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Among all types of pour-over coffee drippers, the most popular is the V60 dripper. Many pour-over coffee shops have a V60 dripper, and the V60 dripper is also one of the entry-level coffee tools for many coffee enthusiasts. So why is the V60 dripper so popular?
 

 
The V60 dripper is also one of the coffee tools commonly used by Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) to make coffee. A KONO dripper is also relatively commonly used. So what is the difference between the V60 dripper and other drippers?
 

 
First, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) will explain what V60 means. Because the V-shaped cone is at a 60° angle, it is named the V60 dripper. It is from Hario, a company in Tokyo, Japan, which has won hundreds of design awards, and the V60 dripper became one of its most famous inventions. V60 won the championship in 2007, and to this day it still wears the coveted outstanding design sticker on its base.
 

 
In terms of material, the V60 drippers they designed have successively used ceramic, glass, resin, and metal. The reason Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) is so optimistic about this V60 dripper is that its design is very thoughtful. For example, the 60-degree design of the V60 dripper allows water to flow to the center, extending the contact time between water and coffee. And everyone can also see that the V60 dripper has a large-diameter filter hole, mainly allowing the flavor of the coffee to be controlled by changing the flow rate of the water. Then there is the unique spiral-shaped groove, which allows air to escape upward from all around, maximizing the expansion of the coffee grounds. Compared with the KONO dripper, its ribs are very long, while the ribs of the KONO dripper are very short, so the immersion time of the KONO dripper is longer than that of the V60 dripper.Recommended for brewing Front Street Fruit Ding Ding Coffee, Front Street Huakui Coffee, and Front Street Strawberry Candy Coffee.
 

 
The KONO dripper currently used by Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) has shorter ribs and a smaller filter hole diameter. Because the ribs are at the bottom and are very short, and the fit with the filter paper is high, the flow rate is slower than that of the V60 dripper. Unlike the spiral ribs of the V60, the divergent rib design and small-diameter filter hole of the Kono dripper make the filtration speed slower, with an overall tendency toward immersion extraction, giving the coffee a full flavor. When brewing a darker-roasted coffee like Front Street Mandheling, the KONO dripper is used rather than the V60 dripper.
 

 
So how exactly is the V60 dripper used? When Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) uses the V60 dripper for brewing, it chooses the 01 size dripper made of resin. The resin material blocks heat loss, and the 01 size is suitable for brewing one person's portion of grounds. In addition, when using the V60 dripper for pour-over, you also need to pair it with the corresponding filter paper. When buying filter paper, everyone should also buy the corresponding size, or you can just tell the merchant the model of the V60 dripper.
 

 
In addition to filter paper, pour-over coffee also requires preparation of a gooseneck kettle, dripper, sharing pot, grinder, filter paper, electronic scale, and thermometer. After preparation is complete, everyone can follow the steps of Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) to brew pour-over coffee!
    

Step one, wet the filter paper. Before brewing, wet the filter paper with hot water so that the dripper and filter paper fit together better.
 

 
Step two, add the coffee grounds. Pour the ground coffee into the dripper, then wait until the water temperature reaches the level required for brewing and you can begin brewing.
 

 
Step three, brew. The brewing method more commonly used by Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) is the three-stage extraction method. In the first stage, first pour 30 grams of water for blooming, ensuring all the coffee grounds are wet. The blooming time is 30 seconds, with the purpose of releasing carbon dioxide so that the subsequent water flow can better extract the coffee. In the second stage, pour water until 125 grams, then wait for the coffee liquid to drop by half before starting the third stage of pouring. Finally, pour water until 225 grams, wait for the coffee liquid to filter through, and the total extraction time is 2 minutes.
 

 
Step four, shake the coffee liquid in the bottom pot evenly and you can taste the coffee you brewed yourself.
 

 
This is the specific process of Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) using the V60 dripper. So when does Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) use the V60 dripper for brewing? Generally speaking, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) chooses coffee beans with a lighter roast level, such as Ethiopian coffee. For coffee beans with a darker roast level, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) uses the Kono dripper. Because the spiral design of the Hario V60 dripper significantly lengthens the path through which water flows, it extends the contact time between coffee grounds and water, and the brewed coffee has a higher level of layering.
 
Also, when Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) uses the V60 dripper, the water temperature will also differ. When using the V60 dripper to brew lighter-roasted coffee beans, choose a water temperature of 90 to 92 degrees Celsius, while for darker-roasted coffee beans, choose a water temperature of 88 to 89 degrees Celsius. Because although the pour-over coffee process is simple, there are still quite a few factors affecting the coffee, among which the greatest influences are the coffee-to-water ratio, grind size, water temperature, and extraction time.
 

 
As for extraction time, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) generally controls it at around two minutes, because if the brewing time is too long, it will over-extract and extract a lot of bitterness; if the time is too short, the extraction will be insufficient and the coffee taste will be weaker, so a reasonable brewing time is very important. There is also the grind size. Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) recommends a medium-fine grind size for pour-over coffee, with a passing rate of 80% using a 0.85mm standard sieve. If the coffee grounds are too coarse, it will be too weak, while if the coffee grounds are too fine, the taste will also become bitter.
 
Therefore, it is not that buying a good dripper alone can brew an absolutely good cup of coffee; it is a bonus factor. But with the emergence of the V60 dripper, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) believes that it has taken a big step forward from immersion coffee to drip coffee, because compared with previous drippers, the V60 dripper can change the flow rate of extraction water, thereby changing the flavor of the extracted coffee and creating more possibilities for coffee extraction.
 

 
So if you are a beginner or an ordinary coffee enthusiast, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) suggests that you can choose the hario V60 dripper, but if you are a pour-over expert and also want to use different flow rates, you can choose freely according to your own situation.

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.