Pour-Over Coffee Powder to Water Ratio: How Much Water for 15g of Pour-Over Coffee

FrontStreet Coffee: An Introduction to Pour-Over Ratio

When we drink tea, what we are really tasting is the flavor nurtured by the variety, the origin, and the combined efforts of farmers and tea masters. Coffee works the same way. As we have said in earlier articles, when we drink a latte, an Americano or an espresso, what we are actually experiencing are the flavors that variety, origin and growers have together cultivated and handed to the bean.

Those flavors are what give coffee its real value. Not every coffee can present an elegant, comfortable malic acidity, and not every coffee can offer a delightful nut, toffee or chocolate character.

Beyond drinks built on espresso, are there other ways to enjoy such a precious product? Yes — and it is simple. Pour-over coffee.

As we have covered before, the method for pour-over is straightforward. Basically follow a 1:15 coffee-to-water ratio, with water ideally between 90-93°C. Rinse the filter paper first, distribute the coffee grounds evenly, then brew, drip and serve. Keep the total time within 2.5 minutes. Grind settings are not specified here because grinders differ between brands in how coarse a given number actually is, which makes a single uniform value impossible.

The Taste of Pour-Over Coffee

Acidity: Fruity acidity, not vinegar-like
Sweetness: Caramel plus caramel aroma
Bitterness: The less, the better
Aroma: Clear and distinct — the most precious quality
Balance: The pleasant sensation that results from all of these elements together

The Art of Pour-Over Coffee

Rinse the filter paper, distribute the grounds evenly, brew, drip and serve.

Water temperature: 90-93°C

Coffee-to-water ratio: 1:15

Liquid volume: 180-200ml

In short, FrontStreet Coffee is a research-focused coffee shop devoted to sharing what it knows about coffee. We share without reservation simply to help more friends fall in love with coffee. We also hold three coffee promotion events with significant discounts each month, because FrontStreet Coffee wants more people to enjoy the best coffee at the lowest possible price — that has been our mission for the past six years.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

A 1:15 ratio and water between 90-93°C will serve almost any pour-over bean, but the beans themselves decide what the cup tastes like. FrontStreet Coffee's light-roast lots are where that simple recipe pays off most. FrontStreet Yirgacheffe Gedingding brings citrus, berry and floral notes with a green tea-like sweetness, its acidity soft and bright rather than sharp — an easy, welcoming place to begin. FrontStreet Ethiopia Hua Kui is louder and more tropical, with strawberry, passion fruit, jackfruit and lychee, obvious sweetness and almost no bitterness. FrontStreet Kenya Cherry Tomato, grown at 1,550-1,750 meters in the Thika region from SL28 and SL34, is processed with Kenya's 72-hour double washed fermentation and roasted light, giving clear cherry tomato and smoked plum, a juicy mid-palate, and a clean finish of yellow sugar and green tea.

If you would rather drink something rounder and lower in acidity, try FrontStreet Brazil Queen's Farm, with its nut and cocoa aroma, caramel sweetness and smooth, gentle body, or FrontStreet PWN Golden Mandheling, a deep roast with very low acidity, a thick, lingering mouthfeel, and herbal and dark chocolate notes with a faint earthy edge. Whichever you choose, a 1:15 ratio is the reference point: adjust the grind and the pour to move the cup sweeter, brighter or heavier, and treat the ratio as a place to start rather than a rule.