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)
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What you’ll need
- Hario Switch
- Comandante C40, 28 clicks
- Scales
20g
“I'll do 20g to 300ml of water.”
the creator said this · transcript, 5:51
300g
“I'll do 20g to 300ml of water.”
the creator said this · transcript, 5:51
93°C
we drop the water temperature, and then go up to 300
we worked this out · 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
medium-coarse
I'd like to introduce a Switch recipe.
we worked this out · the three-phase open/close sequence requires a switch-style immersion dripper; no other brewer class supports it
Grind: Comandante 28 clicks
- Designed on
Hario Switch
“ハリオ スイッチ（Hario Switch）”
the creator said this · description box, equipment section
Makes 300g
The pours
- 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 120gOpen switch; pour to 120g cumulative — 40% of total water, like the 4:6 method
- 1:30pour to 200gPour to 200g cumulative around 1:30 to extract full flavouryou have 40s
- 2:10pour to 300gAround 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
- 2:45drawdownOpen switch at about 2:45 (45 seconds after closing) to allow drawdown
Weights are cumulative: what the scale reads when that pour finishes.
How they brew it
- Grinder
Comandante C40, 28 clicks
“I set my Comandante to about 28 clicks now.”
the creator said this · transcript, 5:55
What it makes
- Body
full
“The body is totally different. It has a bigger volume and impact of sweetness.”
the creator said this · transcript, 13:18
- Strength
medium
you can do 20g in 300g of water. Old Hybrid was a 1:14 ratio, but this is 1:15
we worked this out · 1:15 ratio is a moderate brew strength, inferred as medium
- Acidity
medium
“Not only balancing acidity and sweetness, but even the way sweetness comes out feels different.”
the creator said this · transcript, 18:06
- Sweetness
high
“The sweetness has bigger volume and impact.”
the creator said this · transcript, 0:08
- Style
clarity
“It's clean, with a beautiful, gentle sweetness”
the creator said this · transcript, 13:28
- Suits
light, medium roasts
It's a foolproof recipe for deliciousness. Any beans, guaranteed.
we worked this out · 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 creator did not say how their coffee tastes, we have estimated it.
Credit and corrections
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