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The championship Melodrip brew

OREA’s documented championship routine with a Melodrip and a 2:30–3:00 finish window.

By Martin Wölfl · View source ↗

Coffee
17 g
Brewing water
270 g
Brew target
2:30–3:00

Before you start

Get ready.

Prepare the V4 Narrow with Fast bottom and SIBARIST paper; add the ground coffee. Use the Melodrip for each pour.

Grind: Medium-coarse, approximately 630 μm

Water: 93 °C

Equipment checklist
  • OREA V4 Narrow with Fast bottom
  • SIBARIST Fast Flat paper
  • Melodrip
  • Coffee scale
  • Grinder

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Recipe details & source

Martin Wölfl · 2024 champion · Competition recipe

OREA lists 270 mL water in its heading but gives the cumulative pouring targets in grams; the guide follows those explicit gram targets. Its 2:30–3:00 finish window remains a range. Pouring speed is approximately 6 g/s in the source.

Water temperature
93 °C
Bypass water
0 g
Difficulty
Some practice

Original coffee: Not documented

Published brewing steps

  1. 0:00 · Pour to 60 g

    Spiral-pour through the Melodrip until the scale reaches 60 g.

    Add 60 g

  2. 0:30 · Pour to 120 g

    Spiral-pour through the Melodrip until the scale reaches 120 g.

    Add 60 g

  3. 1:20 · Pour to 170 g

    Spiral-pour through the Melodrip until the scale reaches 170 g.

    Add 50 g

  4. 2:00 · Pour to 270 g

    Spiral-pour through the Melodrip until the scale reaches 270 g.

    Add 100 g

  5. When ready · Drain and serve

    Allow drawdown and serve around 2:30–3:00. Do not treat either end of that window as a guaranteed finish.

Source reviewed 2026-10-27. Instructions paraphrased by Solution Coffee.

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270 g brewing water · 0 g bypass

  1. Pour to 60 g: 60 g added
  2. Pour to 120 g: 60 g added
  3. Pour to 170 g: 50 g added
  4. Pour to 270 g: 100 g added

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