The Bodum electric version way simplifies the whole process. It's still very theatrical and much less practical but the better handle design and electric base does IMO make the process at least reasonable to use.
Don't know why you chose this goofy, silly looking thing to represent siphon brewers. I have a 60+ year old Pyrex Silex with a glass filter. There are newer brands too like Bodum and Yama. Glass, metal as well as electric. Get a real one and not that silly (and unstable) brewer that looks like an accident waiting to happen. The sensible ones allow for easy cleaning of all parts and the Silex has a solid glass filter rod that is a snap to clean though it will let some grounds into the bottom pot. But they are on the bottom and stay there when you pour.
Yes, you did miss the point of getting the coffee in before the water comes up. The water will bring the bad part of the coffee up. If you poor the coffee over the water you don't get the best coffee. Thin grounding coffee is not the most indicated for this device either, that's why your filter gets easily clogged. Use medium and medium-coarse.. and ff sake don't stir it.
the way he did it, yes, the way you suppose to make it it's quite easy. water on the bottom coffee on the tope, light the thing and don't touch it. Meanwhile you can take care of your toast an jam.
To each their own of course, but I felt he way overcomplicated things here. Preheating the filter? I mean come on lmao. Just pour some room temp tap water into that bad boy and fry your eggs.
I received one of these as a gift and didn't have a clue as to how to use it...the directions in the box were at best vague. After having watched a couple videos I happened on yours and found it to be overall the most educational and informative. Thanks so much for taking the time to go over this process for folks who've never seen one before.
I have a Kona Coffee Siphon Brewer. I discovered it at an actual 5-star restaurant that charged a mortgage for dinner. They finished the evening with this piece and we were quite impressed. It does make delicious coffee for sure, but it is more of a statement piece and not a daily brewer for certain. The one thing I will say is that the clean-up is very simple and there is no filtration needed because the glass system does it for you very cleverly. Thx for the video
Me and my lady, we got hooked on siphon brewers a couple of years ago. It really helps that the Bodum -- sometimes rebranded Nilsjohan -- "Don Pedro" used to be quite popular here in Sweden a couple of decades ago, so you can often find complete or almost complete sets for cheap at thriftshops. The added pros for this type, is a _plastic_ filter that's much easier to maintain compared to cloth, and that the pot actually goes directly onto your regular electric stove (of course, induction requires that special plate). The cleaning of the upper apartment is much, much more convenient than cleaning a french press or a moka pot, imho. The used grounds are usually very dry and easy to get out. And once you got the rhythm, the brewing actually doesn't take more time either. The cons, just like you said, is that the "coffee pot" is harder to clean, but as long as it is in pretty regular use, that doesn't seem to be much of a problem. Baking soda and hot water usually does the trick. And yeah, you do want to take it really easy with metal spoons in pyrex coffee gear in general... But as far as I'm concerned, as long as you don't mind the liquid touching plastic, the Don Pedro is _the_ way to go. And _nothing_ tastes quite like siphon coffee.
I bought one of these about 24 years ago in Japan. I use it every day. However the paper filter is much better as I found the cloth filter gave a musty taste after some time. It's my favourite way of making coffee. i don't certainly don't find it stressful or difficult to clean.
Thank you for that! I really like the real and honest review. Do I want one? ABSOLUTELY. Am I going to use it after your review? Nope. Its the cleaning and filter that get me. Thanks! Can't wait for the next review!
I use a siphon brewer from the 1930s and I love it. The carafe is actually pretty easy to clean - fill it halfway with warm soapy water, take a paper towel and stick it in, hold it in one hand and the other over the opening - shake it baby - pour content out and rinse with clean water.
Great question! The siphon is definitely a cleaner cup compared to the moka pot, mostly due to the cloth filter. The moka pot will be more similar to an espresso, since it is a much quicker brew method requiring you to grind a lot finer.
I love my Hario. I preheat the bottom chamber in the microwave. I insert the upper chamber, with coffee, into the lower chamber right away. Never had a problem. Letting the upper upper chamber roll around like you do would be stressful. It's not necessary. The cleanup is about the same as for a French press. I enjoy the morning ritual it provides. I won't use it when I'm pressed for time. That's what the French press is for.
I have always used a metal filter with my syphon brewer (my Hario came with one, but you can also buy them separately) specifically because I didn't want to deal with the hassle of a cloth filter. I know some people don't like metal filters, but it tastes fine to me. I would never use a coffee syphon for daily driving - at work, I usually drink terrible k-cup coffee because it's just easy - but the syphon is a nice experience on the occasional weekend when I want a really good cup of coffee.
Great video, and you did everything so well and with such care! Allow me to alleviate some of the "cons." You can get a vintage Cory Silex stainless steel setup if you like. You don't get the visual marvel of watching the coffee come back down the tube, but you don't have to worry about breaking it. With this setup, you can use a modern steel (or steel and ceramic) filter, such as the ones for the Yama and Hario pots. You don't need to have a cloth filter that needs maintenance and soaking and so forth! These filters unscrew for cleaning, so they're much easier. You also don't need to wait until the water boils to put the top chamber on! You're waiting for air pressure to escape-and the filter doesn't prevent that. If you put the coffee and everything together before you heat the water, you get a longer brew time. Yes, your way probably does keep the fine silt away from the filter, but this is less of an issue if you aren't using the cloth. I wake up, put water in the bottom (leaving some air space) and coffee in the top, then turn on the stove. Once the water boils up to the top, I stir. When the bubbles stop, I turn off the stove. Then I can go take a shower or whatever. After four minutes or so, the coffee flows back down into the tube and my day begins! Easy peasy, alligator!
Reminds me of how we made coffee over the campfire with a blue enamel percolation pot - works via siphon too but constantly cycles the water through the coffee.
If I’m not mistaken, the beads on the bottom of the filter spring are supposed to be used a nucleation points to help the water boil, so should be in when trying to heat.
We have a siphon brewer just like that. We don't use it often, but it is so cool. I tend to forget the name of it because I call it the science coffee maker. It's like magic, and the coffee turns out great. For every day, we use the Clever Dripper.
I loved my syphon brewer and miss it. That one looks like it belongs in a science lab. Mine looked more refined and classy. I don't remember it was that complicated. I used to add my coffee in the top chamber and the water eventually filled it, let it sit a couple of minutes, then turned it off. No cons.
The Hario siphon (and that style of siphon) is a very difficult and time consuming system, esp. with the cloth filter. The first thing I would recommend anyone that has one and wants to use it is to purchase a glass filter rod. They are not difficult to find and make cleanup a million times easier. As far as the delicately balanced upper chamber: don’t fill the lower beaker so full, let the water come to a boil and THEN put the upper chamber in the beaker and seal it to the beaker. No stress. To clean the bottom beaker the best thing to do is to get barista backflush cleaning detergent (like Joe Glo), fill the beaker with water, add the recommended amount of detergent for water used and let it sit for 15 minutes. Do this every 5-7 times, rinse well after every use and all is perfect. On the other hand, try to find a Cona Siphon instead of the Hario. The Cona siphon brewer is a much better design in every way and comes stock with the glass filter rod mentioned above. Probably difficult to find in the US but here in Germany I bought one for 25€ minus the filter rod and a filter rod for 10€, 40€ in total. And the Cona makes the Hario siphon look like a POS, seriously.
The problem with not balancing the upper part is that you can bring the temperature well beyond normal boiling temperatures without any bubbling or actual boiling. When you insert something into the water, it can boil all at once and send hot, pressurized steam every which way and possibly shatter the glass. This is because of the spherical shape of the lower portion.
@@unconventionalideas5683not balancing...? Not sure what you mean by that but until the upper chamber is sealed with the lower chamber the water has to come to an actual, visual boil because the chamber is open. 🤔
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It uses glasses for Syphon coffee maker because metal parts will give metallic taste. On the other hand, you can use glass filter rather than paper and cloth. You can buy a baby swipe. It’s very easy to clean.
This review is informative & funny, too - I am looking forward to other videos. It seems however that it was one of the last videos on this TH-cam channel.
Cona Coffee Makers have an even nicer design and use a kind of glass stopper instead of the filter cloth and spring. Everything that touches the coffee is glass and will not change the taste. Oils won't get filtered out by the cloth and it is easier to clean.
I guess the main benefit is that its kind of old school "automation". You turn on the heat and it goes up and you let the grounds steep for a minute and you turn off the heat and it comes down as filtered coffee. And you can take the top off and keep the burner running to keep the coffee warm.
Many years ago I was given an unused Silex wide-mouth siphon brewer, that I've been using regularly for about 30 years. Just be mindful. That way it won't break. It came with a cloth filter, which both compromises flavor and sometimes jams up, so I replaced it with a Cory glass rod filter. Much better and also so easy to clean. It's a stove top brewer with no stand and no exotic heating contraption. Very simple. I do heat the water in a kettle beforehand. With an electric burner, which doesn't cool down quickly like gas, you have to be a bit careful so as to avoid a volcanic-like eruption. I use a metal heat diffuser to avoid this problem and also for the reason that the pot is about 80 years old. Brewing time is 4 minutes. You can get your hand into the wide mouth version so it's a cinch to clean. And, the coffee tastes great every time. PS: No way I would ever purchase this Hario siphon brewer.
I've had a Siphon Coffee maker for a few years and was never satisfied with the coffee.. well lets say I was using it wrong.. duh! Watched your video and brewed a wicked cuo of coffee.. ordered a bugane burner already.. cheers. 🤘
After the brewing, just run the cloth filter through water to remove sticky grounds and just store it in a glass filled with sodium percarbonate mixed with water. It leaves the cloth with zero grounds and coffee stains and all white and tidy. On the next use just rinse or preheat with hot water. Done.
Don’t use clothe filter . It won’t taste good. You should use a glass or ceramic filter.I can guarantee that Syphon can provide much much better taste than pour over .
knock - after 2 years, lol... - clear explanation, of course the definition of siphon is a little altered in this context - siphon usually involves moving materials under gravitational potential action from a top vessel to a lower one - up and over the edge of the upper vessel (with liquids exhibiting low surface tension, usually require a continuously filled "leak free" path through (throughout the "sub atmospheric" pressure length at least). (Some liquids self siphon - high surface tension - and some solids can siphon too (chains) - air pressure plays no part in these materials.) The vacuum infuser uses modified vapour pressure to lift the liquid and then the cooling vapour created a pressure differential causing / allowing the liquid to return. The vapour to atmospheric pressure differential causes a faster and more complete return of the liquid to the lower chamber resulting in less water remaining in the coffee than gravitational potential fighting surface tension achieves in a drip extraction method. Not really a siphon, but I think we all accept the common use of the term... In 2024 I recently picked one up (not a historical coffee geek, but totally in with chemistry-lab style glassware) - as it was cheaper to purchase an economical version than travel vast distances to experience the "experience" - NB, enough of a geek to think it would be fun - a steel filter has given me less filter bypass. (I have also used a pre-ground espresso coffee I happened to have - and the fines in the cup afterwards are very low - similar to a fine pour-over - with drier resulting grounds).. Experimenting is fun - those who don't like experimenting probably don't cook much either.
Oh.... Best way to clean those beakers. 99% rubbing alcohol and kosher salt. And then clean with water. Salt doesn't dissolve in high concentrations of alcohol so it acts as an abrasive.
A couple more things that came to mind: I think most people, like me, don't bother _waiting_ for the water to rise, before putting in the coffee grounds; rather just drop them in there, and let the water siphon up through it. One less thing to think about! Maybe just give it a stir with a wooden spoon once most of the water is up there, and let it sit for 80-90 s. Tho I wouldn't let the water keep boiling/simmering quite as briskly as you do, BTW. On the downside, siphon brewers aren't so good for making just one or two cups; I wouldn't brew less than half a pot, or you'll have a lot of surplus air that can keep the pressure from building sufficiently. Also, make sure the pot is dry on the outside at all times; especially no _cold_ water, or the tension in the material might get too high.
Omg, too much work one a cup of coffee ☺, the point of drinking coffee in the morning is to get energy. If i had all this energy to do all this job before making coffee i would not need coffee in the morning in the first place 😂 Thank you for explaining ☕
You're making the cleanup more difficult than it needs to be. First, when you're done brewing, remove the upper chamber and put it in the lid-holder. Pour your coffee into cup of choice. With hot water from the sink (soap not necessary), fill and rinse the lower vessel a couple of times, dry the outside, then let the inside air dry. With the filter still in the upper vessel, use your faucet's sprayer attachment (hopefully you have one) to spray out all the grounds and filter into the sink disposal (if you have clogging issues, you can tap the upper vessel inverted over the trash can to get rid of most grounds). Once the grounds are gone, pop the filter and give it a few more seconds of rinsing under the water. Immerse the cloth filter in a glass of clean water and put it in your fridge. Now finish cleaning out the upper vessel and towel dry inside and out. Put it upside down on a towel while you quickly rinse the plastic lid/stand. You're going to put BOILING water in that base every day, so it doesn't have to be sterile when you're done with it. Just clean enough to not impart weird flavors in your next pot. Washing it with soapy water can leave a soapy residue that comes out in your next pot. The upper vessel will have a dried coffee residue that cleans really easily with a towel (paper or cotton), so after rinsing just give it a quick rub down. Once and a while, I'll pass a paper towel through the tube, but only if I notice a build up. As long as you're brewing with the cloth filter daily, and leaving it immersed in fresh water after each pot, it's going to stay fresh and clean for you -- again, you're passing boiling water through it every day. Just rinse it under some warm water right before use and give it some squeezes with your thumb and forefingers right before use.
Lol, this guy making mountains out of molehills. “I don’t like going outside, cuz the sun can be so bright sometimes. I mean it looks cool, but there are just so many pitfalls” - this guy.
How 2 clean entire coffee maker, peroxide, h20, baking soda and some dry rice for contact. Shake well and rise, sanitized 😆 After brewing dash with cayenne pepper 🌶 A whole nutha level. 😜😜
This is a really dumb question im expecting a nope or no to.....but i gotta ask ....can you make hot chocolate or rather hot cocoa with this style of coffee maker?
vodka is like 40-45% ethanol right? 90 proof or something.... that's 45% way too much water to fuel any kind of flame. I think even 70% rubbing alcohol is slightly too weak - you need the 91%-99% isopropyl. or I guess everclear which is 95% ethanol (190 proof). liquor seems way too expensive to burn like that though. alcohol lamps are kinda weird sometimes too - they can be unpredictable and occasionally just catch the whole exterior of the lamp on fire for no clear reason... or maybe that's just my experience because I’ve always made them myself and I might not know what I’m doing.
On one hand, I’m really wanting a very hands-on brewing method that isn’t a pour over…on the other hand, I get annoyed at cleaning a French Press, let alone this -.-
If you own a siphon, what are your thoughts on the brewer? Did we miss anything important about this brewer? Let us know!
The Bodum electric version way simplifies the whole process. It's still very theatrical and much less practical but the better handle design and electric base does IMO make the process at least reasonable to use.
Got one. But 😂all about cons. Comprehensive reviews 😅😊
Can anyone give real advice on which one to buy for a coffee loving friend? I know nothing about coffee and I’m lost
Don't know why you chose this goofy, silly looking thing to represent siphon brewers. I have a 60+ year old Pyrex Silex with a glass filter. There are newer brands too like Bodum and Yama. Glass, metal as well as electric. Get a real one and not that silly (and unstable) brewer that looks like an accident waiting to happen. The sensible ones allow for easy cleaning of all parts and the Silex has a solid glass filter rod that is a snap to clean though it will let some grounds into the bottom pot. But they are on the bottom and stay there when you pour.
Yes, you did miss the point of getting the coffee in before the water comes up. The water will bring the bad part of the coffee up. If you poor the coffee over the water you don't get the best coffee. Thin grounding coffee is not the most indicated for this device either, that's why your filter gets easily clogged. Use medium and medium-coarse.. and ff sake don't stir it.
this is possibly the most inefficient, most time consuming and unnecessarily difficult way of making a cup of coffee.... I need one, now!
the way he did it, yes, the way you suppose to make it it's quite easy. water on the bottom coffee on the tope, light the thing and don't touch it. Meanwhile you can take care of your toast an jam.
I have one and it is unparalleled in time consumption and quality product! Best coffee I've ever had!
To each their own of course, but I felt he way overcomplicated things here.
Preheating the filter? I mean come on lmao. Just pour some room temp tap water into that bad boy and fry your eggs.
once you learn it well, it turns out to be the BEST coffee you'll ever have.
Basically, a bong, but for coffee! Whoot!
This is what I was thinking!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
You nailed it.
I am going to my french press
Don't drink the bong water.
I received one of these as a gift and didn't have a clue as to how to use it...the directions in the box were at best vague. After having watched a couple videos I happened on yours and found it to be overall the most educational and informative. Thanks so much for taking the time to go over this process for folks who've never seen one before.
I have a Kona Coffee Siphon Brewer. I discovered it at an actual 5-star restaurant that charged a mortgage for dinner. They finished the evening with this piece and we were quite impressed. It does make delicious coffee for sure, but it is more of a statement piece and not a daily brewer for certain. The one thing I will say is that the clean-up is very simple and there is no filtration needed because the glass system does it for you very cleverly. Thx for the video
The cloth filter is the cleanup letdown, but is still decent.
Edit: hit the space instead of the u key in "cleanup" and did not catch it.
Me and my lady, we got hooked on siphon brewers a couple of years ago. It really helps that the Bodum -- sometimes rebranded Nilsjohan -- "Don Pedro" used to be quite popular here in Sweden a couple of decades ago, so you can often find complete or almost complete sets for cheap at thriftshops. The added pros for this type, is a _plastic_ filter that's much easier to maintain compared to cloth, and that the pot actually goes directly onto your regular electric stove (of course, induction requires that special plate). The cleaning of the upper apartment is much, much more convenient than cleaning a french press or a moka pot, imho. The used grounds are usually very dry and easy to get out. And once you got the rhythm, the brewing actually doesn't take more time either. The cons, just like you said, is that the "coffee pot" is harder to clean, but as long as it is in pretty regular use, that doesn't seem to be much of a problem. Baking soda and hot water usually does the trick. And yeah, you do want to take it really easy with metal spoons in pyrex coffee gear in general... But as far as I'm concerned, as long as you don't mind the liquid touching plastic, the Don Pedro is _the_ way to go. And _nothing_ tastes quite like siphon coffee.
Thanks for the in-depth explanation of the Don pedro! Sounds like a great version of the siphon brewer.
I bought one of these about 24 years ago in Japan. I use it every day. However the paper filter is much better as I found the cloth filter gave a musty taste after some time. It's my favourite way of making coffee. i don't certainly don't find it stressful or difficult to clean.
Thank you for that! I really like the real and honest review. Do I want one? ABSOLUTELY. Am I going to use it after your review? Nope. Its the cleaning and filter that get me. Thanks! Can't wait for the next review!
Glad it was helpful! I've felt the same way for a long time, always wanted one but had a feeling I wouldn't actually use it.
If you don't like the cloth filter and you can't find the paper filters, V60 filters do the trick as well
This was an awesome video. Every aspect was covered. Keep up the fantastic work. Cheers.
I use a siphon brewer from the 1930s and I love it. The carafe is actually pretty easy to clean - fill it halfway with warm soapy water, take a paper towel and stick it in, hold it in one hand and the other over the opening - shake it baby - pour content out and rinse with clean water.
Well explained, thanks. Left a like.
So I have the Bodum siphon brewer which I like because it works on the stove.
I recently bought a 400ml beaker mug so this is a must to complete the look
Totally worth it. Great tasting coffee every morning. Don’t mind the extra effort.
this was very helpful thank you!
Thanks for explaining process so clearly!
Great to see your channel back and pumping out videos.
How does this compare to a Moka Pot, taste wise?
They seem somewhat similar methods
Great question! The siphon is definitely a cleaner cup compared to the moka pot, mostly due to the cloth filter. The moka pot will be more similar to an espresso, since it is a much quicker brew method requiring you to grind a lot finer.
I love my Hario. I preheat the bottom chamber in the microwave. I insert the upper chamber, with coffee, into the lower chamber right away. Never had a problem. Letting the upper upper chamber roll around like you do would be stressful. It's not necessary. The cleanup is about the same as for a French press. I enjoy the morning ritual it provides. I won't use it when I'm pressed for time. That's what the French press is for.
I have always used a metal filter with my syphon brewer (my Hario came with one, but you can also buy them separately) specifically because I didn't want to deal with the hassle of a cloth filter. I know some people don't like metal filters, but it tastes fine to me.
I would never use a coffee syphon for daily driving - at work, I usually drink terrible k-cup coffee because it's just easy - but the syphon is a nice experience on the occasional weekend when I want a really good cup of coffee.
Great video, and you did everything so well and with such care! Allow me to alleviate some of the "cons." You can get a vintage Cory Silex stainless steel setup if you like. You don't get the visual marvel of watching the coffee come back down the tube, but you don't have to worry about breaking it. With this setup, you can use a modern steel (or steel and ceramic) filter, such as the ones for the Yama and Hario pots. You don't need to have a cloth filter that needs maintenance and soaking and so forth! These filters unscrew for cleaning, so they're much easier. You also don't need to wait until the water boils to put the top chamber on! You're waiting for air pressure to escape-and the filter doesn't prevent that. If you put the coffee and everything together before you heat the water, you get a longer brew time. Yes, your way probably does keep the fine silt away from the filter, but this is less of an issue if you aren't using the cloth.
I wake up, put water in the bottom (leaving some air space) and coffee in the top, then turn on the stove. Once the water boils up to the top, I stir. When the bubbles stop, I turn off the stove. Then I can go take a shower or whatever. After four minutes or so, the coffee flows back down into the tube and my day begins! Easy peasy, alligator!
Reminds me of how we made coffee over the campfire with a blue enamel percolation pot - works via siphon too but constantly cycles the water through the coffee.
you mean a percolator lol. Ive still got my Beauty blue one!!! You just brought back some good memories I needed. thank you.
@@MadMackz yeah. I couldn’t think of what it was called lol. Made some very strong coffee usually with just a hint of smoke flavor.
For cloth filters don't you rinse, soak, bag and freeze for cleaning?
If I’m not mistaken, the beads on the bottom of the filter spring are supposed to be used a nucleation points to help the water boil, so should be in when trying to heat.
for cleaning the bottom pot, you could use lemon + salt + hot water and swish it around by hand, that's what we did in a restaurant I worked in
I grew up on Siphon coffee. My mom had a metal one. Brewed good coffee.
So did I. Parents had a glass one from Jena.
I am looking forward to getting one❤
We have a siphon brewer just like that. We don't use it often, but it is so cool. I tend to forget the name of it because I call it the science coffee maker. It's like magic, and the coffee turns out great. For every day, we use the Clever Dripper.
I loved my syphon brewer and miss it. That one looks like it belongs in a science lab. Mine looked more refined and classy. I don't remember it was that complicated. I used to add my coffee in the top chamber and the water eventually filled it, let it sit a couple of minutes, then turned it off. No cons.
For cleaning, try salt and ice cubes. Then rinse.
11:55 Haha dude, you're great.
I have the burner that came with it and still trying to find the right fuel
Denatured ethyl alcohol (not for drinking). Any hardware store or Amazon might be competitively priced.
Great Video Bro keep up the great work
Now I understand my grandmother’s old stove, top coffee, percolator
The Hario siphon (and that style of siphon) is a very difficult and time consuming system, esp. with the cloth filter. The first thing I would recommend anyone that has one and wants to use it is to purchase a glass filter rod. They are not difficult to find and make cleanup a million times easier.
As far as the delicately balanced upper chamber: don’t fill the lower beaker so full, let the water come to a boil and THEN put the upper chamber in the beaker and seal it to the beaker. No stress.
To clean the bottom beaker the best thing to do is to get barista backflush cleaning detergent (like Joe Glo), fill the beaker with water, add the recommended amount of detergent for water used and let it sit for 15 minutes. Do this every 5-7 times, rinse well after every use and all is perfect.
On the other hand, try to find a Cona Siphon instead of the Hario. The Cona siphon brewer is a much better design in every way and comes stock with the glass filter rod mentioned above. Probably difficult to find in the US but here in Germany I bought one for 25€ minus the filter rod and a filter rod for 10€, 40€ in total. And the Cona makes the Hario siphon look like a POS, seriously.
Cona, in Portugal, is a hell of a word 😝
Maybe that's why the Cona brand is so sought after amongst Portuguese coffee lovers😅
You can use the Cona filter on Hario. And Hario did make glass filter in 70s called 60a.
The problem with not balancing the upper part is that you can bring the temperature well beyond normal boiling temperatures without any bubbling or actual boiling. When you insert something into the water, it can boil all at once and send hot, pressurized steam every which way and possibly shatter the glass. This is because of the spherical shape of the lower portion.
@@unconventionalideas5683not balancing...? Not sure what you mean by that but until the upper chamber is sealed with the lower chamber the water has to come to an actual, visual boil because the chamber is open. 🤔
Me encanto tu reseña, lo vi con mi hija. Aprendimos bastante, gracias y muy bueno el video!! Imagínate vamos a hacer café con café colombiano :))) Saludos desde Ecuador.
No kidding, operating an expensive and fragile Rube Goldberg machine first thing in the morning sounds like a nightmare!
Very true. It's a nice method for decaf at night, for sure!
This is a weekend ritual. Weekdays should be French press and other easy methods
It uses glasses for Syphon coffee maker because metal parts will give metallic taste. On the other hand, you can use glass filter rather than paper and cloth. You can buy a baby swipe. It’s very easy to clean.
Thanks for the advice
This review is informative & funny, too - I am looking forward to other videos. It seems however that it was one of the last videos on this TH-cam channel.
Cona Coffee Makers have an even nicer design and use a kind of glass stopper instead of the filter cloth and spring. Everything that touches the coffee is glass and will not change the taste. Oils won't get filtered out by the cloth and it is easier to clean.
I guess the main benefit is that its kind of old school "automation". You turn on the heat and it goes up and you let the grounds steep for a minute and you turn off the heat and it comes down as filtered coffee. And you can take the top off and keep the burner running to keep the coffee warm.
Get rid of the filter and try a vintage Cory rod. Might as well go full blown hipster.
Ok. Very informative. That cleaning up part breaking fantasy of having cool looking gear
Nice job on the video
Many years ago I was given an unused Silex wide-mouth siphon brewer, that I've been using regularly for about 30 years. Just be mindful. That way it won't break. It came with a cloth filter, which both compromises flavor and sometimes jams up, so I replaced it with a Cory glass rod filter. Much better and also so easy to clean. It's a stove top brewer with no stand and no exotic heating contraption. Very simple. I do heat the water in a kettle beforehand. With an electric burner, which doesn't cool down quickly like gas, you have to be a bit careful so as to avoid a volcanic-like eruption. I use a metal heat diffuser to avoid this problem and also for the reason that the pot is about 80 years old. Brewing time is 4 minutes. You can get your hand into the wide mouth version so it's a cinch to clean. And, the coffee tastes great every time. PS: No way I would ever purchase this Hario siphon brewer.
Big second on the Cory glass rod filter!
BTW, I use a Hario NXA-5 brewer.
I've had a Siphon Coffee maker for a few years and was never satisfied with the coffee.. well lets say I was using it wrong.. duh! Watched your video and brewed a wicked cuo of coffee.. ordered a bugane burner already.. cheers. 🤘
OK! Good pun. I'm watching the whole video!
Wow I like this machine
The bottom thing is a boiling flask, it's used for boiling liquids. The top part is a beaker, it used for mixing.
Cafiza will help to wash the bottom flask well
You are so funny- thank you for an awesome video.
love it educational, understanstandable and not snobby at all. rahter entertainining
After the brewing, just run the cloth filter through water to remove sticky grounds and just store it in a glass filled with sodium percarbonate mixed with water. It leaves the cloth with zero grounds and coffee stains and all white and tidy. On the next use just rinse or preheat with hot water. Done.
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Start today for coffee tomorrow ☕
All electric kitchen without power, gotta have coffee. Second reason behind it being fun with friends.
Very good point!
Don’t use clothe filter . It won’t taste good. You should use a glass or ceramic filter.I can guarantee that Syphon can provide much much better taste than pour over .
Wasted oportunity!
From your profile pic I'd expect you to respond to 2:34 "It's a boiling flask!"
So basically it works like the Bialetti stove top coffee pot except the Bialetti (and similar brands)is mad of metal, which doesn't break easily.
Honestly even you want to filtered immersion brew, a much easier solution would be a Hario switch or Aeropress.
I used to have this, big mistake! It's annoying. Now I'm back to my v60 and moka pot
knock - after 2 years, lol...
- clear explanation, of course the definition of siphon is a little altered in this context - siphon usually involves moving materials under gravitational potential action from a top vessel to a lower one - up and over the edge of the upper vessel (with liquids exhibiting low surface tension, usually require a continuously filled "leak free" path through (throughout the "sub atmospheric" pressure length at least).
(Some liquids self siphon - high surface tension - and some solids can siphon too (chains) - air pressure plays no part in these materials.)
The vacuum infuser uses modified vapour pressure to lift the liquid and then the cooling vapour created a pressure differential causing / allowing the liquid to return. The vapour to atmospheric pressure differential causes a faster and more complete return of the liquid to the lower chamber resulting in less water remaining in the coffee than gravitational potential fighting surface tension achieves in a drip extraction method.
Not really a siphon, but I think we all accept the common use of the term...
In 2024 I recently picked one up (not a historical coffee geek, but totally in with chemistry-lab style glassware) - as it was cheaper to purchase an economical version than travel vast distances to experience the "experience" - NB, enough of a geek to think it would be fun - a steel filter has given me less filter bypass. (I have also used a pre-ground espresso coffee I happened to have - and the fines in the cup afterwards are very low - similar to a fine pour-over - with drier resulting grounds)..
Experimenting is fun - those who don't like experimenting probably don't cook much either.
I bought one with an electronic heater a year ago but do not use it much. It's nice when you have people over, but too impractical for everyday use
Great review! And yes indeed, not worth for me too 😢
Oh.... Best way to clean those beakers. 99% rubbing alcohol and kosher salt. And then clean with water. Salt doesn't dissolve in high concentrations of alcohol so it acts as an abrasive.
A couple more things that came to mind: I think most people, like me, don't bother _waiting_ for the water to rise, before putting in the coffee grounds; rather just drop them in there, and let the water siphon up through it. One less thing to think about! Maybe just give it a stir with a wooden spoon once most of the water is up there, and let it sit for 80-90 s. Tho I wouldn't let the water keep boiling/simmering quite as briskly as you do, BTW. On the downside, siphon brewers aren't so good for making just one or two cups; I wouldn't brew less than half a pot, or you'll have a lot of surplus air that can keep the pressure from building sufficiently. Also, make sure the pot is dry on the outside at all times; especially no _cold_ water, or the tension in the material might get too high.
Omg, too much work one a cup of coffee ☺, the point of drinking coffee in the morning is to get energy. If i had all this energy to do all this job before making coffee i would not need coffee in the morning in the first place 😂
Thank you for explaining ☕
Haha so true!
When you retire and don't rush out the door, this will be the best way to start the day.
You're making the cleanup more difficult than it needs to be. First, when you're done brewing, remove the upper chamber and put it in the lid-holder. Pour your coffee into cup of choice. With hot water from the sink (soap not necessary), fill and rinse the lower vessel a couple of times, dry the outside, then let the inside air dry. With the filter still in the upper vessel, use your faucet's sprayer attachment (hopefully you have one) to spray out all the grounds and filter into the sink disposal (if you have clogging issues, you can tap the upper vessel inverted over the trash can to get rid of most grounds). Once the grounds are gone, pop the filter and give it a few more seconds of rinsing under the water. Immerse the cloth filter in a glass of clean water and put it in your fridge. Now finish cleaning out the upper vessel and towel dry inside and out. Put it upside down on a towel while you quickly rinse the plastic lid/stand.
You're going to put BOILING water in that base every day, so it doesn't have to be sterile when you're done with it. Just clean enough to not impart weird flavors in your next pot. Washing it with soapy water can leave a soapy residue that comes out in your next pot. The upper vessel will have a dried coffee residue that cleans really easily with a towel (paper or cotton), so after rinsing just give it a quick rub down. Once and a while, I'll pass a paper towel through the tube, but only if I notice a build up. As long as you're brewing with the cloth filter daily, and leaving it immersed in fresh water after each pot, it's going to stay fresh and clean for you -- again, you're passing boiling water through it every day. Just rinse it under some warm water right before use and give it some squeezes with your thumb and forefingers right before use.
80 bucks!? I found one on temu for $22.50 ☕
Lol, this guy making mountains out of molehills. “I don’t like going outside, cuz the sun can be so bright sometimes. I mean it looks cool, but there are just so many pitfalls” - this guy.
How 2 clean entire coffee maker, peroxide, h20, baking soda and some dry rice for contact. Shake well and rise, sanitized 😆 After brewing dash with cayenne pepper 🌶 A whole nutha level. 😜😜
Your mannerisms rock…. Also, use bong cleaner to clean?
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didn't know that, i was squeezing it hard to fit exactly lmao
This is a really dumb question im expecting a nope or no to.....but i gotta ask ....can you make hot chocolate or rather hot cocoa with this style of coffee maker?
vodka is like 40-45% ethanol right? 90 proof or something.... that's 45%
way too much water to fuel any kind of flame. I think even 70% rubbing alcohol is slightly too weak - you need the 91%-99% isopropyl.
or I guess everclear which is 95% ethanol (190 proof). liquor seems way too expensive to burn like that though.
alcohol lamps are kinda weird sometimes too - they can be unpredictable and occasionally just catch the whole exterior of the lamp on fire for no clear reason... or maybe that's just my experience because I’ve always made them myself and I might not know what I’m doing.
On one hand, I’m really wanting a very hands-on brewing method that isn’t a pour over…on the other hand, I get annoyed at cleaning a French Press, let alone this -.-
Hello
Most Vodka is only 40% alcohol... Duh!
I didn’t know Paul Giamatti likes coffee
Just wait until James Hoffmann makes a video praising syphon brewers lol
So basically, just "Koffie Toebroek" (Kopi Tubruk) but with fancy equipment + filter.
Great for dinner parties
Who needs food when you can just serve coffee?
Don’t ask me to subscribe right to beginning let’s just watch this video and see what happens here❤
It's a shame it's only 1mug per brew.
Definitely is more than 1 mug, do you normally drink 900ml giant mugs of coffee?
@@BensCoffeeRants ah ok just looks smaller on screen lol.
How do you fill that gas tank , I think I rather not drink that 🥴😏
Just a typical butane burner! Nothing harmful
This seems like something that would be perfect for an autistic chemist or someone wanting to impress company.
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Vodka has only 40%, alcohol burner need much more alcohol %
This is absolutely ridiculous. I need one.
Dude..I wouldn't be surprise at all if u pull out a joint at any moment during the clip or other clips for that matter.
Try cleaning it with salt, same way you clean any other glass peice 😈
Cleaning? *laughs in moka pot*
Pros: looks cool. Cons: too fussy, complicated, time consuming, expensive.
Damn if only there was an easy and cheap way to make good coffee. 🤷
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Love the Video Hate Your atittude… - Da una Hueva horrible escucharte - jajajajaja pero es un gran video. ¡Gracias!
Not even doing it right