When you make great coffee in your home, you can fall down something of a rabbit hole when looking for the greatest brewers to use. Even if you’re not looking for a brewer, in particular, there can often be complex and elaborate pieces of equipment out there in the world that would be ideal for making an interesting brew in your home.
In this article, we’re going to run through some slightly unique and interesting coffee products that might make great additions to your home, no matter the kind of coffee that you prefer to brew.
Nitro Cold Brew Maker
Nitro cold brew is something that’s taken the world by storm over recent years. It can be a little complex, but it is truly delicious and makes for a great drink to have in your home.
Essentially, the idea is simple – coffee and water are added to a container, which is then sealed. The container is then pressurized through the use of a small canister of nitrogen gas, which is totally inert. This pressure brings flavors out of the coffee and, over time, cold brew is created. The nitrogen gas ensures that the liquid you create is smooth and rich, rather than being harsh and acidic as some cold brew can be.
This cold brew maker is an example of a great option in the genre. It allows you to bring forth some great coffee that would bring you both textural and flavor-based joy, leading to a wonderful beverage in no time at all.
Something that we really love about this option is the fact that it’s double-walled. This ensures that your coffee is kept as cool as possible for as long as possible, allowing you ideal coffee at any time.
Barisieur
The Barisieur is, in many ways, a modern reinvention of something quite old-school. Essentially, it’s quite a simple concept – an alarm clock and an automatic coffee brewer are fused. This allows you to ensure that when the alarm wakes you up, it does with a piping hot cup of coffee, sure to bring a little boost to your day first thing in the morning.
One feature that we particularly like is the small refrigerated compartment within the Barisieur. The compartment is designed to hold a small, cylindrical container that comes with the appliance, and can be used to hold a little of your favorite milk at fridge temperature overnight. Then, when you wake to a cup of coffee, you can decant the milk into your cup, creating a smooth, creamy drink, you how you might like.
Something that we particularly enjoy about this alarm-clock coffee maker hybrid is that there is a small onboard battery. This means that, in the event of a power outage, or in a similar situation, the clock will still keep time, allowing you to wake in good time for your morning routine.
There’s nothing worse than waking up late and not having time for coffee. With the Barisieur, though, you can wave goodbye to both of those problems with one simple solution.
Vietnamese Coffee Maker
This unique Vietnamese coffee maker is a little different from some of the other coffee makers out there. Essentially, it’s a simple pourover brewer that allows you to make a cup of coffee and take a step or two back, allowing for brewing to commence while you do other things.
However, you might notice that the brewer isn’t conical! This is almost unheard of in typically western brewers, but Vietnamese brewers have held a cylindrical shape for quite a while. The interesting thing, though, is that this can present challenges.
The reason a conical brewer is popular is that it naturally increases the pressure acting upon the coffee at the base of the cone, leading to a well-extracted brew. There is no such pressure chance in a cylindrical brewer!
This problem is overcome through the use of a pressure screen in this drip coffee maker. Essentially, coffee is added to the base of the brewer, followed by a pressure screen, and then finished with the water required for brewing. The lid is then placed onto the brewer, and the hot water heats the metal of the brewer. As this heating occurs, a very small amount of pressure builds up, leading to water being forced through the screen and to the coffee, which enables the coffee itself to be extracted well and evenly. This is a unique engineering solution to a unique problem in coffee brewing, and it leads to interesting cups of coffee!
Conclusion
Therefore, if you’re interested in a new brewer that will make slightly different coffee than other brewers in your home, we might suggest this Vietnamese drip filter.