A handcrafted ceramic cone-shaped pour-over dripper designed for single-cup brewing. Its spiral ridge interior and large single hole give users precise control over extraction and flavor development.
5 mentions · 3 threadslast mention Dec 2025
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As grind shifted coarser for espresso, so did it for pourover for me. ... You'd be shocked how coarse you can grind with modern grinders and water, and you only gain complexity. ... For filter, my TBTs have recently been sub 2 minutes, with some being near the 1 minute range. Even for ultralights. The coffee has never tasted better. It's worth playing around with variables and seeing how far you can push things.
The biggest reason is hypochondria. The idea of plastic mixing with boiling water never ever sat right with me. Most posts here praises the superiority of the plastic V60 over the ceramic one, but I also occasionally come across some where people say that they're getting funky tastes from their plastic brewer and it is a known fact that they have a limited life span and they eventually break down. With all that new research coming out about micro plastics as well, I just don't see a good reason to tempt fate when I have alternatives. I also like the workflow with heftier brewers a lot better. I have more control when I swirl the slurry.
But if you got all the bells and whistles kind of kettle, ceramic is best, and pretty too. ... I personally like brews that come out of both metal and ceramic drippers.
I have ceramic and plastic Hario V60s, and I really prefer my "under-extracted coffee" made with 1) the ceramic V60, 2) light roast coffee, 3) multi-pour methods like April's and 4:6.
I noticed by brews are better when they are around 2mins, I get less bitterness and the coffee indeed has a better colour - it's less turbid.
Owners strongly prefer ceramic over plastic V60s for heat retention and flavor richness, especially with light roasts and multi-pour techniques. The handcrafted Arita-yaki construction appeals to many, and the fine control the large hole provides is consistently praised. The sample is thin (5 mentions), but sentiment is uniformly positive. Brewing technique matters: owners report noticeably better cups when they experiment with grind size and pour speed. Buy it if you want a beautiful, hands-on brewer; skip it if you prefer automatic simplicity.