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By: Rinse Your Coffee Filter to Remove Paper Taste | weeklyroast.com coffee blog

Sat, 15 May 2010 19:22:24 +0000

[...] you’re brewing with a manual pour-over dripper such as the Clever Coffee Dripper, just place the paper filter inside the dripper, place the dripper on top of your mug, and in a [...]

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:26:40 +0000

@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.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:41:47 +0000

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.

By: Preheat Your Mug for Better Tasting Coffee | weeklyroast.com coffee blog

Preheat Your Mug for Better Tasting Coffee | weeklyroast.com coffee blog — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:43:57 +0000

[...] coffee at a more optimal temperature by using a french press, or our favorite pour-over method, the Clever Coffee Dripper, another suggestion on how to keep your coffee hotter is to preheat your mug before brewing your [...]

By: Clever Coffee Dripper… WANT!!! – ronlennex.com

Clever Coffee Dripper… WANT!!! – ronlennex.com — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:07:34 +0000

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By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:21:45 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll try and keep trying till I get it right!

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:28:39 +0000

@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

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:56:29 +0000

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

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:04:58 +0000

@ 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!

By: JakeT

JakeT — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:51:31 +0000

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.