A Cheeky little Coffee Dripper
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- og-tom
Last week I was at one of the cozy coffee shops in Hyderabad named Kohe. They were expanding the space and they now have a manual coffee station.
As usual, I ordered hot pour over.
This was 8 am or else I would have definitely opted for an iced one to combat the Summer’s heat. I am also drafting a post on my favourite iced coffee drinks (black) I make at home, for the hot summers. Let me know if you are interested.
Coming back, I order this drink and walk my way to this newly setup manual brewing station and I see some an array of different drippers.
This cute V60 looking one caught my eye. A little conversation with the barista made me want to try it.
Deep 27 Coffee Dripper
This one is called Flower Dripper Deep 27, from the Japanese coffee geniuses - Cafec.
27, as you might have guessed, is the bottom angle. Similar to how V60 is named.
Their site talks a lot on what went behind the scenes why coming up with this dripper. Before this they came up with Deep 45, which they was best for 3-7 cups. And now they wanted to come up with one that can do single cups perfectly. After, one and half years, they finalised 27.
You should check it out as they talk about rib heights and hole diameters. Fascinating.
I asked the Barista, "How is this different from the regular V60?". He said that this one has a faster run down rate.
That means water doesn't stay with the coffee grounds for long.
So he was making changes, like increasing agitation with more number of pours, to counter this run down rate. Or else we would have been left with an under extracted cup tasting weak and sour.
Let us take a small detour to understand why.
Different stages of the brewing extracts different components from the coffee. First, when the coffee is getting wet with hot water, it's the acidic and the fatty components come out. Then the sweeter ones. And at last come the bitterness and boldness.
When all of these are perfectly balanced, you get a good tasting cup. And depending on the coffee, you can tweak, balance and get a cup of your choice.
This is the reason I like experimenting with pour overs, all the different brewers and the parameters. Same coffee but different tastes.
With this gyaan, I hope you see and analyze coffee with a different lens.
The cup ended up tasting sweet, well balanced and bodied.
Because it's in a cafe, they used 15g of coffee which is their standard dose. But one of the great advantages you get with this dripper is that you can brew coffee with as low as 6g as it's narrow and bed height wouldn't be so low.
This only means you can micro dose caffeine through out the day. ;)
One more thing to keep in mind is that you would need a get filter papers that are designed specifically for this dripper. Cafec strongly suggests we don't use regular V60 papers with extra folds as it makes the base uneven and raising the angle to 30deg.
So yes, this is what I have learnt after stumbling upon this coffee dripper at a cafe.
Would I buy it? Yes, it wouldn't hurt.
Would you get one? If you have tried it, I would love to know how your experience was.
That’s all I have. Have a caffeinated weekend.
See you.
Keep on brewing!