Maximum Extraction
Open in appLance Hedrick's maximum-extraction Tricolate recipe combines a long bloom with staged, gentle main pours. Fresh solvent reaches the bed progressively, seeking a delicate, clean cup with exceptional extraction rather than diluted flavor.
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You'll need
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WDT tool Required
A cluster of fine needles used to stir and de-clump the coffee bed (Weiss Distribution Technique) for even saturation.
Parameters
- 15 g
- Coffee
- 330 g
- Water
- 1:22
- Ratio
- 100 °C
- Temp
- 3 fine
- Grind
- 6:00
- Total
- ~330 ml
- Yield
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Method
6:00 · totalBefore you brew
- 1 Rinse the filter.
- 2 Add 15g of coffee and level the bed with a WDT tool.
- 3 Fit the dispersion screen over the bed.
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Bloom 1 / 70:0012s
Pour 45g. Pour through the dispersion screen.
+45g→ 45g 5.6g/s 8s 100°C -
Swirl 2 / 70:121m48s
Swirl gently. Let it bloom.
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Pour 3 / 72:0032s
Pour 142g in concentric rings to 187g. Pour through the dispersion screen. Keep the pour gentle.
+142g→ 187g Rings 5.1g/s 28s -
Swirl 4 / 72:321m28s
Swirl gently to settle the bed flat.
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Pour 5 / 74:0033s
Wait until the water is close to the coffee bed without exposing it. Pour the final 143g in concentric rings to 330g. Pour through the dispersion screen. Keep the pour gentle.
+143g→ 330g Rings 4.9g/s 29s -
Swirl 6 / 74:331m27s
Swirl gently to settle the bed flat.
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Done 7 / 76:00
Finish when the coffee stops dripping.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by Lance Hedrick, published at youtube.com.
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