Nick Cho teases new filter cone design - Page 5

#41: Post by **redbone** » February 13th, 2017, 7:47 pm

Marshall wrote:Yes, but it is an immersion system, essentially the same as a French press.

This one has a trick as it can be used similar to CCD or as a direct P.O. system since the drip hole is small and can be made smaller if desired with sliding valve.

February 16th, 2017, 10:53 am

As suggested in the video, I like the idea of retaining the bloom longer for more even saturation before extraction. This seems like it may make the "practice" elements less important and improve consistency for newer users.

I'll pick one up when they're available State-side, for sure.

#43: Post by **Bob_McBob** » April 11th, 2017, 10:32 am

Now up on Kickstarter with a June delivery date. $24 shipping outside the US

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ni ... coffee-exp

#44: Post by **Boldjava** » April 11th, 2017, 11:10 am

Seems a bit overpriced relative to other K/S coffee releases relative to value/market pricing. Don't care much for the aesthetics.

All my pourovers are ceramic cones or Beehouse on which I can use generic Melitta filters (fine products). Will this unit require proprietary Kalita filters only? If so, real drawback for me. Like Redbone, have enough P/O toys to last thru my 3rd reincarnation.

April 11th, 2017, 1:31 pm

In order to make the best brew, your grind size needs to be optimal for the coffee you're using and the target brew time you're going for. Despite what many believe, you can't just grind finer and brew for a shorter time. The increased surface area exposed by grinding the coffee finer results in more over-extracted flavors, which come through as bitter, astringent, and generally unpleasant. The best coffee brew will be a balance of the flavors extracted from the coffee grounds, and a medium-coarse grind will help you get there.

It certainly takes more skill to brew on something like a v60. And of course fine-drip-grind oriented cones highlight different characteristics (acidity for example), with brewers like the Wave yielding something sweeter, with perhaps more clarity/flavor separation. Maybe I'm misreading it, but are they basically suggesting medium grind is superior to fine-drip in all cases?

#46: Post by **yakster** » April 13th, 2017, 5:26 pm

Signed up at the Early Bird price, they're at 170% of goal now and have some slots left in Early Bird.

#47: Post by **Shenrei** » April 19th, 2017, 7:39 am

Pledged for the titanium version. I'm actually pretty excited about this.

#48: Post by **murse** » April 19th, 2017, 4:48 pm

Lately I've been using a reusable (cuisinart? cone) filter to replace the traditional paper pourover filters.

It's produced some of the best pour over coffee I've ever had.

Any idea what reusable filter would fit in the December?

#49: Post by **yakster** » April 19th, 2017, 6:34 pm

The December Coffee Dripper is compatible with the Kalita 185 paper filters, but I've never seen a reusable filter used in a Kalita 185 (or 155) so I'm not sure that there's a reusable filter out there yet for that size. It'd have to be a basket shaped filter with a smaller inner diameter than most normal filters.

#50: Post by **yakster** » April 23rd, 2017, 4:03 pm

The December Dripper took a Best New Product award at SCA for the Consumer Non-Electrical category.