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USBrC Nationals

UFO Dripper Misc pourover by John Dixon

John Dixon's routine from USBrC Nationals 2024 — the dripper's first national showing. Three equal 50g circle pours followed by a 100g center pour finisher, over a layered dose of two Black & White lots on Sibarist FAST UFO paper.

1:15.6 Ratio
2:30 Total
16g Dose
93°C Temp
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Parameters

16 g
Coffee
250 g
Water
1:15.6
Ratio
93 °C
Temp
5 medium-fine
Grind
2:30
Total
~250 ml
Yield
Grind · 5/10 · medium
FINE COARSE

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Filter

Sibarist UFO Special Edition (FAST)

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Method

2:30 · total

Before you brew

  1. 1 Layer 10g of Wilton Benitez Pink Bourbon over 6g of Nestor Lasso Sidra Bourbon.
  1. Bloom 1 / 5
    0:00
    45s

    Pour 50g in an outward spiral for the bloom. Make the circles clockwise. Let it bloom.

    +50g→ 50g Spiral outward 6.3g/s 8s 93°C
  2. Pour 2 / 5
    0:45
    30s

    Pour 50g to 100g in an outward spiral. Make the circles clockwise.

    +50g→ 100g Spiral outward 6.3g/s 8s
  3. Pour 3 / 5
    1:15
    30s

    Pour 50g to 150g in an outward spiral. Make the circles clockwise.

    +50g→ 150g Spiral outward 6.3g/s 8s
  4. Pour 4 / 5
    1:45
    45s

    Pour in the centre to 250g.

    +100g→ 250g Center pour 6.3g/s 16s
  5. Done 5 / 5
    2:30

    Finish when the coffee stops dripping.

Notes

Dose is layered: 10g Wilton Benitez thermal-shock Pink Bourbon over 6g Nestor Lasso anaerobic Sidra Bourbon, both roasted by Black & White. Water is heavily mineralised: Third Wave Water 80 ppm base, then 5 ppm MgCl₂, 10 ppm CaCl₂, 2.5 ppm NaHCO₃ from Lotus Drops (97.5 ppm total). Filter: Sibarist FAST UFO. Grinder: Comandante C40 Mk 4 at 21 clicks, ~600 µm.

Original source

Recipe by John Dixon, published at web.archive.org.

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