Introducing the new and improved Home Brewing Starter Kit! In an effort to make this bundle more affordable to the beginner jumping into the world of craft coffee brewing, we've traded out the Baratza Encore for the Hario Skerton Hand Grinder and the Jennings CJ4000 scale. This adds an integral piece to the beginner's home brewing set-up (a scale), while allowing us to make this our most affordable home brewing starter kit to date! This bundle includes everything the beginner needs: Chemex Pour Over Brewer, Skerton Burr Grinder, Jennings CJ4000 Scale, Hario Buono Pouring Kettle, and Filters. For those wanting a kit that offers an electric burr grinder, see our Ultimate Home Brewing Kit.
Brewing Bundles
Want to learn more about coffee and equipment?
Here are some good resources:
- Learn more about immersion coffee brewing.
- Learn more about pourover coffee brewing.
- After you get your gear, you'll want to pair it with a good bag of coffee. Check out our tips on choosing your coffee.
What more can we say about the design and beauty of the Cafe Solo? The Solo takes what made the french press so popular, and improves upon this brewing technique. Like the press, the Solo is an immersion method combining water and coarsely ground coffee together, but there is no need to press here! The lid serves as a fine, mesh filter, so when you pour, the grounds stay back, and delicious coffee springs forth. And that neoprene jacket isn’t just a stylish accessory! It helps in heat retention, keeping a higher dwell temperature than just glass alone.
The Hario V60 brewing line has probably been the most popular choice for pour-over coffee brewing over the last couple of years. The V60 features a cone-shaped design with a larger hole, and ridges. Throw in a thin paper filter and you have a brew method that encourages a finer grind and shorter brew time, producing a bright and clean cup. The V60 is an ideal gift for those wanting to brew excellent coffee daily or 1-2 people!
The french press is probably the most popular and widely recognizable manual brewing method today. For decades, folks have been using the french press to attain a cup with a heavier body and allowance of more of the coffee’s natural oils. The french press is a fairly simple, yet elegant and classic way to make coffee for an individual, or a group of friends. We’ve created this bundle along with a burr hand grinder for those wanting an optimal and fresh cup, day after day!
The Able Kone is a stainless steel filter designed to be used with the Chemex. We’ve paired these together for you in one very sweet bundle! Designed as a reusable alternative to paper filters, the metal Kone creates a cup with the brightness of a pour over, yet with the body and nuance of a Cafe Solo. The Able Kone and Chemex make a for very beautiful gift. The filter is reusable and produces no waste. It is easy to clean.
The AeroPress® is an easy and versatile way to make great coffee. Made completely of BPA-free plastic, the AeroPress® is virtually indestructable and great for travel. Because of it’s pressure-brewing design, you can can make a standard-ratio cup of coffee, or a concentrated espresso-like brew, and brewing times can take as little as 30-45 seconds! An excellent choice for a quick morning cup or for brewing at the office. The AeroPress® comes standard with paper filters, and we’ve created this pairing with the very impressive Able Disk stainless steel filter!
The Wave Series from Kalita is the newest player in the pour-over brewing game. Kalita Wave drippers feature flat-bottom geometry designed to encourage a more even extraction, less dependent upon pouring technique than cone-shaped counterparts. The Wave Series drippers feature a handsome design and a smaller learning curve for those new to manual coffee brewing. The Kalita bundle makes a great gift for the newbie just getting into manual, pour-over brewing, and the coffee geek wanting to add versatility to his or her collection!
Affordability! We’ve created this bundle for those with a tighter budget, but there is no skimping on quality here. The Clever is an affordable, easy to use, and consistent brewing device that needs no pouring kettle for precision. The Mini Mill is a great option for those seeking an affordable burr grinder. Add these two together, and you have all you need for making consistently great cups, time after time! Nearly all components are made of plastic, making this bundle a great option for travel as well.
We are often asked what we recommend as the most affordable espresso machine and espresso grinder. Depending on the customer's needs, that recommendation almost always lands squarely the two machines we're bringing together in this bundle: the Rancilio Silvia and the Baratza Preciso. When it comes to high quality home espresso machines, the Rancilio Silvia is arguably the most popular semi-automatic home espresso machine of the last 15 years. Praised for its build quality and style at an affordable cost, this single-boiler machine has gained a massive fan-base over the years. Similarly, before the Baratza Virtuoso Preciso, you would be hard pressed to find a grinder capable of producing a good quality espresso grind under $350. With the Baratza Virtuoso Preciso you have freedom of up to 440 possible grinding adjustments. This allows you to have the small enough increments to perfectly dial in your espresso grind. Taking the quality and affordability brought about by both the Silvano and Preciso, we believe this bundle is the best deal you'll find for a complete home espresso set-up.
Many of us have to leave our brewing equipment at home while we travel, and rely on local shops in various cities for which to find quality coffee. Unfortunately, not every small town or city has a solid coffee establishment serving fresh quality coffee. We’ve created this traveling bundle for the home coffee brewer on the go. Both the AeroPress® and Mini Mill consist of almost completely plastic parts, making them virtually indestructible, and the BonaVoyage Electric Travel Kettle features a compact stainless/plastic design and doubles as a carrying case for the AeroPress. With this bundle, you don't have to settle for less than great coffee when you're away from home or your favorite local shop.
The Yama Siphon (or Syphon) Brewer is a modern reincarnation of an old coffee brewer design, bringing back an elegant brewing process with outstanding results. Simply pour water into the bottom glass, insert the top chamber so it is nice and snug, and heat it over the included butane burner until it slowly begins to boil. If it is heating too fast and boiling rapidly, adjust the heat source to ensure a slower boil. At this point, the water will rise into the upper glass and saturate the waiting grounds.
Last year, we launched our Home Brewing Starter Kit. This year, we decided to add to our home brewing kit offering by creating our dream home brewing bundle. The result, is our Ultimate Home Brewing Kit. With this kit, we believe we've accomplished our goal of providing you with all the tools necessary to creating a great cup of coffee time and time again. This kit includes all that is in the Home Brewing Starter Kit, but upgrades the grinder to the Baratza Encore burr grinder, upgrades the kettle to Bonavita's Variable Pouring Kettle, and upgrades the filter to Able Brewing's re-usable Kone filter. Together with the Chemex and Jennings CJ4000 scale, this kit is the optimal set-up for coffee brewing at home. See the details on all this kit offers below.
- 4/29 - Boston Translation or:...
- 4/9 - SCAA 2013: Boston-bound...
- 3/27 - Save Big with Bobby...
- 3/13 - 5 Smashing Coffee Beers...
- 2/15 - Latte Heart Winner...
-
Hario's stainless steel water kettle, the V60 Buono, has been spotted popping up in coffee houses and the kitchens of baristas for some time now. A detailed search on the web will reveal, for the moment at least, that the Buono seems to be widely accepted as the most useful pouring kettle available. What makes this kettle so popular amongst pour-over enthusiasts? Several reasons stand out.
First, the thin pouring spout enables greater pouring precision as well as a slower, more consistent and controlled rate of pour, both of which are very helpful in achieving a precise, prolonged extraction.
Second, the stainless steel construction and large 1 liter capacity contribute toward keeping up the brew temperature for the duration of the entire brew cycle.
Third, the ergonomics involved in the design of the kettle help to make using it much easier. This may not seem like much, but if you're brewing large batches of coffee and pouring for three or more minutes per batch, doing several batches of coffee will quickly become a chore if your kettle doesn't cooperate with you.
Combine all of these facets with the fact that the Buono is manufactured by Hario, a very popular name in the coffee-brewing community, and the kettle's popularity is easily understood. For best results, combine the Buono with a V60 Dripper or Chemex to get a truly exceptional cup of coffee. -
The TACKY Inlay Station is a wood pour-over stand beautifully designed for your viewing and brewing pleasure. The seamless "inlay" design gives the stand its name and also a unique look that anyone who appreciates fine wood craftsmanship will admire. The Inlay stand is available as a one, two, or three hole station and in a variety of woods. Pourover brewing is both delicious and artistic - the Inlay adds to the whole experience.
-
One of the top coffee grinder manufacturers has just released one of the most versatile grinders to date. With the capability of grinding from French press to espresso, the Mahlkonig Pro M provides the grinding range that would normally require two separate grinders. The grinding range combined with features like the "hands free" operation and break functionality help make this grinder ideal for both low-medium volume commercial settings and home use.















