Hario Switch Recipe
This recipe shows you how to brew great cup of coffee using Hario Switch immersion dripper.
Yield: 1 cup
Equipment
- Hario Switch SSD-200 immersion dripper
- A paper filter of 02 size
- A mug or coffee server
- Regular electric kettle
- A spoon
- A scale (optional)
Materials
- 15 grams ground coffee medium size
- 240 grams hot water at 200F (93C)
Instructions
- Measure 15g of freshly roast beans and grind them to a medium size, the same as you'd use for pour-over coffee. We use a 1:16 coffee to water ratio (so, 240ml of water). However, if this produces a coffee that's too weak for your tastes, try using 20g of coffee and 240ml of water (a 1:12 ratio).
- Place a paper filter in the cone and rinse it using hot water. Let the water drain into your cup so that it warms up, then pour away the water.
- Ensure the switch is flicked up so the ball is blocking the bottom of the cone filter. Next, pour your freshly ground coffee into your paper filter.
- Pour 240ml of 200F (93C) water over the coffee grounds. Gently stir the water so it mixes in with the grounds, leaving them completely saturated.
- Set a timer for four minutes. The Hario Switch manual recommends a two-minute immersion time. However, its recipe uses a higher dosage, which allows for a shorter brewing time. Because we're using a 1:16 coffee to water ratio, we opt for a four-minute immersion time to extract the necessary flavor and complexity.
- After four minutes, gently swirl the brewer to form a flat coffee bed. Then, flip the switch, and the coffee will slowly draw down into your cup. It takes around 45 seconds for this process to complete.
- Now it's time to enjoy your coffee, but take care when taking away the dripper beforehand. The glass part will be hot, and there isn't a handle, so hold the silicone rubber base instead.
Notes
Once you've flicked the switch, the coffee drawdown will be fairly rapid at first, then slow down. If your grounds are too fine, they may clog the filter, increasing the length of time needed for the dripping to complete.
To counteract this issue, you can either use coarser grounds in the future or use thinner paper filters sold by other companies (the Hario V60 paper filters are thicker than most others). You can also reduce the number of fine particles in your grounds by using a high-quality burr grinder.
The recipe above may not be the method for the perfect cup of coffee, but it's hassle-free and straightforward. Even if you've never brewed a cup of coffee before, the recipe will enable you to make a gorgeous cup of coffee without worrying about the evenness of the extraction.
Meanwhile, the immersion phase offers significant leeway for the grind size, reducing the possibility of either over or under extraction.
Just ensure you use freshly roasted beans, and the coffee the Hario Switch produces using the above recipe will be more than adequate.