Clever Pour Over Coffee Dripper

...ok, I'm going to say a bit more:Had one of these for a little over 2 years now and used it just about every day and usually more than once a day. It shows zero signs of wear and tear and makes consistently great coffee every time. My own method is simple:Boil 350ml of water.Put a size 4 filter paper in the dripper and use 50 ml of the water to moisten the paper.Drain this through into my cup, then stand the dripper on the worktop and pour the remaining 300ml of water into it. (Discard the 50ml from your cup).Add around 18gm of coffee of choice and lightly mix it so all of it is soaking in the flavour.Wait 3 mins and then put the dripper back onto the cup.Muse on life as the water filters through.Remove the dripper and enjoy.I understand that the reason for putting the water in first is that it speeds up the flow rate. If you put the coffee in first, it clogs up in the centre of the filter and slows it down.PROS: Cheap device producing clear, clean, non-bitter coffee from any bean, every time. Ritualistically therapeutic but simple method. Easy clean up: used filter in the food waste caddy; fill dripper with cold water and empty out, then repeat and let it empty through the valve over the sink. Ready for next use!CONS: Zero.The Clever dripper exceeds the capacity and simplicity of the Hario Switch and is a fraction of the cost.In other words there is no competition.All the benefits of a French press plus drip or pour over.Get one now....before they put the price up after realising what they have!

I love coffee. I have been through many filter coffee machines, espresso machines, bean to cup machines, and have ended up with this and absolutely love it.Why this beats Espresso:+------------------------------------------------------+Let's face it, most of us drink coffee to wake us up in the mornings. People often think that Espresso has a lot more caffeine than regular drip coffee, but they're wrong. Because Espresso is only a small 'portion', it has less caffeine than say a full mug of regular drip coffee. Not only does the clever have a better effect at waking us up in the mornings, but Espresso machines take up a lot more space and creates more mess! The grind size etc also have to be very specific to make a good espresso. With the Clever Coffee Dripper, because you allow the water to contact all the coffee for as long as you want, grind size really isn't important at all.Why this beats Aeropress:+------------------------------------------------------+The Aeropress is very very good, but I can only get about 1/2 mug size full of coffee. The clever brews a lot more, and you don't have to push down on the plunger early in the morning...Why this beats French Press:+------------------------------------------------------+I'm really sorry to say that the French Press in my honest opinion is a horrible way of brewing coffee. Now, I'm not saying that the coffee tastes bad, but in my experience, you get lots of ground coffee in your cup due to the metal filter, and it is a nightmare to clean out. With the Clever, you use a filter paper which is a lot more efficient at keeping those coffee grounds away! Look in your mug after finishing your drink and you'll see no coffee grounds in there at all! It's also a lot easier to clean - just throw the paper with the used coffee grounds in the bin (although you could use the coffee for compost), and just rinse the clever out. The Clever does make a cup that tastes very similar to French press though because of the immersion process.Why this beats Instant Coffee:+------------------------------------------------------+It uses ground coffee ...Why this beats Filter Machine Coffee:+------------------------------------------------------+If you look at the water spout in a filter coffee machine, and compare where the holes are to where your coffee is, you'll see that only the central area of the coffee grounds gets used. This means that the coffee in the middle gets overextracted, whilst the coffee closer to the edge of the filter barely gets touched. This makes your coffee not taste that good, but thanks to the Clever, every single coffee ground is used, which leads to a much smoother flavour.So how do we use it?+------------------------------------------------------+It entirely depends on you! It's a very forgiving process. I like to put 2 scoops of ground coffee in there, pour the hot water in, after 1 minute just stir it a tiny bit (being careful not to rip the paper filter) then leave for another 3 minutes. After that 4 minutes total is up, just sit it on top of a mug! Simple!Although this is large, it is perfect for 1 large mug of coffee (yum!).There's lots of video tutorials on YouTube if you get stuck, but it really is a simple process. I highly recommend the Starbucks House Blend with this, it tastes really smooth!The plastic is BPA free as well, so you know it's safe. There have been issues before where there would be 'cracks' developing in the clever dripper, but apparently they have now changed the plastic to be a lot stronger / safer.I would also recommend the Filtropa size 4 filter papers for this - they fit perfectly!I hope this review helps, but for the price, the coffee you get out of it tastes absolutely outstanding. I think coffee shops will struggle to beat this for brewed coffee!

Buy a pack of quality filter papers, and some good coffee, follow the very simple instructions... in 10 minutes you will be drinking the best coffee you ever tasted (that you made).The difference between coffee out of this and pretty much anything else is truly amazing: in your own home, with no fuss, no mess and the first time you use it, you will get all those subtle, deep, bright flavours you get in the specialist artisan coffee shop (and no, we are not talking about Starbucks/ Costa here).In the box are three components: the dripper, a lid and a coaster. The packaging is good: bubble wrap keeps everything safe in transit. The whole shooting match is made of BPA free plastic: it feels like a quality product, and provided you follow the very simple instructions and use reasonable care, then I can't see any reason why it wouldn't last a long time.There are probably 2 notes of caution:1: don't use boiling water straight from the kettle: let it sit for a couple of minutes ( boiling water will scald the coffee, may shorten the life of the components).2: don't tinker with the valve when it is full of nearly boiling water ( there is an element of 'natural selection' at work here: you shouldn't need to be told 'be careful with that knife').This retails at £20 in lots of specialist coffee shops, and is worth every penny, so at £12.50 it is an incredible bargain. I recommend spending the saving on a really good coffee to go in it: something from Union, or Has Bean, Lewis and Cooper, Big Maggy... If you only ever drink chain store coffee (Starbucks/ Costa/ etc) you will be amazed at what you have been missing.Enjoy!