Puq Prep Navigator – Automatic Coffee Distributor

Company

PUQ Press builds automatic tamping and dosing tools designed to remove barista-to-barista inconsistency from the espresso workflow — the Mini, Q, Q1, Pro and M3 you already carry are all part of the same Press line. The Navigator is PUQ’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 channeling that causes uneven extraction — the same result a barista chases by hand with a WDT tool, but identical shot after shot.

Distribution profiles — three on-device modes (Standard, Speedy, Precision), so the distribution pattern can be matched to bean, dose and house style rather than running one setting for everything.

Delay mode — a built-in delay function gives the barista a moment to position the portafilter before the cycle starts, keeping the one-touch operation genuinely one-touch.

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

Power — a rechargeable lithium battery charges over USB-C and is rated for 500–800 cycles per charge (PUQ’s own figure; independent coverage from the tool’s launch reported up to 2,000 cycles under lighter-duty modes — worth expecting 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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