WAC 2025 Winner
Némo Pop is an Australian barista whose award-winning recipe uses the Flow Control Filter Cap, a pressure-actuated valve that stops drip-through. For a faithful recreation, use a 200-micron sieve to remove microfines from the ground coffee.
Brew spec
- Method
- Upright
- Cup type
- Regular Cup
- Coffee
- 18 g
- Water
- 170 g
- Temperature
- 84°C
- Ratio
- 1:9
- Grind size
- Extra Coarse
- Brew time
- 1m 10s
- Steps
- 7
Grind converter
Extra Coarse · ~1100 µmGrinds ~0–1090 µm
Recommended setting
40
dial setting
This target sits near the edge of the Comandante C40 MK4's range — it can do it, but you'll be close to the stops. Settings are approximate community estimates. Use them as a starting point, then taste: more bitter → go coarser, more sour → go finer.
Brew this recipe hands-free
The assistant reads Némo Pop's brew steps aloud, one at a time, with a randomly selected background loop running throughout the brew.
Current phase
Setup
18 g coffee · 170 g water
Place two paper filters in the cap and attach it to the brew chamber.
Press play to start. A randomly selected coffee-room loop plays throughout the brew while the coach speaks each instruction over it.
Ingredients
- 18 grams of ground coffee
- 170 grams of 84ºC water
How to brew
- 1
Place two paper filters in the cap and attach it to the brew chamber.
- 2
Add 70 g of 50ºC water to the cup.
- 3
Add 18 g of ground coffee to the brew chamber.
- 4
Pour 100 g of 84ºC water over the coffee and let steep.
- 5
Stir north-south, north-south, west-east, west-east.
- 6
Let steep.
- 7
Press gently into the cup.