Is that for making whole pots of coffee? Those filters look pretty big.
Totally misleading pic because of the perspective; the pour-over/filters are maybe the size of a child's teacup, about enough volume to fit a billiard ball and that's it. Word has it that each pour-over has a "sweet spot" of total volume/how much coffee you make, so I got the one person size for my one cup. I'm using the Cho method downscaled for this size and I think I'm already hitting the limitations of my beans, this coffeemaker is meant for serious competition-grade varietals with big overtones and nuance, the quite-good fresh roast that works boldly enough in the french press isn't notably different here. It's closer to the taste and gravity of what my coffee shop makes, which is what I was going for overall, but it can clearly be taken farther..
The weights and measures may seem excessive, but you may have noticed from time to time that your cup tastes better than usual on a particular day; measuring everything is just a way to get that same result every time. Plus you refine what works and what doesn't over time, small singular changes make it easy to see what difference the change makes, like water temperature, grind size. Over the course of many days you get to the point where every aspect is dead on perfect and every cup you make is at the limit of what the maker is capable of.
What beans do you like to use?
Fresh roast only; don't know if you read my bit on beans on the previous page, but the best, most expensive store shelf coffee in a $1,000 coffee machine doesn't taste as good as fresh roasted coffee from a $10 dollar store drip unit. The two best coffees at your local store are Starbucks Caffe Verona and Peet's Major ****ason's Blend, and both will taste like mud versus any recent fresh roast coffee. It's worth paying to get it through the mail if you don't have a local roaster.
I use a Capresso Infinity burr grinder, it's nearly as good as the $200 models for half that price.
Interesting. What fresh coffee do you get online? Is it a subscription service type thing? I typed roasting your own coffee into google and you can get little roasters for 100-200 dollars. That would be interesting to try. I don't think I'll do that anytime soon, but I'll have to read up on that more.
I drink a lot of tea...my favorite is jasmine tea, but English Breakfast tea is also great...in fact, I'm really not too picky about tea varieties...
Any chai in there?
I'm saving home roasting for a rainy day, I already have too many hobbies..
It sure is. It takes/took me more than a few tries to get it brewed to my liking. When family and friends come over and wanting that "cup of Joe," I'll brew using this method for "entertainment" purposes.Ahh, the coffee siphon. I used to have one of those, was the cleanest tasting coffee I've had. Just fantastic. Lot of effort in the cleaning but worth it