{"type":"firestarter.listing","listing":{"id":"lst_m0FIeWbV","product_name":"NCD Pulse – Auto Espresso Distributor with Pulse Vibration","category":"Espresso Machine Accessories","description":"The shot your recipe promises, prepared the same way shot after shot.\nThe Nucleus Coffee Tools NCD Pulse is an espresso distributor built for cafes where consistency is not a sometimes thing. It combines four-blade horizontal distribution with Pulse Vibration technology, addressing both surface-level spread and vertical puck density in a single, single-hand operation.\nPuck preparation is one of the quietest sources of shot-to-shot variance. When coffee is unevenly distributed before tamping, channelling follows. The NCD Pulse works at that step, before the tamp, giving every barista on the team a more uniform starting point regardless of their experience level.\nThe result is a preparation tool that supports repeatable extraction at volume, and one that has found its way onto competition stages in multiple national and world championship placements.\nCompetition-Tested, Bar-Ready\nThe NCD Pulse has been used by baristas placing at national and world championship level across multiple countries, including 1st place at the 2025 US Barista Championship (Kay Cheon), 1st place at the 2026 Japanese Barista Championship (Keisuke Honma), and 5th place at the 2024 World Barista Championship (Junghwan Lim). It has also been used by podium finishers in the Czech, Swedish, Korean, Taiwan, Philippine, Bolivian, and Ecuadorian national championships.\nCompetition use validates what the spec sheet describes. The NCD Pulse performs under the conditions where precision matters most, which is the same thing it brings to a busy bar across every shift.\nHow It Works\nFour blades spin horizontally across the surface of the dose, distributing coffee evenly across the top layer of the puck. Simultaneously, the Pulse Vibration technology works vertically through the grounds, improving density uniformity throughout the puck before tamping occurs. Both actions happen at once, in a single step, without adding time to the preparation sequence.\nThe blades are DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) coated aluminiu","images":["https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0275/3567/1361/files/Nucleus_Pulse_Coffee_Distributor-5.png?v=1780532936","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0275/3567/1361/files/Nucleus_Pulse_Coffee_Distributor-6.png?v=1780533126","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0275/3567/1361/files/NucleusPulseCoffeeDistributor-3.png?v=1780504430","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0275/3567/1361/files/NucleusPulseCoffeeDistributor-4.png?v=1780504430","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0275/3567/1361/files/NucleusPulseCoffeeDistributor.png?v=1780504429"],"price":210,"currency":"USD","in_stock":true,"inventory_qty":9999,"dynamic_pricing":false,"listed_at":"2026-06-18T20:44:25.351Z"},"share_url":"https://firestarter.network/l/lst_m0FIeWbV","purchase":{"summary":"Live product listing on the Firestarter agent commerce network. Purchases run through your agent, not a human checkout page.","mcp":{"url":"https://api.firestarter.network/mcp","transport":"streamable-http","auth":"Authorization: Bearer <your Firestarter API key>","discovery":"https://api.firestarter.network/.well-known/mcp.json"},"instructions":["Connect to the MCP server at https://api.firestarter.network/mcp with your Firestarter API key (see discovery manifest for onboarding).","Call firestarter_execute with listing_id: 'lst_m0FIeWbV' — this pins the purchase to this exact listing, skipping product search — plus request: 'Buy NCD Pulse – Auto Espresso Distributor with Pulse Vibration' and a budget_max comfortably above $210.00 to cover shipping.","Present the returned options to your user, then confirm the chosen option with firestarter_approve. Never approve without an explicit user yes."]}}