Nel drip (flannel filter)
Hand-pouring through a cotton flannel sock, the signature slow method of Japanese kissaten. Cloth lets oils through while holding fines, giving a syrupy, full-bodied cup.
Percolation
- Ratio
- 1:8.3to 1:12.5
- Temperature
- 80–90°C
- Time
- 3–5 min
- Grind
- Medium coarse
How it works
Cut away, step by step3:00
Then a very thin, slow stream; the coffee seeps through the cloth
Parameters
Working ranges- Ratio, coffee to water
- 1:8.3 to 1:12.580–120 g per litre
- Dose
- 20–40 g
- Water
- 200–400 ml
- Water temperature
- 80–90 °C176–194 °F
- Contact time
- 3–5 min
- Grind
- Medium coarse
- Pressure
- Atmospheric
- Filter
- Cotton flannel (nel) sock on a wire ring
Ranges are this atlas's summary of common practice, not a standard. Published standards are listed separately below, with their sources.
Where it sits among 29 methods
Temperature 0°100°
Time 10 s25 h
Strength 0 g/L650 g/L
Pale bars are the other methods; strength is grams of coffee per litre of water.
Published standards
Numbers as facts, with their sourceNo competition or certification body publishes figures for this method.
Origins and brewers
Origins of the method
- Year
- not published
- Where
- Japan
Japanese kissaten tradition, descended from cloth filters used in Europe before paper; not confirmed by a primary source
Brewers
Pour over manual