I broke the Switch 03 before going on holiday, and it’s still out of stock. Since then, I’ve gone back to the Clever, using the same hybrid method.
I’m brewing with a Filtropa Size 4 plus the Swiss Gold on top. My standard recipe is for two cups: 36g coffee, 500g water. I pour 200g for immersion, wait 2 minutes, then switch to percolation with two 150g pours at 2 and 3 minutes. I usually get a dry bed just after 4 minutes.
So far, I’ve brewed Foundry’s Ethiopian, Sey’s Colombian, Crankhouse’s Geisha, and Zennor’s Costa Rica 777 La Loma. I’m surprised by how smooth, clean, and sweet the cups have been, with noticeably better clarity. All of these were coffees I’d previously brewed on the Switch with Hario’s Project Waterfall paper. The Switch does compensate for the paper, but I’ve consistently found its cups a bit muddled when comparing notes and scores. I also tried the Project Waterfall paper on the Clever with the Swiss Gold, but it still didn’t match the clarity of the Filtropa.
Subjective scores for Clever (Filtropa + SG) versus the Switch were:
• Ethiopian: 7.5 vs 7
• Sey Colombian: 7.5 vs 7.25
• Crankhouse Geisha: 7.75 vs 7.5
• Zennor Costa Rica 777 La Loma: 8 vs 7
Single cups have been less exciting—not in clarity or smoothness, but in strength. However, blooming 2 pours of 45g each every 30 seconds for 2 minutes (immersion) in total, then switching to percolation with three 45g pours every 30 seconds to finish with a dry bed around 4 minutes gave enough strength to bring both the Clever hybrid and the Switch to a similar single‑cup score of 7.5/9. This is just a single brew of Crankhouse Geisha.
It’s a shame I can’t measure the yield. 🙂
