To make a perfect pour-over coffee, it's important to use the right water and temperature, as well as the right grind size of the beans.

It soon became clear that the best pour-over coffee requires generating an avalanche effect in the grains—an outcome best achieved by a combination of height and intensity.

7. Your pour is off. When you’re pouring water over the grounds, make sure you’re actually hitting the coffee bed. As the water level drops and coffee grounds stick to the sides of the filter, you may ...

Courtesy of Julie Wolfson. Weigh beans on a scale. Approximately 20 grams is a good amount for one cup of coffee. Choose your desired grind. This can be adjusted to taste, from coarse to fine.

The trick is to pour the water from as high as possible without letting the jet of water break up upon impact with the grounds, according to their new paper published in the journal Physics of Fluids.

Scientists used fluid dynamics to learn how to get the most flavor from pour-over coffee. By Katrina Miller More than a billion cups of coffee are consumed daily: French-press, espresso, cold brew ...