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Clever Dripper

Name: Clever Dripper, after James Hoffmann
Yield: 250 g
Ingredients: 15 g coffee; 250 g water

after James Hoffmann

Coffee : water

1:16.7

15 to 250 gThe steps stand below, without a clock.

What it brings out

Clarity ours

Brewsign in to brew it

Roast

Light
Medium
Dark

Light to medium. Our reading; the source names no roast.

Provenance

James Hoffmann's Clever: water first, then the coffee, a two-minute steep, the crust broken, then release.

Source

James Hoffmann: The Ultimate Clever Dripper Technique (opens in a new tab)

Tips draw on (5)

What we changed: Nothing. Every value as published, in our words.

Values per James Hoffmann, unless marked "ours".

Recipes credited to people or brands are our retelling of what they published. Bunchum is not affiliated with them, and they have not reviewed or endorsed this app. Names and trademarks belong to their owners.

Steps

after
Add water250 g
Valve closed, pour all 250 g of water into the brewer first, before the coffee.
after
Add the coffee
Add the coffee and stir until no dry clumps remain.
after · for 120 s
Steep
Steep for 2 minutes.
after
Break the crust
Break the crust.
after · for 30 s
Wait
Wait 30 seconds.
after
Release
Set it on the cup; it drains in about a minute.

Values as published; the times are for this amount.Adapt as a copy

Four sides of the cup

Clarity: Clean, separated flavours, little sediment. Our reading: A paper filter keeps oils and fine particles out of the cup.

Our tips

For your next brew: try it and taste.

Grind

Medium-fine

Sour or weak: grind finer or steep longer. Bitter: coarser or shorter.
moves extraction
Drains much slower than the recipe says: grind coarser. Much faster: finer.
moves extraction

Coffee : water

Break up every dry clump; dry pockets extract too little.
at the brewer

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Immersion

Clever Dripper

after James Hoffmann

Coffee : water

1:16.7

15 to 250 gThe steps stand below, without a clock.

What it brings out

Clarity ours

Brewsign in to brew it

Roast

Light
Medium
Dark

Light to medium. Our reading; the source names no roast.

Provenance

James Hoffmann's Clever: water first, then the coffee, a two-minute steep, the crust broken, then release.

Source

James Hoffmann: The Ultimate Clever Dripper Technique (opens in a new tab)

Tips draw on (5)

What we changed: Nothing. Every value as published, in our words.

Values per James Hoffmann, unless marked "ours".

Steps

after
Add water250 g
Valve closed, pour all 250 g of water into the brewer first, before the coffee.
after
Add the coffee
Add the coffee and stir until no dry clumps remain.
after · for 120 s
Steep
Steep for 2 minutes.
after
Break the crust
Break the crust.
after · for 30 s
Wait
Wait 30 seconds.
after
Release
Set it on the cup; it drains in about a minute.

Values as published; the times are for this amount.Adapt as a copy

Four sides of the cup

Clarity: Clean, separated flavours, little sediment. Our reading: A paper filter keeps oils and fine particles out of the cup.

Our tips

For your next brew: try it and taste.

Grind

Medium-fine

Sour or weak: grind finer or steep longer. Bitter: coarser or shorter.
moves extraction
Drains much slower than the recipe says: grind coarser. Much faster: finer.
moves extraction

Coffee : water

Break up every dry clump; dry pockets extract too little.
at the brewer

MAKE IT YOURS

Brew this at your batch size.

Save recipes
Track every brew
Scale to any batch

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