Four Pour 1:16

Cafec Deep 27 Cafec by Lance Hedrick

Lance Hedrick's 4-pour Cafec Deep 27 recipe for 9g–10g doses — the small step up from his 5-pour Five Pour Micro Dose. Same double bloom, same big middle pour, but with one less finishing pour at a 1:16 ratio.

1:16 Ratio

2:00 Total

10g Dose

95°C Temp

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Parameters

10 g
Coffee: 160 g
Water: 1:16
Ratio: 95 °C
Temp: 7 coarse
Grind: 2:00
Total: ~160 ml
Yield

Grind · 7/10 · medium-coarse

FINE COARSE

Method

2:00 · total

Bloom 1 / 5
0:00

Pour 25g at the centre to wet all the grounds.

+25g→ 25g Center pour 5s
Bloom 2 / 5
0:20

Second bloom: pour to 50g cumulative. Double bloom for full saturation.

+25g→ 50g Pulsed center pour 5s
Pour 3 / 5
0:40

Big pour: to 120g cumulative (70g added). Brings the water level very high, saturates top to bottom, lifts fines onto the walls.

+70g→ 120g Pulsed spiral 14s
Pour 4 / 5
1:30

Final pour to 160g cumulative (40g added). Wait until the previous pour has drained almost all the way before starting.

+40g→ 160g Pulsed spiral 8s
Done 5 / 5
2:00

Drawdown complete. Target around 2:00.

Notes

This is the variant Hedrick reaches for when stepping up from the 7g–9g micro-brew range. At 10g the bed is deep enough that 5 pours becomes overkill — 4 pours gives the same shape with cleaner extraction. Same double bloom (25g + 25g) for proper saturation, then a big 70g pour that brings the water level very high — saturating the bed top to bottom and pushing fines onto the walls. After the big pour, let the bed drain "almost all the way" before the final 40g pour. That extra patience is the key to this version — without it the brew runs short on contact time. Same coarse grind as the 5-pour version, coarser than your normal V60. The bed depth and pour structure provide contact time, not the grind. For 7g–9g doses, drop down to the Five Pour Micro Dose. For doses above 10g, the Deep 27 is no longer the right brewer — switch to your V60.

Original source

Recipe by Lance Hedrick, published at youtube.com.