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Coffee Culture: Pouring Over the Perfect Cup
Pour-over is actually an old-school technique experiencing a revival. Learn the art to doing it correctly.
Don’t tell Ferris McIntyre she’s too young to love coffee. The 17-year-old Adolfo Camarillo High School senior is a self-described “coffee nerd” and barista-in-training, mastering the art of the perfect pour-over under the tutelage of coffee guru Mike Colston, owner of Element Coffee in Camarillo.
Pour-over is the hot new trend that’s actually an old-school method of making coff ee. In simplest terms, it’s pouring hot water over coff ee grounds, but there’s definitely a technique to extracting all the nuanced flavors from the beans.