Genius's Recipe - Hario Switch Coffee

Oh, Hario Switch. The pinnacle of Japanese coffee brewers.

Or so they said.

Hario Switch - reality

There are unnecessarily difficult recipes for this immersion coffee brewer on the internet. And for reasons unknown to me (except, of course, hario is the official sponsor of the championships), hario switch seems to become mainstream in coffee brewers cup. And even won the championships.

But we all know, that the coffee which they use is far from ordinary. Talking from the experience of trying around a dozen of lots (don't ask me where I get them, it's almost impossible).

So it doesn't really matter which brewer you use, the coffee matters. That's why, such recipes may not work in your environment. While mine - designed for a regular specialty coffee.

Hario Switch - Simple Recipe

I don't like to dance around the brewer. To a lesser extent, I want to memorize the recipes. I prefer to keep brewing as simple as possible. Like it was, most certainly, intended.

I see this brewer (with the 02 size cone attached to the rubber base) as a 1-2 cups device. That's why the simplest recipe is:

• 15 g of coffee (medium or light roast, works for both)
• 250 g of water (93°C / 199°F)

Grind size is smaller than for a regular pour over. Here is the starting point:

• Kinu m47 - 2.6 (2 rotations, 6 numbers)
• Comandante c40 - 16-18 clicks
• Microns - around 500

Brewing process:

1. Insert paper filter, add ground coffee
2. With the lever in upper position, add 250 g of water (in a spiral motion prefferably)
3. At 2:00 mix 10 times (just to beat up the coffee crust) and open the switch

That'll give you a decent cup of coffee. If it is "watery" or "thin" - make the grind size smaller next time.

Genius's Recipe - Hario Switch

And here is the 24-400 recipe. Also simplistic and balanced. 

• coffee - 24 g (light roast, haven't tried medium, but should work too)
• water - 400 g (93°C / 199°F)

Grind size here it is even smaller than for 15-250 recipe. 

• Kinu m47 - 2.3 and lower
• Comandante c40 - 15 and lower
• Microns - around 450

Brewing process:

1. Switch is closed. Add 250 g of water to the center
2. At 2:00 open the switch
3. At around 2:30 (or when the water is almost drained) - close the switch
4. Add the water up to 400 g, pour to the center (meaning, add 150 g of water), mix and open the switch
5. Enjoy your coffee

Again, play with the grind size. I found that it gives around 1.35% TDS with my grind setting and produce clean and easy to drink cup. But I would go slightly smaller to have a more chewier body. 

Alternative recipe - 24-400 Hario Switch

Wait, isn't it enough already? Surely enough. But some prefer to not mix their coffee. So here's the variation:

Grind size even smaller than in previous recipe.

• Kinu m47 - 2.1
• Comandante c40 - 13 clicks?
• Around 400 microns

Brewing process:

1. Pour 200 g of water in the center
2. At 1:00 open the switch. Then close at 1:20
3. Pour 200 g of water in the center and open the switch at 2:00

Simple, huh? The cup profile will be different but good enough. Medium acidity, medium-high body, medium-high aftertaste.

Regular brewing

You didn't expect it did ya? Yes, you can use it as a regular pour over as well. In fact, I only use it as 15-250 immersion method when I'm lazy. 

A way better and flexible way to make coffee in any pour over - hybrid flow technique. No need to think too much. And you can reliably brew any dose of coffee without guessing will it be drinkable or you will waste the whole bag of coffee for adjustments. 

Don't thank me. Just get yourself a great pour over stand and coffee filter holder.