Hobbies can get really expensive, really quickly and the trick is knowing when to stop after you start going down a rabbit hole. When it comes to coffee equipment, I think I’ve reached that stage where I’ve bought all the gear that I need to enjoy my daily morning V60 pour over and the occasional afternoon flat white.
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Welcoming the latest member of our V60 family
For the longest time, my pouring setup was to first boil water with our normal electric kettle and then transfer it to a small gooseneck jug for better flow control. It’s worked well so far and I’ve managed to get good tasting cups, especially after I upgraded my grinder. But it’s been bugging me that I don’t really know what temperature I’m actually brewing at, so I decided to finally get a temperature-controlled gooseneck kettle.
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My new coffee timer scale has exposed one flaw of my otherwise trusty and reliable electric burr grinder — widely inconsistent amount of coffee grounds, ranging from -8.4% to +12.1% from an average of 29.3 gm across 24 samples.
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