How to Brew: Hot Pour-Over

[Lincoln, a barista in a coffee shop kitchen, faces the camera]

Hi, I'm Lincoln.

Today I'm going to teach you how to make a hot pour-over.

[Camera shows close-up of a plastic pour over, kettle, glass mug and a bag of Starbucks Pike Place Roast coffee appearing one by one while spinning]

To start, you will need a pour-over cone,

a gooseneck kettle, a mug, and finely ground coffee.

[Lincoln picks up a paper filter and demonstrates folding it]

So we're going to use a filter.

It's going to give us a little fold along the seam lines.

Put that in.

I'm going to preheat my cone with some hot water.

[Lincoln adds hot water from the kettle into the pour over filter in a circular motion]

It's going to rinse away any papery taste.

It's also gonna help preheat my cup,

so it's nice and hot when I pour into it.

When I'm finished with this,

[Lincoln turns away from the camera to the kitchen sink at the back, pouring out excess water]

I'm just gonna dump the excess water

and start my pour over.

Now that I've got my pour over nice and prepped,

[Lincoln adds in some Pike Place Roast coffee from a metal cup into the pour over filter]

I'm gonna add in some finely ground Pike Place Roast.

It's a medium roast, really easy drinking,

great for a pour over.

[Lincoln picks up the kettle as he continues talking]

So we're just gonna give this a little bit of a bloom.

I've got 25 grams of coffee in here.

We're gonna do about 450 grams of water.

If you don't have a scale, don't worry about it.

It's about two tablespoons for every six ounces of water.

[Lincoln slowly pours water from the kettle through the pour over filter]

Wait about 15, 30 seconds, let it bubble.

[Close-up of coffee dripping through the filter into the glass mug]

Let me develop those flavors.

Once our coffee's had a chance to bloom,

we're gonna give it a main pour.

[Lincoln pours hot water from kettle, starting from the center in a circular motion, towards the edge of the brew bed on the filter]

So I'm gonna start in the center

and just pour out in circles

just to evenly distribute that water

[Close-up of coffee dripping through the filter into the glass mug]

across the whole brew bed.

[Lincoln stops pouring water from kettle, as he keeps talking while holding the kettle]

By using a pour over,

I'm gonna get a really nice clean cup,

all those oils and dissolved solids.

are gonna be absorbed by the filter,

and it's gonna give this Pike Place

[Close-up of dark coffee in the glass mug]

that nice, smooth, kind of nutty, chocolatey taste.

Now that my brew is all finished and it's all drawn down,

[Lincoln picks up filter and throws it away underneath the counter]

I'm gonna remove my filter, put that in the compost,

and I'm ready to enjoy.

[Lincoln takes a sip of coffee from the glass mug]

Take a little sip.

It's hot, it's cocoa-y, it's chocolatey,

super tasty, hot pour over.