We are now carrying the Clever Coffee Dripper at Weekly Roast Coffee – the CCD combines the best features of a french press and ceramic cone dripper while minimizing the drawbacks of each of these brewing methods (no sediment in your cup and total control over steep time and water temp.). Take a look at this video to see a demonstration of the CCD.
The Clever Coffee Dripper is now available at weeklyroast.com – click here to view details.
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I love my CCD! I ordered one after we emailed about it a couple of months ago and it’s great. I use the same grinder with a slightly finer setting and shorter steep time, but that’s mostly because I’m impatient in the morning. I’ll try going coarser with a longer steep and see how it turns out. I highly recommend this product, and who better to buy it from than weeklyroast.com?
@jpw Hey Jeremy! You know, I should have clarified on the video but sometimes I do begin brewing @ 3 minutes as it will take another minute or so to drain (at least it should), so a total of 4 minutes… also stirring after 1 minute. Very similar to a french press!
Ha. I bought one of those a while ago from a thrift store–I got it along with a leather jacket for $2!
It came with a fine, soft plastic mesh filter.
That said, I’ve been using it exclusively for loose leaf tea rather than coffee–I needed a way to brew more than one cup at a time and had enough bizarre coffee makers
. I’m afraid if I use it for coffee, it’ll never make tea the same.
@ JakeT That’s cool! Yeah, the company exporting these to us from Taiwan offers a few tea brewers as well… the thing with a metal mesh though (the one you have), you gotta be careful if you try using it for coffee because of the fines that could get in your cup… it sounds like it would be more like a french press. Might be interesting to experiment with it, though!
Great video. I just picked up a CCD. I don’t have good beans yet, but took it for a test spin this morning using some ground beans from a can in my fridge….ugh, I know. I measured out 22grams of coffee and then I think 361 grams of water. I let it steep for one and a half minutes, then stirred it, covered it for another 1.5 mins and drained. My question is, it drained a lot quicker then yours in the video. Do you think that is because the ground coffee was not fresh and too fine? I hope so! Can’t wait to go get some good beans today, put them through my new Kitchenaid Burr grinder and hopefully enjoy!
Thanks,
Adam in Jersey City, NJ
@Adam hey there – congrats. on getting the CCD, one of my favorite brewing methods lately. The finer the grind, the slower the CCD will drain the coffee into your mug, so the first thing that comes to mind is that you may not be grinding fine enough! Curious, though, because you mentioned your coffee was fine. Keep playing with the grind setting, go as fine as you can go without the coffee tasting bitter. It should take about 60 seconds to drain.
As far as will fresh beans make a difference, it definitely will make a difference in taste and possibly in drain time… I think the crust that forms at the top of the mixture and the little bit of crema due to using fresh-roasted beans would help. It’s possible that the beans in your fridge were a bit stale and may not have extracted very well. Hope that helps. Try it again and let me know. Ken
Thanks for the feedback, I’ll try and keep trying till I get it right!
Ken, wouldn’t the paper filter absorb a lot of the coffee oils? That’s one of the reasons I stick with my french press vs drip coffee.
@Joshua, Hey Joshua, that is very true! Essential coffee oils that pack a lot of the flavor do get trapped in most filters. One of the reasons why I really enjoy a nice french press. For use in the Clever Coffee Drippers, I recommend using the Melitta filters we offer. They have micro-perforations that allow the coffee oils – that typically get trapped – to pass through into the mug. Those are the only filters I like using with the CCD.
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