Six months ago I would never have even considered a syphon coffee pot. For me coffee meant only one thing - an espresso brewed in a commercial espresso machine.
Recently while waiting for a friend I stopped into Coffee Brothers in Mona Vale (sydney) and got talking to the barista. While waiting for my espresso they offered me a cup of coffee from their batch brew machine. It looked like tea to me, light brown and watery but it was a cold rainy day so i figured it would spin my coffee experience out a little longer. I was actually surprised by the taste. Nothing like an espresso but the taste was pleasant and light. It made me reconsider my very narrow view of coffee.
A few months later i saw a syphon machine being offered by a fellow coffee snobs member in the Pay it forward section. Luckily I was the first to contact Blurry and we met up to do the deal.
So now I am the proud owner of a Bodum Pebo syphon pot.
My first experience did not go so well. The coffee was very weak, lacking any real flavour. It was just hot black water. I did notice that as the water pushed up into the top container, there was still a fair amount of water in the lower container, sitting below the pipe from the top bowl. So when the pot was removed from the heat the coffee was diluted by this water. I would say there was at least half a cup of water that did not come into contact with coffee grounds. It would seem that the tube from the top container needed to be longer - sitting just below the base of the lower container.
Is this a common problem with these pots? has anyone out there found a way to overcome it?
Or should i just accept that this is just part of the nature of syphon pots and a characteristic of the coffee they produce?
Interested to hear others experiences
Recently while waiting for a friend I stopped into Coffee Brothers in Mona Vale (sydney) and got talking to the barista. While waiting for my espresso they offered me a cup of coffee from their batch brew machine. It looked like tea to me, light brown and watery but it was a cold rainy day so i figured it would spin my coffee experience out a little longer. I was actually surprised by the taste. Nothing like an espresso but the taste was pleasant and light. It made me reconsider my very narrow view of coffee.
A few months later i saw a syphon machine being offered by a fellow coffee snobs member in the Pay it forward section. Luckily I was the first to contact Blurry and we met up to do the deal.
So now I am the proud owner of a Bodum Pebo syphon pot.
My first experience did not go so well. The coffee was very weak, lacking any real flavour. It was just hot black water. I did notice that as the water pushed up into the top container, there was still a fair amount of water in the lower container, sitting below the pipe from the top bowl. So when the pot was removed from the heat the coffee was diluted by this water. I would say there was at least half a cup of water that did not come into contact with coffee grounds. It would seem that the tube from the top container needed to be longer - sitting just below the base of the lower container.
Is this a common problem with these pots? has anyone out there found a way to overcome it?
Or should i just accept that this is just part of the nature of syphon pots and a characteristic of the coffee they produce?
Interested to hear others experiences

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