Jarick
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Okay, Moccamaster is received!
It's a lot lighter and smaller than I expected. I think it's mostly aluminum and plastic, although the plastic is supposed to be pretty high quality. It's a really simple machine with an on/off switch, heating tank, reservoir, and the shower arm just presses onto the top of the water chute. The filter and lids are a little finicky. Carafe is very sturdy, insulated stainless steel. The basket has a flow switch where you can have it fully open, fully closed, or halfway open to control the flow a bit.
Did a couple water flush brews and it works very fast and quiet. It does 4 cups (half a liter) in under 3 minutes and 8 cups in about 5 minutes. There's no gurgling noises either, it's almost silent. Heats up quickly too, probably starts brewing in under 30 seconds.
The shower head is a little odd, it doesn't fully extend over the basket. So early in the brew the bed doesn't get fully saturated. That seems to be the most common complain from coffee nerds. However you can just rotate the basket while brewing to even it out. Or most people don't touch it and don't care.
Test brew last night, I ground coarser than usual (7 on my Ode v2) and followed the recommended ratio (28g to 500ml which is a bit lower than my usual 30g). Coffee was clean but a bit weak and understated. Today I ground closer to normal (5.2 on the Ode v2) and it's better but still a bit weak. I think I'll try tomorrow upping the dose and staying with slightly coarser grind. Flip side, I could adjust to the weaker coffee a bit too. I've got a pretty solid caffeine buzz going on so a little weaker wouldn't be all that bad.
Carafe kept the coffee fairly hot after two hours, so I think it would be acceptable for three hours or so. That's a pleasant change to not have to constantly microwave it!
It's a lot lighter and smaller than I expected. I think it's mostly aluminum and plastic, although the plastic is supposed to be pretty high quality. It's a really simple machine with an on/off switch, heating tank, reservoir, and the shower arm just presses onto the top of the water chute. The filter and lids are a little finicky. Carafe is very sturdy, insulated stainless steel. The basket has a flow switch where you can have it fully open, fully closed, or halfway open to control the flow a bit.
Did a couple water flush brews and it works very fast and quiet. It does 4 cups (half a liter) in under 3 minutes and 8 cups in about 5 minutes. There's no gurgling noises either, it's almost silent. Heats up quickly too, probably starts brewing in under 30 seconds.
The shower head is a little odd, it doesn't fully extend over the basket. So early in the brew the bed doesn't get fully saturated. That seems to be the most common complain from coffee nerds. However you can just rotate the basket while brewing to even it out. Or most people don't touch it and don't care.
Test brew last night, I ground coarser than usual (7 on my Ode v2) and followed the recommended ratio (28g to 500ml which is a bit lower than my usual 30g). Coffee was clean but a bit weak and understated. Today I ground closer to normal (5.2 on the Ode v2) and it's better but still a bit weak. I think I'll try tomorrow upping the dose and staying with slightly coarser grind. Flip side, I could adjust to the weaker coffee a bit too. I've got a pretty solid caffeine buzz going on so a little weaker wouldn't be all that bad.
Carafe kept the coffee fairly hot after two hours, so I think it would be acceptable for three hours or so. That's a pleasant change to not have to constantly microwave it!
