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13 recipes

Pour-over

Carlos Medina · 2023 champion

Five equal pours

Five equal water additions, thirty seconds apart, from Carlos’s championship interview.

Competition recipe

15.5 g coffee2:45 targetSome practice
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Sierra Yeo · 2022 UK champion

Five drawdown-led pours

A source-checked published pour-over recipe from Sierra Yeo.

Competition recipe · Read source notes

20 g coffeeTiming not documentedSome practice
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Matt Winton · 2021 champion · later published recipe

Five equal V60 pours

A source-checked published pour-over recipe from Matt Winton.

Champion-published recipe · Read source notes

20 g coffeeTiming not documentedSome practice
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Ole Kristian Bøen · 2021 competitor · 2020 Norwegian champion

Switch: immersion and percolation

A competition Switch routine combining immersion and percolation; listed with pour-over/filter recipes.

Competition recipe

16.5 g coffee3:00–3:15 targetSome practice
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Martha Grill · 2019 champion · later published recipe

Three-pour morning V60

A source-checked published pour-over recipe from Martha Grill.

Champion-published recipe

30 g coffee3:00 targetSome practice
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Pierre de Chanterac · 2019 champion · later published recipe

Five-pour V60 source reference

A source-checked published pour-over recipe from Pierre de Chanterac.

Source reference · guidance unavailable

Champion-published recipe · Read source notes

12 g coffee3:00–6:00 targetSome practice
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Agnieszka Rojewska · 2018 champion · later published V60 recipe

Two-pour V60

A champion’s later V60 guide, with a circular pour followed by a faster center pour.

Champion-published recipe

15 g coffee2:15 targetSome practice
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Tetsu Kasuya · 2016 champion · later published recipe

The 4:6 method

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

Champion-published recipe

20 g coffee3:30 targetSome practice
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Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen · 2015 champion · later published recipe

Many gentle pours

A source-checked published pour-over recipe from Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen.

Champion-published recipe

20 g coffee3:30 targetSome practice
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Pete Licata · 2013 champion · later published recipe

Changing-flow V60

A source-checked published pour-over recipe from Pete Licata.

Champion-published recipe

18 g coffee2:30 targetSome practice
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James Hoffmann · 2007 champion · later published recipe

Two-stage continuous V60

A source-checked published pour-over recipe from James Hoffmann.

Champion-published recipe

30 g coffeeTiming not documentedSome practice
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James Hoffmann · 2007 champion · later published one-cup technique

A better one-cup V60

One cup, five equal pours: 15 g coffee and 250 g water.

Champion-published recipe

15 g coffee3:00 targetApproachable
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