The xBloom Studio Edition: Best Piece Of Coffee Tech Yet?

In this review, I sit and blabber for nearly 40 unedited minutes about one of the coolest - if not THE coolest coffee gadget yet. I hope you enjoy my fully formalized thoughts & review style. Enjoy!
www.coffeeha.us - for beans :)

[@rizhall]

I think it suits another market as well, which is why I'm getting it. I have an entire espresso ecosystem in my home with the grinder and all, but we know that it's pretty time consuming and also sometimes you just wanna have a pourover. This is great because it hits both itches for me. It gives me the option to automate a brew for those mornings I don't have time to make a full-on espresso drink. But also it gives me an all-in-one package to do/test out pourover. My grinder doesn't do non-espresso particularly well, so diving into pourover would be an expensive endeavor without even counting the rest of the gear I'd need, and this neatly packages the whole thing for me.

[@rainyjacktheepic]

Great review! I appreciated your take! As a veteran coffee snob with a solid home setup, I was considering the original for my classroom (I teach high school band), as a super easy option for making a cup between classes, or something my students/visitors can use easily, then the Studio dropped and I had to get my preorder in! I love that its even better to use with good local roaster's coffee! The pods are nice, but a bit too expensive. I love that I can have a container in the cabinet and not have to refill the machine every day! Again thanks for the review!

[@WillardTurner]

This was a great review and more in depth compared to others. I thought your conclusion was valid. I've owned the original since the Kickstarter machines shipped out, and have had my Studio for a few weeks now. Studio is an impressive step forward for xBloom, and I'm happy to own one.

[@inquisitivecoffee]

Love that you guys provide coffee water. Wish I had something like that in Toronto!

[@batman.._]

@15:02 I have the exact same issue in the xbloom studio I received last week from pre order. Xbloom support just shrugged off

[@DR19X]

they know it is faulty and do not want to acknowledge it. pour over machine that overextract on one side. they want to sell you the xpods instead. you are not alone.

[@BensCoffeeRants]

16:00 I think they're going to have multiple options for the bottom, seems to be a current trend with some new brewers that you can use one brewer and get different results or flow rates with interchangeable bottom pieces so one single brewer can act like many. Try the coffee pods too, the recipe is made by the roaster so should give you really good results if you want an easy coffee without having to dial in anything. Worth TRYING at least :D That was another reviewers favorite part of the machine! People probably complained about the top of the grinder being open, nice to be able to close it, maybe not for popcorning reasons but just to prevent dust or things from falling in when it's not in use. Also I noticed on many grinders (haven't tested this particular device though) if you have a lid on it, it quiets down the grinding noise a bit. Why'd the 1:17 ratio recipe card give you a 1:15 brew ratio? Or what I was thinking is that it's not the ratio maybe it was showing 15 as the starting coffee weight? So if you had 12g or 16g in there you can adjust that and it will do the appropriate 1:17 ratio from that starting weight? I didn't read the manual so just guessing. Update: It stopped at 225ml which with a 15g starting dose is a 1:15 ratio, so I guess that wasn't what I thought!

[@Harry-cg5gs]

Loved this review - Thank you!

[@BensCoffeeRants]

35:05 Can I try a little of that espresso? Ahh thank you!

[@cyanogen7582]

I've been enjoying my xbloom studio so far. I enjoy the the level of control you can or don't want to have. You really can go as full auto lazy or as manual as you want with it which is great.

[@skatetron1798]

Is @coffeehaus still releasing the moccamaster shower head upgrade? The pre order is still up but the last update i saw was a year ago.

[@doylebbq4329]

Fyi the dripper has that same issue on the one i have as well. Very annoying

[@6tuf85dyfu]

You have to shim it unfortunately

[@doylebbq4329]

@@6tuf85dyfu I just added a tiny piece of double sided command strip into where it slides in at the top and it's perfect now

[@rosscain3604]

Is coffeehaus a real company? I’ve tried contacting you multiple times over the last few months via your contact form and text message (advertised on the site) and have been totally ghosted. Despite the other response to the other comment in this video, I’ve lost faith that you will deliver the shower head and would really like for you to refund me my money you’ve been holding on to for over a year. Please do better at actually responding to people who have paid you money for an undelivered product.

[@716jivison]

Where is the “shower head” for the Mocca Master that I paid for and you promised? Your credibility has plummeted in my view.

[@Coffeehaus]

We’ve been working on nailing a supplier down for roughly 18 months; this is a difficult product to manufacture, but we’re consistently pushing. Via the website: If you are ordering this, you are entering into a pre-order. We are working through a production queue with no date yet on ETA. I get about 100 emails a day asking about this, so please be patient while we work towards an ETA. Thank you! As always - happy to refund you if you email me with your order number!

[@braxtonjens7839]

I think the XBloom studio is what I wished the XB1 was going to be. All that to say, I’m selling it to get the Fellow Aiden.

[@Coffeehaus]

Definitely looking forward to trying the Aiden out.

[@braxtonjens7839]

@@Coffeehausme too. I think it will pair well with a fellow ode with Gen2 burrs.

[@Shakespeare1623]

Tthe reason its comes off..In the future XBloom will be offer different flow control options that will be available to use.

[@braxtonjens7839]

The XB1 has too many quirks and glitches regularly. The XB1 could do the basic recipe with the reusable dripper, but when I tried to do my own recipes that’s where it was disappointing. They haven’t continued to make XB1 all that better, so it feels like I got duped for a pretty machine that doesn’t function like they promised. That or they set the expectations too high for XB1

[@tonyd9998]

Had the first one, Have the second one........HOWEVER is there anyone associated with this machine that can effectively show you how to program and save your recipe to your recipe card. No one goes step by step. I set the grind, set the temp, set the volume etc etc and yet it save nothing ?????I am reaching out everywhere I can my wife and simply want to automate our receipt without the science lesson???????????? We like strong, hot coffee non of the roast you can buy from the roster group, even though they indicate 5 beans in strength still cannot get a bold rich cup like my Moccamaster. That said its a great machine once you can get set up properly......