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You're right. However as life gets busier, especially in the morning I found that I just don't have the time for the "procedure". I love the "procedure" but it's synchronous so it had to go. Also I was having a very hard time getting the size 03 filters in white.

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Some years back I bought a stainless steel filter from Able Brewing. It’s great. I no longer have to buy consumables or throw anything away but wet coffee grounds — which are great for the garden anyway.

This is exactly why I would recommend a Hario Switch over a V60 or Aeropress. It makes my mornings much less complicated. However, you will still have to look for filters.

Can't get much more simple than the hario switch:

- Heat up water

- If you are anal, rinse your paper filter (very optional, do you do this for drip? no :))

- Fill hario with water (yes, water first)

- Dump in coffee

- Stir, if you want, or don't

- Wait whatever. I don't time it. Can't really go too long if your grind is course enough. Go do whatever you do when your drip is brewing.

- Hit Button to dump coffee into cup

That's it. Basically the same as a drip machine honestly, and you'll get better results :)

you can get much more simple - have a coffee maker that heats the water for you and then dumps it over the grounds itself. as the parent said, it's a matter of synchronous vs asynchronous.

It is one extra step, pouring water. I don't think you even read my post.

I did, you're missing my point about having to wait for the water to heat up before pouring it in.

Okay, two steps??? Come on man lol

you seem to be persistently missing my point. it's not the number of steps; even if the coffeemaker required ten steps to the pourover's two, you could do those ten steps at once, hit the switch and walk away. what makes the pourover qualitatively different is that you have to start one step (heating the water) and wait for it to finish before moving on to the next one.

I'm not, don't take it the wrong way and get upset about it.

You don't do the ten steps at once tho, you have to put water and coffee into the machine anyway.

It's like, a few more of those types of steps.

Not really worth an argument anyway...

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