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Melitta

· Make it Perfect with Pour Over ·

September 26, 2018 15 Comments
Melitta

The Perfect Brew

The key to the perfect brew is the Melitta pour-over coffee maker and filters. My husband and I really enjoy a good cup of coffee. Perhaps because a great cup of joe goes hand-in-hand with time together on a weekend where we are de-stressing from a busy week. To ensure a tasty cup of coffee, we prefer the pour-over method. This method checks a lot of the boxes we require for coffee. Good flavour, ease of brewing, and eco-friendliness.

The pour-over method has been around since 1908 when one Ms. Melitta Bentz, dissatisfied with bitter coffee started to experiment by punching holes in a brass pot and lining the pot with a piece of her son’s notebook paper. She invented the two-part filtration system we all use in today’s pour-over and drip coffees around the world.

My husband is a coffee nut and he has made hundreds of cups of coffee using the pour-over method. For simplicity and a handcrafted experience with the brewing process, he prefers this method of brewing. He can have a great pot of coffee ready in five minutes and always goes on and on about the “bloom” (which I will get to later).

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Melitta – Perfect for Pour Over

Melitta’s pour-over coffee maker design works well and is easy to clean. The Natural Brown filters only extract clean, deep and rich flavours of the coffee beans whereas other filters can make wood-like flavours you don’t want in coffee. Similar to the importance of the filter, using a good tasting filtered water is important as poor tasting water will bring out poor tasting flavours in the coffee. Read about the importance of Melitta’s Filters.

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The Pour Over Method

Now the fun part, the actual pour-over method. You start pouring around half the hot water in a spiral pattern trying to saturate all the coffee grinds. Immediately after this pour, the bloom takes place. The bloom is when the coffee grounds inflate like a chocolate muffin top. This inflation is due to the hot water saturating all the freshly ground coffee grinds, which releases fantastic coffee flavors in the form of gasses. The bloom tells you that you have fresh coffee beans and that the best coffee flavors are being pulled out of the coffee.

A small but very important aspect of the pour-over coffee method for me is how easy it is to clean and that the brewing method is good for the environment. After the brew is done, I simply dump the filter and the coffee grinds into the composter and wash the cone and coffee pot. So easy!

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If you do a search on pour-over coffee, you will be starting down a path of passionate coffee enthusiasts and baristas proclaiming their love of the pour-over coffee method and what is the best way to make a pour-over coffee. Once you find what works for you, you will have the skills to make a great cup of coffee in under 5 minutes.

What is the result of this brewing method? A deeply satisfying experience that results in a clean and rich tasting cup of coffee that is not bitter and brings out the full flavor of the coffee. To put it more simply, it leaves you saying, “Mmm, that’s a good cup of coffee.”

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Thanks to Melitta for sponsoring this post. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

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15 Comments

  1. Reply

    marissa

    September 26, 2018

    I always love coffee pour overs! It’s such a perfect way to make a fresh cup of coffee! And the yellow color of this one is spectacular.

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      Sandy

      September 26, 2018

      I love how easy the pour over method is to make a great cup of brew! And yes I agree the yellow is adorable !

  2. Reply

    Heather Nicole Gilbert

    September 26, 2018

    YUM! I am a huge coffee drinking every morning so this was right up my alley!

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      Sandy

      September 26, 2018

      Right?! It’s so easy and fast to make! Perfect for a quick brew to go!

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    Leigh Suznovich

    September 26, 2018

    LOVE pour over coffees, they always have the best flavor! I’ve never done it at home though, I need to get this.

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      Sandy

      September 26, 2018

      It’s perfect for at home coffee! The prep & cleanup is so easy and you already know the taste will be amazing !

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    Cammeo Murray

    September 27, 2018

    Wow I’ve never heard of this method before! I’ll have to tell my hubs about it since he’s the big coffeee drinker 😉

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    Mariah Klee

    September 27, 2018

    Love that this is cute enough to leave out on the countertop as decor!

  6. Reply

    Rachel

    September 27, 2018

    This looks so cute. It would be a great gift for any coffee lover. I hope it makes coffee that tastes as good as it looks.

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      Sandy

      September 28, 2018

      Yes it tastes amazing! The pour over method results in great flavours !

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    Mommy Peachy

    September 28, 2018

    I’ve tried the pour over method once and we loved it. Your post is making me wan to try it for the second time.

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      Sandy

      September 28, 2018

      I highly recommend it. It’s such an easy way to make a great tasting cup of brew!

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    Katherine

    September 28, 2018

    I love coffee (in recent years, actually) but I’ve never tried the pour over method before! Your photos are gorgeous and now I definitely have to try this out. 🙂

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      Sandy

      September 28, 2018

      Hi Katherine! Yes you definitely need to try the our over method especially if you already love coffee!

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    Karen Roldan

    September 29, 2018

    I like the idea of pour-over coffee! I love drinking coffee – it always starts my day – but I haven’t tried pour-over. I didn’t even know that there’s such a thing, so it’s interesting to find out about this. Thanks for sharing!

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