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Official — In-Out Spiral

by Blue Bottle Coffee Blue Bottle Dripper

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

  • Balanced
  • Sweet
  • Medium-bodied
  • Light roast
  • Medium roast
  • Standard
  • Beginner
Total
3:00
Ratio
1:15
Coffee
20 g
Temp
95 °C

The Official — In-Out Spiral recipe by Blue Bottle Coffee for the Blue Bottle Dripper uses 20 g of coffee and 300 g of water (1:15 ratio), at 95°C, with a target brew time of 3:00.

Parameters

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

Method

3:00 · total
  1. 0:00
    Bloom

    Pour 60g to bloom. Wait 30 seconds.

    +60g 10s Slow
  2. 0:30
    Pour

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

    +180g 25s Circular
  3. 1:10
    Pour

    Pour to 300g total. Same spiral pattern.

    +300g 25s Circular
  4. 3:00
    Done

    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.

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Original source

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

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