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Unpopular opinion: my $9 garage sale drip pot beat my $200 setup for 8 months straight
I know this sounds like clickbait but hear me out. Back in March I pulled a dusty old Melitta pour over cone and a chipped carafe from a driveway sale in Akron for $9 total. I figured it would be a fun backup. It ended up replacing my whole counter setup for 8 months. The thing that changed was my grind. With the cheap cone I had to grind coarser or it would clog and stall, so I borrowed a buddy's hand grinder and dialed it in. My cups went from muddy and bitter to clean and sweet in about 2 weeks of daily tweaking. Same beans, same water, same kettle. The only real difference was the paper filter shape and slowing my pour way down. I still use the fancy gear on weekends but weekday mornings belong to the $9 cone now. Has anyone else had a cheap piece of gear quietly beat their nice stuff, and what was it?
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charles_coleman4d ago
That whole bit about slowing your pour way down hit home for me. I had the same thing happen with a $4 bread knife from a junk store that cut better than a fancy one my sister gave me for Christmas. The cheap one had a thin blade that just slid through tomatoes instead of squishing them, and I used it for like two years before the handle finally cracked. Sometimes the cheap stuff just works because it's simple and there's nothing fancy to get in the way.
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phoenix_brown854d ago
Totally with you on the "nothing fancy to get in the way" thing. @charles_coleman that part about the thin blade sliding through tomatoes instead of squishing them says it all. My grandma had this old paring knife with a wooden handle worn down to nothing and it did more work than every gadget in my kitchen drawer. The fancy stuff has too many parts and too many ways to let you down. Simple tools just do the one job they were made for. That cheap knife earning its keep for two years before the handle cracked is honestly a better run than most pricey ones get.
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