I love the design of this kettle and the long spout to help with pour overs. My only question is how is this at creating a constant water temp? Does it whistle when boiling?

Also, do you suggest anything over this for pour overs? Maybe an electric kettle?

thanks, in advance for your help.

Greg

No, it does not whistle.

It does not create a constant water temperature. It does offer easy hand control in drip coffee. Due to its long, narrow, spout and comfortable handle, the speed and pour of the water stream can be controlled more easily, to achieve, for example, a three minute extraction time. It is a good complement to the Hario V60 drip cone.

Additionally, assuming at sea level and the water boils at 100C, by the time the water exits the spout, it will be a tad cooler than 100C, as not to scald the coffee. Because of this, and to minimize excessive heat loss, the spout probably should be at about 2 inches from the coffee ground during the pour.

As tedious as it may sound, it adds another fun factor to coffee enjoyment.

Does anyone have buyer's remorse from this kettle? I still can't decide between this and the capresso electric kettle.

gregaliff wrote:Does anyone have buyer's remorse from this kettle? I still can't decide between this and the capresso electric kettle.

Well I can tell you about the Capresso. Ours replaced a Chef's Choice that developed a leak. It's been just a delight to use. It's small, fast, and aesthetically pleasing. And since Cook's Illustrated recently mentioned that they use them in their kitchen, I have to assume that reliability is not a question.

Best,
David

DavidMLewis wrote:And since Cook's Illustrated recently mentioned that they use them in their kitchen, I have to assume that reliability is not a question.

Or they're paid to use them! Never assume any recommendations made by a magazine don't have something to do with advertising revenue, unless of course that item is not advertised or you have reason to trust the person making the recommendation.

Ira

ira wrote:Or they're paid to use them! Never assume any recommendations made by a magazine don't have something to do with advertising revenue, unless of course that item is not advertised or you have reason to trust the person making the recommendation.

In most cases that would be true. But since Cook's Illustrated does not accept advertising, it carries somewhat more weight, which in this case has been borne out by our experience.

Does anyone have buyer's remorse from this kettle? I still can't decide between this and the capresso electric kettle.

I have had the V60 kettle for a week and am celebrating the purchase.

I have an extremely controlled pour, dropping the water at just the rate, right on the spot I wish to see it. I can manage a 3 minute pour with my Hario and Bee House ceramic pourovers with no stops-n-starts like other kettles; no more drown grounds.

V60 reigns in this household. As a secondary, yet critical piece of data, The Coffee Czarina even said, "Might you leave that out of the stove; it is attractive." I fainted -- I succeeded in buying the right toy!

B|Java

Agree the Hario Buono is a quite nice kettle for pour over. Using them at two of my locations for production pour over station duties. However, recently got turned on to one I like even better. Double walled so holds water temp better and smaller diameter spout gives even better pour control than the Buono. Seriously sweet. And even after shipping from Hong Kong cost half that of the Buono. Buono wins for comfort of handle use.


Plan to get more and next order plan to order this one to check out too.

DavidMLewis wrote:In most cases that would be true. But since Cook's Illustrated does not accept advertising, it carries somewhat more weight, which in this case has been borne out by our experience.

+1

You might have a twinge of buyers remorse when you first take it out of the box. The construction is not the best. The walls are thin and it feels cheap. That fades though, it looks great and is great to use. It should be less expensive though.