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Five Pour Micro Dose

by Lance Hedrick Cafec Deep 27

Lance Hedrick's micro-brew recipe for the Cafec Deep 27 — when you have leftover beans or want a small extra cup without committing to a full dose. Five small pours with a double bloom and a big middle pour leverage the steep 27° angle to keep the bed deep enough for proper extraction at 8g.

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Total
1:50
Ratio
1:17.5
Coffee
8 g
Temp
95 °C

The Five Pour Micro Dose recipe by Lance Hedrick for the Cafec Deep 27 uses 8 g of coffee and 140 g of water (1:17.5 ratio), at 95°C, with a target brew time of 1:50.

Parameters

8 g
Coffee
140 g
Water
1:17.5
Ratio
95 °C
Temp
7 coarse
Grind
1:50
Total
1
Servings
Grind · 7/10 · medium-coarse
FINE COARSE

Method

1:50 · total
  1. 0:00
    Bloom

    Pour 20g at the centre to wet all the grounds.

    +20g 4s Slow
  2. 0:20
    Bloom

    Second bloom: pour to 40g cumulative. The double bloom ensures full saturation despite the narrow geometry.

    +40g 4s Slow
  3. 0:40
    Pour

    Big middle pour: pour to 90g cumulative (50g added). Spikes the temperature and lifts fines onto the walls.

    +90g 10s Slow
  4. 1:00
    Pour

    Pour to 115g cumulative (25g added). Smaller, gentle.

    +115g 5s Slow
  5. 1:20
    Pour

    Final pour to 140g cumulative (25g added). Smooth steady stream, no turbulence.

    +140g 5s Slow
  6. 1:50
    Done

    Drawdown complete. Target under 2:00.

Notes

The Deep 27 shines at micro doses because the steep angle keeps a usable bed depth even at 7g–9g; on a regular V60 you would lose all bed depth and the brew tastes hollow. Grind coarser than your normal V60 — the 5-pour structure and bed depth provide contact time, not the grind. Going fine just makes the cup bitter and hollow. The double bloom (20g + 20g) compensates for water falling past the small bed without saturating it; the big middle pour spikes temperature, jump-starts diffusion, and lifts fines onto the walls. Pour with a smooth steady stream — no need for turbulence with this many pours. If the cup is too bitter at your grind, drop the last pour and run a 4-pour version. If too watery, go slightly finer or shrink the ratio to 1:15 / 1:14 keeping the same pour proportions. For 9g–10g doses, switch to the 4-pour 1:16 variant — same brewer, slightly different pour structure.

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Original source

Recipe by Lance Hedrick, published at youtube.com.

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V60
0:00
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0:30

100g

+50g Add water

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