I love my Clever Dripper immersion brewer. Great device for the money.

I have used a blade grinder, the Hario Skerton hand grinder (cursed - avoid at all costs), the Knock Feld2 (quite good at the time it came out but beaten by less expensive alternatives now), the Helor 101 (same comment as Feld2), the electric Fellow Opus (quite good for the price but not perfect) and the Fellow Ode Gen 2.

I use the Fellow Opus at the office with a Clever Dripper immersion brewer and it is very good for that purpose. It was not so great for the V60 at home because it produces a fair amount of fines. It was ok for the V60 but the Fellow Ode Gen 2 is fantastic in comparison when used with the V60. The Ode Gen 2 produces very few fines and an incredibly consistent grind. I was frankly blown away by the improvement from the Opus to the Ode Gen 2 on the V60. The Opus is also a very visible step up from the Feld2 and Helor 101 when used with the Clever Dripper.

For drip coffee I cannot over recommend the Fellow Ode Gen 2. It is a great grinder and well worth the price.

One big negative, is that it won’t do espresso grind.

I would happily consider the Fellow Opus as a well priced all around choice for espresso, moka pot, and drip.

Never had that happen. Every time good beans of the nearly finished bag mixed with good beans of a new bag results in a surprisingly excellent cup.

I’ve tried it and it was ok but I would not have it again.

If I am not traveling, just drinking at home or my office then under $25 for single origin Typica or Yellow Bourbon light roast beans.

If I am traveling then I might splash out $100 for four bags of beans.

If I’m making New Orleans style Cafe au lait then sure. If I am trying to make some bad beans more drinkable then sure. But if I have some really good single origin light roast beans that are excellent on their own then no way.

thanks for that. not gonna let the littles get on roblox until they are older

Since I live in Vietnam these are not exactly less common here but would be back in the States:

1. Egg Coffee (which is not super common because it is crazy sweet)

https://www.vickypham.com/blog/vietnamese-egg-coffee-ca-phe-trung-1

2. Ice Coffee with condensed milk. An excellent treat on a hot Hanoi afternoon.

https://www.vickypham.com/blog/vietnamese-iced-coffee-ca-phe-sua-da

I went with the Clever since I didn’t have a V60 so no compatible filters at the time but I had lots of the generic (and much cheaper) Melita style filters. Work flow wise, they would be identical.

Be aware that this “nice insulated glass” has two problems: 1. Breaks a whole lot easier than the plastic Clever; and 2. Sucks up a lot of heat that would be better going into the brewing process.

The Clever may be easier to disassemble for cleaning than the Switch but I am not sure.

Team Clever for the win!

Clever Dripper, a scale, a kettle, and a Knock Feldgrind 2 (I’ve had this grinder for years) but any of the reasonably priced decent grinders from Kingrind, Timemore, or 1zpresso would be fine.

I have tried a few different options for brewing at the office:

French Press: Pros - few user inputs and reasonably good/consistent cups of coffee. Cons - major pain to clean up and I don’t like the fines and micro grounds in the bottom of the cup.

Moka Pot (with a hot plate): Pros: not too many user inputs and fairly easy clean up. Cons - too hard to consistently get a good cup of coffee.

Regular pour over (Melita and V60): Pros -easy clean up and fairly easy to get repeatable good cups of coffee. Cons - too many user inputs. Must take time to get the pours right.

The winner: Clever Dripper! The lowest user inputs, easy clean up, clean cup of coffee with no fines or micro grounds in cup, very repeatable and consistent good cups of coffee.

Team Clever!

$50 seems a little steep for what you get but it is unique and has no direct alternatives. The lack of needing other gear to work with it is nice.

Very cool. I wonder what the roast level is?

It seems popular. I am set for coffee gear at this time. Very happy with the V60 02 and the Clever Dripper.

There are some great hand grinders available now compared to a decade ago. To get a remotely acceptable electric grinder you would need to spend around $150 or so for something like the Baratza Encore. For that same money you can get a really good hand grinder from 1zpresso or Kingrind which will produce more consistent grinds and fairly quickly.

try lower water temp and/or a more coarse grind.

I just opened a bag of washed light roast Arabica Typica from Dalat, Veitnam. Used a V60 to brew it and a Fellow Opus to grind it.

Quite nice. Floral and fruity not bitterness or excess sourness. Very happy considering the relatively low cost.

The specialty robusta niche is growing since it is easier to grow. I’ve not tried any of it yet.

The Opus is a great grinder for the money. Very powerful. Low enough rpms to not generate too much heat. Not too many fines. Huge torque, like the lightest roast doesn’t even begin to make it work hard.

I already have two very nice hand grinders, so I have good conical burrs. If it hadn’t been for the moka/espresso side track, I was wanting to try out the flat burr profiles.

I have plenty of money for a nice espresso machine, what I don’t have is excess counter space in the kitchen nor an excess of patience that seems to be needed for learning and getting good at espresso.

Also, after lots of moka pot and cafe espresso, I think I just realized I am really more of a light roast filter coffee person.