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Hario Alpha 01

Sweet Spin

Hario Alpha 01 Hario others by Tomoya Tsujii

Tomoya Tsujii's house schedule on the Alpha, brewed here with a washed Kenya AA. Four pours, a small first one, and a hard swirl on each of the early ones — the swirl is the point, and what he credits for the sweetness. He picked this dripper for the coffee on purpose: chaffy Kenyans and Ethiopians tend to choke a standard V60 late in the brew, and the Alpha holds the same drain speed to the last drop.

1:14.4 Ratio
2:45 Total
16g Dose
90°C Temp
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Parameters

16 g
Coffee
230 g
Water
1:14.4
Ratio
90 °C
Temp
5 medium
Grind
2:45
Total
~230 ml
Yield
Grind · 5/10 · medium
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Method

2:45 · total
  1. Bloom 1 / 7
    0:00
    8s

    Pour in a spiral to 40g. Cover the whole coffee bed evenly.

    +40g→ 40g Spiral 5g/s 8s 90°C
  2. Swirl 2 / 7
    0:08
    32s

    Swirl vigorously until every ground is wet. Let it bloom.

    Fill briskly
  3. Pour 3 / 7
    0:40
    12s

    Pour in a spiral to 100g.

    +60g→ 100g Spiral 5g/s 12s
  4. Swirl 4 / 7
    0:52
    28s

    Swirl vigorously. Let it bloom.

    Fill briskly
  5. Pour 5 / 7
    1:20
    35s

    Pour 70g to 170g in an outward spiral. Take the stream out to the edge of the coffee bed.

    +70g→ 170g Spiral outward 5g/s 14s
  6. Pour 6 / 7
    1:55
    50s

    Pour in the centre to 230g.

    +60g→ 230g Center pour 5g/s 12s
  7. Done 7 / 7
    2:45

    Finish when the coffee stops dripping.

Notes

The first pour is deliberately small: get the bed wet, swirl it hard, and let the sweetness build there rather than chasing it later. Swirl the second pour just as firmly; by the third, ease off and pour slowly out to the edge instead. The last one stays in the middle — no need to reach the wall again. He aims to be done under 3:00 and lands around 2:45; if yours runs long, the grind is the first thing to move, not the schedule.

Grinder

22 clicks (Comandante C40) — he calls it a medium grind.

Original source

Recipe by Tomoya Tsujii, published at youtube.com.

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