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Cafflano makes a host of accessories to help you take your favorite coffee drinks anywhere you want. Here, we're offering three of the company's finest on-the-go brewers Read More
Seen it and tasted its output in person. Build quality is good. If I recall it is a Korean startup. Anyway, I drink V60 or Kalita Wave which require medium fine grind settings. The burr grinder on this all in one is built nice but the grind is not good (and consistent). Pretty coarse even at the first grinding notch. The taste of it is okay, but closer to French press so if you like French Press will be fine; otherwise, I would pass.
Bought one of those here in September '17.
For what it's worth, you get fresh coffee and the option to experiment with coffee beans. Two things I think are worth mentioning:
1. The grinding isn't as a gentle process as one might imagine, and can be a workout if you're making a double cup (30 grams).
2. Drip coffee by nature is not as strong as either black or espresso, and I had some friends calling it Americano. If you're after a strong bitter kick, this might not be for you.
The brew method can add some bitterness, which is why I didn't say it adds none, but it's usually just the beans. Starbucks has very good reasons for making their coffee "bitter" by roasting the shit out of it.
1.) They add a ton of sugar and cream to most of their drinks. Only dark roasts can hold up to that abuse and still taste like coffee.
2.) They don't buy the highest quality beans. Other companies (like McDonald's), will often buy higher quality beans because they roast their beans lighter. As you go from light roast to dark roast, you're tasting less of the original flavor and more of the "roast" itself. Source: Coffee farmer / coffee broker
3.) They need their coffees to have the same flavor profile across the globe. You can have 3 different coffee beans, but the darker you go the more they taste the same.
There are probably other reasons, but I'm sure these are true.
Citizen47The other reason is Starbucks stock vast warehouses full of beans and a lot of it grow mold. The dark roast is their method of burning away the mold.
As "Lamorch" noted, you can purchase a better reviewed and almost identical coffee maker on Amazon for under $29. And that's WITHOUT using "Prime." What gives MD??? A $30 difference is 50% off MD!!! SAD!!
Ok this is cool but why? First does this mean you are also carrying a bag of unground beans? So you can have more coffee rather then just carry a cup the same size as this with out the junk. Second where will you get the hot water? If you go into almost any break room there is already a coffee machine and you have to go out of your way to get hot water which means you will most likely pass a coffee machine. So unless you plan on taking this camping, which there is plenty of better options for camp coffee then this, this thing seems pointless in any urban environment. Imho
This looks like a good camping/travel set. Good price on this brand compared to Amazon, but there is one on there for much cheaper that looks almost identical to this (made in China) -- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HB068TS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fO76ybWTWFJ57
Curious if anyone has any experience with that one...
MAF_24Looks to me like the only difference is in the grinder. The "Cafflano" has a metal dial on the grinder (I assume for grind coarseness) and a metal top nut vs plastic dial on the one on Amazon. The arm also flips up and over for storage where the model on Amazon sides around.
Assuming the cheaper model on Amazon is "ok" and uses the same burrs... then this model here is WAY overpriced.
LunaRoseYou'll need a source of hot water. You can store water but its not a proper insulated water bottle, it is insulated in that it won't burn your hands when you have hot water but not as a storage to keep hot water for prolonged periods.