It's the best looking pod brewer I've ever seen. It looks like it belongs in one of those 'boutique' hotel rooms or an AirBnB decorated 100% from Ikea.
@@TamarLitvot For sure. They should at least add it to the online store they have that implies that they have them in the museum even though they probably don't.
@@PatTriesAgain Could be worse, At least you can drink coffee. I have yet to see a brave man, woman, or enby inbetween willing to drink a cup of dice. 🤣
10:21 i have a Keurig and i use re-usable pods/K-cups; if you take out the pod after brewing and let it dry for a couple of hours, the coffee grounds just fall out if you knock it over a bin.... even easier if you use k-cup size paper filters
I also like that mug. Double wall glass is wonderful. Personally, I don't think I would ever put this device on my counter, but it would make a nice gift.
One of the other commenters put a timestamp for that moment 7:09 and said “hey, this should be the thumbnail!” and she actually said ‘good idea’ and went and changed it to this. All around nice people here on this channel, especially Morgan.
That little black broom/brush I believe is for cleaning the mesh filter, as it allows you to get into the tiny crevices to clean the gunk out of the mesh pores. Something to use over running water. That’s what I’ve used mine for.
I had to go back to my sub feed to check the thumbnail after all the comments Worth it 😂 The machine is a cute lil shape but between a brewer, grinder, and having terrible tap water I just gave up and make coffee at my office 😅
Oh, this is tempting! With my Keurig, I sometimes worry about the water sitting in the reservoir too long if I don’t use it every day. This would be perfect. I love that it looks like a model of a teleportation or time travel device. I bet that brush is for cleaning out the coffee puck. Use the handle to get the majority out, then the brush for the final sweep.
Nice little brewer, I could see it in an apartment or a place with limited counter space. I'm not too fond of pods, I use them when in a hurry, but I prefer Pour-over type coffee, and while I have the plastic pods you fill with your own coffee they are harder to clean, and I think I can tell if I use the paper inserts on pods (that make them easier to clean) it just doesn't taste as rich. I could see buying this or something like this once my K-brewer dies. Nice review, thanks, thumbs up.
I feel like if this company plays their cards right, this brewer could be quite a hot little gift trend for the holidays. Pod + pod-less options and a small footprint for that pricepoint could catch on.
I bought one of these with the thought of packing it on a trip I was taking. I didn't have high hopes because it's basically a pod brewer that happens to come with a grounds container. The grounds container promised to hold enough coffee to make it interesting. However, the boiler went out on it during the initial flush out stage during setup, so I never actually got it to brew coffee.
Just a tip on scales :) They work in + and -, so by 1. putting the cup with fresh ground coffee on the scale and press tare, 2. then taking it off, dumping the coffee in your aimed brewer, 3. put cup back on the scale, you will get a "negative weight" of how much coffee you have put in your brewer. I do this all the time while using scales since sometimes it saves dishes and time, especially if the brewer cannot be put on a scale.
It is cute, but that is as far as I would go, when my Keurig died, and I went to pour over, still have the Bambino, but for coffee every day, pour over is my way to go in the mornings now, after your vids showing proper ways to fix a cup, my cups are so much better every morning, I now have the water to coffee ratio figured out pretty well, I like the control I have with the pour over filter cone and a kettle gives me, and I have a large pour over pot for when guest show up, once again many thanks Morgan :)
That is a cute coffee maker but my Keurig does the same thing but better. My wife likes her pod coffee and I do French press but I will often make my first coffee in the morning with the Keurig and a regular pod or a refillable one that I bought online. They work fine for me. I clean them out after letting them sit for a while and let the coffee grounds dry. It makes them easier to knock the coffee out. I would put this brewer on my shelf of brewers but I would never use it. Thanks for the video Morgan
This thumbnail is perfect. I clicked and upvoted on my appreciation of the thumbnail alone. I can't afford a new coffeemaker, but I did what I could engagement-wise.
A coffee maker that makes less than 500mL of coffee at a time is not useful to me for my morning coffee needs, but it is at least fun looking, even if that roundness is a bit awkward. Also love the lighting today, less black crush, very pleasant to watch.
I'm looking at this and I have a very sensible feeling of a little sims scenery. Because of combination of tiny futuristic looking brewer(?) and big, entirely different, a bit grotesque grinder, and also tiny scales that you can use with the grinder but not with the brewing machine. 😊
I use a French press, because I found that the more hands on of coffee makes it feel more cozy, or maybe just more worth it? I don't know. But sometimes when life gets super busy and I forget coffee and end up with a migraine, I need to make coffee really quickly. I would love this just for the fact that I can easily store it when I don't want a coffee maker crowding the counter but pull it out whenever I need a quick cup. And no one in my family puts any thought into coffee, so I was thinking I'm going to have to pull out my Lavazza and order pods before Thanksgiving crowd gets here, because my French press only makes 1 cup and I am not playing coffee servant to a bunch of people who don't truly appreciate the efforts. 😂
I feel cheap just going with my Timemore Chestnut X. It seeems to me that it was a pretty light cup of coffee, and I use a low amount of coffee per 300mL of water. As always, I like your energy
About two weeks ago, under one of your videos, someone wrote a comment about Polish 'kawa sypana.' It was clearly a joke, but I think it would be great if you made a fancy version of this drink. Love your videos!❤
Have you tried the 'pod' module, but with the pods you can fill yourself? That could make cleaning easier. I've seen them in three packs, so you could just knock them into the compost bin, rinse, and let dry while making your second cup.
A friend of mine has found through a lot of trial and error that the brewers that use pods or allow you to fill your own pod with fresh ground coffee that using a grind size used for aeropress ( medium fine ) works best
I'd have it in my work office. where i don't want the coffee to stay hot.. but it would be primarily a pod. either the compostable pods or the reusable pods. but it would work great for my library office aesthetic.
A small tank prevents stale water. Just like a traditional drip machine it's going to empty the tank through your coffee. The plastic mesh basket ought to come out for easier cleaning (and replacement?) If it doesn't I'd be mad at it
If you let the grounds dry before emptying hte basket (as many of us inadvertently do), the broom would perfect fit in there to 'dust' the grounds out before putting new in
On the speed of the drip/brew, I changed that because for me that was easier; however it's not bad if you have a good grinder. As to if I would use it, yeah I probably would; given living with a person that just needs their pod coffee and that we don't both want coffee at the same time.
As much as I love pourover coffee, I find myself wanting a less fussy option, and have always been disappointed by drip brewers. I don't know that this is *that* much less fussy, but I would give it a shot.
Love the analysis, but for more inexpensive pieces of equipment like this, I'd love to also see how it brews with things closer to the use case scenario. Like, I have a buddy who's single, has a little blade grinder, could I recommend something like this to him? Maybe together with a budget hand grinder, is it easy enough to find a setting that works when the equipment available isn't as "advanced"? Anyway, just some thoughts :) Thanks again for the content!
I am not sure if you would be interested or have tried it before, but I would love for you to try Turkish coffee and share your thoughts. I think you might enjoy the rich, bold flavor and interesting preparation style, and it would be great to hear your perspective on it. Also, loved the video:)
This got me thinking about high flow rate filters. My v60 naturals clog easily, and I'd like to find something eco-friendly that will allow the finer grounds to do the flow rate instead of clogging the paper. Any recommendations? I'm imagining fine linen filters like cheese cloth.
Regarding the grind size that you ended up using for a better cups; if you ever open up a k-cup or Nespresso pod you'll see that they're using practically powder. I wonder if thats the only way these machines are able to get flavor out of such a quick brew.
The coffee looked very light. I was worried for you for a second there. I’m so used to very dark coffee, what you first brewed is what I refer to as coffee water
Seems to me like a worse version of a keurig. I use plastic (with metal mesh) filters to use normal coffee in my keurig, and you can use the strong setting to slow down the flow of the hot water, and choose cup size as well to control how much water. And the tank of water is far larger, so you don't need to refill it every single cup. And I got mine for almost the same price as that mini Q, like 70 bucks.
Hey! Just found your channel & love your videos… would love to see your take on the new Yeti French Press, their GroundsControl filter looks really promising
I wouldn't personally choose this coffee pot. For travel, you'd likely prefer something that brews a better cup of coffee. There are many more compact, efficient options available that are much better suited for on-the-go use, and they also tend to make a far superior cup of coffee
So, I had at one point a Hamilton Beach FlexBrew, which is this thing's big brother - 14oz max water capacity, though to get a decent brew out of it both physically and taste-wise I found myself limited to 12oz... and yeah, I ground for this kind of brewer pretty much the same way I do for an Aeropress, on the medium end of fine. Not surprised at all when a medium-coarse grind did poorly. What I'm wondering is how many fines sneak through that basket - the HB was pretty bad about it; there was a fine line between fine enough for good coffee and coarse enough to keep from sludging the bottom of your cup... of course, the better (more consistent) your grinder the less fines you have to slip through... The limited mug height thing doesn't bother me as much on a 240ml brewer; I use a shorter cup for baby brews like that... (Why, yes, I'm a Seattleite, why do you ask? :) AND yes, double-walled mugs tend to exceed the 5" max height, but your basic diner mug works just fine.
Looked like you could of gone one more adjustment on the grind as it still looked like it was extracting a little quick but interesting machine and stylish for a kitchen
"We are visibly finer right now." That's true. You are visibly finer (than me,) right now. And always... Your little note about Trade Coffee being, "The nation's best..." makes me think, "Oh, this video's only intended for people who live in the USA. I better turn it off then." If the product is only available to customers in the USA, fair enough, but say so. If it's available to most countries, say that. Don't do that USA thing of forgetting that the rest of the world exists, especially on a format like TH-cam, which is accessible around the globe. The tiny broom might be for cleaning out the used grounds? It might've been nice if you'd used a pod as well, see how that worked out. Personally I hate pods for the waste involved, but if you're doing a review of the machine, it seems to me you really ought to try that side of things out too, you know? Thanks for putting in the effort to review, and sharing your thoughts in your usual friendly and upbeat way.
I think the advantage to this would be for it's pods capability. You get a 1:1 of water to pod use, you can dispose of the pod after, very easily, and then fill it back up for another cup. For the single use crowd this is a nice device and it certainly looks better than the all handles and silvered plastic of a Keurig. My boomer uncle would love this as he often just wants "a cup of damn coffee" in the morning without fuss. This device and some "good" k-cups would please him to no end as there's no bells and whistles to worry about and clean-up would be a snap. The second use case I could easily see is someone working in an office setting where they don't like the communal coffee for whatever reason. This would nicely fit on a desk, give you the ability to use your own coffee or choice of pods and never have to worry about the black tar in the bottom of the coffee carafe in the break-room ever again.
That thumbnail is pure art.
Came here to say exactly this. Never change.
I still can't stop giggling
Morgan becomes Modok.
@@damearstor2120 me too haha
😂
"Pretty inoffensive" best backhanded compliment yet. It's like when someone asks you how you're doing, and you respond with, "Not unwell."
Now every time I scoop coffee I will be saying “freeballin “ and no one can stop me
You keep useeng that werd, I donot think it means what you think it means
Cause you're freeeeeee freee balllllinnnnn
I also thought of the song, instantly
@@spospartan-104 Tom Petty would be rolling in his grave (but also probably laughing)
$3000 grinder for a $60 coffee maker...that's a flex
tbf I think she won it (which is... well, also a flex)
and unit 007 at that
The fact that she has this grinder is both fucking insane and also 100% deserved.
It's the best looking pod brewer I've ever seen. It looks like it belongs in one of those 'boutique' hotel rooms or an AirBnB decorated 100% from Ikea.
Or in the Modern Museum of Art in NYC.
@@TamarLitvot For sure. They should at least add it to the online store they have that implies that they have them in the museum even though they probably don't.
@@rolanddenzel-authorcoach 😅😅😅
07:09 Should've been the thumbnail 🤣
Oh no
Alright, after a moment of thought, I changed it
The thumbnail!! 😂
I love it! I came here to say this as well 😂
@@morgandrinkscoffeeyou made the absolute right decision.
"An inoffensive cup of underextracted coffee"!!!! Morgan turning ABSOLUTELY SAVAGE today!
it was SO pale and transparent, i genuinely drank a deeper and more opaque cup of black tea today
Thank you for stroking the spaceship. As soon as I saw it on your table, that’s exactly what I wanted to do. Stimming on the Mini-Q!
man coffee equipment is more similar to tabletop gaming than you think. overly expensive, and everyone calls you a nerd.
The curse of hobbies
@@PatTriesAgain Could be worse, At least you can drink coffee. I have yet to see a brave man, woman, or enby inbetween willing to drink a cup of dice. 🤣
@@twenty-fifth420 Just need to get the grind size right.
@@twenty-fifth420 one could eat them, i guess. i hear they're pretty crunchy.
Wear that nerd badge with PRIDE!
just here to say the thumbnail was incredible on this one
I think this is a good little coffee machine for dorm rooms or cubicles or something like that.
The slide-in "hello there" is the best part of everything.
7:10 is such a good screenshot to take 😂 theres a certain vibe that i cant pur my finger on
This is probably the cutest video Morgan has uploaded lately. The thumbnail, the little broom, and the machine itself. xD
10:21 i have a Keurig and i use re-usable pods/K-cups; if you take out the pod after brewing and let it dry for a couple of hours, the coffee grounds just fall out if you knock it over a bin.... even easier if you use k-cup size paper filters
Every single one of your videos is a delight and this was no exception. And the most excellent thumbnail, of course.
Words cannot describe how much I love the thumbnail! Also, the calming feel of your videos is always so charming! Great job, Morgan!
Ooh that 007 IKON! 👀 Love that you busted that out as your grinder of choice for this demo.
I also like that mug. Double wall glass is wonderful. Personally, I don't think I would ever put this device on my counter, but it would make a nice gift.
I think this is ugly, so I don't want it. But here you go 😂
BEST THUMBNAIL EVER👁👄👁
One of the other commenters put a timestamp for that moment 7:09 and said “hey, this should be the thumbnail!” and she actually said ‘good idea’ and went and changed it to this. All around nice people here on this channel, especially Morgan.
She's another level🤯
Dying when you just said free ball it💀💀
I’m sorry, everyone
Nah don't be. You were correct. 😂 It's the laugh I needed.@@morgandrinkscoffee
That little black broom/brush I believe is for cleaning the mesh filter, as it allows you to get into the tiny crevices to clean the gunk out of the mesh pores. Something to use over running water. That’s what I’ve used mine for.
I had to go back to my sub feed to check the thumbnail after all the comments
Worth it 😂
The machine is a cute lil shape but between a brewer, grinder, and having terrible tap water I just gave up and make coffee at my office 😅
Oh, this is tempting! With my Keurig, I sometimes worry about the water sitting in the reservoir too long if I don’t use it every day. This would be perfect. I love that it looks like a model of a teleportation or time travel device. I bet that brush is for cleaning out the coffee puck. Use the handle to get the majority out, then the brush for the final sweep.
Nice little brewer, I could see it in an apartment or a place with limited counter space. I'm not too fond of pods, I use them when in a hurry, but I prefer Pour-over type coffee, and while I have the plastic pods you fill with your own coffee they are harder to clean, and I think I can tell if I use the paper inserts on pods (that make them easier to clean) it just doesn't taste as rich. I could see buying this or something like this once my K-brewer dies. Nice review, thanks, thumbs up.
7:09 is a beautifully framed shot.
OH NOO, I CLICKED A VIDEO BECAUSE OF ITS THUMBNAIL >:)
I feel like if this company plays their cards right, this brewer could be quite a hot little gift trend for the holidays. Pod + pod-less options and a small footprint for that pricepoint could catch on.
I bought one of these with the thought of packing it on a trip I was taking. I didn't have high hopes because it's basically a pod brewer that happens to come with a grounds container. The grounds container promised to hold enough coffee to make it interesting. However, the boiler went out on it during the initial flush out stage during setup, so I never actually got it to brew coffee.
It's great to see someone with such keen insights share them in such an engaging, entertaining and relatable manner. Thanks for an excellent show!
6:17 i think you were going for "eyeball" or "freehand" and you just did both at the same time
Just a tip on scales :)
They work in + and -, so by 1. putting the cup with fresh ground coffee on the scale and press tare, 2. then taking it off, dumping the coffee in your aimed brewer, 3. put cup back on the scale, you will get a "negative weight" of how much coffee you have put in your brewer. I do this all the time while using scales since sometimes it saves dishes and time, especially if the brewer cannot be put on a scale.
It is cute, but that is as far as I would go, when my Keurig died, and I went to pour over, still have the Bambino, but for coffee every day, pour over is my way to go in the mornings now, after your vids showing proper ways to fix a cup, my cups are so much better every morning, I now have the water to coffee ratio figured out pretty well, I like the control I have with the pour over filter cone and a kettle gives me, and I have a large pour over pot for when guest show up, once again many thanks Morgan :)
That is a cute coffee maker but my Keurig does the same thing but better. My wife likes her pod coffee and I do French press but I will often make my first coffee in the morning with the Keurig and a regular pod or a refillable one that I bought online. They work fine for me. I clean them out after letting them sit for a while and let the coffee grounds dry. It makes them easier to knock the coffee out. I would put this brewer on my shelf of brewers but I would never use it. Thanks for the video Morgan
The thumbnail is amazing
EK No. 007. Very nice.
Bit more envious of No. 1 Lance Hedrick got,
but 007 is a nice alternative.
No more of "The EK", she 100% needs to nickname that machine Mr. Bond.
These type of videos are my favorite, seeing Coffee Machines being used, I'd like to see you try brewing with an Espresso grind
This thumbnail is perfect. I clicked and upvoted on my appreciation of the thumbnail alone. I can't afford a new coffeemaker, but I did what I could engagement-wise.
This machine is very cool looking, perhaps Star Trek inspired.
That thumbnail is excellent.
You have a great calming voice for audio books.
A coffee maker that makes less than 500mL of coffee at a time is not useful to me for my morning coffee needs, but it is at least fun looking, even if that roundness is a bit awkward.
Also love the lighting today, less black crush, very pleasant to watch.
Thumbs up and engagement for the video title image on its own. Rest of the contend deserves it as well
Gotta Imagine that brush is for getting the grounds out. I’d been looking at this machine. Thanks for the review.
I'm looking at this and I have a very sensible feeling of a little sims scenery. Because of combination of tiny futuristic looking brewer(?) and big, entirely different, a bit grotesque grinder, and also tiny scales that you can use with the grinder but not with the brewing machine. 😊
I use a French press, because I found that the more hands on of coffee makes it feel more cozy, or maybe just more worth it? I don't know. But sometimes when life gets super busy and I forget coffee and end up with a migraine, I need to make coffee really quickly. I would love this just for the fact that I can easily store it when I don't want a coffee maker crowding the counter but pull it out whenever I need a quick cup. And no one in my family puts any thought into coffee, so I was thinking I'm going to have to pull out my Lavazza and order pods before Thanksgiving crowd gets here, because my French press only makes 1 cup and I am not playing coffee servant to a bunch of people who don't truly appreciate the efforts. 😂
I feel cheap just going with my Timemore Chestnut X. It seeems to me that it was a pretty light cup of coffee, and I use a low amount of coffee per 300mL of water. As always, I like your energy
Thought this was going to be about the UFO pourover haha
maybe the greatest thumbnail i’ve ever seen
About two weeks ago, under one of your videos, someone wrote a comment about Polish 'kawa sypana.' It was clearly a joke, but I think it would be great if you made a fancy version of this drink. Love your videos!❤
incredible thumbnail thanks morgan
I have seen something like this in a school canteen and it is very attractive to display in a shopfront.
From the Star trek cannon I think it looks like the STNG replicator or transporter 😂🎉
Or medical device. And just TNG era in general TNG/DS9/Voyager into Lower Decks and at latest Picard era.
I'm getting a strong whiff of tabletop-replicator from this design
@@TheScottTubes like for a Captain with a tiny ready room or like the Enterprise-D's Battle Bridge Ready Room that we see like once ever.
@@TheScottTubes Absolutely! Tea, Earl Gray, hot.
Surprisingly affordable and pretty.
Have you tried the 'pod' module, but with the pods you can fill yourself? That could make cleaning easier. I've seen them in three packs, so you could just knock them into the compost bin, rinse, and let dry while making your second cup.
This strikes me as a perfect dorm room machine, as long as you can get beans ground to the right size.
the thumbnail is beautifully crafted
Totally reminds me of the Nescafe Dolce Gusto Circolo machine I saw in my friend's old workplace!
A friend of mine has found through a lot of trial and error that the brewers that use pods or allow you to fill your own pod with fresh ground coffee that using a grind size used for aeropress ( medium fine ) works best
I'd have it in my work office. where i don't want the coffee to stay hot.. but it would be primarily a pod. either the compostable pods or the reusable pods.
but it would work great for my library office aesthetic.
A small tank prevents stale water. Just like a traditional drip machine it's going to empty the tank through your coffee.
The plastic mesh basket ought to come out for easier cleaning (and replacement?) If it doesn't I'd be mad at it
If you let the grounds dry before emptying hte basket (as many of us inadvertently do), the broom would perfect fit in there to 'dust' the grounds out before putting new in
Cool to be here this early. Also looks like a fun brewer.
Looks like something you can use on trips too.
On the speed of the drip/brew, I changed that because for me that was easier; however it's not bad if you have a good grinder. As to if I would use it, yeah I probably would; given living with a person that just needs their pod coffee and that we don't both want coffee at the same time.
As much as I love pourover coffee, I find myself wanting a less fussy option, and have always been disappointed by drip brewers. I don't know that this is *that* much less fussy, but I would give it a shot.
More things need to come with tiny brooms. Beard and hair trimmers often do and that's delightful.
Lmao 🤣 the thumbnail
Love the analysis, but for more inexpensive pieces of equipment like this, I'd love to also see how it brews with things closer to the use case scenario. Like, I have a buddy who's single, has a little blade grinder, could I recommend something like this to him? Maybe together with a budget hand grinder, is it easy enough to find a setting that works when the equipment available isn't as "advanced"? Anyway, just some thoughts :)
Thanks again for the content!
the thumbnail is simply too good
Came here just because of the thumbnail, it made me giggle so much, thank you
not sure if you will read this - I’m a fan of your videos n definitely your clip COVER too, n this one definitely won my 👀 again 🤎
I am not sure if you would be interested or have tried it before, but I would love for you to try Turkish coffee and share your thoughts. I think you might enjoy the rich, bold flavor and interesting preparation style, and it would be great to hear your perspective on it. Also, loved the video:)
Love the design!😍
This got me thinking about high flow rate filters. My v60 naturals clog easily, and I'd like to find something eco-friendly that will allow the finer grounds to do the flow rate instead of clogging the paper. Any recommendations? I'm imagining fine linen filters like cheese cloth.
Thank you, I love these videos because they are so corky 😊
Truly incredible thumbnailage
Fun little coffee brewer, appreciate the the taste test, would like to know the brewing temperature, nicely done
Regarding the grind size that you ended up using for a better cups; if you ever open up a k-cup or Nespresso pod you'll see that they're using practically powder. I wonder if thats the only way these machines are able to get flavor out of such a quick brew.
The coffee looked very light. I was worried for you for a second there. I’m so used to very dark coffee, what you first brewed is what I refer to as coffee water
Morgan's face at 7:10 SENT ME
I think the little broom is for getting the last grounds out of the mesh
Hahaha i love it when you took out the ek 😂😂 you are awesome!
Thumbnail is utterly iconic. Put it in black and white and sell prints of it! Oooh baby 🥵
Seems to me like a worse version of a keurig. I use plastic (with metal mesh) filters to use normal coffee in my keurig, and you can use the strong setting to slow down the flow of the hot water, and choose cup size as well to control how much water. And the tank of water is far larger, so you don't need to refill it every single cup. And I got mine for almost the same price as that mini Q, like 70 bucks.
Omg sorry for multi-posting…I HAVE HAD A LOT OF COFFEE… J Hoff gives the recommendation of starting & stopping a drip brewer to get a bit of a bloom.
Not me watching the first second over and over for the slide 🙂
Hey! Just found your channel & love your videos… would love to see your take on the new Yeti French Press, their GroundsControl filter looks really promising
I wouldn't personally choose this coffee pot. For travel, you'd likely prefer something that brews a better cup of coffee. There are many more compact, efficient options available that are much better suited for on-the-go use, and they also tend to make a far superior cup of coffee
Could you stop the water after few drop in the cup, and let it sit a minute or 2 before you restart the machine might help a bit with extraction ?
Thumbnail of the year
So, I had at one point a Hamilton Beach FlexBrew, which is this thing's big brother - 14oz max water capacity, though to get a decent brew out of it both physically and taste-wise I found myself limited to 12oz... and yeah, I ground for this kind of brewer pretty much the same way I do for an Aeropress, on the medium end of fine. Not surprised at all when a medium-coarse grind did poorly. What I'm wondering is how many fines sneak through that basket - the HB was pretty bad about it; there was a fine line between fine enough for good coffee and coarse enough to keep from sludging the bottom of your cup... of course, the better (more consistent) your grinder the less fines you have to slip through...
The limited mug height thing doesn't bother me as much on a 240ml brewer; I use a shorter cup for baby brews like that... (Why, yes, I'm a Seattleite, why do you ask? :) AND yes, double-walled mugs tend to exceed the 5" max height, but your basic diner mug works just fine.
Looked like you could of gone one more adjustment on the grind as it still looked like it was extracting a little quick but interesting machine and stylish for a kitchen
I could see this on my desk at work, a covienient step up from the communal industrial drip machine down the hall.
"We are visibly finer right now." That's true. You are visibly finer (than me,) right now. And always...
Your little note about Trade Coffee being, "The nation's best..." makes me think, "Oh, this video's only intended for people who live in the USA. I better turn it off then." If the product is only available to customers in the USA, fair enough, but say so. If it's available to most countries, say that. Don't do that USA thing of forgetting that the rest of the world exists, especially on a format like TH-cam, which is accessible around the globe.
The tiny broom might be for cleaning out the used grounds?
It might've been nice if you'd used a pod as well, see how that worked out. Personally I hate pods for the waste involved, but if you're doing a review of the machine, it seems to me you really ought to try that side of things out too, you know?
Thanks for putting in the effort to review, and sharing your thoughts in your usual friendly and upbeat way.
6:33 that's a three Thousand dollar grinder... a bit steap for my budget. but then again I already have a BUNN LPG-2E so I don't need one of those.
I think the advantage to this would be for it's pods capability. You get a 1:1 of water to pod use, you can dispose of the pod after, very easily, and then fill it back up for another cup. For the single use crowd this is a nice device and it certainly looks better than the all handles and silvered plastic of a Keurig. My boomer uncle would love this as he often just wants "a cup of damn coffee" in the morning without fuss. This device and some "good" k-cups would please him to no end as there's no bells and whistles to worry about and clean-up would be a snap.
The second use case I could easily see is someone working in an office setting where they don't like the communal coffee for whatever reason. This would nicely fit on a desk, give you the ability to use your own coffee or choice of pods and never have to worry about the black tar in the bottom of the coffee carafe in the break-room ever again.
The desk scenario was the only use case that occurred to me for me, yeah. I can see it.
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I vote you call the bean pod thingy "the bridge"
"Dolce Gusto Circolo", is a similar one from a long time ago
6:10 if you know someone with a 3D printer you can ask them to make a stand for it.