Kalita Wave 2020

By Kurasu Kyoto, 2020

A simple four-pour flat-bed recipe from Kurasu's Kyoto cafe, designed for consistency and ease with the Kalita Wave 155.

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Coffee
13g, said in the original. Show the evidence.

“Coffee: 13g”

said in the original · Description box, English section

Water
200g, said in the original. Show the evidence.

“Water: 200g”

said in the original · Description box, English section

Ratio
1:15.4
Temperature
91°C, said in the original. Show the evidence.

“90c ~91c (194F)”

said in the original · Description box, English section; taking the upper value of the range as the single representative temperature

Brew time
—
Grind (estimated)
medium, worked out from the recipe. Show the evidence.

Coffee: 13g / Water: 200g

worked out from the recipe · A 1:15.4 ratio flat-bed recipe at 90–91°C is consistent with a medium grind; no grind descriptor is given in the source

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Equipment

Designed on
Kalita Wave Hasami Porcelain Dripper 155, said in the original. Show the evidence.

“Dripper: Kalita Wave Hasami Porcelain Dripper 155”

said in the original · Description box, equipment list

Works with
flat-bottom brewer, worked out from the recipe. Show the evidence.

Dripper: Kalita Wave Hasami Porcelain Dripper 155

worked out from the recipe · A flat-bed schedule transfers to other flat-bottom drippers of similar geometry

grams

Uses 200g of water

400:001000:401501:102001:40
Water in the brewer over time, drawn from the recipe.

Step by step

0:00
  1. 0:00Pour to 40gbloom pouryou have 40s
  2. 0:40Waitbloom rest ends at 40 seconds
  3. 0:40Pour to 100gadd 60gsecond pour to 100 g cumulativeyou have 30s
  4. 1:10Pour to 150gadd 50gthird pour to 150 g cumulative at 1 min 10 secyou have 30s
  5. 1:40Pour to 200gadd 50gfinal pour to 200 g cumulative at 1 min 40 sec

Weights are cumulative: what the scale reads when that pour finishes.

How Kurasu Kyoto brews it

What it makes

Style
clarity, said in the original. Show the evidence.

“We love this flat bottom dripper for the consistent cup it produces.”

said in the original · Description box, English section; 'consistent cup' implies clarity and evenness rather than texture

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Credit and corrections

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