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Nel Drip

Kissaten Style

Nel Drip Traditional by Gota Team

Rooted in Japanese kissaten practice rather than a named modern guide, this nel method relies on patient, tightly controlled pouring. It seeks the traditional profile of concentrated sweetness, velvety body, and subdued acidity.

1:12.7 Ratio
4:00 Total
22g Dose
90°C Temp
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Parameters

22 g
Coffee
280 g
Water
1:12.7
Ratio
90 °C
Temp
5 medium
Grind
4:00
Total
~280 ml
Yield
Grind · 5/10 · medium
FINE COARSE

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Method

4:00 · total

Before you brew

  1. 1 Shape the dry coffee into an even, symmetrical mound.
  1. Bloom 1 / 4
    0:00
    45s

    Pour 30g over the centre of the bed. Let it bloom.

    +30g→ 30g Center pour 3g/s 10s 90°C
  2. Pour 2 / 4
    0:45
    45s

    Pour over the centre of the bed to 140g. Add small amounts, waiting for each one to sink before continuing.

    +110g→ 140g Center pour 3.1g/s 35s
  3. Pour 3 / 4
    1:30
    2m30s

    Finish over the centre of the bed to 280g. Add small amounts, waiting for each one to sink before continuing.

    +140g→ 280g Center pour 3.1g/s 45s
  4. Done 4 / 4
    4:00

    Finish when the coffee stops dripping.

Notes

Form a domed bed and place tiny pours only near its center, never directly against the cloth. Let each addition sink before continuing; flooding loosens fines and sacrifices the dense texture. Keep the nel warm between pours to avoid a flat finish.

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