Brewers
AeroPress
An immersion coffee brewer with a plunger that presses brewed coffee through a filter.
- Recurring strength · 5 sources
- Built for brewing away from home
- Recurring drawback · 2 sources
- No crema
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Hario V60
A cone-shaped pour-over coffee dripper that brews through a paper filter.
- Recurring strength · 4 sources
- Excellent once dialled in
- Recurring drawback · 2 sources
- It forgives very little
Brewers
Bialetti Moka Express
The reference aluminium stovetop moka pot.
- Recurring strength · 2 sources
- Newer pots hold up against older ones
- Recurring drawback · 2 sources
- A premium without a shown taste advantage
A precision batch brewer whose peristaltic pump and servo valve let brew ratio and steep time be set exactly.
- Recurring strength · 6 sources
- The coffee holds up in most reports
- Recurring drawback · 7 sources
- Hardware failures, sometimes soon after warranty
Brewers
Hario Switch
Pour-over dripper with a valve that switches between immersion steeping and drawdown.
- Recurring strength · 4 sources
- Simple, versatile immersion brewing
- Recurring drawback · 2 sources
- Small hardware fiddles