The Next Level Pulsar is a competition-oriented flat-bottom dripper from the same Dutch brand behind the LVL-10. Unlike the LVL, the Pulsar has no moving parts — the design trades adjustability for a single, highly optimised geometry tuned for pulse-pour brewing in competition settings.
The Pulsar's flat bed is tight and shallow, its drainage pattern is aggressive, and the walls are steep enough to keep pours channelled through the bed centre. It is the dripper Dutch and Northern European competitors have used on the Brewers Cup circuit in recent years, and the recipe style that suits it best involves many small pulse pours — five or six deliberate additions — rather than a few continuous ones.
A competition-style starting recipe: 16 g of coffee to 260 g of water (1:16), medium-fine grind, water at 94–95 °C, five or six pulse pours timed to land as the previous water drains completely, total time 2:30 to 3:15. Uses Kalita Wave 155 paper filters. The Pulsar is not a forgiving daily brewer — it is the flat bed for someone who is already competent with pulse pouring and wants a dripper that rewards precision.