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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by fdrc_lm to c/coffee@lemmy.world

I use a gas stove so I pour water from the kettle straight from the stove. The thing is, am I supposed to put the kettle on the stove again while waiting for the next pouring?

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[-] tankplanker@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Are you making pour over with boiling water?

[-] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 hours ago

I heard somewhere— maybe from Hoffman— that you want the temperature to drop over the brew to reduce the risk of extracting bad-tasting compounds. Subjectively, I think my pour over tastes better if I don’t put the kettle back on (the base, in my case).

[-] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 4 points 16 hours ago

Boiling water on a stove? What year is this?

[-] CoffeeSoldier@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

Try it both ways. Bet that you either won't notice a difference or that you might slightly prefer leaving it off. Brewing at near boiling the entire brew might be tolerated by some pretty light roasts, but in general a little less extraction of the late grinds is typically preferable. It feels a bit less fussy to not have to keep popping it back on the stove too.

this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2025
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