What is the Pour Over Coffee Grounds to Water Ratio? How Much Water for 15g of Coffee Grounds?

FrontStreet Coffee - Introduction to Pour-over Coffee Ratio

When we drink tea, we are really tasting flavors cultivated by the variety, the origin, the farmers, and the tea master. Coffee works the same way. As we have said in earlier articles, when we drink a latte, an Americano, or an espresso, we are tasting flavors that variety, origin, and farmers have together given the coffee bean.

Those flavors are what make coffee truly valuable. Not every coffee can present an elegant, comfortable malic acidity, and not every coffee can give us pleasant nutty, toffee, or chocolate notes.

Beyond the drinks built on espresso, are there other ways to enjoy such precious products? Yes, and the method is simple: pour-over coffee.

As covered in previous articles, making pour-over coffee is straightforward. Follow a 1:15 coffee-to-water ratio and keep the water temperature ideally between 90-93°C. First rinse the filter paper, then distribute the coffee grounds, and finally brew, drip, and serve, keeping the total time within 2.5 minutes. Grind settings are not specified here because coffee grinders differ in coarseness from brand to brand, which makes a single universal value impossible.

The Taste of Pour-over

• Acidity: Fruit acidity, not vinegar acidity
• Sweetness: Caramel + caramel aroma
• Bitterness: The less, the better
• Aroma: Clear, distinctive, and most precious
• Balance: The pleasant sensation resulting from the combination of the above elements

The Way of Pour-over

• Rinse filter paper, distribute grounds, brew, drip, serve
• Water temperature: 90-93°C
• Coffee-to-water ratio: 1:15
• Liquid volume: 180-200ml

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Good pour-over starts with beans that show off the method's clarity, so FrontStreet Coffee's washed Yirgacheffe Gedingding is a natural pick: white jasmine, bright citrus and lemon acidity, and a tea-like finish. If you prefer something sweeter, FrontStreet's Ethiopia Huakui, a natural process coffee, brings strawberry, passion fruit, jackfruit, and lychee with very low bitterness and a juicy, smooth body. Keep the 1:15 ratio, so 15g of coffee to 225g of water, and pour with 90-93°C water, finishing within 2.5 minutes. You should land somewhere around 180-200ml in the cup.