I have a very limited experience with siphon brewing, With mine I have been putting 500ml of hot water into the bottom bowl, turn the heat source on once all the water has reached the top bowl I put in 45g of ground coffee and stir a couple of times to saturate all the grounds, I brew for 45 sec then remove the heat and wait, generally the coffee is all back in the bottom bowl at approx 1.45. I have only done a handful of brews, but they seam ok using this method.