3rd: Dharun Vyas, India (2025)

 

☕️ Coffee: ⁠
Sourced by @cafeimports, Roasted by @stereoscopecoffee
Packaging by @noissueco
Country: Ecuador⁠
Farm: Finca la Carolina⁠, Fausto Romo⁠
Process: Washed⁠
Variety: Sidra⁠
Elevation: 1,300 MASL⁠


💪 Preparation:⁠
Position: Inverted
Dose: 16g (16.5g in grinder)
Filter: 1x Classic Filter with Flow Control filter cap
Grind + Grinder: 52 clicks on a Comandante C40 with Red Clix
Water + Water temperature: Distilled water + Zura Magic Potion (minerals) up to 87 PPM at 88C
⁠Kettle: @variabrewing Aura Smart Kettle⁠

👉 Method: ⁠

 1.⁠ ⁠Dose the coffee and grind it by 0:50

 2.⁠ ⁠Dump the coffee into the brewer and create a depression into the centre of the grounds using a chopstick

 3.⁠ ⁠Pour the water in spirals (inward to outward and then outward to inward) up to 65 ml

 4.⁠ ⁠Wait 20 sec and pour the rest with a heavy flow on the center up to 208 ml

 5.⁠ ⁠Wait 10 sec and apply the filter cap

 6.⁠ ⁠Squeeze out all the extra air and revert the brewer on the carafe

 7.⁠ ⁠4-5 aggressive swirls to detach the coffee bed from the top and wait 10 sec for the grounds to settle over the filter cap end.

 8.⁠ ⁠Plunge immediately but consistently over 1:00

 9.⁠ ⁠Add 12 ml room temperature water (at 87ppm)

10.⁠ ⁠Swirl the carafe with open lid constantly and gently blow on it for about 0:30

11.⁠ ⁠Pour into the cup and serve

Side Note: Since music and coffee are inseparable to me, during each championship I have brewed and designed a recipe to certain music. This time I heard a lot of Four Tet (the album Three) and his new album with William Tyler under the Kieran Hebden alias, 41 Longfield Street Late 80's. I find Kieran's music to be very very conducive to brewing.