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Product Review: notNuetral’s Gino Dripper

December 23, 2014 By Michael 3 Comments

Not Neutral Gino Dripper

Just when we thought the manual pour over movement had peaked, notNeutral’s Gino Dripper burst on the scene in early 2014. Todd Goldsworthy used the device to win the 2014 U.S. Brewers Cup, the same weekend it received the award for best new product at the SCAA’s tradeshow. We’ve been using Not Neutral’s coffee mugs since their first Intelligentsia collaboration. So when our sponsors at Prima Coffee gave us the opportunity to test a Gino Dripper it felt like Christmas had come a little early….

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Filed Under: Coffee Product Reviews Tagged With: Gino dripper, notNeutral, Pour Over

5 Reasons To Own a Coffee Scale

August 20, 2013 By Darren 2 Comments


Hario Coffee Scale

Lugging a myriad of coffee apparatuses with me to work raises quite a few eyebrows. Generally my coworkers find it all rather customary for brewing until they see my coffee scale. Introduce a scale into your brew ensemble and you might as well have rolled up with Jesse Pinkman and a 5000mL round bottom boiling flask.

Here are 5 reasons to bear the ignominy….

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Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: american weigh, coffee scale, hario, iced pour-over coffee, Pour Over

Hario V60 vs Kalita Wave: Who Wins in a Brew to the Death?

May 21, 2013 By Michael 16 Comments

Hario-V60-editJapanese Invasion

Over the last six years, the Hario V60 has become the industry standard pour-over dripper. In some circles, “V60” is practically a synonym for pour-over coffee. The Japanese-made cone dripper, complete with custom paper filters, is a highly functional and yet …

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Filed Under: Brewology Tagged With: coffee, Hario V60, Kalita Wave, Pour Over

Learn How to Brew a Chemex with Cartel Coffee

November 13, 2012 By Michael 4 Comments

A CHEMEX BREW GUIDE from Cartel Coffee Lab on Vimeo.

The Chemex

German-born chemist Peter Schlumbohm had a simple goal: invent the best coffee maker ever. After several years of testing and prototypes, the Chemex was patented in 1939. Over the ensuing decades the Chemex became an icon of design and pop culture. The Chemex is James Bond’s brew method of choice in From Russia With Love and is also featured in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, who says it “epitomizes the kitchen–as–laboratory concept—a hallmark of the interwar New Kitchen.” (They stole the words right out of our mouth.)  In more recent years it has experienced a revival amongst the craft coffee movement, valued for its ergonomic elegance and the clean, balanced cup it produces.

Cartel Coffee

Out of a plethora of instructional videos on the interwebs, Cartel Coffee Lab in Tempe, Arizona has one of our favorites. This shop is always one of my first destinations whenever I fly back to the Grand Canyon State to visit my family (full review here) and this is the only coffee video I have seen with a No Country For Old Men allusion. So strap on your boots, grab a kettle, and start brewing!

Filed Under: Brewology, How to's Tagged With: Arizona, brew methods, Brewology, Cartel Coffee Lab, Chemex, coffee, Peter Schlumbohm, Pour Over, Tempe

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