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Big Boy Competition

High extraction competition-style recipe for the Orea Big Boy.

  • Floral
  • Fruity
  • Medium-bodied
  • Light roast
  • Long
  • Intermediate
Total
4:30
Ratio
1:15.6
Coffee
32 g
Temp
95 °C

The Big Boy Competition recipe by Orea for the Orea Big Boy uses 32 g of coffee and 500 g of water (1:15.6 ratio), at 95°C, with a target brew time of 4:30.

Parameters

32 g
Coffee
500 g
Water
1:15.6
Ratio
95 °C
Temp
4 medium fine
Grind
4:30
Total
3
Servings
Grind · 4/10 · fine-medium
FINE COARSE

Method

4:30 · total
  1. 0:00
    Bloom

    Pour 65g, stir vigorously.

    +65g 10s Circular
  2. 0:35
    Pour

    Pour to 200g.

    +200g 15s Circular
  3. 1:00
    Stir

    Stir 3 times.

  4. 1:10
    Pour

    Pour to 350g.

    +350g 15s Circular
  5. 1:35
    Pour

    Final pour to 500g.

    +500g 15s Circular
  6. 1:55
    Swirl

    Gentle swirl.

  7. 4:30
    Done

    Drawdown complete.

Notes

Aggressive extraction for light roasts. Multiple pours with agitation for maximum sweetness at batch scale.

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Original source

Recipe by Orea, published at youtube.com.

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