title_body: Pouring technique for drip/pour over coffee
upvoted_answer: From this site:
  
  
    
    Start with a grind size around that of coarse sugar. (Think Sugar in the Raw.)
    
    
    How much: Most pourover drippers work best when they're between one
    half to two-thirds full of coffee grounds. Any less than that, and
    there won't be enough coffee to restrict the flow. Any more, and your
    dripper may overflow. You'll also want to make sure you're dripping
    into a large enough vessel. If you're the more precise-measurement
    type, a good coffee-to-water ratio is between 60-70 grams of coffee
    per liter of water (a mass ratio between 1:16 and 1:14.)
    
    
    Get your clean (filtered if you need it) brew water ready. You'll be using water that's about 30 seconds off boil if you're pouring
    straight out of your boiling kettle, or immediately off boil if you're
    pouring into a second pouring kettle. I like about 207°F for medium to
    light roasts, and about 10° lower for dark roasts.
    Start your clock and add enough water to soak all of the coffee (a little premature dripping is okay). Wait for the coffee bed to stop
    the initial swelling (about 30 seconds) before adding more water.
    Continue your brew. Try to pour quickly, gently, and evenly across the surface of the coffee, pausing between pours to pace your brew to
    your target brew time (see below). The distance that your brew water
    drops can affect brew temperatures, as well as increase or decrease
    the amount of agitation that the falling water creates wherever it
    falls in the coffee bed. In general, the lower you pour from, the
    better, if for no other reason than it's the easiest to create and
    maintain consistency.
    
    
    When you stop adding water, your dripper will continue to drip for
    between 20 and 60 seconds.
    
    Your target total brew time is about 2.5 to 3 minutes for dark roasted
    coffee, and 3 to 4 minutes for medium to light roasted coffees. This
    includes the dripping time after you stop adding water.