Pour-over

The 4:6 method

Five deliberate pours. A clear way to explore sweetness, acidity and strength.

By Tetsu Kasuya · View source ↗

Coffee: 20 g
Brewing water: 300 mL
Brew target: 3:30

Before you start

Get ready.

Set your dripper and filter over a server. Grind the coffee coarse and heat your water before starting.

Add the 20 g of ground coffee to the filter and tare your scale before the first pour.

Grind: Coarse

Water: 92 °C

Equipment checklist

Ceramic HARIO V60
Compatible paper filter
Grinder
Kettle
Scale and timer
Server or cup

Brew along

At your pace

Finish your preparation, then start. We’ll show one action at a time.

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How the guide works

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Timing options

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Recipe details & source

Tetsu Kasuya · 2016 champion · later published recipe · Champion-published recipe

HARIO published this favorite recipe in its V60 Ambassador interview. It is not presented here as a transcription of the 2016 competition routine. Water is documented in milliliters; any gram-based ratio is an approximation (1 mL ≈ 1 g).

Water temperature: 92 °C
Bypass water: 0 mL
Difficulty: Some practice

Original coffee: Not documented

Published brewing steps

0:00 · First pour
Add the first portion of water to the coffee bed.
Add 50 mL
0:45 · Second pour
Add the second portion. These first two pours make up 40% of the water.
Add 70 mL
1:30 · Third pour
Begin the three equal finishing pours.
Add 60 mL
2:10 · Fourth pour
Add the next portion of water.
Add 60 mL
2:40 · Final pour
Add the remaining water, then let it drain.
Add 60 mL
3:30 · Remove the dripper
Take the V60 off the server. Select Finish when your brew is complete.

Source reviewed 2026-10-26. Instructions paraphrased by Solution Coffee.

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Make it your dose

Scale the documented coffee and water. Temperature, grind, timing and technique stay as published.

Coffee dose (g)

Dose adaptation, not the original recipe. Extraction and brewer capacity may change; use your equipment’s limits. The guide above uses the original measurements; its selected mode controls pacing.

300 mL brewing water · 0 mL bypass

First pour: 50 mL added
Second pour: 70 mL added
Third pour: 60 mL added
Fourth pour: 60 mL added
Final pour: 60 mL added

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