GoodShave's Coffee Journal

A little light even though it was listed as medium. But I would bet you'll enjoy it! I prefer a slightly more roast, like Jim's Organic Guatemala. I will look forward to your thoughts!

A little light even though it was listed as medium. But I would bet you'll enjoy it! I prefer a slightly more roast, like Jim's Organic Guatemala. I will look forward to your thoughts!

Thanks Eric!

I will let you know once I had time to play with these beans.

celestino I ran across this pair of recipes for the Hario Switch and thought I would post them for you.
It is by Kurasu Kyoto. I have enjoyed their Kalita Wave and Varia FLO recipes so I thought I would try the Hario Switch recipes as well.
The video is in Japanese but if you turn on the closed captions, you can read the English translation.
I like that that the recipe only calls for 10g of beans. This is the smallest dose for any recipe that I have ever tried. That will come in handy when I get towards the end of a bag.
I am trying the hybrid recipe at the moment but plant to try the immersion recipe as well.
Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ9dfJIn9wQ

I’ve never seen that device before. It looks like it would brew similarly to the Clever coffee dripper. A lot like a French press.

celestino I ran across this pair of recipes for the Hario Switch and thought I would post them for you.
It is by Kurasu Kyoto. I have enjoyed their Kalita Wave and Varia FLO recipes so I thought I would try the Hario Switch recipes as well.
The video is in Japanese but if you turn on the closed captions, you can read the English translation.
I like that that the recipe only calls for 10g of beans. This is the smallest dose for any recipe that I have ever tried. That will come in handy when I get towards the end of a bag.
I am trying the hybrid recipe at the moment but plant to try the immersion recipe as well.
Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ9dfJIn9wQ

I’ve never seen that device before. It looks like it would brew similarly to the Clever coffee dripper. A lot like a French press.

Very good observation!

I would say the similarity to the French press would be that either brewer can do a full immersion brew but since both use filters, you would get a cleaner cup since the oils would be absorbed by the filter paper. I believe the V60 filters for the Switch are thicker (in general) than the filters for the Clever dripper but Kalita makes some filters that can also be used with the Clever dripper that are thicker and can make better tasting coffee (from what I read).

Hario came out with the Switch in 2019. The original versions were size V60-02 and V60-03 in glass. They now have the V60-02 in white ceramic as well.

The Hario Switch can brew like the Clever dripper and also can be used to brew like a regular Hario V60 (just leave the switch open). Both the Clever dripper and the Hario Switch can do hybrid brewing where you do immersion at one point of the brew an peculation at the other (pouring with the Switch open/Clever on the mug) but the Switch would be a little easier to control. The Clever can hold more coffee (in the large size). The Switch can swap out the cones, so you can use glass V60-01, V60-02, V60-03 size as well as the cone that comes with it which is in between V60-01 and V60-02. You can also swap in the steel V60-02. You can also can swap in the Hario Mugen cone for a low bypass brew option (since it has flat sides). I tend to brew small cups of coffee for one person so I use the V60-01 cone in the Hario Switch most of the time as it allows me to pour closer to the coffee bed and also have less glass to heat up (though I heat it up by closing the switch and letting hot water sit in it while I grind up the coffee beans).

If I was brewing coffee for more people, I might pick up a Clever dripper just to try it out.

There’s definitely lots of options in coffee making just like in shaving. I’ve never been a fan of the French press method for the reason you mention. Not as clean a cup. Also a bit messier to clean up after and not the same level of control as pour over. Clever and switch basically turned the French press upside down. Interesting that switch can do pour over too. Does it have a similar opening at the bottom as the V60?

There’s definitely lots of options in coffee making just like in shaving. I’ve never been a fan of the French press method for the reason you mention. Not as clean a cup. Also a bit messier to clean up after and not the same level of control as pour over. Clever and switch basically turned the French press upside down. Interesting that switch can do pour over too. Does it have a similar opening at the bottom as the V60?

The French press can definitely make a nice cup of coffee, and I have three of them in different sizes. The clean up keeps me from using them more often (and that I don't tend to make a large enough batch of coffee to fill one up). I tend to use them to make cold brew concentrate instead of brewing hot coffee.

The cone of the Hario Switch has the same opening as the V60-01 glass cone that I have. The cone fits in a silicone base which has a channel with a steel ball. The plastic switch pushes the ball in place to seal the silicone base, which keeps the coffee inside the brewer. When you open the switch, the ball moves out of place to allow the coffee to drain from the cone above. If you are doing a pour over, you leave the switch open (once you warm the brewer).

The cone on the Hario Mugen is a little smaller if I remember correctly with aids with slowing down the flow (in addition to having smooth sides).

If you look towards the bottom of the following page, you will see a top view of the Hario Switch and can see the steel ball in place. Below that picture is another one that shows the bottom of the silicone base.

https://coffeechronicler.com/hario-switch/

While looking through the coffee offerings at Eight Ounce Coffee, I ran across this page which gave a nice starting point on selecting your next bag of coffee, giving an easy starting point with Origin, Process, and Variety.

"A Beginners Guide to Choosing Your Next Coffee Bag":
https://eightouncecoffee.com/blogs/news/...coffee-bag