Attention Breville Sage enthusiasts: prepare to embark on a journey of flavor refinement. This article introduces an exceptional pairing: the esteemed Uganda Rewenzori coffee and the innovative IMS Filtri B62.52TFH23.5BB Big Bang filter. Together with your Breville Sage machine, these elements combine to create an unparalleled home brewing experience.
Optimizing Your Breville Sage Machine
Breville Sage machines, known for their precision and user-friendly interfaces, provide an excellent foundation for crafting superior espresso. By introducing the IMS Filtri B62.52TFH23.5BB Big Bang filter, we can further enhance the machine’s capabilities, unlocking new dimensions of flavor extraction.
Uganda Rewenzori: A Coffee of Distinction
Let’s examine the exceptional coffee at the heart of this experience:
- Origin: Uganda
- Producer: Stephen Muhindo Pundamali
- Altitude: 1600 meters above sea level
- Varietal: SL28, SL34
- Process: Natural, with 48-hour fermentation
These factors contribute to a coffee with complex flavor notes and a unique character, ideal for showcasing the capabilities of your Breville Sage machine and the Big Bang filter.
The IMS Filtri B62.52TFH23.5BB Big Bang Filter: A Technical Overview
The Big Bang filter represents a significant advancement in filtration technology. Here are its key specifications:
- Compatibility: Precision-engineered for Breville Sage machines
- Border: Ø 62.5 mm (B62.5)
- Body: Ø 54 mm for Ø 53/53.4 mm tamper
- Shape: Cylindrical with Flat Bottom, promoting even extraction
- Perforation: 497 holes in the proprietary Big Bang pattern
- Hole Diameter: 0.30 mm
- Hole Shape: Circular with a conical cross-section
- Capacity: Optimized for 16-18g of coffee
- Material: High-quality stainless steel, ensuring durability and consistent performance
The Big Bang pattern’s unique design creates a larger total perforation area compared to traditional filters. This results in a more uniform extraction, allowing for a fuller expression of the coffee’s complex flavor profile.
Precision Recipe: Developed by HUB Coffee Lab
Our partners at HUB Coffee Lab have meticulously crafted this recipe, optimized for the Breville Sage Barista Touch:
- Gr In: 18.5g
- Gr Out: 37g
- Seconds: 29 seconds
- TDS: 9.27%
- % Extraction: 18.54%
These parameters have been carefully calibrated to achieve an optimal extraction, balancing the coffee’s inherent characteristics with the capabilities of the Breville Sage machine and Big Bang filter.
Flavor Profile Analysis
The resulting espresso presents a harmonious and complex flavor profile:
- Aroma: 9/10 – Intense and inviting
- Sweetness: 8/10 – Pronounced but not overpowering
- Acidity: 4/10 – Bright, adding complexity without dominating
- Bitterness: 1/10 – Minimal, allowing other flavors to shine
- Aftertaste: 8/10 – Lingering and pleasant
Tasting Notes: Distinct flavors of cocoa nibs, strawberry yogurt, and apricot create a multifaceted taste experience.
The Science Behind the Extraction
The Big Bang filter’s unique perforation pattern facilitates a more even distribution of water through the coffee bed. This results in a higher extraction efficiency, allowing for the full spectrum of flavors to be drawn out while minimizing over-extraction of bitter compounds.
The filter’s design works in synergy with the Breville Sage machine’s pressure control and temperature stability, ensuring that each extraction is consistent and precisely tailored to the coffee’s characteristics.
Conclusion
For Breville Sage owners seeking to elevate their home brewing experience, the combination of Uganda Rewenzori coffee and the IMS Filtri B62.52TFH23.5BB Big Bang filter presents an exciting opportunity. This pairing allows you to fully leverage your machine’s capabilities, resulting in espresso that rivals that of premier cafés.
We encourage you to experiment with this recipe, making minor adjustments to suit your personal preferences. The precision of your Breville Sage machine, combined with the advanced technology of the Big Bang filter, provides a stable platform for you to fine-tune and perfect your espresso preparation.
Embrace the art and science of espresso making, and discover the remarkable depths of flavor that your Breville Sage machine can achieve with the right tools and techniques.
