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Thoughts on drip assist devices?
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Someone at the office brought a Gabi Dripper (or whatever the proper name is). Basically a Kalita Wave compatible filter holder, with a shower thingy on top that you just dump water into.
I love that thing. It makes it stupid simple to brew good coffee, without faffing about, and if you want to take the time or experiment, you can still take the top off and do a manual pour.
The way I see it: it's an addition. I've seen posts about "does this defeat the purpose", and I consider that silly gate keeping. The purpose is good coffee, yeah?
Yes the Gabi B. Seems like the Hario is a bit more popular. I'm a self proclaimed faffer, so while I'd love to simplify, I'm sure I'll use it as another way to help complicate my workflow. I'm already thinking about using it at end of brew to lower agitation but using open pour at the beginning to get some bed agitation and float up the fines. I think 75% of the time a good drip brewer makes a near perfect cup, but being able to have tools and adjustments in pour over technique is what allows you to hone in on the best cup as tailored to the specific beans and roasts you are working with.
Hario could be more popular because Hario, not sure though. I'll ask said coworker if he has experience with other devices (pretty sure he dailies a V60).
As for faffery levels: yes, if that is your cup of tea (ha), that slightly changes things of course. ;)
A little late to this party, but when I saw this thread and looked up what the Melodrip was, I thought my OXO pourover does the same thing, but hands free. The Gabi looks to be pretty similar.
I avoided pourover for a while, not wanting to get more gear like a gooseneck and to stand around doing the magical pouring routine. I got the OXO when it came out and Reddit was ripping on the thing left and right. This thing is dead simple, I get consistent results, and I think it makes a clean tasting delicious cup of coffee. It's under $20, so cheaper than all the other options in this thread too.
This guy and the Aeropress give me everything I find myself needing.
From the look of things, yeah, the OXO device looks similar enough to a Gabi, just a different filter type and a different (bigger) size. If there's a disadvantage to the Gabi, it's that: it's rather small, so unless you're doing single cups, you'll have to pour in a couple of rounds, making sure your bed doesn't dry out in the meantime, etc. It won't be a problem if you do single cups, so I suppose that's what it's primarily aimed at. Oh, and the type of filters differ, of course, so if you have a strong preference there, that might dictate the dripper/drip-assist you can use.
Either way, yes, the OXO looks to be the same kind of thing, good to hear it works well, too!
I'm not sure how they compare between each other (Gabi and Hario), but I don't really see much difference from manually pooring. Basically going the immersion route makes your water touch the coffee longer. That might extract more fats and make it less healthy, and in my opinion not a better taste (I don't like other immersion products either). Taste is personal of course.
It might give you a slight improvement in comfort, but at what cost.
Main difference is ease of use, you don't need to use a gooseneck to circle around, another time, wait a bit, make a pentagram, invoke some eldritch coffee god, pour the rest. You just fill the top resorvoir and wait for it to drip through. Refill until you've hit your water volume.
It's not immersion route, afaict, not more so than a regular pour-over. Unless I'm misunderstanding you (or the processes).
Roughly 30-40 euros, I believe. ;)