Long Pours
Open in appVerve Coffee Roasters' home guide uses a bloom followed by a pair of broad pours in the Kalita Wave 185. The intentionally simple pattern relies on the flat bed and restricted flow to build even extraction and a balanced, approachable cup.
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Parameters
- 25 g
- Coffee
- 400 g
- Water
- 1:16
- Ratio
- 96 °C
- Temp
- 6 medium-coarse
- Grind
- 3:30
- Total
- ~400 ml
- Yield
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Method
3:30 · total-
Bloom 1 / 50:0010s
Pour in the centre to 40g.
+40g→ 40g Center pour 5.7g/s 7s 96°C -
Swirl 2 / 50:1020s
Shake gently to settle the bed. Let it bloom.
-
Pour 3 / 50:301m
Pour in a spiral to 220g.
+180g→ 220g Spiral 6g/s 30s -
Pour 4 / 51:302m
Pour in a spiral to 400g.
+180g→ 400g Spiral 6g/s 30s -
Done 5 / 53:30
Finish when the coffee stops dripping.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by Verve Coffee, published at vervecoffee.com.
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- Kalita Wave Where the V60 gives you a deep cone and free-flowing exit, the Kalita Wave does the opposite: a flat bed, three small holes, and a corrugated paper that holds itself off the walls. The brewer restricts flow on purpose. The grounds and the device share control.
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