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☕️ Clean your coffee grinder!
In my experience the fine dust build-up starts to result in coffee filters getting clogged, even with a medium grind, impacting the pour-over process and flavor.
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Ach Mensch, jetzt hatte ich doch schon ein paar Einträge lang vergessen, hier was dazu zu posten...
Hier ein neuer Blogeintrag zu einem #Kaffee aus #Lübeck bzw. aus #Äthiopien
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“Schreibst Du schon wieder über Kaffee?”
"Aber ja! Heute über einen leckeren vom #CoffeeCollective!” -
Brutalist concrete coffee filter holder
holds a pack of 100 number 2 coffee filtersDimensions and weight:
Width: 15.5 cm / 6 1/8 Inches
Depth: 6.8 cm / 2 5/8 Inches
Height: 8 cm / 3 1/8 Inches
Weight: +/- 0.49 Kg / 1.1 lbs#coffeelover #coffee #espresso #dripcoffee #drip #filtercoffee #filter #coffeefilter #barista #morningritual #morning #blackgold #pourover #recycle #concrete #sculpture #brutalism #abstract #product #design #artifact #handmade #thailand
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IF I can get through today without buying a Hario Switch, it'll be a major win. #coffee #pourover #unnecessary
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There is one product on Amazon which is currently on sale that I really, really want to review.
It's a wicked cool pour over kettle based on a TURNTABLE. I've been eying this for a while now, so today I reached out to the company about sending a review unit. We'll see what comes of that.
What I like best is, they decided to get creative with the UI.
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Our standard 30g beans + 500ml just off the boil filtered water Chemex brew, starting with 50ml water 30 second bloom.
Extraction time was just under 4 minutes, bang on really but could maybe take the grind down a notch next time.
(Some day we need to replace our now 15 year old Dualit burr grinder.... but it suffices for now.)
#coffee #coffeebeans #filtercoffee #pourover #chemex #coffeenerd #specialtycoffee
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I just got a #Timemore Basic Mini and the weight measurement is constantly jittering. This makes some aspects of using it pretty difficult: it takes forever to tare because it’s probably waiting for this number to settle, and the auto-timer function just starts going immediately because that’s triggered by a change in weight. It’s also hard to see the actual weight of coffee beans because it jumps +/- 2 grams.
Anyone else have this problem or recommendations for fixing? #Coffee #PourOver
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trying to streamline my early morning #workout #coffee prep: I used to grind my beans the night before and rock a full #pourover before heading to my 530AM workout. The new wave of #instantcoffee is so, so much better. if it lets me sleep 10 minutes and i still get a decent caffeine experience, then i'm happy.
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trying to streamline my early morning #workout #coffee prep: I used to grind my beans the night before and rock a full #pourover before heading to my 530AM workout. The new wave of #instantcoffee is so, so much better. if it lets me sleep 10 minutes and i still get a decent caffeine experience, then i'm happy.
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trying to streamline my early morning #workout #coffee prep: I used to grind my beans the night before and rock a full #pourover before heading to my 530AM workout. The new wave of #instantcoffee is so, so much better. if it lets me sleep 10 minutes and i still get a decent caffeine experience, then i'm happy.
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trying to streamline my early morning #workout #coffee prep: I used to grind my beans the night before and rock a full #pourover before heading to my 530AM workout. The new wave of #instantcoffee is so, so much better. if it lets me sleep 10 minutes and i still get a decent caffeine experience, then i'm happy.
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trying to streamline my early morning #workout #coffee prep: I used to grind my beans the night before and rock a full #pourover before heading to my 530AM workout. The new wave of #instantcoffee is so, so much better. if it lets me sleep 10 minutes and i still get a decent caffeine experience, then i'm happy.
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Posted this morning on CoffeeGeek - a First Look (and a bit of a scoop) at Hario's latest coffee brewing device: the Suiren Dripper. Open air coffee brewing, fully customizable to the colours of your choice!
cc @coffee
#hario #hariosuiren #coffeedripper #pourover
https://coffeegeek.com/blog/new-products/hario-suiren-first-look-review/
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At the SCA trade show this year, there was a little sumthin sumthin towards the back of Hario’s booth that many folks may have missed (Jay Caragay, however, did not miss it!). It is the new variant of the Hario V60, called the Hario V60 Suiren Coffee Dripper.
The Hario Suiren, in a fully customized version, with black and green ribs.The Suiren is not available officially yet in North America, but guess what: you can order one, with zero shipping charges (it’s coming from Japan), direct from the US Amazon site, right now for under $24! And you can also order a set of six spare ribs in one of six different colours (eight will eventually be available) to really customize your brewer. I don’t know how long this availability will last, but if you want one, you can order one, today.
What Exactly Is It?
The Hario Suiren is an open-air kinda pour over brewer, based on the same rib structure, and angles that the original V60 has inside all the filter holders in that series. But something’s missing: any surface area between those ribs! Its basically the polar opposite of a no-bypass brewer.
Now this kind of brewer – one that exposes the main filtering material to full airflow around it – isn’t new. Cloth pourover systems always worked this way, and over the years we’ve been sent various “out in the open” filter holders for Melitta cone filters, flat bottom filter papers, and even aftermarket designs for the V60 filter papers.
The V60 paper filters kind of float in the brewer, held in place by the ribs.What does make this new and interesting is just how beautiful Hario’s execution is of this brewing device. They are selling the Suiren in several variants, including basic black, basic white, and single colours. They are also selling it in “limited edition” mixed colours. And the give even more creativity, you can buy six coloured ribs to really customize your Suiren and make it entirely your own.
The Suiren ships in a flat-pack box, IKEA style, because you have to assemble it when it arrives. Inside the box is the filter holder / carafe rest, the filter’s main hub, and two boxes each containing six removable ribs. Click the ribs into the slots in the circular hub (12 ribs per brewer), and then click the assembled ribs and hub into the filter holder.
The box the Suiren comes in; next to it are how the spare ribs are shipped.The material is all plastic, and appears at first glance to be a different type of plastic than what Hario is using in their plastic V60s. It seems a bit more pliable, “softer” if that’s a thing. Don’t misconstrue though – the plastics are very high quality and once assembled the brewer is very sturdy.
We bought three brewers and two sets of spare ribs, direct from Hario Japan. One set featured alternating black and white ribs. The second set had three colours, in four ribs: red, white and blue (perfect for the 4th of July!). The third set was just black ribs, and also the cheapest option, costing about $6 less than the multi colour versions. We also bought green and purple rib sets.
That’s another thing that makes this brewer so fantastic: you can modify it visually to really make it your own. Choose the rib colours that suit your mood, your work area, or your kitchen. I firmly believe the more you feel your coffee device is meant specifically for you, the more you’ll get out of it.
Green’s kinda my colour of choice for most of my life, so this mix of green and black speaks to me.Brewing with the Suiren
We’ve experimented a lot with open air filter designs in the past, and something always seemed to happen that went against expectations and assumptions: you think the coffee would brew faster with more flow through, but that isn’t the case; if anything, the brews slow down a tad compared to normal, enclosed (and ribbed) filter holders. It took me a long time to figure out why this was happening. Eventually I figured it out via experiments we did in the CoffeeGeek Lab back in 2011.
But it was time to see if the Suiren did the same thing.
Pre-wetting the filter, note how it adheres to all the ribs very well. No worries about any sags or dips in the filter paper when brewing.And sure enough, the brew times with the Suiren, head to head with a standard V60 brew, were just a tad slower to finish. Magic? Naw. There’s a cause. But first, here’s what I did for both brews.
I set up my first brews with the Suiren side by side with #2 V60 ceramic brewer. Same coffee, same dose, same grind. Same filter paper. Same prewet procedure. Both on the scale, both geting a bloom pour of 2x the coffee volume (21g brewed, 42g bloom pour). Pause 30 seconds. Then pour water at around 2-3g a second to 150g total water weight. Pause 30 seconds. Finish to 300g water weight.
Pouring water during the second brew phase with the Suiren.Both pours were completed at around 3:10 mark. The standard V60 finished brewing by 4:10. The Suiren? 4:15. Weird, right?
Temperature is the cause. The open air concept of the Suiren does something a closed porcelain or plastic V60 does less of: it allows heat to escape the brewing slurry faster. Things cool down quicker in the slurry. The finished brew temperature in the cup is lower, with the Suiren. That’s what can slow down the brew and extraction: the hotter the water is, the more efficient it’s going to travel through ground coffee.
You can see this visually with the Suiren: moisture collects on the ribs, showing the dissipation of heat from the filter paper and brewing slurry.
See the collecting moisture on the ribs? That’s an indicator of heat escaping: the slurry is cooling down faster, thus slowing down the extraction.Measuring both brews after with a DiFluid R2 refractometer, they were almost identical, at around 1.32-1.34%
Regardless of all this, the Suiren was producing cups that seemed a bit more “mellow” than the standard V60; a bit softer, but by no means sour or lacking in body or depth. If I had to come up with one word, it would be “less sharp” (I guess that’s two words). And for my palate, that’s a good thing.
Basically, if you are a fan of super bright coffees, you might not like this brewer. Also, I was able to visualize the bypass happening out of the sides of the paper filter (though it proved impossible to photograph); you definitely want to use a 14:1 ratio with this brewer to get a properly extracted cup. If your pursuit is getting 300ml of brew from 15g of ground coffee, this brewer ain’t gonna do it. Go no-bypass.
Brewing coffee with the Suiren produces a nice, mellow, balanced and rich cup.Sure is Pretty
Look: I appreciate beautiful design engineering in coffee (to the point where I’m pretty critical of “engineer-designed UI”) and wow, did Hario ever hit a home run here. For $23 or less, this is a strikingly beautiful brewer. And you can completely customize it!
My partner in life is pretty blasé about all things coffee and espresso, given our house is full of the stuff. But she loves the look of the Hario Suiren so much, she actually posted a photo to her own Instagram account, which is saying something: I think the last time she posted something coffee related was half a decade ago!
When you wet the paper filter, it adheres in a very artistic way to the ribs.Honestly, for $23 or less, this is a no brainer. Who knows how much it will be once the middlemen and importers start stocking it over here in Canada and the USA. I’d probably pay as much as $35 or more for this, given its unique look and ability to deliver a more mellow, less sharp cup of coffee.
But for now, you can buy this via Amazon in the US, with it being shipped direct from Japan. There’s only one colour choice available at the moment (black), but you can also order sets of the ribs to customize your own.
And if you made it this far, here’s a gallery of some other photos I took of this pretty brewer.
https://coffeegeek.com/blog/new-products/hario-suiren-first-look-review/
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From this morning...
The Melitta Senz V. The Pour Over Brewer No One's Talking About (and they should be).
cc @coffee
#pourover #melitta #melittasenz
https://coffeegeek.com/blog/new-products/melitta-senz-the-pour-over-no-one-is-talking-about/
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A post this morning on a very intriguing and feature-rich pour over system from Melitta that gets almost no mention at all in the usual influencer circles, for reasons you might not expect.
cc @coffee
https://coffeegeek.com/blog/new-products/melitta-senz-the-pour-over-no-one-is-talking-about/
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… and that truly is a shame that very few folks are talking about the Melitta Senz V coffee brewer. Because it’s quite unique, and has a ton of super geek out features built in. It comes in two variants: one with bluetooth installed so you can use a special app; and one without. Otherwise, it is absolutely feature packed: It has
- two built in scales
- a hydraulically controlled flow release valve
- two thermometers
- an auto start timer
- a brew analyser (rudimentary, but it relies on mathematical calculations)
- rechargeable battery via USB, and…
- it has a TDS meter, built in.
Crazy, right? So why isn’t anyone talking about this brewer? Well, I have my theories.
Melitta and the Modern Influencer
Melitta is a very old school company. Old school in that they don’t really communicate well with modern, 2020s (or 2010s, or even 2000s era) marketing vibes out there. I mean, just look at their Canadian website; it just reeks of “Madison Avenue Marketers” (google that).
For a century and longer, Melitta were pretty much the only pour over game in town (Chemex was the outlier), but once Hario arrived on scene with the V60 system, getting it into key, influencing cafes, websites, and other “under 30 marketing” circles, it was almost as if the Melitta system didn’t exist, and people started to think Hario invented pour over coffee. (they certainly did not, but they did revitalize it, for sure).
Melitta to this day operates like a company from the 1970s or 80s. They don’t seem to understand the concept of “go viral”, or how to reach out and work with magazines, websites, Youtube influencers and TikTok folks to get their products noticed, recognized, and lusted after.
Sure, Melitta has a few Instagram channels, no doubt run by some third party marketing company. But they do not get involved directly in the specialty coffee industry. I cannot ever recall seeing Melitta at a Specialty Coffee Association Expo. I cannot ever recall them sponsoring barista events, brew competitions, or even fostering competitions and marketing promoting their pour over systems. Perhaps things are different with the company over in Europe, but in North America, they operate like a kind of “commodity coffee company”, via their marketing and advertising, and definitely not like a cutting edge specialty coffee brand.
So when the company comes out with a range of really cool products, like the Melitta Momentum Line over in Europe, or the Melitta Senz V Connected Brewer which is available in Asia and the States, “we” just don’t hear about it. With very few exceptions their products are not featured on any of the popular Youtube channels (3 years ago, they got Hoff to review one Momentum product). They aren’t written up on websites like ours. It’s not featured in Barista Magazine (that I know of). There’s no demos at the 2024 SCA show in Chicago.
And that’s a shame. Because the Melitta Momentum line looks really interesting if you dive into their details on the different brewers. Ditto on the Melitta Senz V. Melitta really needs to do a better job. I feel they missed the boat on the entire pour over resurgence, instead paddling slowly behind the SS Hario’s giant wake.
That said, the Melitta Senz V is such a cool device, that we bought two of them, to test and fully review on CoffeeGeek. And that review is coming very soon.
The Melitta Senz V Connected Pour Over Brewer
I do a ton of research online when reviewing products, writing various histories of coffee, drafting out our how tos and guides, and about 2 years ago, I stumbled across a Taiwanese video (thank the stars for auto-translate) showing this nifty tower pour over system with a built in scale. I noticed the name Melitta on top and thought… “What the…!”. The translation was saying things like TDS readings, scales, temperature readings and the like, but the fellow didn’t have a TDS meter out, or a scale. (sadly, that video is no longer available on Youtube)
Turns out all those things were built directly into the pour over tower, which at first glance looked a lot more simple: a black base plate, wood arms, and a glass and white ceramic top portion. It had all those things inside of that? And it was from Melitta? Get out!
I had a contact from years back at Melitta, so I fired off an email. It bounced back (the person was no longer with the company). I found a press contact email, and sent one there. No response. Months went by, and I forgot about it.
About a year ago, I was going through a chain store in Western Canada called London Drugs. They are famous for getting esoteric, rare and unusual devices and appliances on their shelves for short runs. I even bought a Krups Moka Brew at London Drugs, back in 2005.
During my visit about a year ago, I saw on the shelf the same Melitta Senz V brewer that I had seen in the Taiwanese video a year earlier. It was just $99, so I bought one right away. When I got home, I was disappointed to find out it was the non-bluetooth version of the device, so it was initially set aside.
Half a year ago, I stumbled across another Asian barista video showing the Melitta Senz in action. This one without the app involved, and it seemed the device had a lot of features that didn’t rely on the app. So I dug the unopened box out of storage, and put the brewer to use. That’s when I discovered it had a TDS meter built in. Two scales. Temperature probes. Even a hydraulically controlled flow valve. Pretty cool!
Unboxing the Melitta Senz V (the Connected Version)Only the “Connected” version of the Melitta Senz V has Bluetooth and control via an app.The USB charger on the Melitta Senz VThe flow valve and electrical connections for the upper brewing chamberThe probes in the glass brewing chamberI knew I had to review it, but I felt I had to get the bluetooth version before I did. It’s not available in Canada, so I ended up buying from the US Amazon store, and had it shipped up here to Canada. (sidenote – as of this blog post, the bluetooth “Connected” Melita Senz V isn’t available any longer on Amazon; the link above is to the non-bluetooth version).
Once it arrived, the Senz V app (by a third party, called Wabilogic) was loaded on my Android phone, and I went to town. After several months of using the devices and doing a lot of comparisons and real life walk throughs, it turns out the app and bluetooth are kind of just an added gimmick; you can actually get a lot out of the brewer without the app.
In fact, I had a bit of a love-hate thing with the Wabilogic App, to the point where it reminded me of the Acaia apps. When they work, they actually present some really good timeline info about your brew. But it didn’t always work. I will cover this a lot more in the full review.
Why the Melitta Senz V is Good
I want to save most of my info for the full review, but consider this a bit of the TL:DR version.
For around $150 or less, you’re getting a pour over brewer device that includes a) a scale, b) temperature readers, c) timers, and d) most importantly, a TDS meter, all built in.
I put Melitta Senz V’s built in TDS meter up against a DiFluid R2 refractometer and was kind of amazed to find out the Melitta unit wasn’t far off the hyper-accurate R2. When the R2 was reading 1.32 extractions (after temperature balancing the refractometer), the Melitta scale display was showing ranges of 1.28 to 1.35. Certainly enough to be a good reference point.
The Melitta Senz V has a programmed workflow in the device as well; turn it on, press the start button once, and it asks you to add your ground coffee. Press it again, and the scale zeros out and indicates it is ready for brewing water to be poured. As soon as you start pouring, the timer starts automatically. When you’re done the brew, if it detects no change in 1 minute, it will finish the brew cycle, presenting you with the TDS, the average brewing temperature, brewing time, and its estimate on what the finished cup is like, saying things like balanced, bright, mild, strong, bitter etc. You can also complete the brew and get these numbers by pressing the start / stop soft button one more time.
Here is the manual if you want to see more about the features and what the brewer is capable of.
I also happen to think the brewer looks gorgeous. Very Scandinavian in design. I almost never use the carafe with it – instead preferring to brew directly into a ceramic mug – but the carafe too is very pretty. Just don’t put it in the dishwasher.
Of course, it uses Melitta #2 filters only (though there is an Asian version of this brewer with a round ceramic filter holder that can accommodate V60 and Kalitta Wave filters). I happen to like Melitta’s paper filters a lot, so this definitely works for me.
Our full review will have a workflow video, and a lot more details about this brewer, including the Wabilogic app and the good and bad about that. But I’m confident enough to recommend you buy one of these if you want an interesting, and feature rich, all in one pourover system, especially if you like to geek out on TDS numbers and such.
https://coffeegeek.com/blog/new-products/melitta-senz-the-pour-over-no-one-is-talking-about/
#2 #coffeeApp #melitta #melittaPourOver #MelittaSenzV #pourOver
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The best pour over kettle you can buy today is just $75 on sale at Amazon. The OXO Brew Kettle. It is literally one of the highest rated products we ever reviewed on CoffeeGeek. Our test unit has been boil cycled at least 12,000 times now (probably closer to 13,000), and still going strong.
Amazon Link: ⬇️
https://amzn.to/43vJRaW(also ships to Canada for a $22 shipping rate, which is excellent)
Our Review:
https://coffeegeek.com/reviews/fullreview/oxo-brew-pour-over-kettle/
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I made a data dashboard with #LookerStudio for the coffee I have in my freezer. It's the first time using Looker Studio, so I'd be grateful for any comments or feedback! The tables and charts are cross-filtering, so the info should change depending on what has been selected. The reset button reverts the report to the default view.
https://lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/2abad762-c3f9-4ee8-9346-ddfd7ef8ae61
#GoogleSheets #Coffee #SpecialtyCoffee #CoffeeNerd #HomeBrewing #FilterCoffee #PourOver #HomeBarista #HomeBrewer #CoffeeAtHome #dashboard
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This remains the best temperature control #gooseneck #pourover kettle I have ever used or tested.
Our original test unit from nearly 6 years ago is used around 5x per day. Every day, for 6 years. That's over 10,000 cycles. And it works just like new (it's been descaled a few times.
It's the OXO Gooseneck Temperature Control Kettle. Fast. Great pour. Bulletproof.
Also one of the highest scored products ever on CoffeeGeek.
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I'm trying to find reasons to recommend the Turin #SD40 (in white) over the Turin #SK40 (black droid looking grinder on the left). Both are similarly priced.
There aren't many: the SD40 is slightly smaller. It is easier to adjust from #espresso to #pourover grinds. That's about it.
The SK40 has better features:
- stepless grind
- better position for power button
- better responsive power button
- doesn't "torque slide" on counter when activated
- feels more serious.Working on reviews now.
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Our #ColdBrewTea setup (and #ColdBrewCoffee… but not today). #HarioV60 size-03 glass #PourOver brewers, #CoffeeSock V60 size-03 cotton filters, and 4 big-ol’ jars.
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This morning's coffee from April Coffee Roasters. El Tesoro, Colombia, Tabi variety, washed process.
5.5 clicks 1zpresso ZP6-Special, Kalita Wave filter paper, Origami dripper with Lilydrip Lotos.
TBT: 2:50. 13g: 210ml. 50ml bloom for 35s, then three equal pours to the end with small swirls in between pours.
Red apple crispness and sweetness.
#natyscoffeediary #aprilcoffee #Tabi #coffee #filtercoffee #pourover #1zpresso #kalitawave #zp6 #zp6special #origamidripper #specialtycoffee
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My usual view in the mornings... Brewing coffees from my freezer stash (I am a huge proponent of freezing coffees! Ask away if you have any questions; I have been doing it for over 3 years.) This morning I had some really nice La Granada, Colombia from 19grams.
#kono #konodripper #19grams #lagranada #filtercoffee #pourover #pourovercoffee #specialtycoffee #coffeebar #homecoffee
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When it's hard to dial in a new coffee, try immersion brew eg. with the Clever Dripper. #coffee #filtercoffee #pourover #pourovercoffee #cleverdripper #specialtycoffee #coffeeaddict #coffeeathome #brewathome #Coffeedon
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Coffee on the bar currently: April Coffee - El Tesoro, Colombia. Washed Tabi. First time trying April Coffee Roasters!
#Coffee #FilterCoffee #PourOver #HomeBrewer #SpecialtyCoffee #CoffeeNerd
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Really enjoyed this! Recommended by friend fam over on Discord's Espresso Aficionados. Super light. My Kinu hand grinder was really pushing back. Sad it's gone.
