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Kalita Wave recipe

The Kalita Wave has a flat bottom with three small holes and a pleated filter. The coffee bed stays level and the water passes more evenly, so it forgives small mistakes in how you pour.

Recipe

Onyx’s Kalita recipe: a bloom and five spiral pours up to 2:00, drained by 3:30. Source ↗

Roast

Light roast: 2 °C hotter, a slightly finer grind and about 10% more time. Dark roast: 5 °C cooler, a bit coarser and about 10% less.

Altitude

At sea level the recipe works as written.

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Grinder
Coffee
Water

400 g

Ratio 1:16
Grind
medium600–800 µm
Water temp
93 °C
Total time
3:30

What you need

  • Kalita Wave and its wave filters
  • Scale with a timer
  • Gooseneck kettle
  • Grinder, medium

Tips

  • Pour in short pulses and keep the water level steady.
  • Don’t flatten the pleats of the filter; they keep it off the walls.
  • Pour over the coffee, not down the side of the filter.

Kalita Wave

0:00

Bloom: pour to 50 g and swirl

Next · Pour to 160 g

Steps

  1. 0:00Bloom: pour to 50 g and swirl
  2. 0:30Pour to 160 g
  3. 0:45Pour to 220 g
  4. 1:05Pour to 280 g
  5. 1:30Pour to 340 g
  6. 2:00Pour to 400 g
  7. 3:30Done. Enjoy.

How did it taste?

Dialling in the cup

Sour or thin
Grind a bit finer, or give it more time. With cooler water, extraction drops.
Bitter or dry
Grind a bit coarser, or shorten the brew. Also check the water isn’t boiling hard.
Too strong
Use more water for the same coffee: from 1:15 to 1:16 or 1:17.
Weak or watery
Use less water: from 1:16 to 1:15. If it’s also sour, grind finer first.
The drain stalls
Grind coarser and pour more gently. Too many fines clog the filter.