Switch Dripper
Hario V60 with a valve. Toggles between immersion and percolation in a single brew.
How the Switch works
The Switch is a glass V60 mounted on a ball valve: open, it is a regular V60 (percolation); closed, it becomes an immersion vessel. What sets it apart from other hybrids is switching between the two modes within a single brew — each phase of the coffee can get the extraction regime that suits it best.
It is the most versatile dripper on the shelf: any V60 recipe runs on it, and the dedicated recipes exploit the valve to gain body without losing the cone’s clarity.
Grind, ratio and temperature
Medium to medium-fine grind, a 1:15 ratio and water from 93 to 96°C. The immersion phase forgives a coarser grind; the percolation phase behaves like a V60. The same rule applies: grind runs the extraction — adjust it one step at a time.
Which recipe to pick
The two house recipes are opposite philosophies of the same valve. The Hoffmann Switch opens in percolation (bloom and first pour like a V60) and closes at the end, finishing in immersion at 96°C to pull sweetness from light roasts. The Kasuya Switch — from the device’s co-designer — does the reverse: it starts closed with a short immersion, then opens for the final percolation pours. Worth brewing both with the same coffee and comparing.
Common mistakes
Forgetting the valve state — starting open in a recipe that wanted immersion (or finishing closed and never draining); using water that is too cool for the immersion phase, which already loses heat sitting in the glass; and repeating V60 mistakes in the percolation phase: rushed pours, unrinsed filter, stream on the wall.
