Is this taking the wee wee or what?

Pompeyexile

I had an email the other day and it was from a coffee paraphernalia retailer advertising this…

The Duomo The Eight Ultimate Puck Prep Tool… cost £229.

It is an aluminium body with eight needles.

Now don’t get me wrong I understand those really into trying to reach Coffee Nirvana there will be tools or machines etc that will be of considerable benefit in trying to achieve that. But by spending £229 for a WDT tool will genuinely help?

Hey I get it, people are free to spend their hard earned pennies on whatever they choose but surely £200 of that would be better spent on coffee beans.

I await for someone now to enlighten me on the science and therefore benefit behind having such a piece of equipment that one costing several hundred pounds less cannot achieve.

Tin hat on….

DavecUK

Pompeyexile I await for someone now to enlighten me on the science and therefore benefit behind having such a piece of equipment that one costing several hundred pounds less cannot achieve.

I believe this product was done to death around a year ago by "influencers on YT. I’m pretty sure most found it fantastic.

This guy loved it, so don’t question it, just shout….“take my money”!

InfamousTuba

The Weber Moonraker is a similar idea to this and a similar price, again don’t think it will be any better than manual WDT except maybe in a cafe to standardise techniques between different baristas. I still don’t see these tools, like the new ‘precision’ baskets, taking off until there are cheaper models available that are about a third of the price.

Del_UK

They have rocketed in price since I managed to pick up a ‘used’ one (it was still in it’s original box with no signs of coffee having ever been near it) for £80 delivered.

It’s very good for £80, no coffee spillage when using it and it is a tactile pleasure.

£229 though, is a bit much!

chlorox

I don’t think devices like the duomo really replicate manual wdt well enough since all it does it to send the needles along the same circular tracks. What is ended is that as the needles circle the circumference of the portsfilter, the needles themselves need to orbit in concentric circles in ways that cover the entire area of the puck. This is addressed by the moonraker device as well as the etsy device that preceded its introduction.

As for whether it is preferable to manual wdt, I don’t think it’s necessarily any better than optimal manual wdt but what it can offer is for consistency’s sake to automate the wdt so that every time it is done, it will be as nearly the same way as it was done the last time.