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V60 Papers: Our Excessive Testing Was Worth It!

2025-06-27 Entertainment
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Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code *jameshoffmann* at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/jameshoffmann This is an update on the video I made seven years ago about the differences between the Hario V60 filter papers, as I realised it was now outdated, and options have changed quite a bit! This video clarifies Hario’s current V60 filter paper offerings and covers my recommendations for whether filter papers need rinsing (or which ones), and how different kinds of filter papers impact extraction. Here’s my older filter paper video from 2018: https://youtu.be/0uggibTY0AE Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 0:32 The filter papers we tested 2:53 What did we test for 3:45 Context 5:00 An entirely sensible test 6:50 Taste test 1 9:43 Incogni 11:06 A Microscopic Visual Tone Poem. Or something like that. 11:25 Second test set up 14:58 Taste test 2 16:57 Summary The contests to win 50 bags of coffee have now closed and the winners have been emailed. Our Fresh Coffee print that's in the background: https://geni.us/THT-FreshCoffee Our Coffee Joy print in the background: https://geni.us/THT-Joy Other Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameshoffmann Limited Edition Merch: https://geni.us/TensHundredsThousands Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimseven Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jimseven My Books: How to Make The Best Coffee At Home*: https://geni.us/howtomakethebestcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee*: http://geni.us/atlasofcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee Audiobook*: https://bit.ly/worldatlasofcoffeeaudio The Best of Jimseven*: https://geni.us/bestofjimseven Things I use and like: My old glasses: http://bit.ly/boldlondon My new glasses (Sept 2024 onwards): https://bit.ly/thenewglasses My hair product of choice*: https://geni.us/forthehair (*Affiliate links which may earn us a commission) Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3565675/1347628/16252

Top Comments (10)

@ginkomagoob 2025-06-27

Thanks for your unfiltered opinions James.

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@jmmanley 2025-06-27

I rinse the filter on my V60, not because I have ever tasted the paper when I didn't rinse, but because it makes the filter stick to the walls of the brewer, which I like.

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@Grumpist1 2025-06-27

petition to do 1 slurp and then, instead of silence, use the Yoshi tongue sound effect for all subsequent slurps

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@chrishartwig 2025-06-27

The only guy I'll listen to for 18 minutes about what paper tastes like.

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@jameshoffmann 2025-06-27

I realised that we haven't listed the papers in an order of brew time/extraction so here they are: - Sibarist Fast (fastest) - Timemore - Sibarist B3 - Cafec T90 - Cafec T83 - Cafec Acaba - Hario - Cafec T92 - Kinto Slow (Slowest) The spread in extraction was really quite small, with the fastest being 0.5% below the group average and the slowest being 0.6% above the group average. However, all others were within 0.2% of the group average - so very similar!

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@the-real-steveg 2025-06-27

It's admirable that you revisit 'outdated' advice, to update or correct it - It hints at you having a curious mind that has a permanent what-if that's happy to question and improve upon your own knowledge, and pass it on to us...

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@davidstewart4570 2025-06-27

Such a relief that paper-rinsing is yesterday's problem. That's probably saved me around 2 hours per year. Yippee 😊

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@asecretboss 2025-06-27

Prof James here grading paper

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@dermeisenmann4576 2025-06-27

Wow this man has no filter

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@ZnarkyT 2025-12-19

I stopped rinsing because of this video. Then I started again right after because wet paper is easier to deal with

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