Madcap Coffee's Kalita Wave recipe

Recipe by Madcap Coffee · See the original

Madcap is a roaster in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Kalita Wave is the single cup brewer in all their cafés. This is the recipe they shared for the 185.

It uses very hot water and a run of small, equal pours, each one when the level starts to drop below the grounds. One pass over the filter ridges near the end washes down any coffee stuck to the paper.

Kalita Wave recipes

Everyday

Our one mug starting point with short, steady pulse pours.

20 g · 1:16 · 3:00 to 3:30

Drop Coffee's Wave

One cup on the small Wave, five pours on a steady clock.

16 g · 1:16.3 · 2:45 to 3:00

Madcap's Wave

Hot water and small, even pours every time the level drops.

21 g · 1:16.9 · 3:15 to 3:45

Recipe

Coffee

Water

Makes about

Change any amount and the whole recipe scales with it.

Ratio: 1:16.9
Water temperature: 97°C
Grind: Medium
Time: 3:15 to 3:45

What you need

Kalita Wave dripper and a Wave paper filter to fit it
Kettle, ideally a gooseneck kettle for a steady pour
Digital scale with a timer
Burr grinder
Mug or server

Method

1
Rinse the Wave filter over your server and tip the water away. Add 21 g of medium ground coffee, keeping it off the sides of the filter, shake it level and zero the scale.
2
Start the timer and pour 50 g of water at 97°C in circles, working outwards from the middle. Let it bloom for 15 seconds.
3
Pour another 50 g to reach 100 g.
4
Each time the water level starts to drop below the grounds, about every 25 seconds, pour another 50 g.
5
On the pour from 250 g to 300 g, make one circle over the ridges of the filter to wash down any grounds stuck there.
6
Pour the final 55 g to reach 355 g by about 2:30. Let it drain. It should finish between 3:15 and 3:45.