We purchased the Baratza Encore Conical Burr Coffee Grinder

Burr Coffee Grinders, Equipment, Product Reviews

We purchased the Baratza Encore Conical Burr Coffee Grinder

The Baratza Encore Conical Burr Coffee Grinder the perfect choice for the pour-over coffee brewer.

Priced at $135, as of this article (11/2022), The Baratza Encore Conical Burr Coffee Grinder is a great choice for the pour-over coffee enthusiast. It offers the features, at a fair price point, that you’re looking for.

We have had ours since October 2022 and have been using it numerous times daily and have not missed out old 20 year old burr grinder. There will be a video soon and on-going reviews.

Let us know in the comments how you feel about your Baratza Encore Burr Grinder.

Read our article here

HARIO MUGEN One Pour Dripper

Brewers, Drippers, Hario V60

HARIO MUGEN One Pour Dripper

HARIO Mugen pour over coffee dripper side and top views.

The HARIO MUGEN One Pour Dripper has a smaller hole than the regular V60, creating more flow restriction and an overall slower drawdown. The concept was by eliminating the initial bloom and steep simply by slowing the water flow though the cone. Why do you ask? Maybe it’s because people are in a hurry, or that it’s more fun to do a one pour coffee brew?

No steeping is required. You only pour hot water once. So it’s easy for beginners to follow a recipe and produce a delicious cup of coffee.

The Diamond pattern inside the dripper helps to relieve surface tension and direct brewed coffee through the filter.

It is better to brew with a slightly courser grind than you would with a normal V60 dripper, since the water flow is slower. The grind is more in line with what you’d use for Chemex or Kalita brewers.

Removable base for cleaning, the cone can also be placed into a pour-over stand. The

This dripper is compatible with 02 size V60 filters. So there is no need to find a new type of paper filter.

The MUGEN is available in a acrylonitrile-styrene resin or ceramic body with a polypropylene holder.

UPDATE: I’ve been using the Hario MUGEN One Pour Dripper for a couple weeks now, and it’s become my go-to brewer. I’m a first thing in the morning coffee drinker, so anything the shortens the time between brewing and the coffee in my stomach without sacrificing flavor is a welcome change.

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Coffee Roasters, Coffee Subscription, Fresh Roasted Beans, Online Shopping

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What’s the best Grinder for Pourover

Burr Coffee Grinders, Pour-over Coffee Brewing, Shopping Guides

6 different conical burr grinders in one image

Best coffee grinders for pour over

There are dozens of choices for grinding coffee, from cheap to expensive, so what is the best grinder for pourover?

A person may wonder: “What’s the best grinder for pourover?” After some consideration, the first breakdown is blade v.s. conical burr grinder. You can eliminate a blade grinder right away. The blades do not grind evenly, you’ll end up with varying sizes of ground coffee, which will effect extraction, which will effect flavor. One day you get a weak cup, another a bitter cup. So don’t bother with blade grinders.

Having eliminated blade grinders, the next criteria is cost. You can get a good conical coffee grinder by Cuisinart for $60, all the way up to the Fellow Ode Brew Grinder for $299. You shouldn’t spend anymore than $300, and even that is excessive for pourover, but don’t even got that far.

If you have an espresso machine, or plan on buying one, you should know that there are not any burr grinders that do both well. So you’re looking at two grinders. And espresso is beyond the scope of this site. Check Coffee Cosmos for information on coffee styles outside of Pour-over. DO NOT BUY A GRINDER THAT PROMISES THAT IT GRINDS ESPRESSO AND POUR-OVER, it just can’t do both well.

So what’s the best grinder for pourover?

If you’re restricted by a budget go for the Cuisinart, it’s a real workhorse and grinds well enough for most pour-over drinker’s palates. Bodum, OXO, Capressso make good burr grinders that come in at around $100, but if you’re going to spend that amount, it’s makes sense to chip in an extra and get the Baratza Encore Conical Burr Grinder. Reviews across the internet show it’s the best grinder for the price.

Watch the reviews here.

Reusable Coffee Filter by CoffeeSock for Hario V60 Drip Brewers

Coffee Filters, Reviews

CoffeeSock® reusable coffee filter

Are you tired of having to re-order paper filters for your Hario type drip coffee brewer? We sure are! 🙂 So we decided to order and test run the CoffeeCock Organic Cotton Reusable Coffee Filter for the Hario V60 cone dripper.

When you get two CoffeeSock cloth filters per box. Boil the filters for 10 minutes before first use.

Use them just as you would a paper filter.

Initially we are pleased with the results, and very much like not having to use paper filters, which in turn reduces the environmental impact and expense of pour-over coffee brewing. We noticed a slightly different taste with the first brew, we’re assuming it’s because certain compounds are not being filtered out, or there is a sizing or something in the cotton that will leach out eventually. So we tossed the first cup, and brewed a second. This time most of the taste was gone, although the coffee extraction seems to be a little higher than with a paper filter, but that could reduce with more use, meanwhile adjustments to grind might be in order.

First impression:

It’s possible that maybe these filters are better than paper! We think that the cotton is more of an inert material than paper and doesn’t impart flavor into the coffee. We will update this article after a couple weeks as the filters become more seasoned.

Our only complaint is that cleaning the grounds out of the filter is a bit messy if you’re composting, but that’s not really an issue.

CoffeeSock also makes reusable coffee filters for Kalita Wave, Chemex, Drip Cone #2, #4, #6, Disc, Basket and more.

See the video below on how to use the CoffeeSock Organic on our YouTube channel.

From the box:

Durable – Each pack lasts about 1 year and replaces 500 paper filters.

Quality – Made in Austin, Texas! Yeh!

Purchase here (opens an Amazon link)

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