Keep waiting for an equipment rundown where Morgan says "A Graham scale" followed by a whip cut to Graham holding coffee beans saying, "It's about 4.2"
Have fun with it mate! Dont get discouraged if it takes a while for the shots to taste great. I am doing this for years now and still sometimes have beans that i cant get to taste great.
@angieferret7723 kitchenaid site is having a sale... got the semiautomatic espresso machine with matching red grinder. I did get a few accessories on prime day like a knock box, wdt, and red espresso cups.
I have been using pour over for longer then I can recall, my late Mom bought me one from Melitta with filters also, and it changed my coffee from that moment on, now its the only way I fix coffee, when my Kurig died, I gave up on pods after that, now use pour over, and I got a temp controlled kettle and it as made all the difference, and when I found you on here, you have taken my coffee experience to the next level, thank you Morgan
That was my first pour over as well; I now have a chemex and a Moka pot to go alongside it. I tend to use the chemex more than the melitta nowadays, but it’s still with me.
Someone gave my gramma a coffee gift basket but she hated coffee and passed it on to me. I still have that Melitta cone from 1988, but I did upgrade to the newer style where you can see through the base and not forget how many times you poured and overflow coffee everywhere. (Not that I ever did that. Just, um, something I hear people do.)
I have a v60 and a kalita, and I tend to alternate based on the coffee I'm brewing. My recipe is 33g coffee to 561g water (1:17). Water 210°F, 45 sec bloom with 3× the weight of the coffee (99g). 1-3 additional pours, some of which I may use a melodrip for lower agitation. Yields 2 250ml cups for my wife and I.
Wow, wow! Let's not get carried away. Everybody knows that TH-camrs are fictional characters that live and breathe whatever their channel is about. I shudder just imagining that she may sometimes drink non-coffee beverages.
Well. until you do some double blind tests with other methods I'll have to take a rain check on that perfection remark. But. If you like french press, you should get an Aeropress with a Fellow Prismo valve. I think you'll be impressed.
We saw you and James Hoffman talking about the French Press; we love it. Had a drip/automatic coffee maker at a meeting I went to and felt like it was thin and watered down. We had a glass Bodum French Press loved watching the pressing down of the filter. Now we use a metal one, still love it ☕️❤
I've been learning about coffee for a short time now but I've defaulted to an everyday v60 brew from my ember mug :) can't beat it for low effort and consistency
You asked for my daily driver, so here it is, currently in the summer. 25 grams of beans ground as coarse as I can in an actul grinder. 400 grams of water total. 200 in, bloom for 30 seconds and make sure all grounds are covered. Rest of the water in. Now comes the fun part. This brewing container is a quart size plastic deli container. Chuck that in your fridge for 12-24 hours. When it's time to drink it, grab another deli container, yes, they weirdly matter, and a plastic v60-2 with just a hario unbleached filter. The brewer sits pretty much perfectly in the empty container. Rinse, filter, enjoy. Gets awesome clarity, cheap as chips to do, and is easy enough for me to do one handed. Ratio is 1 - 16 bean to water, for different sizes.
After trying a lot of tools, I ended up with a portafilter funnel and the classical WDT tool from Sworksdesign, grinding directly into the basket, giving it a tap on the table and then just raking the grounds to prevent fines from traveling to the bottom. And that's basically it. I also enjoy using puck screens. My other puck prep tools have become decorations, lol.
Someone pointed out you look like Young Sheldon and now I can't unsee it. Love the video! Always nice to watch other people's approach to brewing (within reason).
Due to being mid moving from one city to another, my morning coffee is done very old school: percolator on the stove! 👍 Keeping it simple, using filtered water for a clean brew. It’s lovely and nostalgic. Reminds me of my grandma making coffee.❤
Don’t take this the wrong way, but I didn’t know these still existed! I’ve only ever heard stories about how they used to use percolators. I would love to try one sometime. Where did you get your’s?
Always a pleasure to see you pop up on tiktok, and now on here too! I've just gone from a full automatic Saeco machine to a Sage Barista Express Impress (that name man 😂) sonive basically only just started my coffee journey.
Which is how you ended up on my recommendations cause... for a "this machine helps guide you in making decent coffee" the factory defaults were horrible and I need lots of help getting to decent coffee 🤣
It's very helpful to see this! I'm an aspiring barista myself (ironically, also named Morgan) and I want to start doing it at home to learn more! Thank you for this ^^
We recently had another beloved glass French press break RIP and while we’re in between coffee makers our set up is currently a metal mesh baking sifter with a coffee filter that sits directly on our mugs and a gooseneck kettle. Using whatever grocery whole beans are on sale with a simple spice/coffee grinder while we save for the investment equipment. We love French press but might switch to team pour over for day to day
Insightful! I come from the world of bartending and it's really cool to see how the pros in another aspect of drink making do things, especially with their home setups. I don't think I'd get an espresso machine but I like getting some perspective into pour-over; you make it look easy and rewarding.
Thank you for your videos, I saw the cheapest espresso machine on Amazon vid and I actually bought it, your video was absolutely right, it is horrible at just strait espresso, but for mixed drinks like a cappuccino or a latte, or in my situation a coffee chocolate protein shake it works almost perfect, it's not as strong as real espresso but it is stronger than drip coffee or keurig machines that I have used my entire life until just this past year, and your the only coffee youtuber that actually go's into those very low budgets, all the other youtubers have super expensive setups and the cheapest setup I've seen is atleast $1,000, which for me is mind blowing, so thank you for reviewing those types of machines even though you could just stick to the $3,000+ machines.
My every day is Hario V60. I do 35g to 500g water, with a 100g bloom. Or for Japanese Iced Coffee: 45g to 50g coffee, 200g ice in carafe, 100g bloom, 150 more water resulting in lovely cold, but hot-brewed coffee, which I dilute by 1/3 with dairy or water to serve. I sometimes make a French Press for more people. I love the Fellow Shimmy, especially for French Press, for a cleaner-tasting cup.
Great video, it's nice to see what someone deeply entrenched in coffee culture and tech uses on a daily basis. Most days for me it's a light roasted natural through the Aeropress - plunged on workdays, but when I have the time I use it as a zero-bypass drip (like a Tricolate, with a ghetto Melodrip I made with a measuring cup and power drill). Very occasionally I'll break out the moka pot, usually when I've bought or been gifted a darker roast.
At home I’m a oxo French press girl during the week and always have a batch of cold brew in the fridge. I love my weekend coffee in my grandfathers Moka I was handed down when he passed. At the office since I’m not allowed to brew coffee ( it’s a Coworking space) and I get In two hours before the porters brew a batch I keep a bottle of jot or Javvy concentrate. 18:13 At home I’m normally drinking whatever trade is sending me - they haven’t steered me wrong yet and given me a broader view of what I like (thanks to you)
Moka pot, divided in half and topped up with water as a false americano. I drink them back to back in the morning over the course of an hour and a half or so.
I enjoy the way you explain this video and your other ones. I also enjoy coffee. As gifts, my friends know they can buy me anything coffee related. I have 3 French presses, 4 moka pots. Syphon, Areo press and for a group a glass stovetop perk.
This was a fun video! My daily routine is a V60 pour over in the morning and an espresso shot from a flair 58 in the afternoon. Grinding for both from a DF54. Thanks for the great content!
My daily routine is with the French press. I recently rewatched your 4yo video on using the French press, and I was amused by the fact that your base method matches my own. And THEN I learned from that video how to froth milk for a “latte”! Just tried it myself a few days ago, and was quite pleased with the result! But I don’t do that one daily.
Love this video! I’d love to know the sizes of pitchers you mentioned. I have one that’s very small and hard to use. The larger one you have looks perfect!
Thank you! I know it’s a bit out of the usual for sponsors on this channel but I’ve been wearing them for many years and really appreciated their flexibility with letting me craft the script exactly how I wanted to :)
Gave away my espresso machine since it was rarely used. My daily driver now is a V60 for light and acidic roasts and Chemex for medium/chocolate roasts, all poured over with the Stagg EKG. Water is RO treated with a DIY solution based on Rao/Perger (or straight RO if I'm being lazy).
10:15 I recently got a small espresso machine from a friend. I tested it, and while it did heat up, and the pump worked, no water came out of the group head. It had been sitting with water in it for a while, and after disassembling it, I realized that it had been super hard water - there were literal crystals in there, blocking the valve.
I'm an espresso person. I've had a Gaggia Classic and an Eurkea Mignon Speciale, but although I could get good coffee from it, I couldn't get great coffee, so I switched to an ESE pod machine at home, which has a PID controlled thermoblock and a flow meter (none of which the Gaggia has without modding). Now I get better shots at home, with a press of a button, and if I want to have a perfect espresso, I just go to a café :D
My everyday espresso is abt 12g coffee ground espresso fine with my baratza encore and tossed into my flair neo flex. Its the best cheap setup for my apartment i could come up with. For pourover i find myself reaching for my phin filter over most other things daily. Something about it is just wonderful. Ive lost the lid to it so ive resorted to using a plate nowadays, but it functions just as well. For the pourover i make for my friends, i use a mystery cone i found at a thrift store, since it can brew more than a cups worth if coffee at a time :)
After the budget video you posted a month ago, I decided to dip my toe in with a Delonghi Stilosa and the Kingrinder K6. Got both yesterday so really excited to "play with my new toys". Even though it was the evening, I had to test them out. Made a quick latte and it was really good! 🎉 I'm definitely replacing that plastic spoon tamp it came with. I fell like I could snap it in half pretty easily. 😆 Anyway, thanks for the knowledge and inspiration. 👍
wonderful, interesting and no faff brew video to start my Sunday, thank you. Also, so appreciative of the WDT explainer. I've curious about trying it out, but every video out there is specific to a product. So I believed the tool was named WDT not the technique and I was missing something. You've really done my brai a favour xD
I changed WDT to shaking and it is actually fun, compared to nervous WDT-ing making sure that my technique is perfect or not. It’s actually relaxing, so I’m happy with the results, and haven’t noticed a detriment to the coffee.
I use a bottomless portafilter with a pressurised basket. It comes out in a jet which whips the crema and turns it into a foam. The bubbles last about 30 minutes. Long past the coffee being hot. I call it the gamer latte. Basically what you will get with most automated machines but I use a gaggia classic. A nice foamy coffee without touching the steam wand
I typically only do espresso on a daily basis - I have a variety of other options, but only pull them out when the mood strikes. Probably the most unique thing I have is, I have this little screwtop metal tubes - they came with samples of tea - which I use to pre-measure my dose, and have them in a little rack I made, which also holds a mini spray bottle of water. My grinder is a Baratza Sette, which means it's the sort to have the holder for the portafilter. My process is to pour the beans into the hopper, spritz them with water and grind them. Then I use a WDT hand tool (and an espresso funnel to keep from spilling grounds). Next - and this is one I'm a little surprised you don't do - I use a leveling tool, then tamp by hand, put on a screen, and pull the shot. I've found that while I could readily omit any one of the spritz of water, the WDT, the leveling, or even the screen, and not notice much difference; if I skip all of them the shot is noticeably worse.
I currently have 4 different pour over brewers -Timemore crystal eye type00 -timemore B75 -Randwick V style aluminium mesh filter [not sure what size 01 or 02] -2x generic large PHIN for quick pours I usually gravitate to the B75 or the Type00 with the Timemore drip assist For filtering my cold-brew [getting out the small particles that came out of the infusion brew] I pick my randwick since it has a 400 micron mesh. Though I usually gravitate to my super-auto if I want latte's I might just make the Timemore ones into a Coffee travel kit
Also use a V60! My daily ratio is 22g of coffee to 360g of water. Bloom with 45g for 45 seconds, first pour to around 225, second to 300, last to 360. Swirl to settle the bed and draw down. For espresso i have a baratza vario and a GCP with added PID and pressure profiling. Recently been doing slayer style shots. 18g dose, aim for about 40g out for medium roasts, 45 out for lighter roasts. Bloom at around 2 bar until first drop, ramp to 8 bar, drop to 4 bar at around 20g out.
Amazing video! It's like a little look behind the scenes, and nice to know we have extremely similar pour over recipe's! I might have gotten it from Hoff-daddy or Lance...I can't remember but I've been using 16g and the same water numbers as you. Maybe i'll try the 15g tomorrow. Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to get into espresso, I've been saving for like 3 years now trying to get a really good grinder and a nice machine! let me know if you have any recommendations!
I discovered that Hario does the Drip Kettle Air, which for me was a better option than buying another kettle, especially with kitchen space at a premium. It also doubles as a measuring jug 😊
Great job, Morgan. Thank you. The only thing I would like to have seen you add is the grind sized, in microns, that you work around when making pour over. Very curious.
I make a simple black pour-over coffee for work every morning, but that coffee is more a function over form drink. My true 'relaxing and enjoying this' coffee is equal parts cold brew concentrate that I make at home in a 2:1 ratio to oat milk. Add 1tbsp of brown sugar and put in a mason jar with a lid. Seal the drink and shake vigorously to dissolve the brown sugar. It makes a nice foam at the top from the shaking and it tastes just heavenly
I do a pour over at home; I don’t have an espresso machine. But for awhile I had a well-loved Mr. Coffee, which is a good machine if you keep up on the cleaning. My grinder could be better. It’s also some old Mr Coffee, but it’s been with me for over 10 years. It only has a few grind sizes but it does the job. I’m very precise with making coffee for my job, but a lot of times for home “good enough” is good enough 😅
I was using a kuerig exclusively for years but recently bought a phin and a pour over set as well as the Ninja Luxe Cafe Premier espresso machine. I rotate between those 3 now depending on my mood!
Hi Morgan! Thank you for this video, it’s super informative and interesting! I’ve been looking for a Hario V6 and wondering if you can recommend a specific brand and if plastic or ceramic/porcelain is best? I’ve looked at the stainless steel Kalita Wave on your page and it looks like a good option as well, so I’m not sure which is the best/better brewer! Do the Hario V6 and Kalita require specific filters as well? Thanks so much if you could provide your expertise advice!!😀
My daily is for first coffee is a Keurig and a refillable pod or a regular pod. I just want a coffee quick with my breakfast. Then I make a French press coffee for my next two coffees for the rest of the day. They go into a good travel mug and thermos to drink for later. I play with different brewers during the weekend for fun.
We use a Greater Good kettle, very similar in aesthetic as the Stag in the video (highly recommend), glass Grosche French press, and i drink from Bodum double walled mugs. Locally roasted coffee from Rocky Butte Espresso (PDX). I might delve into pour overs at some point but i don't like the filter waste/reliance.
While I do have a Aeropress, mostly use that for a quicker experience or when I am away. When drinking my daily afternoon coffee I use my Chemex (and yes even if its only for 1 person).
We use the mocha pot most of the time. I'll dial in the grinder with new beans but otherwise it's a straight forward system. I microwave the milk and it tastes as good or much better than the majority of the good cafes here.
I really love your setup! I have what I lovingly refer to as my cheap as possible setup. Breville bambino and grinder and a tamp distributor tool. The breville grinder can also grind for my pour over which is a Chemex so I can brew for just me and a group!
That's It That's It the mooost Simple Pour Over others not that it is simple but a no nonsense way of making a Pour Over Thank You Morgan , My new way of making a Pour Over
I’ve been drinking French press coffee for many years but just got an aeropress & maestro house frother for my birthday! Hoping someday to get an espresso machine.
Fellow Opus grinder paired with the Moccamaster cup one.. weighing everything out with the Hario scale I agree with the clear mugs/cups.. I've used the same Bodum double wall mugs for over a decade
I’ve used pour over for decades. I’m picky about my cup too, it has to be clear glass or white on the inside, never plastic! I sometimes use my 1980s stovetop espresso/cappuccino brewer that I got in Europe.
My daily driver for the better part of a year was an aeropress w/ whatever new coffee Trade sent me that month, but I recently purchased the xBloom Studio and have been really enjoying the clearer cups from pourover-style brews. One of these days I'm hoping to do more with espresso, but for now having very easy, consistent, yummy pourovers doesn't seem to be going anywhere :)
For me a couples a week I'll make an ice americano using the Terra Kaffe TK02 and I cycle between Columbian, Arabic, and Guatemalan Coffee with stevia or sugar free syrups. That it's just something simple and quick without all the tools and hassle. Sometimes, I'll recreate a coffee from a coffee shop and use some oat milk paired with foam and flavoring.
I just do lattes. Gaggia Classic Pro, just upgraded my grinder from a Sette 270 to a Mignon Libra (like it so far). I've considered upgrading my Gaggia to something more substantial.
Lovely vid as always! One small thing about the videography that might be improved: I think the contrast between your classic black outfit and the cupboard is a bit low >.
Great video as always Morgan. Do you think if you were using a larger pourover brewer to make a larger amount of coffee, would you use the same ratio? For example, 48g coffee, 160g bloom, then a pour to 480g and lastly a pour to 800g for enough coffee for three or four people (and about the maximum capacity of Fellow's larger carafe?) Would the amount of time (eh for bloom) also get scaled up? Also, for the last pour, do you wait for an amount of time or do you just wait until the previous pour has drained through the bed?
I have a breville barista express - so I have a 54 mm portafilter. I use a manual WDT and then use a distributor/tamp. I do not use the tamp that came with the machine, and am wondering if I am smart to stick with the distributor/tamp or go to a better grad tamper.
Your espresso machine looks familiar, I have a black one LOL! Thanks for the video. Do you use RDT? I am not sure I need it with light roasts, and the humidity here is usually 30%. I also use the shaker method.
I use basically the exact same pour over recipe (with a 20g dose) and gear, but I prefer brewing into a glass carafe and transferring for aesthetics and dropping the temp some. My espresso setup is a 9Barrista with a blind shaker and surface wdt 😂 Not many variables to play with there
Personal preference mostly, both ceramic and plastic brewers have different benefits. One of the main differences is heat retention due to ceramic having a higher thermal mass. Essentially, they take longer to heat up and retain heat. However, I personally like the feel and function of ceramic so I just take it into consideration when brewing.
If I’m taking a brewer with me, it’s usually an Aeropress. I often travel with quality instant coffee as well and make an effort to explore the local coffee scene.
do you wait for the first pour up to 150gr to finish to start the second pour to 250gr? or is it based on time? Also, what time do you aim for the whole cup of coffee to be brewed? and is it based on time how you adjust grind size? Thanks!
Video Idea, would love to watch your review of cheaper hand grinders or beginner grinders in general, considering getting a KinGrinder K6 from James Hoffmans vid!
Keep waiting for an equipment rundown where Morgan says "A Graham scale" followed by a whip cut to Graham holding coffee beans saying, "It's about 4.2"
Don’t give my editor and I ideas like this, haha
I really like the "Hello There" 😂. Reminds me of Star Wars every time
Good.
Thats raigghhhtt!@@morgandrinkscoffee
General Kenobi!
Makes me think of a bar person sliding a drink across the bar and overshooting it.
My first espresso machine will arrive today and I've been binge watching your videos for two days now. I cant wait to get hands on.
So excited for you, have so much fun with it!
Youre gunna hate the dial in process lol 😂
Did you order it during Amazon prime day? That’s what I did, mines shipping tomorrow
Have fun with it mate! Dont get discouraged if it takes a while for the shots to taste great. I am doing this for years now and still sometimes have beans that i cant get to taste great.
@angieferret7723 kitchenaid site is having a sale... got the semiautomatic espresso machine with matching red grinder. I did get a few accessories on prime day like a knock box, wdt, and red espresso cups.
I have been using pour over for longer then I can recall, my late Mom bought me one from Melitta with filters also, and it changed my coffee from that moment on, now its the only way I fix coffee, when my Kurig died, I gave up on pods after that, now use pour over, and I got a temp controlled kettle and it as made all the difference, and when I found you on here, you have taken my coffee experience to the next level, thank you Morgan
That was my first pour over as well; I now have a chemex and a Moka pot to go alongside it. I tend to use the chemex more than the melitta nowadays, but it’s still with me.
Someone gave my gramma a coffee gift basket but she hated coffee and passed it on to me. I still have that Melitta cone from 1988, but I did upgrade to the newer style where you can see through the base and not forget how many times you poured and overflow coffee everywhere. (Not that I ever did that. Just, um, something I hear people do.)
I have a v60 and a kalita, and I tend to alternate based on the coffee I'm brewing. My recipe is 33g coffee to 561g water (1:17). Water 210°F, 45 sec bloom with 3× the weight of the coffee (99g). 1-3 additional pours, some of which I may use a melodrip for lower agitation. Yields 2 250ml cups for my wife and I.
I would love a video about your other hobbies and interests!
Noted!
Wow, wow! Let's not get carried away. Everybody knows that TH-camrs are fictional characters that live and breathe whatever their channel is about. I shudder just imagining that she may sometimes drink non-coffee beverages.
@@Frostbiker 😂
The same french press four years running and an eyeballed amount of coffee at 5am everytime. Can't beat perfection
Well. until you do some double blind tests with other methods I'll have to take a rain check on that perfection remark. But. If you like french press, you should get an Aeropress with a Fellow Prismo valve. I think you'll be impressed.
We saw you and James Hoffman talking about the French Press; we love it. Had a drip/automatic coffee maker at a meeting I went to and felt like it was thin and watered down.
We had a glass Bodum French Press loved watching the pressing down of the filter. Now we use a metal one, still love it ☕️❤
You'll really love and Aeropress then. With a prismo valve.
It's all about consistency. I drink from an Ember Travel Mug 2. Thanks for another excellent video.
I've been learning about coffee for a short time now but I've defaulted to an everyday v60 brew from my ember mug :) can't beat it for low effort and consistency
I love my Clever Dripper. Small, not a lot of mess and makes a good cup of coffee.
The Clever is such a nice little versatile brewer, agreed
I've been using a Clever Dripper for at least 15 years. I weigh the coffee and eyeball the water, because experience.
You asked for my daily driver, so here it is, currently in the summer. 25 grams of beans ground as coarse as I can in an actul grinder. 400 grams of water total. 200 in, bloom for 30 seconds and make sure all grounds are covered. Rest of the water in. Now comes the fun part. This brewing container is a quart size plastic deli container. Chuck that in your fridge for 12-24 hours. When it's time to drink it, grab another deli container, yes, they weirdly matter, and a plastic v60-2 with just a hario unbleached filter. The brewer sits pretty much perfectly in the empty container. Rinse, filter, enjoy. Gets awesome clarity, cheap as chips to do, and is easy enough for me to do one handed. Ratio is 1 - 16 bean to water, for different sizes.
After trying a lot of tools, I ended up with a portafilter funnel and the classical WDT tool from Sworksdesign, grinding directly into the basket, giving it a tap on the table and then just raking the grounds to prevent fines from traveling to the bottom. And that's basically it. I also enjoy using puck screens. My other puck prep tools have become decorations, lol.
Someone pointed out you look like Young Sheldon and now I can't unsee it. Love the video! Always nice to watch other people's approach to brewing (within reason).
Due to being mid moving from one city to another, my morning coffee is done very old school: percolator on the stove! 👍 Keeping it simple, using filtered water for a clean brew. It’s lovely and nostalgic. Reminds me of my grandma making coffee.❤
Don’t take this the wrong way, but I didn’t know these still existed! I’ve only ever heard stories about how they used to use percolators. I would love to try one sometime. Where did you get your’s?
Always a pleasure to see you pop up on tiktok, and now on here too! I've just gone from a full automatic Saeco machine to a Sage Barista Express Impress (that name man 😂) sonive basically only just started my coffee journey.
Which is how you ended up on my recommendations cause... for a "this machine helps guide you in making decent coffee" the factory defaults were horrible and I need lots of help getting to decent coffee 🤣
I use my aeropress with fellow prismo just about every day. Some time I do a serving with the Moka Pot. When I got friends over I make French Press.
What’s your aero press recipe?
@@emfox6280 11 g of coffee and 200 g of water (Hoffman recepie) is my go to. I use sites as aerorecepies for inspiration.
It's very helpful to see this! I'm an aspiring barista myself (ironically, also named Morgan) and I want to start doing it at home to learn more! Thank you for this ^^
I bought the steam wand guard because it was on one of your favorite things lists. I LOVE IT!! So convenient and well designed. well worth the $$
Glad to hear it! The team over at Artpresso are incredibly talented and kind, very creative minds over there
We recently had another beloved glass French press break RIP and while we’re in between coffee makers our set up is currently a metal mesh baking sifter with a coffee filter that sits directly on our mugs and a gooseneck kettle. Using whatever grocery whole beans are on sale with a simple spice/coffee grinder while we save for the investment equipment. We love French press but might switch to team pour over for day to day
i love how you use your hands when talking ❤ its so pretty and expressive
Insightful! I come from the world of bartending and it's really cool to see how the pros in another aspect of drink making do things, especially with their home setups. I don't think I'd get an espresso machine but I like getting some perspective into pour-over; you make it look easy and rewarding.
Thank you for your videos, I saw the cheapest espresso machine on Amazon vid and I actually bought it, your video was absolutely right, it is horrible at just strait espresso, but for mixed drinks like a cappuccino or a latte, or in my situation a coffee chocolate protein shake it works almost perfect, it's not as strong as real espresso but it is stronger than drip coffee or keurig machines that I have used my entire life until just this past year, and your the only coffee youtuber that actually go's into those very low budgets, all the other youtubers have super expensive setups and the cheapest setup I've seen is atleast $1,000, which for me is mind blowing, so thank you for reviewing those types of machines even though you could just stick to the $3,000+ machines.
My every day is Hario V60. I do 35g to 500g water, with a 100g bloom. Or for Japanese Iced Coffee: 45g to 50g coffee, 200g ice in carafe, 100g bloom, 150 more water resulting in lovely cold, but hot-brewed coffee, which I dilute by 1/3 with dairy or water to serve. I sometimes make a French Press for more people. I love the Fellow Shimmy, especially for French Press, for a cleaner-tasting cup.
Great video, it's nice to see what someone deeply entrenched in coffee culture and tech uses on a daily basis. Most days for me it's a light roasted natural through the Aeropress - plunged on workdays, but when I have the time I use it as a zero-bypass drip (like a Tricolate, with a ghetto Melodrip I made with a measuring cup and power drill). Very occasionally I'll break out the moka pot, usually when I've bought or been gifted a darker roast.
I friggin love your studio Morgan!
At home I’m a oxo French press girl during the week and always have a batch of cold brew in the fridge.
I love my weekend coffee in my grandfathers Moka I was handed down when he passed.
At the office since I’m not allowed to brew coffee ( it’s a Coworking space) and I get In two hours before the porters brew a batch I keep a bottle of jot or Javvy concentrate.
18:13 At home I’m normally drinking whatever trade is sending me - they haven’t steered me wrong yet and given me a broader view of what I like (thanks to you)
Moka pot, divided in half and topped up with water as a false americano. I drink them back to back in the morning over the course of an hour and a half or so.
I enjoy the way you explain this video and your other ones. I also enjoy coffee. As gifts, my friends know they can buy me anything coffee related. I have 3 French presses, 4 moka pots. Syphon, Areo press and for a group a glass stovetop perk.
This was a fun video! My daily routine is a V60 pour over in the morning and an espresso shot from a flair 58 in the afternoon. Grinding for both from a DF54. Thanks for the great content!
That slide! Glad u didnt fall
I’ve heard the demand for more ambitious slides but the risk of falling is high…
My daily routine is with the French press. I recently rewatched your 4yo video on using the French press, and I was amused by the fact that your base method matches my own. And THEN I learned from that video how to froth milk for a “latte”! Just tried it myself a few days ago, and was quite pleased with the result! But I don’t do that one daily.
How to froth milk for a latte: Buy a cocktail shaker. Shake your coffee and milk together.
Love this video! I’d love to know the sizes of pitchers you mentioned. I have one that’s very small and hard to use. The larger one you have looks perfect!
Props for going through with the ad in the way that you did.
Thank you! I know it’s a bit out of the usual for sponsors on this channel but I’ve been wearing them for many years and really appreciated their flexibility with letting me craft the script exactly how I wanted to :)
Gave away my espresso machine since it was rarely used. My daily driver now is a V60 for light and acidic roasts and Chemex for medium/chocolate roasts, all poured over with the Stagg EKG. Water is RO treated with a DIY solution based on Rao/Perger (or straight RO if I'm being lazy).
10:15 I recently got a small espresso machine from a friend. I tested it, and while it did heat up, and the pump worked, no water came out of the group head. It had been sitting with water in it for a while, and after disassembling it, I realized that it had been super hard water - there were literal crystals in there, blocking the valve.
I'm an espresso person. I've had a Gaggia Classic and an Eurkea Mignon Speciale, but although I could get good coffee from it, I couldn't get great coffee, so I switched to an ESE pod machine at home, which has a PID controlled thermoblock and a flow meter (none of which the Gaggia has without modding). Now I get better shots at home, with a press of a button, and if I want to have a perfect espresso, I just go to a café :D
Really enjoy your videos. I have a question about what you spray on your beans before grinding, also what does it do ?
Tks Morgan for the coffee education you share. slide a little sketchy today, whoa!! 😄
My everyday espresso is abt 12g coffee ground espresso fine with my baratza encore and tossed into my flair neo flex. Its the best cheap setup for my apartment i could come up with. For pourover i find myself reaching for my phin filter over most other things daily. Something about it is just wonderful. Ive lost the lid to it so ive resorted to using a plate nowadays, but it functions just as well. For the pourover i make for my friends, i use a mystery cone i found at a thrift store, since it can brew more than a cups worth if coffee at a time :)
After the budget video you posted a month ago, I decided to dip my toe in with a Delonghi Stilosa and the Kingrinder K6. Got both yesterday so really excited to "play with my new toys".
Even though it was the evening, I had to test them out. Made a quick latte and it was really good! 🎉
I'm definitely replacing that plastic spoon tamp it came with. I fell like I could snap it in half pretty easily. 😆
Anyway, thanks for the knowledge and inspiration. 👍
wonderful, interesting and no faff brew video to start my Sunday, thank you. Also, so appreciative of the WDT explainer. I've curious about trying it out, but every video out there is specific to a product. So I believed the tool was named WDT not the technique and I was missing something. You've really done my brai a favour xD
I changed WDT to shaking and it is actually fun, compared to nervous WDT-ing making sure that my technique is perfect or not. It’s actually relaxing, so I’m happy with the results, and haven’t noticed a detriment to the coffee.
I use a bottomless portafilter with a pressurised basket. It comes out in a jet which whips the crema and turns it into a foam. The bubbles last about 30 minutes. Long past the coffee being hot. I call it the gamer latte. Basically what you will get with most automated machines but I use a gaggia classic.
A nice foamy coffee without touching the steam wand
I typically only do espresso on a daily basis - I have a variety of other options, but only pull them out when the mood strikes.
Probably the most unique thing I have is, I have this little screwtop metal tubes - they came with samples of tea - which I use to pre-measure my dose, and have them in a little rack I made, which also holds a mini spray bottle of water. My grinder is a Baratza Sette, which means it's the sort to have the holder for the portafilter.
My process is to pour the beans into the hopper, spritz them with water and grind them. Then I use a WDT hand tool (and an espresso funnel to keep from spilling grounds). Next - and this is one I'm a little surprised you don't do - I use a leveling tool, then tamp by hand, put on a screen, and pull the shot.
I've found that while I could readily omit any one of the spritz of water, the WDT, the leveling, or even the screen, and not notice much difference; if I skip all of them the shot is noticeably worse.
I currently have 4 different pour over brewers
-Timemore crystal eye type00
-timemore B75
-Randwick V style aluminium mesh filter [not sure what size 01 or 02]
-2x generic large PHIN
for quick pours I usually gravitate to the B75 or the Type00 with the Timemore drip assist
For filtering my cold-brew [getting out the small particles that came out of the infusion brew] I pick my randwick since it has a 400 micron mesh.
Though I usually gravitate to my super-auto if I want latte's
I might just make the Timemore ones into a Coffee travel kit
Also use a V60! My daily ratio is 22g of coffee to 360g of water. Bloom with 45g for 45 seconds, first pour to around 225, second to 300, last to 360. Swirl to settle the bed and draw down.
For espresso i have a baratza vario and a GCP with added PID and pressure profiling. Recently been doing slayer style shots. 18g dose, aim for about 40g out for medium roasts, 45 out for lighter roasts. Bloom at around 2 bar until first drop, ramp to 8 bar, drop to 4 bar at around 20g out.
Amazing video! It's like a little look behind the scenes, and nice to know we have extremely similar pour over recipe's! I might have gotten it from Hoff-daddy or Lance...I can't remember but I've been using 16g and the same water numbers as you. Maybe i'll try the 15g tomorrow. Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to get into espresso, I've been saving for like 3 years now trying to get a really good grinder and a nice machine! let me know if you have any recommendations!
Great video! Thanks for the tip about the measuring cups especially!
I discovered that Hario does the Drip Kettle Air, which for me was a better option than buying another kettle, especially with kitchen space at a premium. It also doubles as a measuring jug 😊
Great job, Morgan. Thank you. The only thing I would like to have seen you add is the grind sized, in microns, that you work around when making pour over. Very curious.
I make a simple black pour-over coffee for work every morning, but that coffee is more a function over form drink. My true 'relaxing and enjoying this' coffee is equal parts cold brew concentrate that I make at home in a 2:1 ratio to oat milk. Add 1tbsp of brown sugar and put in a mason jar with a lid. Seal the drink and shake vigorously to dissolve the brown sugar. It makes a nice foam at the top from the shaking and it tastes just heavenly
I do a pour over at home; I don’t have an espresso machine. But for awhile I had a well-loved Mr. Coffee, which is a good machine if you keep up on the cleaning.
My grinder could be better. It’s also some old Mr Coffee, but it’s been with me for over 10 years. It only has a few grind sizes but it does the job.
I’m very precise with making coffee for my job, but a lot of times for home “good enough” is good enough 😅
I was using a kuerig exclusively for years but recently bought a phin and a pour over set as well as the Ninja Luxe Cafe Premier espresso machine. I rotate between those 3 now depending on my mood!
Hi Morgan! Thank you for this video, it’s super informative and interesting! I’ve been looking for a Hario V6 and wondering if you can recommend a specific brand and if plastic or ceramic/porcelain is best? I’ve looked at the stainless steel Kalita Wave on your page and it looks like a good option as well, so I’m not sure which is the best/better brewer! Do the Hario V6 and Kalita require specific filters as well? Thanks so much if you could provide your expertise advice!!😀
My daily is for first coffee is a Keurig and a refillable pod or a regular pod. I just want a coffee quick with my breakfast. Then I make a French press coffee for my next two coffees for the rest of the day. They go into a good travel mug and thermos to drink for later. I play with different brewers during the weekend for fun.
We use a Greater Good kettle, very similar in aesthetic as the Stag in the video (highly recommend), glass Grosche French press, and i drink from Bodum double walled mugs. Locally roasted coffee from Rocky Butte Espresso (PDX). I might delve into pour overs at some point but i don't like the filter waste/reliance.
Great videos I am just getting in to learning coffee.. Do yo uhave links to all the proucts you use.. Would be good to purchase some of them
While I do have a Aeropress, mostly use that for a quicker experience or when I am away. When drinking my daily afternoon coffee I use my Chemex (and yes even if its only for 1 person).
We use the mocha pot most of the time. I'll dial in the grinder with new beans but otherwise it's a straight forward system. I microwave the milk and it tastes as good or much better than the majority of the good cafes here.
I really love your setup! I have what I lovingly refer to as my cheap as possible setup. Breville bambino and grinder and a tamp distributor tool. The breville grinder can also grind for my pour over which is a Chemex so I can brew for just me and a group!
Love the Bambino, it was one of my early machines and I’m so glad it has become as popular as I hoped it would
@@morgandrinkscoffee Thanks for responding to my comment! Made my day!
That's It That's It the mooost Simple Pour Over others not that it is simple but a no nonsense way of making a Pour Over Thank You Morgan , My new way of making a Pour Over
I’ve been drinking French press coffee for many years but just got an aeropress & maestro house frother for my birthday! Hoping someday to get an espresso machine.
Fellow Opus grinder paired with the Moccamaster cup one.. weighing everything out with the Hario scale
I agree with the clear mugs/cups.. I've used the same Bodum double wall mugs for over a decade
I’ve used pour over for decades. I’m picky about my cup too, it has to be clear glass or white on the inside, never plastic! I sometimes use my 1980s stovetop espresso/cappuccino brewer that I got in Europe.
“The human element” out of making coffee 😂😂😂. I didn’t know there were any another elements that made coffee
Great video, great at your craft!
Great video. I wonder if you could show the pour over from your perspective (above angle looking down on the v60 and the scale).
Kalita wave user here 🥰 but i have to say my first brewer was the v60 too
I‘ve never seen this steam wand guard/cleaner thingy before... 🤔 Yay, a new tool for the list! 😂
I was thinking the same thing to buy a lot of these stuff but I think coming from you, im gonna think twice. 😊
This is so interesting! Loved this video ❤
Currently I’m using a ROK espresso press and KINGrinder K6. WDT, precision scale and other stuff are basically Amazon stuff :P
needed this video
My daily driver for the better part of a year was an aeropress w/ whatever new coffee Trade sent me that month, but I recently purchased the xBloom Studio and have been really enjoying the clearer cups from pourover-style brews. One of these days I'm hoping to do more with espresso, but for now having very easy, consistent, yummy pourovers doesn't seem to be going anywhere :)
I use a metal tea strainer to pour it over ice. I got nothing else but it works.
For me a couples a week I'll make an ice americano using the Terra Kaffe TK02 and I cycle between Columbian, Arabic, and Guatemalan Coffee with stevia or sugar free syrups. That it's just something simple and quick without all the tools and hassle. Sometimes, I'll recreate a coffee from a coffee shop and use some oat milk paired with foam and flavoring.
I drink instant. Not sure why this channel was recommended to me but it is fascinating. Maybe I'll level up my coffee game
Great video Morgan! I didn’t know about that WDT contraption! Looks like a device from a SAW movie haha😅
cold brew all the way. plus lavender syrup. Sometimes I add the lavender while it's brewing if I'm feeling extra
I just do lattes. Gaggia Classic Pro, just upgraded my grinder from a Sette 270 to a Mignon Libra (like it so far). I've considered upgrading my Gaggia to something more substantial.
I love the dedicated hello there chapter lol
Lovely vid as always!
One small thing about the videography that might be improved: I think the contrast between your classic black outfit and the cupboard is a bit low >.
Disgust is an ICON😍💚
Could you do a video on decafe coffee, please? Compare and contrast with regular coffee.
Great video as always Morgan. Do you think if you were using a larger pourover brewer to make a larger amount of coffee, would you use the same ratio? For example, 48g coffee, 160g bloom, then a pour to 480g and lastly a pour to 800g for enough coffee for three or four people (and about the maximum capacity of Fellow's larger carafe?) Would the amount of time (eh for bloom) also get scaled up?
Also, for the last pour, do you wait for an amount of time or do you just wait until the previous pour has drained through the bed?
I have a breville barista express - so I have a 54 mm portafilter. I use a manual WDT and then use a distributor/tamp. I do not use the tamp that came with the machine, and am wondering if I am smart to stick with the distributor/tamp or go to a better grad tamper.
Morgan, can you tell us what water temp you use for the pour over, please?
The bulk of coffee that I brew is pretty light and I generally brew around 96 degrees Celsius
Thank you :)
What grinder is that? I don’t recognize it. Also, I really enjoyed seeing your set up. Thank you for this vid!
Would be really awesome if you could review the new Ninja Luxe Cafe Espresso machine! 😃
Your espresso machine looks familiar, I have a black one LOL! Thanks for the video. Do you use RDT? I am not sure I need it with light roasts, and the humidity here is usually 30%. I also use the shaker method.
Thanks Morgan 🎉
I love the little look at the shoulder tattoo! Might be the first time I ever noticed actually XDDD
Thanks! I don’t wear shirts that show it off very often but it’s one of my favorites 🖤
@@morgandrinkscoffeeit's really beautiful!
I use basically the exact same pour over recipe (with a 20g dose) and gear, but I prefer brewing into a glass carafe and transferring for aesthetics and dropping the temp some.
My espresso setup is a 9Barrista with a blind shaker and surface wdt 😂 Not many variables to play with there
Is ceramic just a matter of personal preference, or are there any benefits to it?
Thanks for the insight!
Personal preference mostly, both ceramic and plastic brewers have different benefits. One of the main differences is heat retention due to ceramic having a higher thermal mass. Essentially, they take longer to heat up and retain heat. However, I personally like the feel and function of ceramic so I just take it into consideration when brewing.
@@morgandrinkscoffee Thank you!
I cannot locate the video talking about your new machine. Could you please link it?
Where did you get the white espresso mug and the white/brown coffee mug that’s on top of the espresso machine??
Random note but I just noticed the Vandola next to your trophy :o pretty cool one too
Awesome.
What do you use when traveling?
If I’m taking a brewer with me, it’s usually an Aeropress. I often travel with quality instant coffee as well and make an effort to explore the local coffee scene.
do you wait for the first pour up to 150gr to finish to start the second pour to 250gr? or is it based on time?
Also, what time do you aim for the whole cup of coffee to be brewed? and is it based on time how you adjust grind size?
Thanks!
Video Idea, would love to watch your review of cheaper hand grinders or beginner grinders in general, considering getting a KinGrinder K6 from James Hoffmans vid!
Can you please explain how to dial in the grind size for pour-over?