens a lot in the woodneck. That finger thing, making a hole? Do you find that reduces channeling or is that for a different reason?

Thanks!

[ChristopherVanS]

@hazymat The woodneck is harder to do a proper pour over with when compared to other methods, yes. The hole I make helps with the pre-infusion / bloom stage, where I only pour enough water to saturate the grinds and let it sit. This allows the gases to release, and during the bloom effect you can see the coffee grinds expanding. If this expansion happens during the pour, it can cause a lot of channeling.

[onefatpothead]

mmm : ) I'm drinking one of these right now! Have you ever used cloth filters in a commercial setting? I have recently been toying with the idea of brewed to order speciality coffee as a premium product, but seems impractical - especially due to cleaning and turnaround time?

[ChristopherVanS]

@onefatpothead As of the making of this video, it was pretty unheard of. Nowadays though, you can find it in certain places and sometimes just by request. I'd like to say I played a hand in that happening.

[klarinetta]

What is he difference in taste in pour over from using Hario Cloth filter,Hario paper filter,regular paper filter or Chemex paper filter ?

[DrChrisBiomed]

@klarinetta

Bump! Also interested in finding out about the different filters.

[ChristopherVanS]

@klarinetta Sorry I seem to have missed this question. Hario cloth is going to give depth filtration ( in the particulates of coffee grinds ) and allow the oils of the coffee to pass through into the cup. You can see a small layer of oils floating on top of the brew sometimes. This gives the brewed coffee a better texture, and more clarity. Paper filters absorb the oils and do not allow them to pass through. Chemex paper filters are too thick and impart a paper flavor.

[klarinetta]

@ChristopherVanS Thanks :D 

[nocreamnosugar]

This does not look like the buono? Which model is this (also made by hario, perhaps?)

[Nautijan]

Interesting. You start with a relatively low temperature. As soon as it leaves the kettle it will cool down an extra couple of degrees due to the ambient temperature. On top of that, it will also cool during the extraction leaving you with a temperature below the desired one I would say?

[ChristopherVanS]

@Nautijan Not completely true. Since you're continuously pouring from the bulk of the water in the kettle new water is being introduced constantly, so although it is true that the first bit you pour is cooler, the rest is not. Also, I would keep the temperature even lower if I were able to keep it 100% constant (which I am and do if I'm using the Luminaire Bravo), to compensate.  The starting temperature of 90.5c is ideal, but brewing at 90.5c is actually not. For this coffee, at least.

[Nautijan]

@ChristopherVanS But, did you ever measure the temperature of the water in the filter? although the water is 90.5degrees as soon as it leaves the kettle it drops in temperature quite a bit (tiny stream of water that comes in contact with the surroundings at ambient temperature). Anyway, as I read from your anwer the ideal brewing temperature of this coffee is lower so you already accounted for that drop. In my experience though, this drop is quite substantial

[sygyzy]

Is this the 1 cup or 3 cup version?

[ChristopherVanS]

@sygyzy 1 cup.

[LesterDragon]

Why don't you use a coffee maker? Takes 30 seconds...

[ChristopherVanS]

Quality over speed, my friend.  It's much different.

[LesterDragon]

It still tastes good o.o Coffee is coffee anyway.

[merryman42809]

Coffee from a coffee maker may taste good, but this is better :)

[kwantran]

what kettle is that? it looks similar to teh buono.

[ChristopherVanS]

It's a custom made kettle that gives a much more defined pour. You can mimic it with the bouno but it takes more practice. This kettle is more temperate than the bouno, however.

[kwantran]

@ChristopherVanS is the buono really worth the price? do you think there are some cheaper alternatives?

[ChristopherVanS]

@kwantran It's worth it for sure, but if you are only using it for small amounts of water and don't really need the increased temperature stability then it may not be. Some people are working on finding smaller and cheaper alternatives. They are not widely distributed yet though.

[ranier202]

why don't you directly brew over the cup? is there a reason for it or just habit?

[ChristopherVanS]

I would brew over the cup if I was using a v60 ceramic/glass. The hoop design of the Woodneck relies on the glass to help keep the temperature while brewing. I've tried a lot of designs that are similar but instead of being enclosed they are open. For example, a wire design that spirals like a cone, and you place your paper/cloth filter in the cone. The problem with these is that they lose a lot of temperature really fast. The kettle I'm using also holds temperature very well as I pour.

[afn33282]

good shit