For real. I'm just a dunkin guy, but i fell into the coffee/espresso machine side of RU-vid. It's bonkers. It also feels a lot like the ritual for smoking weed
@@myname-mz3loYou ACTUALLY believe that capitalism is when humans started “inventing” useless redundant inventions!?!?! Bahahahahahahahhahaahhaah. Dude stop chugging the kool aid 😂
I'd say the opposite, this is simpler. Pour your water, don't worry about how fast or how long it's in there, just wait, and then drain it and drink. Like a simpler French press in a way.
What? The Clever Dripper could hardly be easier to use, it's easy to clean, pretty rugged, you have good control. It's not much harder than making instant coffee, and incomparably better!
@@RamadaArtist Honestly fix TF2 before HL3 at this point. Team Fortress is one of the best games of all time and could be even more of a money duplicator if valve actually gave a fuck lol
I honestly we're gonna get Bloodborne on PC before we get HL3. But we'd be dead by then. Our grandchildren will be dead by the time HL3 or another spinoff like Alyx comes out.
@@whaddup7180 keep it. They have a new extraction machine with filters, grinder and cooling ball that uses coffee shit. It makes excellent coffee!!!! delicious
@@nitehawk86yes, but that does not mean that it isn’t overengineered. That term (in this context) means that something is designed with more complexity than is needed for the application, and this is a great example of it.
Came to find the people who e instantly upset by coffee content but always has to comment, thereby making the content more popular, and more available. Thanks all around, I don't comment nearly enough to make it profitable - but you all are clockwork.
I have met several people who prefer instant coffee! So I guess the coffee dream does not live in everyone. I think there are lots of people who have never had really good coffee or tea, and wonder what everyone is on about.
@@BlueDragon1504It's super weird, right? They're like, "let's all point and laugh at those other people who are enthusiastic about something we're not enthusiastic about!!!" If you ask me, anyone who gets off on doing that must lead a pretty sad life, indeed! 😂
I like how you try to act like it's innovation when it's really just a bunch of companies coming up with overcomplicated and expensive solutions to problems that don't exist
My cousin is a coffee nerd. He gave me one coffee made without any fancy methods and one with his expensive espresso brewer. They both tasted like the exact same espresso ☠️
@@FinnJohnson nope, zero bypass brewers work differently than something like the Clever. Of course you're going to run into diminishing returns but if that's your hobby and you have the money for it, why not? You don't see people complain about carbrains gushing over their 5% better engine or whatever.
@@gnerus1972 It's a cheap thrill, anyway! The best coffee I can make at home might come out to thirty or forty cents, local restaurants charge three bucks or so.... Plus I really DO enjoy fooling with the gear and the little adjustable grinder and so on.
@@jchodes That is definitely interesting… It’s sort of a middle ground between a standard V60 and a Switch: You can pour all the water you need at once, like a Switch, but you’ll need to find when to increase and decrease the flow, and to what level for different beans. Kinda like timing pours and grams of water needed for a V60 pour over recipe.
@@Th3K1ngK00p4 I do like the switch more than a standard V60. I don’t have to worry about how many grams of water I put in with every pour. I use James Hoffman’s recipe which is very simple. Cover the grounds with water, swirl, pour until you have 250g of water, wait for 2 min, stir, wait 15 seconds, and then drain. A lot easier than most V60 recipes because it’s easier to get consistently with less steps on average. I’m always getting good extraction since the grounds get to steep. The only variables you have to worry about are grind size and water temperature.
@leonardpearlman4017 I practice tea ceremonies every day for fun. It's just amazes me how coffee goes in the same direction as tea, but with a modern sheen. If you needed tea ceremonies, they could already do that. Coffee could do something else IMHO
So we went from automatic espresso machine to magnets and mirrors and then to manual espresso machines and now pour over I can't wait for what the future holds for us
I think the coffee equipment market just diversifies more and more. At first, coffee was a means to an end leading to nespresso machines. Then people followed the espresso nerd trend and got more and more complex with their espresso brewing. But many people, like me, enjoy filter coffee much more than espresso, so this stuff is much more interesting to me than all the unhinged espresso trends. I want to optimize and standardize my flow rate while brewing filter coffee to get the best balance of bitterness and character.
@@graysun9108 people straight up did used to pack coffee grounds in their lip like tobacco back in the 1700s. I feel like we're just about 4 years away from that becoming a thing again.
Or a Technician, anyway. I have this feeling a few times a day and I like it! And (speaking of my own product) every cup is not great, but all are at least pretty good, and one or two in ten is above average, and a rare happy surprise! Sometimes everything clicks, and it's amazing... and I might just stand there and drink a little of it, rejoicing and thinking that life is sort of tolerable sometimes... a few feet from a chair and a newspaper and a few cookies.
Hario switch for the win! It’s the easiest way to make your at home coffee better in my opinion, plus it doubles as a regular v60 if you want to start experimenting with pour overs
I have read that you can taste the flavors of the coffee better than immersion and hides better the mistakes of percolation. It’s a good transition since immersion to percolation
Generally immersion is a lot more tolerant than percolation brewing. I’d say this is just paper filtered immersion, there’s not a lot of percolation elements to this.
These have been around in a number of forms for centuries, usually made from brass or copper, then formed steel in the early 1900s. Many don't have stoppers, but it wasn't unheard of.
@@michamcv.1846 Yes, Melitta Bentz, did innovated *paper* coffee filters, not metal ones. Also, and this is not to discredit her at all, "filter paper" did actually exist at the time, though she may have never seen it. It was rather expensive and likely not used for coffee, but was used in alcohol distillation experiments and electrical components. Modern coffee filters and those used in chemistry labs are often identical at this point, it didn't surprise me if she and her husband quickly found paper sources related to electrical or chemical development for their product.
I have the Gina Brewer and it does something similar. I love the ability to change up the flow rate if needed. Or if I want an immersion brew from my pour over v60
There is absolutely no reason to meter the flow of an immersion brewer. That's what a pourover brewer is for. The Clever Dripper is the best design because it is the simplest.
I did this 6 years ago to turn a pourover cone into a French press by rolling up a strip of coffee filter to make a plug for the hole (leaving enough sticking out to grab with needle-nose pliers). It never occurred to me that an overpriced gimmicky version existed already.
I dunno... $25 for the "gimmick" of not having to pull a plug of rolled up filter paper out of a hole in a brewer that's filled with almost boiling water with a pair of pliers every morning seems like pretty good value for money to me lol.
Weird, I am absolutely certain that back in the 1960s, drip coffee machines had valves. If I removed the jug with coffee in, the drip stopped - due to a valve. Valves and coffee making are not new. Romans had valves, you know. I don't remember any further back than that.
Funny thing is I accidentally started using this method by forgetting to put the carafe on my Breville Precision and then the coffee came out so much better and the coffee bed was flat as a pancake.
Damn been like 2 months since I've been to the coffee side of RU-vid what do you means there's a new discovery AND they've optimised the hell out of it
So funny...I was given a valve dripper while camping years ago. Use it daily...save for....it doesn't need a filter....and according to her was dirt cheap. I bet these are all crazy spensive 😂 Hey, at least I know what it's called now.
So... these "drippers" are just normal immersion brewers with a paper filter? I really don't see much difference between most of those and something like aeropress. The only difference from a french press is again the paper filter.
@@leonardpearlman4017All plastics break down. Heat, uv radiation, and friction all speed up that process. The type of plastic makes a difference, but there is so such thing as plastic that does not degrade.
No other drink or food has as many gadgets as coffee. From roasting to brewing, coffee aficionados' methods may be simple or complex yet still produce deliciousness!
@@blairhoughton7918Brewing it different ways does improve or change the coffee beans. Do what you want, and let others do their thing. You're probably also one of the many who don't understand the difference between coffee and espresso
@@blairhoughton7918 it's not a troll. Have it however you want, but there is a science to it. Learn the difference between espresso and coffee. Maybe you can even get to ristretto; get bent
This reminds me of exercise equipment. It don't matter if it works or that it does the same thing dozens of others do. It only matter that it looks and works different.
Instead of buying one of these, you can just use a french press and regular over-cup pour over. The Hario Switch is like $50, too expensive. A French Press is like $10-15 and pour over like $10. You can even skip the press and just use a measuring glass to brew it and pour into a pour over (with filters obv). No need to spend money for pretentiousness.
Do any of these brew differently? Like sorry if I’m just inexperienced but it looks like it’s all just different (and frankly, overcomplicated,) valve designs and maybe a different form factor here or there.
It's ridiculous, just brew a minute in something else, then pour into normal dripper. Save the money ... unless you're just looking for an excuse to waste money. In that case, just give your money to me. XD
I remember when I was a Batista We did pour overs but we would time the weight of the water and how much was going in. For eg first 20 secs 100 ml let bloom for another 10, next 45 sec 250 ml then next 15 seconds 150 ml. Idk if this is the exact numbers but it went something like this. I wish there was a product that did this all for me.
??? Never thought of it 'till just this moment: What if one just mixed coffee with the right temperature water say in a pyrex beaker on a stir-plate... and then spun it down in a centrifuge? It might be very clear, and no filter to clean or discard. I have all that stuff and a lab coat, too! The Coffee Bar of Science!
I put my grounds in a glass (pyrex) measuring cup. Pour over the hot water. Drain through a ceramic cone with a paper filter. I get some of the benefits of a French press (the seeping) with the easy disposal of the grounds in the filter paper. Fewer coffee solids as compared to the French press. No need to delay the drip process. Easy clean up. Mostly I dislike making my coffee with plastic baskets or cones.
Rocket technology to improve coffee. What is next stealth, hypersonic. ? Like the farthest, not their price, learning how to brew cowboy coffee, drinking Turkish/Greek.😂😂
Coffee nerds are the new audiophiles. Next they probably going to istroduce gold plated valves. Also half of this "new" inventions is decades old. My gandmothers coffee maker had a ball valve that would close, when there is no pot below.
Mmm, no. If I can see through the individual drops of coffee it ain't dark enough. I need that 50,000 miles no oil change darkness. I once poured my coffee from too high up and cracked the desk under my mug.
But what is the difference? 🤔 I have a basic hario v60 it's fine, the KA expresso machine I have makes good coffee both still taste.better than any high street shop I've been to other than a small roastery that is gone now
The clever dripper is the thing I'd recommend to anyone who wants good basic coffee with little effort. The most important thing is not using pre-ground coffee and buying decent quality beans, and then a water kettle, one of these or an aeropress and you're set for life. Anything on top of that is just for fun.
I just put the filter directly in my mug, brew the coffee and then slowly lift the filter up with my hand letting all of the coffe filter while holding it... Not very ellegant, but it works.
Can you do a video of the equipment you use to make coffee? Like where you bought them and how much they cost. I really like the equipment you use, and I want to get into coffee.
Why the need to plug the filter hole? There is no "brewing" process in filters, in my V60 the waters runs through and comes out as intense as ever ... this is pure marketing nonsense
So its all just miniature sized drainage or sewage plumbing system models done by people who never consulted engineers, and go on to reinvent everything and sell it at ridiculous prices in the name of innovation?
Those 'place on cup to drain' products have been around for tea for at least 15 years. They're great though the gaskets do need semi -frequent cleaning and eventually wear out. My favorite option for single cups of tea.
The Clever Dripper and valve coffee dripper in general are SO cool to me, combining the advantage of immersion and filter brewing. I managed to win a coffee competition using one, and I think I'm a convert.
I think that here we are approaching a level where further improvements might not be worth the trouble or expense! You have so much control with these things, and they're easy to use!
I can't understand why someone would want to slow down the flow of coffee through a paper filter pour over. I need to speed it up. I punch holes in the filter to speed up the flow.
@@tiki_trash It's mostly for texture and smoothness purposes. The loss in speed I feel is made up for by the coffee qualities. Plus, I find it's not very different from the time it takes me to use a French Press, with a product I prefer more.
@@dgamer5075 One problem I have is accidently grinding my coffee too fine, the filter gets clogged, the coffee doesn't flow fast enough and then it tastes bitter and tangy. If I grind it too coarse it flows too fast and gets under extracted. Pour-over is getting to be too hit or miss for me and I'm going to buy a French press. I just need to make sure to remind myself the next time I go shopping. I still prefer my pour-over to my old Mr. Coffee.
I just heard 2 actual good advancements: the first one that recognizes whether it's on a cup, and the last one that can regulate speed. The second seems more like a cool gimmick to show off and not much more, and the third is just a regular old valve
Tea brewers that work just like the Clever coffee brewer, but with a mesh instead of a paper filter because tea is coarser, have been around for at least 15 years.
theres also a cafflano lever driper which has a slide piece on the handle that allows a piece inside to lift up. I prefer it as its cheaper than a hario and doesn't rely on being placed on a mug like the clever so you can leave the cup underneath the whole time
