Kyoto style

Cold drip in a Yama tower

Name: Cold drip in a Yama tower, after Prima Coffee · adapted by Bunchum
Yield: 600 g
Ingredients: 75 g coffee; 600 g water

after Prima Coffee · adapted by Bunchum

Coffee : water + ice

1:8

75 to 600 g oursCold, over hours. The time follows from the drip rate and the dose.

What it brings out

Body ours and sweetness ours

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Roast

Light
Medium
Dark

Light to medium. Our reading; the source names no roast.

Provenance

A Yama tower drip scaled to a home tower: equal parts ice and water, one drop a second. Per the source the tower's full batch takes about 8 to 12 hours; a scaled tower runs shorter.

Source

Prima Coffee: Yama Cold Coffee Brewer Brewing Guide (opens in a new tab)

Tips draw on (2)

Hario: Coffee life: dripping type (opens in a new tab)archived copy, 2020-11-26
Bruer: Brewing guide (opens in a new tab)

Drip rate: About one drop per second
What we changed: Scaled to a quarter of Prima's 25-cup tower; ratio and drip rate unchanged. The source's drip time is for the full tower, so none is given here.

Values per Prima Coffee, unless marked "ours".

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The tower

ReservoirWater 300 g, ice 300 g ours
ValveAbout one drop per second
BedCoffee 75 g ours, wetted first
CarafeCold, over hours

schematic

The drip rate is a starting setting. It slows as the reservoir empties.

before
Assemble
Ceramic filter in the spout, coffee in the middle chamber, levelled, a paper filter on top.
after
Fill the reservoir600 g ours
Top chamber: 600 g of water and ice, equal parts.
after
Pre-wet
Open the valve briefly to wet the filter and the top of the bed.
after
Drip
Set about one drop per second and let it run until it has drained.

Adapt as a copy

Four sides of the cup

Body: Weight and texture in the mouth.
Sweetness: Rounded and sweet. Our reading: Slow drip gives a full-bodied, sweet cup.

Our tips

For your next brew: try it and taste.

Grind

Medium-coarse

Wet all the grounds before the drip starts so the water runs through evenly.
at the brewer
A slower drip means a longer brew and more extraction; a faster drip, a lighter cup.
moves extraction

No temperature lever: cold or room temperature, per the source.
left alone on purpose

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