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We got a Moccamaster 3-ish years ago, and honestly I haven't been that happy with the coffee it makes. But we also don't have a grinder, so we are using pregro
by linsomniac 8y ago
We got a Moccamaster 3-ish years ago, and honestly I haven't been that happy with the coffee it makes. But we also don't have a grinder, so we are using preground beans. But those same beans when run through a Chemex pourover taste dramatically different. Even though the Moccamaster is meant to mimic the pour over brew.
I have switched to the Chemex, partly because as this article says I am liking the process. Partly because it tends to taste better. The Moccamaster does seem more consistent, it's just, to my taste, more consistently bad. Sometimes my Chemex is as bad, sometimes it is great... At home I have an Oxo BaristaBrain, and that is more consistently good, for some reason. But I also grind beans there with a pretty high end grinder (Virtuoso by ...?).
In the end, I have come to enjoy the break in the day that the brew gives me. I don't tend to take breaks otherwise, and I should, but that is a good opportunity.
- e12e 8y agoAre you diligent with cleaning / rinsing the moccamaster? Makes a huge difference in my experience. And you need to keep it much cleaner than most people do. That's another benefit of pour-over - I've never had any issues re:cleaning a simple v60 setup.