Pour-Over coffee begins with fresh coarse to medium ground beans. The grounds are placed in a filter sitting in a special holder known as “pourover dripper” then, water boiled to 195 to 200 °F is slowly poured over the grounds extracting the best possible flavour out of the beans.
Every brewing method goes through the same three basic phases of wetting, dissolution and diffusion during the brewing process and each phase influences the next in ways that vitally affect the flavour of the drink. In pour-over coffee, fresh water is continuously poured over the grinds which not only encourages more efficient brewing but also extracts more flavours from the surface of the grounds. The single stream used in pour-over method, instead of numerous found in the typical coffee-maker shower heads, leads to extraction at slightly higher water temperature. The many thin water streams from shower head suffer from loss of surface water temperature. Temperature and quality of water play a major role in reaction rates and taste.
Coffee enthusiasts who enjoy controlling every variable in the process of making a great cup of coffee are turning to manual brewing methods like the pour-over and the trend is increasing in popularity. The fact that this process highlights the real and distinctive quality of the coffee is swaying people to make the change.
Features:
The Bodum Pour Over is stylishly crafted out of borosilicate glass and comes with a very chic gold mesh filter and a filter lid that doubles as hot water pouring device. Finally there is a heat-resistant silicone piece encircling the neck of the carafe. A really good looking piece of equipment, but what kind of a coffee does it brew?
The apparatus is simple enough to use, just place the appropriate amount of coffee grounds into the permanent filter and add sufficient water to wet all the grounds. When you notice that they have swollen (roughly 30 seconds), slowly add the remaining water in a continuous, steady stream to extract the all the natural oils and flavor from the coffee.
The Bodum Pour Over produces excellent coffee, full of aroma and taste. There is however some sediment that comes through the filter. This issue can easily be eliminated by either just not using the final roughly ten per-cent of the coffee remaining in the carafe or lining the permanent filter with a paper filter, which further filters the sediment out. You will get an excellent cup of brew without any sediment.
Final Word:
The positive features of the Bodum coffee maker include its very economical price and the lack of buttons to deal with. It is a solid basic piece of equipment that gets the job done well. The components are dishwasher safe, so clean-up is not an issue. It comes out of the box with everything needed to make a great cup of coffee: permanent filter, lid, coffee scoop and the carafe. On the negative side there are some complaints regarding the shape of the sprout. Just the slightest bit of carelessness and coffee spills all over.
