Hario Coffee Dripper V60 Size 01 White Ceramic

I purchased the Hario V60 01 ceramic pourover dripper along with the appropriate Hario filters, Buono kettle, and a Skerton (a Hario-splosion!) and am so pleased I could burst. I''m still working out the appropriate grind setting on the Skerton, but even so the coffee I''ve gotten from the pourover is just awesome. The quality is what you would expect: ceramic like a nice coffee mug. There are also ridges along the sides that keep the filter from plastering itself to the walls, preventing clogging since the coffee can run along the ridges instead of being forced to go all through the center bottom. The only problem I have is that I now want to spend more money to get the V60 02 and a carafe to make bigger batches of coffee!

Please be sure to get the right filters (i.e. specifically for pourover, and ideally the Hario brand) because, like in previous reviews, the filters are made to support the design of the dripper and the V60 is just one big hole on the bottom. If you use a filter that isn''t designed to support the water and coffee, you''ll probably experience ripped filters often. I suppose you might be able to double-up! May be worth doing the math to see if twice the number of Melitta or other filters cost less than the $12 for 100 Hario filters.

Also, it does take time to make pourover, so if you don''t have 10 minutes to make coffee when you want it, it''s probably not what you want.

brewmethods.com has some really good videos showing pourover (and other!) methods if you want to see it before you buy.

I''ve stopped using my french press and my aero-press because I like the cleanup and taste. I use the Hario Buono Drip Kettle with the small spout to pour hot water over this dripper.

Setup:

1. Weigh the beans with a OXO Good Grips Stainless Food Scale with Pull-Out Display and grind with a Bodum Bistro Electric Burr Coffee Grinder, Black.

2. 21 grams of beans for 340 grams of water. Grind size is fine, but not like espresso.

3. Water temp 190-200F off the boil.

4. Water should be poured in the center (quarter size area)

5. The mug and and the hario v60 should be on the scale to measure the amount of water you add.

Brew Recipe

1. Boil water and pour into hario kettle.

2. Wet the filter and heat up the cup for ~10 seconds. (dump water in sink)

3. Pour 40 grams of water to pre-wet the grinds.

4. Stir and wait ~30 seconds

5. Pour 300 grams and final stir. (~2:00 2:30 minutes:seconds)

Add hot milk or hot water to dilute to your preferred strength.

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I''ve used a plastic one-cup Melitta for a year or so. Bought it while travelling, staying with non-coffee drinkers, and desperate for a good cup of coffee. When I returned home, I continued to use it ''cause I loved the simplicity of it.

But I really hate plastic.

When I read about the Hario dripper on the Real Simple website and found it came in a ceramic version, I immediately ordered it.

And yay! It arrived intact, pretty as the picture, with the filters I ordered. Only thing was, THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE ALL IN JAPANESE, and there were plenty of them! Well, OK, there was a picture of the thing with a few arrows. But I had to assume, with all those Japanese instructions, there had to be more to this thing than meets the eye.

Now, with the Melitta, I''d pour water in the middle to get the grounds wet, then fill up the filter, use a tablespoon to push the grounds down to the bottom, let it drain down, then fill it with water again. The coffee tasted fine to me. I just wanted something that wasn''t plastic.

If the Hario promised to be any better, I decided on my own (after reading a bunch of reviews and intuiting from them how to use it) that I''d pour the water slowly and constantly down the middle and hope for the best. So that''s what I do, and the cup of coffee I get is great. I think it''s better than the one I get with the Melitta; it certainly takes more work.

But I''m subtracting a star for the deficit in instructions. I shouldn''t have to guess how to use this device.

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After using plastic drippers for over 20 years I decided to try to to find a more elegant solution that doesn''t utilize plastic. I experimented with various ceramic drippers. One that I purchased was so large and top heavy, it kept falling over and was awkward to use. I gave up on the search until I stumbled on this dripper that I saw in a magazine under a "cool products" type of section. The product they were hyping was actually something else but they were using this dripper. I decided to order it and give it a try. It is a nice size, more reasonable for one cup than the one I had purchased previously. I also bought the Hario filters, which are pointed, and essential to using with this dripper. It has been a really good experience and I love the quality. I did not like pouring hot water onto plastic but for years it seemed there were no alternatives. I also realized for my entire use of hand pour coffee, I had been pouring incorrectly. I had been doing larger pours instead of short control pours. This has also made a huge difference in the taste of my coffee -the same coffee I have been drinking for over 20 years. This dripper simply feels like a more elegant solution to my coffee making and I am very happy with it. BUY THE POINTED FILTERS FOR BEST RESULTS!

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This review applies specifically to the 01 model Hario, the one-cup cone. There are plenty of on-line videos about pour-overs, all of which use multi-cup versions of the Hario. Great for learning the basics. However, the small size of this one presents some unique challenges.

1. Grind is critical, or Avoiding Spit and Donuts. Because of the dime-sized drain hole of the Hario and the small volume of grounds, getting your grind right is critical. Grind too coarse and the water runs right through the coffee. The bloom will be white and consist of large bubbles (the Spit). Grind too small and the water goes through too slowly. As you pour into the center, you''ll push the bloom to the edges with a murky brown hole on the center (the Donut). Perfection will get you a bloom that looks like cinnamon on cream foam covering all the grounds.

2. Ground volume is critical, or Too Much is Just Right. My wife and I have decided that we need more than a tablespoon of grounds to get the right amount of oomph into the cup. At one level tablespoon and the proper grind, we hit the desired three-minute pour and rendered wonderful fruit with floral overtones but alas, too little body. So we''re going to bump the grounds to a tablespoon and a half. YMMV.

3. Brew target, or the Carafe at the Old Ball Game. As I''ve grown older, my x-ray vision has begun to fail, so a ceramic mug is OOQ to brew into. We also decided that as attractive as the matching Hario carafe is, a 12-oz Ball jar makes a great target. Clear glass with two ounce intervals embossed into the glass, perfect size for the filter cone. When you''re brewing one cup at a time, do you seriously want to measure cold water into your kettle in 6-oz amounts, heat it up, and do the pour-over? I don''t. I want to be able to pour-over a cup for myself after I''ve made one for my wife so we can share at least part of the coffee together.

You''ll know when you''e got it right it makes a great cup.