Lance Hedrick Built a 30 g V60 Recipe That Isn't a Bigger 15 g Recipe
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Lance Hedrick doesn't like V60 brews outside the 15–18 g range, and the question he keeps getting is how to scale up. His answer is a different method, not a bigger version of it: 30 g of coffee, 450 g of water at 85–88 °C, three gentle blooms inside the first minute, then one fast pour. Target: 2:00–2:10.
Quotes
Quotes“I have finally put out a guiding recipe for a 2 cup V60 that I think is actually good.”
“As someone who always makes 2 cup brews, this is very helpful!”
“Mess up. Faster than 5. Closer to 8 or so but yeah there is not much time between initial and second. Keeping it moist.”
“your first bloom is 90g at around 5g/s which would take almost the full 20 seconds... Does that mean you're cracking on with the second bloom straight away, or are you only starting your 20s timer after the first bloom? Typical I'm waiting until the bed is dry before pouring the second bloom.”
“brewing 30 grams of a Sey Jose Jijon at once... i wished i had that kinda money”
Facts
Facts30 g in, 450 g out — The recipe, listed in BeanBook as Lance's Triple-Bloom Two-Cup V60 Recipe, pairs a 30 g dose with 450 g of water at 85–88 °C, ground medium and only about half a step coarser than the creator's 15 g recipe (
video).Three pours before the big one — The bed is wetted in stages: 90 g at 0:00, about 150 g by 0:20, about 200 g by 0:40, then the rest at 1:00. Pouring in stages exists because a deep 30 g bed leaves dry pockets if the water goes in one go (
video).The last pour acts like immersion — About 250 g lands at 1:00 and sits on the grounds for roughly a minute before drawdown, which he says is where the sweetness comes from; the depth of the bed and the paper filter keep the cup clean anyway (
video).2:00–2:10, about 1.25% TDS — That is roughly 16.5% extraction for a thinner, more tea-like cup; push past 2:30 and the same coffee turns sweeter and more buttery with less complexity. The brew on camera ran 2:32, which he called a little long (
video).
Voices
VoicesVerdict · YouTube · Lance Hedrick — Sweeter and fuller than 15 g — His own summary is that the 30 g brew gets more sweetness and a fuller body than the smaller dose range, while the 15 g cup keeps the more floral highs (
video).Reaction · YouTube comments — The two-cup gap, finally filled — The top reply is a two-cup brewer saying the video is very helpful, and another commenter writes the whole schedule back out as a cheat sheet that matches the posted steps (
video).Objection · YouTube comments — A Switch does the bloom better — One commenter argues a closed Hario Switch gives a 2x bloom and a fruitier cup; Hedrick replies that he has tried the approach for years and simply never enjoys switch brews (
video).Objection · YouTube comments — 30 g is an expensive cup — Cost is the sharpest line of pushback: 30 g at a time drew the comment that he wishes he had that kind of money, and a Brazilian reader asks for a 700–800 ml version instead, which this recipe does not cover (
video).
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