coffee and tea dripper

I jumped on the pour-over bandwagon years ago but, frankly, the pour-over movement has become pretentious and silly. I don't have time--nor do I care to--weigh hot water on a tared-out scale (and not just any scale; must be the "right" one). I don't want to be lectured for grinding the beans 45 seconds before infusing them (instead of 41 seconds!). I just want to make a great cup of coffee at home, without expensive equipment. In that quest, I own or have owned a Chemex, Melitta cone, Hario Woodneck, and a couple of press pots. I could make great coffee in each of them, but inconsistently. I never knew what I was going to get in response to a minute change (What if the water didn't exactly make it to 204 degrees? What if the grinder was just a little off? What if an errant air bubble prevented a tiny bit of coffee from being saturated?)

Enter the Clever. This is really easy: Flush paper filter, warm dripper (and mug), add coffee (standard drip grind works well... Read more

Just got my "clever coffee dripper" and have made two cups of coffee with it, per the instructions. The entire process takes about 5 minutes if the coffee is already ground. The longest part is letting the coffee steep in the dripper while you prepare your breakfast. After 4 minutes, you sit the filled dripper onto your cup and let it drain. It did seem better than my usual Melita drip cup and it was very easy to clean when I was finished with it. Put a drop of soap in the dripper and fill with warm water and let is sit for a few minutes. Lift it and push up the bottom and out runs the soapy water which cleans the whole system in 5 seconds. Then rinse a few times and put upside down to let it dry. Very pleased with it so far.

Gadget makes a great cup of coffee and is easy to clean up. My only possible issue is that the box says nothing about being BPA free. If it is high in BPA, soaking it hot, slightly acidic water (ie, coffee) seems like a great way to release the BPA. If somebody works at an analytic lab, this might be a great public service to do a bit of testing and post the results.