UFO Dripper Misc pourover
Official
UFO Coffee Tools' baseline recipe for V1 and V2 drippers. Three slow 50g pours followed by a high-agitation 100g finisher that creates bypass and controls fines.
Parameters
- 15 g
- Coffee
- 250 g
- Water
- 1:16.7
- Ratio
- 92 °C
- Temp
- 4 medium-fine
- Grind
- 3:15
- Total
- ~250 ml
- Yield
Method
3:15 · total-
Bloom 1 / 50:00+50g add
To
50g
8s SpiralPour 50g in slow circles, low spout. Swirl when finished to fully saturate the bed.
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Pour 2 / 51:00+50g add
To
100g
8s SpiralSame low-and-slow circle pour to 100g. Should drain almost completely by 1:30.
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Pour 3 / 51:30+50g add
To
150g
8s SpiralSame low-and-slow circle pour to 150g. Should drain by 2:00.
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Pour 4 / 52:00+100g add
To
250g
12s SpiralHigh spout, high flow. First 50g wide circle to lift fines off the wall, then 50g center pour to suspend them above the bed.
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Done 5 / 53:15
Drawdown complete.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by UFO Coffee Tools, published at web.archive.org.
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