# Orea Brewer

Source: https://dailyextraction.com/methods/orea/
Last updated: 2026-10-19

> The Orea is a flat-bottomed dripper from London with steep 73° walls and a fast flow. OREA’s own starting recipe uses 16 g of medium-coarse coffee to 260 ml of water at 94°C, poured in five spiral pours of about 50–60 g, with the first at 0:00 and the last at 2:15. It should finish in 2:30 to 3:00.

## At a glance

- Ratio: 1:16 (16 g coffee : 260 g water)
- Grind: Medium-coarse
- Water temperature: 94 °C
- Brew time: about 2:45
- Category: Pour-over & Drip (Percolation)
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Origin: United Kingdom
- Also known as: OREA V3, OREA V4, OREA dripper, Orea coffee brewer

## Steps

1. **Wet the filter**: Put a flat-bottomed filter in the Orea and wet it. OREA says there’s no need to preheat the brewer, and cold water is fine for wetting the paper.
2. **Add the coffee**: Add 16 g of medium-coarse coffee and level it.
3. **First pour**: Start the timer and pour in a spiral to 60 g, with water at 94°C.
4. **Second pour**: At 0:40, pour in a spiral to 110 g.
5. **Third pour**: At 1:15, pour in a spiral to 160 g.
6. **Fourth pour**: At 1:45, pour in a spiral to 210 g.
7. **Last pour and drain**: At 2:15, pour in a spiral to 260 g and let it drain, finishing at about 2:30 to 3:00.

The **Orea** is a flat-bottomed pour-over dripper from **OREA**, a small, independent coffee equipment brand based in **East London**. OREA says it created its first brewer, the V1, in **2020** and officially launched on **1 February 2021**. The Orea has **narrow, steep walls**, angled at **73°** on the V4 Narrow, and a base designed to let coffee drain **quickly**: it's known for one of the faster flows among flat-bottomed drippers. The V4 takes **replaceable bottoms** that change how it drains. Here's OREA's own recipe, plus two more to try.

## The short version

- **A flat-bottomed dripper** with steep 73° walls (65° on the V4 Wide).
- **A fast flow**: the grind does most of the work of setting the brew time.
- **OREA's recipe:** 16 g coffee, 260 ml water at 94°C, five spiral pours.
- **Flat-bottomed filters**, wave or flat, size 185 for the V4.
- **Four replaceable bottoms** on the V4: Fast, Classic, Open and Apex.



## How does the Orea work?

Like the [Kalita Wave](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/kalita-wave/), the Orea is **flat-bottomed**, so the coffee sits in an even bed and the water passes through it evenly. But its walls are **steeper and narrower**, and it drains faster, so the coffee spends less time in contact with the water. That tends to give a **clean, light, bright** cup, and it means the grind does most of the work of controlling the brew time. The Roasters Pack says the V4 Wide holds about 20% more than the Narrow and drains about 30 seconds slower in the same conditions.

## How much coffee and water should I use?

| | OREA (V4, Fast bottom) | Process Coffee | Abdullah Isaacs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coffee | 16 g, medium-coarse | 20 g | 12.5 g, medium |
| Water | 260 ml | 300 g | 200 ml |
| Temperature | 94°C | 93°C | 93°C |
| First pour | To 60 g | 50 g, 35 seconds | 50 ml, wait 45 seconds |
| Then | Spiral pours at 0:40, 1:15, 1:45 and 2:15 | 70 g, then three pours of 60 g, 30 seconds apart | Pour to 125 ml, then to 200 ml |
| Total time | 2:30 to 3:00 | Not given | 2:00 to 2:30 |

OREA's recipe is from its V4 guides, which pour at about **5 g per second**. Process Coffee's recipe was published in The Coffee Vine's brew guide, made on an Orea V3. Abdullah Isaacs's comes from Coffee Magazine, also on a V3. OREA says the V4 works best with **12 to 24 g** of coffee, and up to 28 g at most.

## What grind size should I use?

Start around **medium-coarse**: OREA gives 22 to 26 clicks on a Comandante C40 for its base recipe on the Fast bottom. OREA suggests grinding a little **finer** on the Fast bottom and a little **coarser** on the Classic. If it finishes fast and tastes thin or sour, go finer; if it stalls or tastes bitter, go coarser.

![Chart of coffee grind sizes from extra fine to extra coarse, with medium-coarse highlighted for the Orea brewer](https://dailyextraction.com/diagrams/grind-size.svg#medium-coarse "Start around medium-coarse for the Orea, then adjust.")

## How do you brew with an Orea, step by step?

1. **Wet a flat-bottomed filter** in the Orea. OREA says there's no need to preheat the brewer.
2. **Add 16 g** of medium-coarse coffee.
3. **Pour in a spiral to 60 g** with water at 94°C.
4. **Pour in a spiral to 110 g at 0:40**, 160 g at 1:15 and 210 g at 1:45.
5. **Pour to 260 g at 2:15**, then let it drain, finishing at about 2:30 to 3:00.

OREA treats the timings as a guide: pour again when the water has almost reached the coffee bed. Brew mode on this page times each stage for you.

## Which filters and bottoms does it take?

The Orea uses **flat-bottomed filters**. OREA sells its own in **wave** and **flat** styles. The V4 Narrow and Wide both take **size 185** (large) papers; the small O1 takes **size 155** wave filters. The V4 comes with four **replaceable bottoms**: **Fast**, **Classic**, **Open** and **Apex**. OREA says the same recipe works on all of them, with a slightly finer grind on the Fast bottom, a slightly coarser one on the Classic and more central pouring on the Open and Apex. The original V3 was made of a plastic called Trogamid; for the V3 MK2, OREA switched to a high-impact polypropylene. There are also glass and porcelain versions with OREA's original Open bottom.

## Orea vs other flat-bottomed drippers

| | Orea | [Kalita Wave](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/kalita-wave/) | [Tricolate](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/tricolate/) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walls | Steep, 73° (Narrow) or 65° (Wide) | Sloped, with a wave filter | Vertical, a cylinder |
| Flow | Fast | Slower, three small holes | Controlled by a dispersion screen |
| Filters | Flat or wave | Wave | Its own |
| Pouring | Several pours | Several pours | Can be poured all at once |

*General guidance only. Take care with hot water, and follow OREA's care instructions for your brewer.*

## Orea vs other methods

- **[Kalita Wave](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/kalita-wave/):** the classic flat-bottomed dripper.
- **[V60](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/v60/):** the cone dripper with a single large hole.
- **[Origami dripper](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/origami-dripper/):** a ceramic cone with deep folds.
- **[Tricolate](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/tricolate/):** a cylinder brewer that stops bypass.

Explore every pour-over method in the [pour-over chapter](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/pour-over/).

## Words used in this guide

- [Pour-over](https://dailyextraction.com/glossary/pour-over/): Pour-over is a way of making filter coffee by hand: you pour hot water over ground coffee in a filter cone and let it drip through into a cup or jug.
- [Bypass](https://dailyextraction.com/glossary/bypass/): Bypass is brew water that flows around the coffee bed instead of through it, for example down the sides of a filter, so it reaches the cup without extracting much flavour.

## FAQs

### What is the Orea brewer?

A flat-bottomed pour-over dripper from OREA, a small coffee equipment brand based in East London. The V4 Narrow has steep walls angled at 73°, and the V4 Wide has 65° walls. It’s known for a relatively fast flow among flat-bottomed drippers.

### What filters does the Orea use?

Flat-bottomed filters: OREA makes its own in wave and flat styles. The V4 Narrow and Wide both take size 185 (large) papers, while the small O1 takes size 155 wave filters.

### What’s a good Orea recipe?

OREA’s own starting recipe is 16 g of medium-coarse coffee to 260 ml at 94°C, in five spiral pours, finishing at 2:30 to 3:00. Process Coffee uses 20 g to 300 g at 93°C, and Abdullah Isaacs uses 12.5 g to 200 ml at 93°C.

### What are the Orea’s bottoms?

The V4 comes with four bottoms: Fast, Classic, Open and Apex. OREA says the same recipe works on all of them, but suggests grinding a little finer on the Fast bottom, a little coarser on the Classic, and pouring more in the centre on the Open and Apex.

### Orea vs Kalita Wave?

Both are flat-bottomed drippers. The Orea’s walls are steeper and it flows faster; the Kalita Wave has three small holes and a slower, steadier flow.

## Sources

- [V4 guides](https://www.orea.uk/guides-v4)
- [OREA: exceptional coffee brewers and filter coffee accessories](https://www.orea.uk)
- [Orea V4 brewer](https://theroasterspack.com/products/orea-v4-brewer)
- [OREA Brewer V3 MK2 (large, 185)](https://roguewavecoffee.ca/products/orea-brewer-v3)
- [Our brew guide for September 2023](https://thecoffeevine.com/blog/our-brew-guide-for-september-2023/)
- [Beauty in the brew with Abdullah Isaacs: Orea filter](https://magazine.coffee/blog/9/6911/beauty-in-the-brew-with-abdullah-isaacs-orea-filter)
- [Brew guides](https://us.theroasterspack.com/blogs/news/issue-6-brew-guides)