Carvetii Brewing Guide to the Clever Coffee Dripper
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- In this video we’re taking a look at brewing with the Clever Coffee Dripper.
It’s a method which combines immersion brewing with drip brewing.
For the first part of the brew cycle the coffee remains immersed in water, then the built-in valve allows us to release the coffee through the filter paper.
We use a grind very similar to that used when making a filter or drip coffee.
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The coffee we’ve used is Musasa Dukunde Kawa Mbilima, a delicious Rwandan with flavours of cherry, pomegranate and almond.
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My favorite (now only) way to make coffee aside from the odd espresso. EZPZ! I mix up the vatios ways I add water, stir water temp etc. But if I have good water a nice grind and good coffee.....Have never failes to make a great cup w/ my clever. Save once in a blue mood a grind will keep the stopper open or even more rarely you get a tear in the filter.
great clever dripper brewing guide!
Thank you👍
The reason you don't see/hear more about the clever dripper is that coffee geeks LOVE complexity. The Clever Dripper is simple, easy and forgiving. You don't need to worry about the intricacies of pouring technique, stirring or split second timing. Even this video tends towards over-complicating it. There isn't much to talk about, so it doesnt get much attention. It does make delicious coffee though.
Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍 there is though a place for everything. I enjoy using the Clever Dripper but for some coffees I prefer to use a v60 which does require technique - the better the technique the better the rewards in this respect. I guess it depends what you want from your coffee experience. For some the process is just as important as actually drinking the coffee. Sometimes I enjoy the process and sometimes I just need a coffee! I guess what I am trying to say is that I can appreciate both perspectives and I’ve just realised that I’ve over complicated my response ☺️
Hey there, do you tend to do that Svart grind setting for V60 too? I brew 15g/250g and have found two clicks above the filter line works well... but maybe i should try this finer setting out? This brewer looks really interesting. I think I've had a chai served this way before. Curious to research a one cup version.
It’s very rare that I make a 1 cup V60 so this morning I had a go on that same grind setting. The coffee had a slight hint of over extraction but nothing major. The Svart does produce a wide range of particle sizes so the fines tend to slow down the flow and produce that over extracted tone. Brew time was 3 minutes by the way. Maybe play around between where you are know and the above setting. If you are into facts and figures I managed a 21% extraction.
Hi Gareth. We're you using the large or small dripper there?
Small dripper with your recipe 15g/250g, stirred the bloom and stirred after all water had been added to try to stop the fines affecting drawdown
Apologies might have got my threads mixed up☺️ were you asking about the dripper in the video?
@@carvetiicoffee I was asking about the one in the video as wasn't sure if the 350g of water you added fit small dripper. With the small dripper being 300ml I didn't know if that refers to what you could put in to it or what you got out as you were saying that you got about of 300ml of coffee out.
I have just bought the clever dropper and I find that there’s two methods of adding the coffee grinds. Some people add the coffee AFTER the water. I also wondered if you’d tried cloth filters with this? Tim
It’s a great piece of kit to own. Never tried adding water first but might be something I’ll play around with. I haven’t used cloth filters though I do have one which fits the dripper. So many combinations to play with 😅
@@carvetiicoffee I’ve ordered a cloth filter for this. The idea of coffee after adding the water is from another reputable uTube channel-James Hofmann.
I've owned a Clever for years and always added grounds first. Then I saw a couple videos demonstrating the water first method for a superior result. It also recommended a setting of 14 on my Baratza Virtuoso rather than the setting of 20 which I was using (even though the setting of 20 came much closer to the grind in the video). The results from water first and the finer setting were a much more flavorful and less bitter coffee. I use Abruzzo blend which is a medium-dark roast from Caffé D'arte. And I use a paper filter, 25 grams coffee beans, 375 grams water (200º F), with a steep time of 4 minutes. I also give the grounds a gentle stir after emptying the grounds in the water and again at 1:15 and 2:45 for better extraction.
Thanks for sharing your approach 👍
Do you know why my coffee tastes lemony sour even if I grind it very fine and use this brewing method?
Difficult to tell to be honest. Lemony/sour can sometimes be due to under extraction so but the steep should prevent this. Water temperature possibly? I'm assuming the coffee tastes ok using other brewing methods? How else do you brew?
@@carvetiicoffee Since it is a light roast I brew it straight off the boil. So it is as hot as it can get. With other brewing methods too the sourness is there. I tried with V60 and fine grind to the point that the residue was muddy, the sourness was still present. The same with a 8 minute french press brew. Could it be that the coffee itself is under roasted? I don't get that sweetness that I should get. I have tried different grind settings carefully going one step down each time.
In my experience if you are working that hard to brew a coffee without positive results it is likely underdeveloped in the roast. Light roasting is a tricky knife edge to live on! There is a danger of going too far one way in search of floral and fruity tones which makes the coffee challenging to use for the end user. Also water quality can have an impact - a coffee which tastes great on harder water can taste less good on soft water and vice versa. The only way to truly know is to buy some other coffee and test it out on the same grind setting.
@@carvetiicoffee I will try a light roast from another roaster. I use Brita filtered water and not hard water straight from the tap. Thank you.
You’re welcome. Good luck and let me know how you get on! If you’re uk based the Pablo Emilio Montoya on our website has good floral and fruity tones but is a well developed roast. That would give you a benchmark to work with.