How to dial in a V60 in three cups

Caffeine20 February 2026

Grind, ratio, time — change one thing at a time and you will land it by the third cup.

Start at 15 : 250

Fifteen grams of coffee, 250 ml of water just off the boil. Bloom for 45 seconds.

If the draw-down finishes before 2:30 and the cup tastes thin and sour, grind finer.

Past 3:15 and bitter? Go coarser. By cup three you are there.