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Permalink Reply by R. Justin Shepherd on June 25, 2011 at 3:38pm

In my opinion it's easier than the Hario and gives better (or at least more consistent) results. I have been using mine nonstop since I got it. But it's not really "Fetco" style since the flat bottom is very small.

 

If you buy one, try the usual ratios but do the following: 30 secs. bloom, 1 min pour, STIR for a few seconds, do your second pour, total brew time should be about 2.5 minutes. 

 

But the filters are expensive.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin DeMers on June 25, 2011 at 10:17pm

That funny my friend just showed me the link to this yesterday. Im definitively interested how it compares other pour over methods.

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Permalink Reply by Chuck on June 26, 2011 at 1:05am

Nice, did you go for the ceramic, the stainless, or the glass?

R. Justin Shepherd said:

In my opinion it's easier than the Hario and gives better (or at least more consistent) results. I have been using mine nonstop since I got it. But it's not really "Fetco" style since the flat bottom is very small.

 

If you buy one, try the usual ratios but do the following: 30 secs. bloom, 1 min pour, STIR for a few seconds, do your second pour, total brew time should be about 2.5 minutes. 

 

But the filters are expensive.

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Permalink Reply by Lee Sill on July 29, 2011 at 12:16pm

I work for Prima Coffee equipment, and we sell them and brought them in about a month ago.  I have really enjoyed mine.  I went with glass for both sizes, mostly b/c I like seeing what's going on with the brew, but I must admit the stainless is pretty sweet.  I like the fact that the coffee remains off the dripper, so air is able to be used as an insulator.  Also, the shape of the filter does encourage a more even extraction.  Agitation is a bad idea with the Wave; rather, as Nick Cho encourages, don't pour through the grounds, but rather pour on top of the grounds, and let the water trickle through.  You're gonna want a coarser, Chemex-like grind with the Wave, and a 3:00+ brew time.  Hope that helps!

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Permalink Reply by R. Justin Shepherd on July 30, 2011 at 6:10am

Jason Dominy turned me on to the stirring... He seems to be in the minority on this, but I have blind-tested both methods with multiple people and all agreed that the stirred were better. (In fairness, both mine were done 15-30 seconds short of your 3:00 brew time, Lee.)

 

This might warrant a different topic: Agitate or no? 

 

FWIW I have only used the ceramic dripper, but I like it as it seems to retain heat extremely well, and also the metal one looks ridiculous. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Mike Spence on August 1, 2011 at 7:32am

The link to the video Nick Cho did is here: http://vimeo.com/25068779

 

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