Foam Cue
by The Coffee Soldier for Orea Z1 original source (coffeesoldierorg.wordpress.com)
Coffee Soldier's Z1 recipe replaces fixed intervals with visual foam cues and sends each pour through a Melodrip. Brewing to the OREA logo and waiting for the foam to settle aims for controlled agitation, sweetness, and clarity.
Before you start
You need
- Orea Z1
- Scale
- Water at 95 °C (203 °F)
Notes from The Coffee Soldier
Bloom thoroughly and swirl once, then pour through the Melodrip until foam reaches the OREA logo. Resume only after it settles. Use a Comandante at 21-25 click, stay slightly hotter than for a V60, and shake the Melodrip clean at the finish.
Steps · 3:44
7 steps · 5 poursTake it to the kitchen: point your iPhone camera here. If you have Gota, it opens in the app; if not, here, on your phone.
ProIn the app, this recipe is part of Gota Pro.
With your scale, Gota tells you how many grams are left and how fast you're pouring, and calls it out by voice.
Pro In the app, this recipe is part of Gota Pro. Free for Orea Z1 in the app: Dark Roast, Official.
Download GotaGota brews this recipe with you on iPhone. It isn't on Android yet.
Tell me when it's on Android-
Step 1 of 7, 0:00until 0:10 60 g
Bloom. Pour in a spiral to 60g (2.1 oz).
Spiral 6 g/s · 10s 95 °C
-
Step 2 of 7, 0:15rest until 0:45
Swirl vigorously. Let it bloom.
-
Step 3 of 7, 0:45until 1:35 115 g+55
Pour to 115g (4.1 oz) through the Melodrip, keeping the stream soft and even over the bed.
Fill gently
-
Step 4 of 7, 1:35until 2:25 170 g+55
Wait until the foam settles. Pour to 170g (6 oz) through the Melodrip, keeping the stream soft and even over the bed.
Fill gently
-
Step 5 of 7, 2:25until 3:10 225 g+55
Wait until the foam settles. Pour to 225g (7.9 oz) through the Melodrip, keeping the stream soft and even over the bed.
Fill gently
-
Step 6 of 7, 3:10until 3:44 280 g+55
Wait until the foam settles. Make the last pour to 280g (9.9 oz) through the Melodrip, keeping the bed calm.
Fill gently
-
Step 7 of 7, 3:44
Finish when the coffee stops dripping.
When it's done
It should finish dripping around 3:44. If not, change just one thing in the next cup:
- Past 4:24? Grind coarser
- Done before 3:04? Grind finer
- Bitter or dry? Coarser, or cooler water
- Sour and thin? Grind finer
Gota for iPhone
You pour. Gota keeps count.
It tells you the water for every pour and alerts you with a sound and a vibration; with an Acaia scale, also the grams left to go. When you finish, the cup goes into your journal.
Step 5
225 g
+55 g add water
Freethe timer, the voice and 172 recipes
Gota Prothis recipe and all 1,061, with the AI
Questions about this recipe
Stuck while brewing it? Ask in the community in your language: people around the world answer, and Gota (AI) answers right away.