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Brew a pour-over in four ordered stages, from rinsing the paper filter to the slow final pour, each stage with its named failure mode.
Stage one: rinse the paper filter. Wet the paper with hot water before any coffee goes in. The failure here is skipping the rinse, which leaves the paper taste in the brew and lets the dry paper sit away from the cone.
Stage two: add ground coffee to the filter. The grounds sit in the bed formed by the cone, and the filter holds them. The failure here is a filter that does not sit flush against the cone, which lets water channel down the side instead of through the bed.
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Stage three: pour hot water in slow stages, letting the water seep through the grounds. This is the stage where rushing the pour shows up — water reaching the grounds faster than they can settle, and passing through before the extraction is done.
Stage four: finish the brew into the carafe or pot. The water seeps through the grounds and collects below; the definition of pour-over names this vessel directly. The failure here is stopping the pour before the stages are complete.
The routine is the same one the equipment was built for: Melitta's 1908 filter, Chemex's 1941 system and Hario's 2004 system all assume staged pouring through paper into a vessel.
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