Do you put your Switch on the decanter on the scale? Do you pour into the Switch and then move the Switch to the decanter? Do you measure into another container then pour that into your Switch?
After relocating to California into a house less than half the size of our mid-West house, I’ve correspondingly downsized my coffee set-up to just a Hario Switch. I’m struggling with the best process for managing the moving parts.
I decant into an insulated coffee mug. The Switch isn’t light, and with the mug, 440g of water, and 36g of coffee it’s well over a kg on a little scale designed for fine measurements. Plus it all feels a bit precarious balanced on the scale. Consequently, I pour into the Switch while on the scale and then move it to the mug for decanting. This too is precarious, as the glass of the Switch is too hot to handle without mitts, and lifting it by the rubber base is treacherous: I once didn’t lift the Switch high enough and bumped the mug and splashed hot water on my hand. Alternatively, I could measure the hot water into yet another handled glass decanter and then pour that over the grounds in the Switch on the mug.
So what are your tricks? Do you use an oven mitt to handle the water-filled Switch, or do you just balance by the base, or do you do something else?
Postscript: I discovered that if you pick a community and then switch the post type, Piefed resets the community to the first one in your subscription list. Which for me is [email protected]. So that’s where I posted this first. Sorry, !3dprinting!
I put it above my cup directly (I have a smaller one). I would pour some water in, enough to cover the grounds, then wait 30 seconds. Then I would put the switch half way (to reduce pull speed), empty it, refill until grounds, wait for it to empty, I would repeat this a few times (enough to use up half the water). Then I would close the switch, fill up the switch with the water left and let it sit for 4 minutes, then I would drain at half speed the rest.
I switched for a French press a week ago because mine has a rubber base and even though it was technically food safe, the thought of running hot water through rubber a few times a day didn’t really sit well with me.
Hah! When we first moved here I was using a French Press, because I had it. It doesn’t make my favorite coffee, though, so I went the other direction and got a Switch. That’s funny.