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Open in appKurasu Kyoto's updated Kalita Wave 185 guide uses cooler water, a modest dose, and staged pours in a Japanese brewing style. It is tailored to delicate light-roast coffees, seeking tea-like body, clear aromatics, and gentle sweetness.
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Parameters
- 15 g
- Coffee
- 250 g
- Water
- 1:16.7
- Ratio
- 91 °C
- Temp
- 5 medium
- Grind
- 2:45
- Total
- ~250 ml
- Yield
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Method
2:45 · total-
Bloom 1 / 50:0040s
Pour 40g in a spiral. Let it bloom.
+40g→ 40g Spiral 5.7g/s 7s 91°C -
Pour 2 / 50:4030s
Pour in a spiral to 100g.
+60g→ 100g Spiral 6g/s 10s -
Pour 3 / 51:1030s
Pour in a spiral to 170g.
+70g→ 170g Spiral 5.8g/s 12s -
Pour 4 / 51:401m5s
Finish in a spiral to 250g.
+80g→ 250g Spiral 5.7g/s 14s -
Done 5 / 52:45
Drawdown complete.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by Kurasu, published at kurasu.kyoto.
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