Hario Switch with Sibarist Filters
By James Hoffmann, 2020
Hoffmann's personal daily-driver method pairing the Hario Switch with fast Sibarist filters for a quicker drawdown and an easy-to-dial immersion-percolation cup.
- Coffee
15g, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“I'll be brewing 15 grams of coffee to 250 grams of water”
said in the original · transcript, 1:49
- Water
250g, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“I'll be brewing 15 grams of coffee to 250 grams of water”
said in the original · transcript, 1:49
- Ratio
- 1:16.7
- Temperature
- —
- Brew time
- —
- Grind
- —
Tap any underlined number to read where it came from. Numbers marked estimated are ones the original recipe does not give.
Equipment
- Hario Switch
- Sibarist fast filter papers
- Scales
- Designed on
Hario Switch, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“right now I am brewing a lot with this is, it's Hario's switch”
said in the original · transcript, 0:19
Uses 250g of water
Step by step
- 0:00Pour to 30gbloom pour at two-to-one ratio
- ↳Swirlswirl to eliminate dry pockets before full infusion
- ↳Pour to 250gadd 220gfill to full water weight and steep
- 2:00Stirstir at two minutes before releasing the switch
- 2:00Let it drainflip the switch to release; drawdown takes under 45 seconds with Sibarist papers
Weights are cumulative: what the scale reads when that pour finishes.
How James Hoffmann brews it
- Filter
Sibarist fast filter papers, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“I do like using them as a kind of steep and release filter in this particular setup with the switch”
said in the original · transcript, 12:58; Sibarist papers are the subject of the featured brew
- Dripper
glass, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“it is a glass V60 in the base here”
said in the original · transcript, 1:16
- Stirring and swirling
swirl after bloom pour; stir at two minutes before releasing switch, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“give it a little swirl just to kind of get rid of any pockets of dry coffee before I infuse as a whole”
said in the original · transcript, 2:02; stir at two minutes also stated at 2:46
What it makes
- Body
medium, worked out from the recipe. Show the evidence.
It does have that nice immersion extraction profile that I really like
worked out from the recipe · immersion brewing with a moderately fine grind and two-minute steep typically produces a medium body; Hoffmann notes texture and mouthfeel as a characteristic of immersion brews generally
- Acidity
medium, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“There's still some nice fresh crisp acidity to the cup if that's what you're into”
said in the original · transcript, 12:35
- Style
balanced, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“nice clarity, nice acidity”
said in the original · transcript, 11:55; Hoffmann's tasting note on the Sibarist brew
- Suits
light, medium roasts, worked out from the recipe. Show the evidence.
I'll be brewing 15 grams of coffee to 250 grams of water, and I'd be running a two minute steep a little stir and a drain
worked out from the recipe · a 1:16.7 ratio with a two-minute steep and fine grind suits light to medium roasts; no roast guidance is stated
Where the original recipe does not say how the coffee tastes, the flavour here is an estimate.
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Credit and corrections
This recipe is James Hoffmann’s. We have written out the numbers and linked to the original.