What Is Pour-Over Coffee?
Why baristas are fussing over the slowest, least efficient way to make a cup of coffee. Pour-over coffee is coffee at its most basic: just you, a cup, a filter, and a funnel, without any machines to get in the way. By pouring a slow, steady stream of hot water over coffee grounds, you can extract a full-flavored but de…

Over the past couple of years, many of the coffee world’s most respected cafés have been leaving their pour-over stations behind in favor of programmable machines that can brew multiple cups of coffee at once. While a great barista can turn a simple pour-over process into a beautiful cup, most people simply aren’t that skilled, and even if they are, the results will likely vary from cup to cup.
A machine that’s set to brew the same way every time will do just that, and far more efficiently. It’s in addition free to add to your Alexa flash briefings.
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