Can any members who use one of these five me some pointers please. I have bought one as I want to drink a full mug as opposed half a mug which are the only options the stuff I currently use offers
Melitta Aromaboy
dfk41 I set my Niche Zero to 67.5, 22 grams of coffee, 330g of water in the water tank. This will give 270-280g in the cup. I don’t stir, nor intervene in any way in the brew.
Last water into the cone around 3:20-3:40, total brew time is 4:00 plus or minus 20s, mostly.
I don’t really know why I do it, but when I fold the filter paper I have the folded seam away from the drain hole in the cone.
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LMSC I generally use it when both I and my girlfriend want a brew (I did have an overly optimistic dream of her using it herself). So, from 13 brews, each with a different coffee:
Avg EY: 20.2% (normal). stdev 0.87%. The average for 2041 pour overs being 19.9%, stdev 1.1%.
Avg subjective liking score: 7.3 (79% - with 7.2/78% to 7.6/83% being typical), stdev 0.63. The average for 2041 pour overs being 7.4/80%, stdev 0.98.
I have really only done Switch hybrid brew when you requested, during the Kinto/Hario med crepe test & I didn’t have the best coffee available. Subsequently, I don’t have a substantial sample of hybrid brews.
MWJB I have really only done Switch hybrid brew when you requested, during the Kinto/Hario med crepe test & I didn’t have the best coffee available.
That’s ok. You might repeat occasionally when you have the nice coffee at your disposal. 😊
MWJB (I did have an overly optimistic dream of her using it herself)
In our dreams! Hahaha. My wife wouldn’t brew, let alone use the Lever. 😀
5 days later
After a bit of a fanny on, I ended up cancelling the original order and picking up one from Amazon. I went for one that was described as Used/Return and saved £7 on their normal price. it turned up yesterday a day early and appeared to be a genuine return and had not been used. I was quite surprised at how small it is which is possibly the reason for the return. However for me, it is the perfect size holding 350 mls of cold water. There is nothing to learn, add water, a filter and coffee and turn it on. Around 4 minutes later you have coffee! It makes one nice mug which is what I want at breakfast. I would say it performs as well as the Moccamaster I briefly owned. I have seen influencers knock it in direct comparison to the MM but in fairness taste is subjective and I found it certainly too hot to drink at the start…..and of course it is substantially cheaper.
dfk41 Thx for the update mate and also for starting a useful thread for the brewers like us. Glad you found it making a nice cup of coffee.
MWJB Avg EY: 20.2% (normal). stdev 0.87%. The average for 2041 pour overs being 19.9%, stdev 1.1%.
Interesting data for me, especially the standard deviation although we can’t compare the two given the sample size.
I am tempted to get one with a similar hope of my wife finding it simple to use than the current workflow which is too complicated for her. 😊
Where do you get the filter papers for this? Is there a filter paper which you recommend for this brewer please?
LMSC I use these filters from HasBean/Ozone:
LMSC I am far behind you brew boys but this morning I opened a Nicaraguan from Black Cat….you could smell the fruit when I was grinding it! Only made a few brews so far but for a troglodyte like me, it is great!
I bought one for my parents today, and did some testing.
Cute is the best description.
The brewed coffee was decent. Money well spent.
I am using the Pegasus 01 filters from Hario. (prefer them over Melitta ones)
The Aromaboy arrived from Amazon. Didn’t realise it doesn’t come with a filter paper which is in the post from Ozone coffee (Kalita 101, thanks to @MWJB).
Used the Filtropa 04 using the left over very good Taith’s Winton Benitez’s coffee which gave me a very nice cup across the brew medium.
I had just 12.4g of coffee; and, so used cold 186g of water for this brew.
I give this brew a generous 6.5/9, whereas I should only give 5/9. The coffee was very weak lacking sweetness, acidity and flavour/taste.
I probably think this filter paper is not fit for purpose. The dry coffee bed wasn’t flat either, which may have contributed to the cup outcome. May be, it will be fine with the usual 15g coffee, 225g water and Kalita 101 filter paper. It’s a shame I wasted a good coffee today. 😊
I am following Marks instructions of 22gms to 330 mls and to my undetermined taste buds, it is fine. I bought it more because it brews a decent mug full rather than anything else. For the beans I use I am quite happy but if you are buying good quality beans then I guess its shortcomings will soon appear
Fellow Aiden. It is not available in UK?
On it I can brew good cup of coffee, starting from 170 ml. It really shines at small cups. (it can brew large batches also, but this is more common).