This video provides a beginner-friendly guide to making delicious pour-over coffee at home. Lance Hedrick explains the necessary equipment, emphasizing affordability and accessibility, and offers simple recipes for both V60 and Clever drippers.
The video mentions price ranges for hand grinders as follows: the Q2 Heptagonal from Easy Preso is around $80; King grinders (K0, K2, K4, K6) are around $90 (potentially cheaper with sales); and the Timemore C3 has been seen as low as $36 US.
The V60 dripper is described as producing a more complex, tea-like cup and is easier to use once you have the process down. The Clever dripper is presented as a simpler, more approachable method, where all water is added at once and then plunged after steeping. The speaker indicates that a gooseneck kettle is not needed for the Clever method.
Lance Hedrick recommends Cafe brand paper filters, specifically their Abaca series. These filters come in trapezoidal and conical shapes, suitable for both Clever and V60 drippers.
If a gooseneck kettle isn't available, the speaker suggests using a tea kettle and pouring the water over a spoon to create a dispersed stream that helps to mimic the even saturation of a gooseneck kettle.