Something a little different than a traditional review. I wanted to take a look at Wendougee’s products because I think they’re indicative of the rise of the Chinese coffee brands, growing on the back of the explosion of coffee in China itself. What does this mean for the future of coffee equipment? Timestamps 01:07 Commentary on Chinese manufacturing 02:22 The elephant in the room (design) 03:21 The Milo Play grinder 06:08 Burr gap setting repeatability 07:20 Retention 09:02 Button UX/UI & presets 10:05 Grinder performance 11:35 The LITA BA espresso machine 12:51 The button & group head UX/UI 14:00 App [More]
More info on each of the brewers here: Espro Bloom: https://www.espro.com/catalog/pour-over April Brewer: https://www.aprilcoffeeroasters.com/products/april-pour-over-brewing-kit Fellow Stagg X: https://fellowproducts.com/products/staggdripper?variant=18635550982259 Origami: https://origami-kai.com/en/collections/dripper/products/origami_dripper_s Cafec Flower: https://cafec-jp.com/products/dripper/ Hsiao 50: https://hsiaocoffee.com/products/dripper Brew techniques: Espro Bloom: https://www.espro.com/brew-guide/pour-over April Brewer: https://media.aprilcoffeeroasters.com/video-1/biggerbrews Fellow Stagg X: https://fellowproducts.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001927432-How-do-I-use-Stagg-X-Dripper- Origami*: https://kurasu.kyoto/blogs/kurasu-journal/origami-dripper-brewing-recipe-how-we-do-it-at-kurasu Cafec Flower: https://cafec-jp.com/brewing-guide/ Hsiao 50: https://hsiaocoffee.com/pages/faqs Jonathan Gagne’s post on modding a dripper (The Stagg, not the Espro as I mentioned): https://coffeeadastra.com/2020/12/09/brewing-with-the-fellow-stagg-x-dripper/ * Slightly adapted to match brewing volumes, ratios retained. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameshoffmann Limited Edition Merch: https://www.tenshundredsthousands.com My Books: The World Atlas of Coffee: http://geni.us/atlasofcoffee The Best of Jimseven: https://geni.us/bestofjimseven Find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimseven Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jimseven Things I [More]