coastroast Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 81 Location: canada Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Fri Mar 31, 2006, 3:22pm Subject: I can't believe how good this Melitta one cup pour over is!!
I've had one now for a couple of weeks, using non bleached paper filters. I'm blown away at how rich the coffee tastes! I'm drinking a cup of mokha java(roasted by Bean Around the World) as I write this... bloody amazing! I don't get these complexities of taste in the cup with my french press. I have to say that this has become my favourite way of brewing at home. I might have to get a 2 cupper now for weekends!
Ashtonford Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Va Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Fri Mar 31, 2006, 5:06pm Subject: Re: I can't believe how good this Melitta one cup pour over is!!
I know haow you feel! I recenty purchased a Chemex and broke it in with a freshly ground expresso roast from the coffee and tea warehouse. The taste was awsome!
mmm_crema Senior Member Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 359 Location: Brampton, Ontario Canada Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: La Pavoni Pro Grinder: Tweaked Kitchenaid A9 Drip: Aeropress Roaster: 3 Poppery 1's, Behmor
Posted Sun Apr 2, 2006, 8:49pm Subject: Re: I can't believe how good this Melitta one cup pour over is!!
Yep, grind fresh beans, dose right into the paper cone then add hot water. Simple and one of the best methods going . . . I see it as my poor mans Clover ;^)
coastroast Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 81 Location: canada Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Mon Apr 3, 2006, 7:45pm Subject: Re: I can't believe how good this Melitta one cup pour over is!!
I have a mokapot, and while it is good, I taste more detail in the coffee from the melitta. The mokapot tends to make my different beans all taste similar.
Posted Mon Apr 3, 2006, 8:32pm Subject: Re: I can't believe how good this Melitta one cup pour over is!!
Interesting. I have a one cup pourover but I only use it in the evenings to make myself a cup of decaf or sometimes I'll take it up to work if I want an afternoon cup. For me I haven't noticed that it gives a particularly better cup than my Presto Scandinavian. Although if I only brewed such a small amount as one cup at a time in the Scandi the pourover would surely be better. But compared to brewing 6 cups (my normal amount) it usually comes out about the same for me.
I'm really digging my new Bodum Santos stovetop vac pot though.
Posted Mon Apr 3, 2006, 8:40pm Subject: Re: I can't believe how good this Melitta one cup pour over is!!
Hello All,
I began my coffee-making research with the pour-over. One thing I discovered which greatly enhanced richness was to stir the coffee and water in a separate measuring cup. Then I filtered the slurry through the cone. Try it.
I also experimented with temperature, and found that 175F water brewed the best tasting cup. Try that too.
But I wanted to shorten the filtering time to reduce bitterness. So I built a pressure chamber which eventually became the AeroPress. The shortened filtering time did reduce bitterness. It also permitted the use of finer grinds, which delivered a richer cup.
Finally, the AeroPress allowed me to brew concentrate, then dilute to American strength -- for an even sweeter cup yet. Much nicer than exposing the grounds to an entire cup of hot water.
Posted Tue Apr 4, 2006, 6:28am Subject: Re: I can't believe how good this Melitta one cup pour over is!!
I'm sure I'll get one of those at some point too. My buddy just did so I'll probably try out his first. I already own different contraptions that use 5 different brewing methods...why stop now?!
Posted Tue Apr 4, 2006, 1:58pm Subject: Re: I can't believe how good this Melitta one cup pour over is!!
I like my pour-over a lot too, especially since we got it free. It does really well with a SwissGold permanent filter, comes very close to a French press.
Posted Thu Apr 6, 2006, 4:23pm Subject: Re: I can't believe how good this Melitta one cup pour over is!!
Greetings to all geeks,
This thread both takes me back and brings me to the present. My first "coffee maker" in the late 1970's was a Melitta pourover with a 6-cup glass carafe. Using preground coffee and paying no attention whatsoever to bean variety, water temperature, or extraction time hampered the quality of the results. The competition back then (except Dunkin' Donuts, a sentimental favorite) was pretty bad too.
As I ramped up in stages like better bean varieties, a blade grinder, and recently a roaster and $200 burr grinder, the 25 year old cheap and enduring pourover remained the best option for the final step ... until March this year. I'm feeding some heavenly-smelling evenly-ground roasted-yesterday Sulawesi Toraja granules to a new $30 favorite coffeemaker - an Aeropress. First device that can beat the pourover's taste results in 25 years.
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