1:15 · 225 ml
Kenya Kapkiyai
Home Roast · Kenya
Washed · Medium
Tasting notes: Blackcurrant · Tomato · Brown Sugar
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- 0:00Bloom40 ml of water · 92 °C · 3.2 ml/s · wait 50 s, swirl40 ml+40 ml
- 1:03Pour 1Circles · 91 °C · wait 11 s105 ml+65 ml
- 1:34Pour 2Circles · 90 °C · wait 11 s160 ml+55 ml
- 2:03Pour 3Circles · 89 °C · wait 11 s200 ml+40 ml
- 2:27Pour 4Circles · 88 °C · 3.2 ml/s · let it drain225 ml+25 ml
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Why this recipe
Kenya Kapkiyai · Home Roast
Grind 50 · 92 °C · 50 s · 2:30–3:30
Calculated by BrewMind's AI from this bean's altitude, process and roast, then checked against physical limits before you saw it.
A clean bean shows its origin best when nothing crowds it, so the settings lean towards a clear, bright cup. It is a dense bean, slow to give up flavour, so it is set to draw out its sweetness.
The decisions
Granulated sugar. Dense beans give up flavour slowly, so it's set a little finer.
Dial in your grinder →92 °C to start, then 91 °C, 90 °C, 89 °C and 88 °C. Heat opens the grounds early; stepping down keeps the finish sweet, not bitter.
40 ml of water, then a 50-second wait. Escaping gas pushes water away; waiting it out lets the pours that follow soak in evenly.
The Wave's flat bed needs one more pour to wet evenly. More, smaller pours stir the bed gently, for a cleaner, lighter cup.
40 → 105 → 160 → 200 → 225 ml
Circular pours wet the flat bed evenly.
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More pours than most in this group. Tuned to how this filter drains.