NextLevel Pulsar Mini Nextlevel
Low Column
Jonathan Gagné's open-valve approach: keep the water column under a centimetre above the bed through many small centre pours. A clean 1:17.
Parameters
- 15 g
- Coffee
- 255 g
- Water
- 1:17
- Ratio
- 98 °C
- Temp
- 5 medium
- Grind
- 3:30
- Total
- 1
- Servings
Method
3:30 · total-
Bloom 1 / 30:00+45g add
To
45g
8s Slow Valve: ClosedOpen the valve. Pour to 45g — about 3× the dose. At the first drips, close the valve and swirl.
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Pour 2 / 30:30+210g add
To
255g
90s Pulse Valve: OpenOpen the valve fully. Pour in the centre of the cap in multiple pours, keeping the water column under 1 cm above the bed, until 255g.
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Done 3 / 33:30
Drawdown complete around 3:30.
Notes
Grinder
650 µm gap. EG-1 / Lab Sweet reference.
Original source
Recipe by Jonathan Gagné, published at nextlevelbrewer.com.
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