Puq Prep Navigator – Automatic Coffee Distributor

About the Brand

PUQ Press was founded in Delft, the Netherlands, in 2011, when engineer Laurens Pluimers built what the company calls the world's first precision coffee tamper — designed to solve a barista's repetitive strain injury as much as a consistency problem. Every unit is still hand-assembled at PUQ's own facility in Vlaardingen, and in 2023 the company broadened beyond tamping alone into PUQ, a wider ecosystem of automated barista tools. The Navigator is that ecosystem's first move outside tamping, into the step that happens just before it.

The Product

The Navigator is PUQ's first automatic coffee distributor — a battery-powered WDT (Weiss Distribution Technique) tool that replaces manual needle-stirring with one touch. A ring spins around the rim of a 58mm basket while an array of needles passes through the coffee bed in a deliberately randomised pattern, breaking up clumps and eliminating the channelling that causes uneven extraction — the same result a barista chases by hand with a WDT tool, but identical shot after shot.

Key Features

Distribution Profiles (Matched To Bean And Dose)

Three on-device modes — Standard, Speedy and Precision — let you match the distribution pattern to bean, dose and house style rather than running one setting for everything.

Delay Mode (Genuinely One-Touch)

A built-in delay function gives you a moment to position the portafilter before the cycle starts, so one-touch operation stays one-touch.

Interchangeable Needles (Matched To Dose)

Two needle lengths are available, matched to 18–20g and 20–22g baskets, so distribution depth follows the dose rather than a one-size-fits-all setting.

USB-C Rechargeable Battery (Cordless On The Bar)

A rechargeable lithium battery charges over USB-C and is rated for 500–800 cycles per charge on PUQ's own figure — third-party coverage from the launch reported up to 2,000 cycles under lighter-duty modes, so expect real-world life toward the lower end on a busy bar running Precision mode all day.

Who It's Built For

Cafés and home baristas who already trust PUQ's tampers for consistency and want the same repeatability one step earlier in the workflow. It's built for high-turnover bars where manual WDT — however good a barista's technique — introduces a few seconds of variation per shot, and for home setups where a consistently distributed bed of grounds is the difference between a good and a great extraction.

Specifications

Summary

The Navigator takes the one part of the espresso workflow PUQ hadn't automated yet — distribution — and gives it the same one-touch consistency the Press line already brought to tamping. For a bar already running a PUQ Press, it's the natural next step; for anyone still hand-stirring with a WDT tool, it's the fastest way to take that variable out of the shot entirely.

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