Ultra Slow Pour

Nel Drip Traditional by Blue Bottle Coffee

Blue Bottle Coffee's brewing guide is the source for this coarse-ground, low-heat nel approach. An exceptionally restrained opening pour and careful bed preparation are designed to yield a silky, aromatic, deeply sweet cup.

1:7.4 Ratio

3:20 Total

25g Dose

82°C Temp

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Parameters

25 g
Coffee: 185 g
Water: 1:7.4
Ratio: 82 °C
Temp: 8 coarse
Grind: 3:20
Total: ~190 ml
Yield

Grind · 8/10 · coarse

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Method

3:20 · total

Before you brew

1 Preheat the brewer with hot water.
2 Add 25g of grounds.
3 Groom the bed.
4 Shape the dry coffee bed with a small well in the centre.

Bloom 1 / 6
0:00

45s

Pour 45g in concentric rings. Keep the pour gentle.

+45g→ 45g Fill gently 1g/s 45s 82°C
Degas 2 / 6
0:45

45s

Let it bloom.

45s
Pour 3 / 6
1:30

1m

Pour in a spiral to 125g. Keep the stream over the coffee bed and off the filter.

+80g→ 125g Spiral 1.3g/s 1m
Drawdown 4 / 6
2:30

20s

Let the water drop through.

20s
Pour 5 / 6
2:50

30s

Pour in a spiral to 185g. Keep the stream over the coffee bed and off the filter.

+60g→ 185g Spiral 2g/s 30s
Done 6 / 6
3:20

Finish when the coffee stops dripping.

Notes

Groom the coarse grounds with a bamboo paddle and make a nickel-sized central indentation. Set the kettle to 82°C and deliver the first 45g over 45s; faster flow sacrifices the method's controlled saturation.

Original source

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

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