1:15 · 225 ml
Kenya, Nyeri
Catalyst Coffee · Kihuyo Washing Station
Washed · Light
Tasting notes: Starfruit · Sultana · Pink Guava
Tailored from the bag label.
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- 0:00Bloom45 ml of water · 93 °C · 3.1 ml/s · wait 42 s, swirl45 ml+45 ml
- 0:57Pour 1Circles · 93 °C · wait 30 s120 ml+75 ml
- 1:52Pour 2Circles · 93 °C · wait 30 s185 ml+65 ml
- 2:43Pour 3Circles · 93 °C · let it drain225 ml+40 ml
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Why this recipe
Kenya, Nyeri · Catalyst Coffee
Grind 40 · 93 °C · 42 s · 3:00–4:00
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
Fine table salt. Dense beans give up flavour slowly, so it's set a little finer.
Dial in your grinder →93 °C for every pour. Holding it level keeps every pour extracting at the same pace.
45 ml of water, then a 42-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. Three pours after the bloom keep body and clarity in step.
45 → 120 → 185 → 225 ml
Circular pours wet the flat bed evenly.
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