Recipes for Switch
The advantage is you can use immersion AND pour through as you want.
If you replace the cone with a V60 03 (bigger cone), you can do a larger amount.
Current Go To
Steals a bit from Tetsu method 30g coffee 400g water
- Preheat and grind
- Open switch
- Bloom with 100g water, let drawn down
- Pour slowly until 300g water, let draw down
- Close switch - either add water to kettle to cool or swirl to let it cool
- Pour 100g water. Let sit 1 minute
- Open
Hario
16g coffee
50g water, bloom for 30 seconds
210g water (240 total)
Let immerse 2 min. Hit switch at 2:30 and drain
Eight Ounce Coffee
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XXwrrGWOINQ
20g coffee
60g water, let steep 1 minute
Drain
Close, 40g water (100g total), open
Close, 50g water (150g total), open
Close, 50g water (200g total), open
Close, 100g water (300g total), open
Total brew time is 4-5 minutes.
Tale’s Stall the Fall
- Boil water
- Rinse filter and heat Switch
- Close Switch
- Pour 260g water (just off boil)
- Add 20g coffee (very fine grind)
- 40 sec clockwise stir with chopstick (vigorous to start, gentle after all grounds are wet)
- Open Switch
- 5 sec vigorous clockwise stir
- Total brew time should be 1:30-1:40 (max 2:00)
Hoffmann
Tetsu Kasuya - 2023
20g coffee 280g water (93 C) Using 13 on an Encore (normally use 15 for V60)
Leave Switch Open
- Pour 60g water
- Wait 30 seconds
- Pour second 60g water (120g total)
- Cool down to 70C
- At 01:15 - close
- Pour to 280g
- 30 seconds later (01:45) - open
- Remove at 03:00 - if too much water left over - try a more coarse grind
References the 4:6 method he also came up with.
4:6 Method (Tetsu Kasuya)
2016 V60 winning recipe
40g coffee 600g water
- (00:00) Bloom with 100g, wait 45 seconds
- (00:45) Add next pulse (140g), wait 45 seconds
- (01:30) Add next pulse (120g), wait 45 seconds
- (02:15) Add next pulse (120g), wait 45 seconds
- (03:00) Add next pulse (120g), wait 45 seconds
- (03:30) Remove
The basic is 5 x 120g pours But tweak the pours slightly for sweetness (long second pour) or acidity (longer first pour). Last 3 pours affect the strength of the coffee - 4 x 90 instead of 3 x120 can increase. 2 x 180 would reduce.
The advantage is you can use immersion AND pour through as you want and has become my daily driver at home - especially using a mix of immersion and pour over / pulse
Generic
16g coffee
50g water, bloom for 30 seconds
210g water (240 total)
Let immerse 2 min. Hit switch at 2:30 and drain
If you replace the cone with a V60 03 (bigger cone), you can do a larger amount.
Iced Version
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coffee/comments/nnfs3d/iced_coffee_using_hario_switch/
23g coffee (finer than normal)
375g total liquid - 125g of ice into your brewing vessel, 250g hot water
Alt for the cubes at home.
33g coffee
540g liquid = 180g ice, 360 hot water
Rinse filter + preheat switch over the sink.
Bloom with 45-50g water for 45 second. Switch up.
Add rest of liquid (~200 grams to reach total of 250 grams)
Stir / Rao swirl
Let sit till 3 minute mark. Drop switch
Swirl vessel after full drawn down.
Mix of Immersion and Pour Over
30g coffee
50 g water, bloom for 30 seconds
210g water (240 total)
Let brew for 90 seconds, hit switch
Pour slowly the next 260g as normal for a v60
CoffeeChronicler https://coffeechronicler.com/hario-switch/
1:15 ratio
20g coffee
300g water
Pour 150g with switch open At 00:45 - Close switch, and pour rest of water Wait until 02:00 and then open.
For a sweeter version - close at 00:25
Should take 02:45-03:15 total
Switch with Mugen Hack
Background
I learned about using the Hario Mugen instead of the standard V60 cone with the Hario Switch from CoffeeGeek.
The tl;dr for why is that with a no-bypass brewer it can be a lot easier to do things consistently when you can’t or won’t give pour over the attention you should.
Reddit Recipes
https://new.reddit.com/r/pourover/comments/zzpc4y/hario_switch_base_with_mugen_cone_best_setup_for/
14g coffee (1:14)
Standard V60 grind
200g water
- Preheat and rinse paper
- Close Switch
- Bloom with 50g
- Swirl
- Add remaining 150g
- Let steep 2 minutes
- Swirl
- At 02:15 - open
CoffeeGeek Recipe
1:20 ratio
15g coffee
300g water
- Preheat/saturate filter
- Close switch
- Pour 150mL quickly
- Stir for 3-4 seconds
- Wait 60 seconds and open switch
- Pour last 150 mL slowly (~5g/s)
- Let draw down
Total time around 4 minutes
Other
Coffee Chronicler recommends same recipe as regular switch set up. Maybe a touch coarser grind