Review + Tips: Oxo Pour-Over Coffee Brewer With Reservoir

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The Oxo pour-over maker uses a slowly dripping reservoir, letting you make legit pour-over coffee without a kettle or gooseneck scale.
Is it good?
For the right person, that’s a resounding “yes”! It’s every bit as easy as advertised, and definitely superior to cheap automatic brewers.
And with a couple of additional (and very easy steps), you can improve the results even further.
Granted, the reservoir (and the dripper’s tiny drain hole) take away the flexibility you’ll get with a conventional pour-over set-up. You can’t control flow rate, and have much less control over temperature. Your hands are somewhat tied-up when it comes to dialing in your brew for a specific coffee.
But even if it frustrates coffee geeks (like yours truly), it’s still a terrific option if you want a cheap, minimal-effort way to make coffee _that actually tastes good_!
By the way, a good grinder helps you get the most out of the Oxo dripper or any other brewer on the planet.
Here’s my current favorite: • 1Zpresso K-Plus Review...
0:00 Intro
0:53 Design & purpose
3:04 Brewing demo 1
5:27 Brewing demo 2 (with my tips)
8:18 Why grind setting matters
8:39 Oxo vs. AeroPress
9:10 Final thoughts on the Oxo pour-over maker
(Music: bensound.com)

[@rodneybever9583]

Never put such thought into coffee. I am pretty much just a Folgers guy (probably a horrifying thing to say here. Lol) and I got this one from Amazon and love it. Put it on to drip and by the time I run my beard straightener through my beard coffee is done and no having to fiddle with a coffee pot anymore.

[@jaspurr6173]

I totally agree with you that doing a couple of 'swirls' will help distribute the water better across the grounds. I have bought this OXO brewer, and I am very pleased with the results. It is just 'Great' for Camping.

[@derred723]

i've used this for years. I'm definitely swirl. I always just boil water. I make like 16 ounces and use it into one of those giant, tall plastic drinking cups from target cause i put it in a travel mug. Works great. Not fancy. I use three tablespoons cause i'm cheap and want my coffee to last longer. I'm also not particular. My coffee just needs to be hot and not week. So this is coming from an avid coffee drinker but not really an afficianado. I also found the lid can create a vacuum sometimes and liquid won't drip so i often leave the lid slightly askew to let a tiny bit of air in. But this has been in use for 5 or 6 years since my drip broke. Much more affordable alternative for one person. If you're like me and just want minimal fuss and effort i'd say this does the job. I'm even planning on buying a second and shipping it to my parent's house for when i travel cross country since they have no coffee maker lol.

[@is0p0d]

Excellent video brother, direct, well written, filmed well, and helped me decide on purchasing this! Thanks!

[@thebolderbrew]

Glad to hear, and thanks for watching!

[@taistealai5523]

random youtube recommendations good video about a thing I never knew existed, I don't like how the reservoir only has holes in the center, might cause some of the grounds on the outer rim to be under extracted

[@thebolderbrew]

Thanks for watching! Yeah that's an issue for sure, and probably why a gentle swirl helps so much in my testing. Perhaps they wanted to make sure it would work for a tiny batch, where outer holes would bypass the coffee bed altogether. At some point I'll make a comparison between this + Hario Drip Assist + Gabi Master B. Those aren't so completely hands-off, but the holes are better positioned.

[@taistealai5523]

@@thebolderbrew yeah I'd be down for that

[@Thallishman]

@@thebolderbrew Been a while since you made this video. Have you any thoughts in going either an oxo-dripper route vs say an Melitta + gabi master b, or hario v60 + gabi master b?

[@ryanh8764]

I’ve got one of these and noticed that the six water holes in the dripper are letting different amounts of water through. I can see it in yours at 7:17. Anything we should do about this? I’ve experimented with rotating the dripper 1/4 through brewing in between agitation swirls. I’m also playing with a bloom step. Thoughts? Thanks

[@oinc7320]

Don't pour 212 F water into plastic, I believe OXO warns of this, a 30-second wait, getting it off the boil. It's a problem of leaching out at the boiling point of plastic I just measure the water, I pour a bloom stage over the coffee, wait 20 seconds, then add the tank, pour the rest of the water in, and put a cap on top of the tank. I don't think anybody drinking 180-205 F degree coffee. This is nice for camping, motels, etc.

[@jsk0912]

What grind setting do you recommend for the oxo?

[@thebolderbrew]

Medium, I suppose...but that means different things to different people. As a starting point, find a grind setting at which it's done brewing (all water has passed through the grounds) in 2:30-3:00. Adjust from there to suit your taste. Coarser if too harsh, finer if too watery. Ideal grind size will also depend on the specific coffee and even how fresh that coffee is.

[@joetilman7227]

You can use the OXO tank with the Aeropress chamber for a delayed press or no-press Aeropress experiment (give yourself as much as 10 minutes for no-press). I've played around with this, and end up using the OXO tank*, not stirring the Aeropress (the slow drip sinks all the grounds, making it a no-bypass brewer), then pressing right after all the water has transferred from the OXO tank to the Aeropress chamber. * I use toothpicks to plug two of the three larger shower holes in the OXO tank, and rotate the tank twice. Yeah, it's extra effort, but now it's a ritual...

[@thebolderbrew]

That is genius! Never crossed my mind, but now I'll have to try. Thanks for sharing!

[@maryfeasley7775]

Which some of these pour over says how muc coffee to use

[@jaspurr6173]

You should have just omitted the 'dry' method, as being 'not' recommended.

[@jaspurr6173]

Ugh?....putting coffee grounds into a 'dry' filter?...strange. most suggest that you should 'wet' the filter before brewing?

[@rodneybever9583]

You probably hate that I use this for Folgers. Lol

[@ryanh8764]

That’s what he did in the second round

[@milanjurich1526]

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