HARIOV60 Ceramic Coffee Dripper, Size 02, White

I have made the switch from French press to pore-over several years ago with a dripper I got from World Market (pictured on right) and it was a noticeable difference in taste not to mention quicker cleanup. Recently I’ve seen drippers with three holes and thought it would be better as the original one has only one hole and was kinda slow to brew. So I set on a research journey for a new one and discovered this V60. Soon as I saw the big hole and the well defined flutings I knew I was onto something. After reading all the high reviews and seeing all sorts of videos on various types of brewing I knew this is the new upgrade.This morning I brewed coffee in the V60. The brewing process I followed was the 5 pour method and it took 2 minutes less than the previous dripper I have been using for years. But the biggest takeaway here is the taste of the coffee. Same method as I have been doing and completely different taste. Literally a high end coffee shop taste.At first I was surprised at the size compared to my original one. But that does’t matter since it’s a pour-over and you never fill it up.Second the quality and craftsmanship is superb. It is quite thinner than the original one so needs a littler more care when handling.Third it looks wonderful just standing there and you can tell that it’s a pro level dripper. Definitely worth the money if you want to great tasting coffee without spending $5 bucks at some coffee shop.If you are on the fence on making the purchase, I highly recommend it.

I really like the Hario V60 coffee drippers, and I've used a LOT of different pour-over devices. In fact, it may be my favorite coffee dripper, with the trendy Kalita Wave 185 being a close competitor.I used a cheap plastic Melitta dripper with a flat-bottom triangular filter for years - it can work pretty well, but I found that it would get clogged on occasion and drain too slowly. So, I started to look at other alternatives. I've used a Chemex brewer for a few years if I want a premium cup, but Chemex filters are expensive and it's a slightly more time consuming process. More recently, I found a discounted ceramic cone brewer from Caribou Coffee, which I figured out was basically a knock-off or re-branded Hario V60 (it even provides the filters for it). I was so happy with it at my office that I purchased this V60 white ceramic model for use at home.The V60 is easy to set up, easy to clean up, and a generally forgiving way to brew small-to-moderate amounts of coffee. The cone design makes a lot of sense because it prevents water from sidestepping the grounds and finding its way into the cup. Also, because it seems to drain more quickly than Chemex and probably Kalita Wave, you can feel free to experiment with slightly finer grind sizes. I'm always afraid the filter is going to break and ruin my cup of coffee (because the drain hole opens up widely without much support for the tip of the filter), but this has only happened one time, and was probably due to user error.One of the advantages of the V60 over the Kalita Wave 185 is that the filters are just easier to work with. I do pre-wet them, but I do this less to wash out paper taste, and more to help warm the brewer and keep the filter in place when I add grinds. The Kalita Wave 185 works great and has a really cool design, but I find the filters a little annoying to separate, and I end up using an AeroPress funnel to guide my grinds into the wavy filter (without missing and dumping them into the cone itself).If I had to point out a negative of the Hario V60, it would be that the filters aren't readily available in grocery stores, etc., and need to be purchased online or at specialty coffee stores that carry them. Hario is from Japan, so many of the filters and drippers are imports (mine even had a fully Japanese manual!). I don't consider approximately $5 for 100 filters to be too expensive (Chemex filters are about twice that price), but it's worth pointing out that you'll have to plan ahead a bit to keep your filters in stock.I highly recommend the V60 - it's become sort of an industry standard for pour-over enthusiasts, and for good reason!

Wow. That's all I can say. A long time ago I started with a mid-priced coffee machine, figuring that a "name brand" like Cuisinart should be able to make a good cup of coffee. Was never that great. And when I used my Bialetti espresso maker with ground coffee, I found that the cheaper Bialetti using old tech made a MUCH tastier cup of coffee. But it is a pain to clean and you have to have a stove or very hot electric hot plate capable of boiling water.I moved to a French Press. They are great. Also a rich cup of coffee, tasty, no need for the stove. But even while I was able to avoid too many grinds by using just 7/8 of the available coffee in the pot, I found that the result wasn't always consistent. Some coffee didn't work as well as others. And cleaning wasn't fun or simple to scoop out the coffee, waste a ton of water cleaning it out and then letting it air dry.So I wanted to try a dripper - Chemex? I saw varying reviews and the negatives against the Chemex were significant, which included need a big glass pot which would collect coffee that I'd then pour into another cup while using very expensive Chemex filters - which may still be well worth it no matter what coffee making method you use. The carafe was also $40 while the Hario was only $15 and a no-lose proposition. I opted for the Hario filters and made my first cup of coffee with it - the same coffee I have used in the Cuisinart, the french press and now the Hario.Wow. I'm not a total coffee snob using the typical coffee adjectives. But my taste buds immediately could understand the tremendous difference in what the SAME coffee can taste like using different methods and a good filter. Using the slow pour method from my kettle, making as little direct contact with the filter paper, I made myself a cup. The negative - it took a bit longer, required my manual labor instead of letting the machines do their thing - but oh, the results. Wow. The need for sugar with other methods (especially the machine) suddenly was not necessary here. The coffee was rich -- like a cup of frothy hot cocoa if I can compare. None of the sour / bitter / acid (?) taste which led me to add sugar was present using the Hario and the method. It tasted much like the coffee I've had in a great coffee house. My friend's machine cost several hundred instead of the $80 of my Cuisinart. I'm guessing that it just automated the process properly such as having the water preheated and slowly dripped at the right temperature. THAT is the result I got from using the Hario.At around $7 for 100 filters, that comes to what - 7 cents per cup of coffee? For the convenience, the ability to have the richness and flavor that good coffee can provide, this $15 dripper is a no-lose investment. I chose the ceramic, which is beautiful to look at, very easy to clean, and leaves none of that "tinny" taste you may get with metal or that unpleasant smell / taste that is usually found from plastic. This is a winner.