Xbloom studio

chlorox

Does anybody here have any experience with this pourover/pod machine? I was thinking of getting a casa grinder but the xbloom comes with what us said to be a pretty good variable rpm conical grinder amd it’s not much more expensive than a casa and u r said to get a very good auto pourover machine on top of that. Does anybody here have any experience with it,?

DavecUK

chlorox after the influencer promotions, you don’t hear a lot about it.

InfamousTuba

It looks like the UK model is still on preorder with shipping at the end of December. It makes good coffee, I know a couple of colleagues who tried it at world of coffee but I don’t know about day to day use or the longevity of the product

The agitation isn’t very high even at maximum flow, so it can require some recipe or grind adjustment. It works similarly to something like the tone touch 03 which I have had a lot of nice brews from cafes in Glasgow that have them

DavecUK

I noticed on their web site it’s $499 in the US and £499 in the UK.

Seems a lot for a machine that makes filter coffee, I’m also using an immersion (Switch) brewer and find it a lot more consistent. Plus it suits the lazy person.

MWJB

DavecUK Melitta Aromaboy is about the same as the Switch in price & pours the water for you :-)

£200-£300 for a good drip machine doesn’t seem crazy, add £200 or so for a built in grinder.

If the Xbloom can fast track you to a representative brew, by downloading data from the roaster, seems worth a few quid. But, how many UK roasters have Xbloom compatible expressions? I’m also a bit confused as to why any drip machine would require the Xbloom’s level of complexity/adjustability built in,

chlorox

DavecUK

It is a lot of money but also includes qhat is said to be a very good conical grinder that even has variable rpm at 60 to 120 rpm that is capable of espresso. So I was thinking that even a varia vs3 would end up costing ⅔ of the price for a xbloom studio anyway so why not get a pourover machine for a little more…

I was thinking that for a newbie to pourover who is always more interested in espresso anyway, the machine could still give me good pourover without me needing to get particularly good at the pouring part etc. Furthermore since it does it exactly the same and regulated temp etc exactly the same it ought to be a lotmmore consistent too.

InfamousTuba

That does make it less appealing, I just remember seeing the dollar price tag. If it was closer to £400 for a scale, grinder and brewer that would be an interesting proposition for some uses, like in an office. I know they were looking to get into the hotel space to replace Nespresso machines in rooms which I would really like to see take off.

I love the switch as well, it is a really easy to use and I use it more than any other brewer.

InfamousTuba

The aromaboy is fun, it performs so well for such a cheap price

MWJB But, how many UK roasters have Xbloom compatible expressions?

Until the machine is readily available here I think support is very limited in the UK. I have enquired about how the whole system works for getting pods made I’m waiting to hear back.

Some of the complexity I think is due to users wanting certain features to be available and them deciding to add it. It has many similar adjustability to the fellow Aiden which I’m hopping to have a play around with next week.

chlorox

MWJB

I tbink if they get enough good roasters signed up and the cost of the pods GP down, it would be a significant game changer.

chlorox

InfamousTuba

Thanks for the feedback.

The interesting part for me is how integrated the entire system is with grinder and scale all built in. It sounds therefore as regulated as a decent esprssso machine except even the decent needs an acaia to be Bluetoothed connected to it. Also the nozzle actually mechanically moves like how a manual user would pour the coffee unlike the fellow aiden and most other pourover machines.

MWJB

chlorox the machine could still give me good pourover without me needing to get particularly good at the pouring part etc. Furthermore since it does it exactly the same and regulated temp etc exactly the same it ought to be a lotmmore consistent too.

I understand the attraction of a fast track to pour over, without such a learning curve (I’m not trying to dissuade you in any way, just adding some context for those who may also be interested in manual brewing), but it should only take a handful of brews with a manual brewer & proven recipe, to get as good as you’re going to get. I’d be interested to see how much more consistent than manual brewing it could be, as there should not be any unusual inconsistency with manual pour over.

In fact, if brewing were unusually precise I can see this making it more of a problem to dial in/tweak for different coffees.

chlorox

MWJB

Thanks for pointing that out. I am still weighing it up as its still a fair bunch of dough to consider spending so that helps.