ZERO JAPAN Ceramic Coffee Dripper for #2 or #4 paper filter - Drip Cone Brewer - White

ZERO JAPAN Dripper is second purchase. First one (different name Bee House) purchased 2015. Made a two station pour over stand and this dripper same as first one. Very well designed and made. Open sides at base makes viewing coffee level easy to see. Flow rate very good. The design is easy to use and clean. #2 and #4 filters readily available at grocery store. Highly recommend for new or experienced users. ZERO JAPAN Dripper is fun and makes great pour over coffee.

I give this 5 stars because as cofge drippers go it is probably one of the best. That said, I have decided I prefer a cheap coffee maker such as a Mr. Coffee. If you know you love coffee drippers and want a coffee dripper then this one is nice because:It is ceramicIt will hold enough coffee to make 4 cupsIt is pretty and comes in lots of colorsIt takes filters that are easy to buy in the average grocery store.The coffee filters pretty slowly so you can pour more water in at once.Coffee houses often use them and they should know a good one.As with other drippers, the thing is very small compared to a coffee maker and can sit in a drawer or cupboard when not in use. As with other drippers, there are no tubes or parts to collect molds, germs, or other junk you don't want in your coffee.But you might not like a coffee dripper because:When you wake up and haven't had your coffee it is a lot easier to just push the on switch and in a few minutes have a whole pot of coffee.If you need more than 4 cups you will need more than 1 paper filter. My Mr. Coffee makes 12 cups with only one filter....or even a reusable filter, which is what we usually use.The coffee gets cold fast without a warming plate.There is a technique to making coffee with a dripper and after about a week I haven't really mastered it yet.I like it...but I like the ease of coffee at the touch of a button a bit more.

After buying the Blue Bottle book about coffee, you know, the craft coffee one, (The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes) I decided that I needed more coffee paraphernalia on my shelves. So I went a-looking.This dripper is recommended by another coffee website that sells unroasted beans and brewing equipment, and I wanted to get a good looking dripper that also had small holes rather than an enormous gaping one (coughV60cough)... Reading around a bit, it seems like the large hole drippers require better technique to get consistently good results. As a beginner in the science/art of pourover, I thought this would do the trick.The other reviewers are right. It's not the thickest porcelain around the bottom. If you dropped this on a stone countertop or a porcelain sink, (is that what they're made of?) it would break into pieces. But that's true of french press carafes and siphon globes and many other pieces of brewing equipment. If you want indestructible, get a plastic Melitta. Or just pour your grounds into your tin mug before you hit the trail, Cowboy.There are little nubs on either side of the cup-rest on the bottom, intended to keep the dripper from sliding around too much. I can only assume they use smaller cups in Japan, because most of my cups do not fit in between them. However, this is of little significance. You can hold it with one hand on your cup, or you can put one side nub in the cup and the other side outside. Or you can make a dripper stand like they do in the cafes if you're an overachiever.It makes a good cup. It looks good. I don't know what more there is. Bonus tip: if you want a long spout device for pourover coffee, but are loath to shell out $40 to $140 for a kettle, I found a little tea kettle thingie in a restaurant supply store. Price? $5. So look around. It's not as pretty as a Hario, but it's functional.Pps. I have used Filtropa #2 White Cone Coffee Filters, 40ct Box with very good results. (I found them at Whole Foods.) As always, pre-rinse before adding coffee, and at the very end of your cup, take the dripper off and let the last water drip into the sink. It can impart some bitterness to your cup if you let the water drain dry through the grounds.

This is a really nice dripper, made in Japan, and works great. This "large" size is actually the right size for a #2 filter. My only dissatisfaction with it is that I wish the base were bigger. All of my cups and mugs are too wide, so this does not fit on top without falling into the cup or going lopsided. I first make the coffee into a glass and then pour it into a cup to drink it.

I read a review in the NY Times and they rated it as the top pour over coffee cup. It has two holes in the bottom so it makes the coffee faster and surprisingly it is stronger than the slower plastic ones I have been using that eventually begin to leak. This is ceramic, so no concern about microplastics from years of drinking pour over coffee. The only problem is it fits perfectly over a standard mug coffee cup, but for a larger mug it is a little less steady. I've had it for a month and no problems. The only issue is if you have a tile kitchen floor, if it drops it might break.

Measure your mugs carefully. This dripper, even though labeled "large," requires a mug no wider than 3.25 inches.I have a bunch of Starbucks mugs, like the "Venti" ceramic mugs and a collection of their 16oz City Scenes mugs, that are all too wide to use with this dripper. I expect that most large-capacity mugs will be too large.This does reduce the versatility of this dripper considerably, IMO. It does make fine coffee, if no better than other drippers, and I've kept it because I have travel mugs that it fits better than my usual dripper. But do measure your favorite mugs, and make no assumptions based on the word "large." It's not large.

Perfect to use for my guest who was visiting from MunichMade well

The item is too small and the filter sticks up above the top lip. I like the see-through design feature but the open handle doesn’t give you a secure hold.