New Hybrid Method
By Tetsu Kasuya at Philocoffea, 2025
A refined Switch recipe using immersion–pour-over–immersion sequencing to boost sweetness and body, suited to anyone wanting more from the original Hybrid Method.(estimated)
- Coffee
20g, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“I'll do 20g to 300ml of water.”
said in the original · transcript, 5:51
- Water
300g, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“I'll do 20g to 300ml of water.”
said in the original · transcript, 5:51
- Ratio
- 1:15
- Temperature (estimated)
93°C, worked out from the recipe. Show the evidence.
we drop the water temperature, and then go up to 300
worked out from the recipe · main pours use hot water from the kettle with no stated number; 93°C is inferred as a typical hot-kettle temperature for Kasuya's methods — however this is uncertain and the source does not state a number for the main pours
- Brew time
- —
- Grind (estimated)
medium-coarse, worked out from the recipe. Show the evidence.
I set my Comandante to about 28 clicks now.
worked out from the recipe · 28 clicks on a Comandante C40 is in the medium-coarse range for filter brewing
Grind: Comandante 28 clicks
Tap any underlined number to read where it came from. Numbers marked estimated are ones the original recipe does not give.
Equipment
- Hario Switch
- Comandante C40, 28 clicks
- Scales
- Designed on
Hario Switch, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“ハリオ スイッチ（Hario Switch）”
said in the original · description box, equipment section
Uses 300g of water
Step by step
- 0:00Pour to 40gSwitch closed; bloom pour of about twice the coffee weight, fully immersed with no dripyou have 30s
- 0:30WaitHold closed; full immersion bloom continues with switch closed(seen in the video)you have 1:25
- 1:55Pour to 120gadd 80gOpen switch; pour to 120g cumulative — 40% of total water, like the 4:6 method
- 1:30Pour to 200gadd 80gPour to 200g cumulative around 1:30 to extract full flavouryou have 40s
- 2:10Pour to 300gadd 100gAround 2:10, add room-temperature water to bring total to 300g and lower temperature to ~70–80°C; close switch for final immersion
- 2:10WaitSwitch closed; final immersion phase until about 2:45you have 35s
- 2:45Let it drainOpen switch at about 2:45 (45 seconds after closing) to allow drawdown
Weights are cumulative: what the scale reads when that pour finishes.
How Tetsu Kasuya brews it
- Grinder
Comandante C40, 28 clicks, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“I set my Comandante to about 28 clicks now.”
said in the original · transcript, 5:55
What it makes
- Body
full, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“The body is totally different. It has a bigger volume and impact of sweetness.”
said in the original · transcript, 13:18
- Strength
medium, worked out from the recipe. Show the evidence.
you can do 20g in 300g of water. Old Hybrid was a 1:14 ratio, but this is 1:15
worked out from the recipe · 1:15 ratio is a moderate brew strength, inferred as medium
- Acidity
medium, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“Not only balancing acidity and sweetness, but even the way sweetness comes out feels different.”
said in the original · transcript, 18:06
- Sweetness
high, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“The sweetness has bigger volume and impact.”
said in the original · transcript, 0:08
- Style
clarity, said in the original. Show the evidence.
“It's clean, with a beautiful, gentle sweetness”
said in the original · transcript, 13:28
- Suits
light, medium roasts, worked out from the recipe. Show the evidence.
It's a foolproof recipe for deliciousness. Any beans, guaranteed.
worked out from the recipe · creator claims universal suitability; light and medium inferred as primary targets given the clarity and sweetness emphasis; dark not excluded but not the focus
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 Tetsu Kasuya’s. We have written out the numbers and linked to the original.