Coffee Appreciation

https://www.lakeland.co.uk/27581/lakeland-pearlescent-glass-electric-kettle-17l

For anyone who missed the Lidl temperature control kettle, Lakeland now doing the same base with a slightly different lid configuration. Obviously it's not your fancy swan knecked pour over jobbie, but for £40 and Glass in contact with the boiling water, it's a pretty solid bet

Glass in contact with the boiling water

Is that an important thing?

Not for coffee directly, but with all the research/findings about plastic leeching into food/water especially at higher temperatures, I try and avoid it as much as possible (and most metal kettles will have a clear plastic window to show the fill volume)

Love my Lidl one. Shame about the lid - that’s one of the best bits!

I’m still waiting for a glass aeropress and clever dripper for this exact reason.

I've settled for a metal funnel, and called it a day.

Also, for Clever Dripper related brewing, is there a reason why people don't just immersion brew in something else (mixing jug etc), and then pour through their filter of choice once the extraction is at the point you want?

The filter will clog if you do that. The bed depth of the grounds is important to trap fines

Ah, I use a cloth filter so I guess that's why I'm not seeing too much clogging

Bargain for someone, would buy it if I didn't have one already!

This sounds scary. I would be bracing for it to shatter. It would have to be really over engineered to gain my trust.

If you’re pushing it hard you’re doing it wrong. If it’s made from borosilicate glass it’ll be absolutely fine.
Minor inconvenience to preheat, but better than plastic.

Yeah I mean I've used my glass KeepCup for years, quite a lot of that with an Aeropress, no issues here (also used a standard Ikea glass with an Aeropress with no issues)

Get a Hario Switch instead. Glass. Superior design anyway imo. Easier to mix both immersion and percolation by just flicking a switch instead of having to remove and replace the whole brewer from a cup.

I like the look of the switch but they're a bit small aren't they? The beauty of the clever is I can just dump 500ml of water in there and forget about it. With the switch isn't the only way of doing 500ml is to do a hybrid pour over and immersion method? Then I might as well just do a normal pour over?

I am currently brewing 500ml as I write this message. It technically only holds 360ml but if you use a three pour technique - which is now my daily driver method - then it’s no big deal anyway. But I’m also using different water temperatures for my pours.

With 30g of coffee, I am doing two 90ml pours at 96° (for very light coffee) followed by a 320ml pour at 76°, so the 360ml capacity doesn’t matter.

The difference in this versus a v60 is that it’s so foolproof. I haven’t made a single average cup in a month of using it. Everything has been genuinely fantastic.

It also looks much nicer IMO.

I don’t particularly like the idea of boiling water being in contact with plastic for 4 minutes nowadays so this is much better for myself.

But if you already have a Clever, there's no reason to buy a Switch anyway.

Yeah, I use the clever because it’s so straightforward and reliable without being a faff. And the 500ml capacity is very handy.

Ah, I read 'I’m still waiting for a glass aeropress and clever dripper for this exact reason' as 'I do not yet have either of these because they don't make glass ones' hence the suggestion.

Haha I get you. But alas I am waiting while just using the plastic versions.

but if you use a three pour technique

Not a great start, the reason I switched from v60 to the clever was because of my toddlers grabbing at my leg and making it a nightmare.

But I’m also using different water temperatures for my pours.

Erm, definitely no.

It also looks much nicer IMO.

This is definitely true.

I don’t particularly like the idea of boiling water being in contact with plastic for 4 minutes nowadays so this is much better for myself.

I'm trying to reduce plastic use too, swapped all my tupperware to glass for example, but I don't think 2 mins in the dripper is a big problem.

Still might get one though.

Its funny how much kids are mentioned in this thread as a means to finding a more streamlined coffee routine.

I have made traditional V60s since getting the Switch and they are so average (still good but average by comparison) that I don't think I can go back to traditional pourover. Also being able to drink your coffee immediately due to the lower temperature third pour is a revelation.

Not as big as feared

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Its funny how much kids are mentioned in this thread as a means to finding a more streamlined coffee routine.

Finding a more streamlined life in general.

That's relatively svelte! Thought it'd be a monster next to the Gaggia. Looks very tidy

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Looks good - I’m not sure I’m gonna have room for that and the linea Micra