Origami
The Origami dripper takes either a cone or a wave filter: a recipe for each (15 g coffee, 250 g water), and how the cups differ.
What it does well
The Origami is a Japanese dripper with twenty deep pleats around the inside and a wide hole at the bottom. The pleats leave a gap between the filter and the walls, so water flows quickly and freely. Its trick is that it takes either filter shape: a cone filter (the V60 kind) or a flat-bottom wave filter (the Kalita kind).
With a cone filter it brews like a fast V60: bright and clean. With a wave filter it brews like a Kalita Wave: sweeter, more even and more forgiving. It's an easy way to taste the difference between cones and flat beds with one brewer. The medium size fits V60 02 and Kalita 185 filters.
Starting recipe
- Coffee
- 15 g. With a cone filter, medium-fine, like for a V60; with a wave filter, a touch coarser.
- Water
- 250 g at 93 to 96 °C, plus extra for rinsing the filter.
- Ratio
- About 1:16.7.
- Time
- About 2:30 to 3:00 with a cone filter, 3:00 to 3:30 with a wave filter.
Step by step
- 1. Rinse
- Set the filter in the dripper and rinse it with hot water, then pour that water away.
- 2. Bloom
- Add the coffee, shake it level, start a timer and pour about 40 g of water. Wait 30 to 40 seconds.
- 3. Pour
- With a cone filter, pour in slow circles to 150 g by 1:00 and to 250 g by 1:40, as for a V60. With a wave filter, pour in pulses to 120 g, 190 g and 250 g, about every 30 seconds, as for a Kalita.
- 4. Draw down
- Swirl gently so the bed settles flat, and let it drain.
Adjusting
The Origami runs faster than most drippers, so if it drains early and tastes thin or sour, grind finer before changing anything else. If it's bitter or slow, grind coarser. More in Ratio, grind and time, and the cone and flat-bed recipes in more detail at V60 and Kalita Wave.