I would like some recommendations for a single serve brewer, preferably one that uses ground coffee and not pods. I had a hamilton beach ‘the scoop’ model at one point that I liked pretty well, but I’m open to other options if there are better one’s out there.
I’m currently using a aeropress, but I would like an additional brewer for convenience purposes.
My journey has been Aeropress to the Clever Dripper and now I’m using the Orea Z1.
For me, the Clever dripper was a large upgrade in taste. The Z1 less so, but still an upgrade.
The Clever dripper is more hands-off, but the Z1 is more precise, and is easier to experiment with, IMO.
If I knew what I know about coffee now, I’m sure I could have experimented much more with the Aeropress.
If find that the Clever Dripper is the perfect office coffee device for me. Least amount of user inputs/user time and a limited amount of gear (beans, grinder, scale, basic kettle, and Clever with filters). No loose grounds to deal with during clean up like with the french press, Aeropress, or moka pot. No goose neck needed like with V60 or other pour over.
At home I was using the V60 but a while back I switch to the Kono MDK-41 which also uses V60 filter paper. I am loving this for precise coffee fun.