Sherry Hsu's 2022 World Brewers Cup Winning Recipe

Name: Sherry Hsu's 2022 World Brewers Cup Winning Recipe
Cook time: 120 s
Total time: 120 s
Yield: 1 cup
Cuisine: Pour-over
Ingredients: 14g coffee beans; 200ml water

The recipe Taiwan's Shih Yuan Hsu (Sherry) used to win the 2022 World Brewers Cup: 14g of coffee ground 75% at 1000μm and 25% at 800μm, brewed in an Orea V3 with a Kalita 185 filter in four 50g pours every 30 seconds. The first pour is 70°C and the remaining three are 95°C.

Bean	Finca Mikava Carbonic Maceration Natural Geisha (Colombia)
Roast	light
Method	Pour-over
Grind Size	75% at 1000μm + 25% at 800μm (1Zpresso K-Pro)
Water Temp	95°C
Coffee Dose	14g
Total Water	200ml
Total Time	120s

Step-by-Step

First Pour (30s) · 50g
Start with 50g of lower-temperature 70°C water. The following pours come every 30 seconds.
Second Pour (30s) · 50g
At 0:30, pour 50g of 95°C water.
Third Pour (30s) · 50g
At 1:00, pour 50g of 95°C water.
Fourth Pour (30s) · 50g
At 1:30, pour the final 50g of 95°C water and wait for it to drain. (The end time is not published, so 30 seconds is assumed.)

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