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Blue Bottle Dripper

Official — In-Out Spiral

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Blue Bottle Coffee's official recipe. Spiral pouring technique from center outward and back.

1:15 Ratio
3:00 Total
20g Dose
95°C Temp
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Parameters

20 g
Coffee
300 g
Water
1:15
Ratio
95 °C
Temp
5 medium
Grind
3:00
Total
~300 ml
Yield
Grind · 5/10 · medium
FINE COARSE

Method

3:00 · total
  1. Bloom 1 / 4
    0:00

    Pour 60g to bloom. Wait 30 seconds.

    +60g→ 60g Spiral 10s
  2. Pour 2 / 4
    0:30

    Pour to 180g total. Spiral from center out in 4 circles, back inward in 4 circles, finish at center.

    +120g→ 180g Spiral 25s
  3. Pour 3 / 4
    1:10

    Pour to 300g total. Same spiral pattern.

    +120g→ 300g Spiral 25s
  4. Done 4 / 4
    3:00

    Drawdown complete.

Notes

Uses Kalita Wave 185 filter. Pre-heat dripper — thick ceramic needs extra preheating. The spiral pouring technique (center-out-in-center) is key to this method.

Original source

Recipe by Blue Bottle Coffee, published at bluebottlecoffee.com.

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Bloom

0:00

60g

+180g add

10s
Bloom · 1/4 0:00