Posted Sat Jul 20, 2002, 5:37pm Subject: SwissGold One cup...
Hey...I got a OneCup brewer about a week or so ago on a clearance sale and I fell in love with it. I grind extremely fine and pour in the water. Takes about 3 1/2 minutes to pour through and I get an excellent cup of coffee. Extremely little "dust" at the end of the cup and a delicious, very full bodied cup. My first try was using that Guatemalan Huehuetenango -Finca Huixoc from SweetMarias at just a few cracks past second. Man..this is one delicious, bittersweet chocolate coffee. I have tried several other types of coffee too (St Helena, Smithfarms Kona, Papua New Guinea... to name a few) and have found them to be tremendous in this easy to use brewer.
The One Cup with one of my Zassenhaus' grinders along with an immersion heater has worked well at work too.
I recommend this brewer highly.
Anybody else have any experiences with the SwissGold One Cup?
I bought one about 8 years ago to use at work because although my employers supplied free coffee, I'd rather have been boiled in oil than drink the bilge. I love the SwissGold; it's small, simple in design, economical, easy to use and to clean and makes an excellent cup of coffee (assuming that you use good coffee to start with).
When I'm home during the day I tend to drink gallons and generally use my vac pot, but for the occasional cup the SwissGold is perfect for me.
Posted Sat Jul 27, 2002, 8:07am Subject: Re: SwissGold One cup...
I have a Bodum travel set that apppears to be completely identical to this but the screen is stainless steel rather than gold (but gold look so good on you George - stick to the one you've got).
I've used it on several occasion and had so much saludge in the cup that I put it away and there it sits. Perhaps I should try it again. I was using a grind that's finer than I'd use for drip coffee but coarser than espresso. Mine came without instructions (or it was back in the days when I threw away things without RTFM!). Am I right in assuming that the coffee goes over the screen, the cup with small holes slides into the cylinder and then the water is poured in? Does the cylinder get pushed down to be just above or in contact with the coffee before pouring the water? If it's above the coffee, then at some point does one push it down as you would with a French Press? Just curious as it seems like a better system than my one cup Melitta when I"m traveling.
Posted Sat Jul 27, 2002, 8:54am Subject: Re: SwissGold One cup...
phaelon56 Said:
I have a Bodum travel set that apppears to be completely identical to this but the screen is stainless steel rather than gold (but gold look so good on you George - stick to the one you've got).
I've used it on several occasion and had so much saludge in the cup that I put it away and there it sits. Perhaps I should try it again. I was using a grind that's finer than I'd use for drip coffee but coarser than espresso. Mine came without instructions (or it was back in the days when I threw away things without RTFM!). Am I right in assuming that the coffee goes over the screen, the cup with small holes slides into the cylinder and then the water is poured in? Does the cylinder get pushed down to be just above or in contact with the coffee before pouring the water? If it's above the coffee, then at some point does one push it down as you would with a French Press? Just curious as it seems like a better system than my one cup Melitta when I"m traveling.
Gotta tell ya. I do get a little sludge at the bottom of the cup. Yep..it's pretty easy. You put the coffee on top of the screen. Place the filter thingy on top of that. Put the assembly on a coffee cup. It shouldn't hit the grounds or at least I haven't yet. Pour the hot water on top of that. Place the little cover on top of the whole thing and go do something for 3 minutes or so. I grind extremely fine to increase the "contact time". When I use one of my Zassenhaus manual grinders I get a lot less sludge. Probably because it's a little more consistent then the Solis 166 I use for all non-espresso.
By the way, I'll take all the gold I can get but I'd really like a "silver" Isomac Millenium, if you know what I mean. : )
Posted Sat Jul 27, 2002, 8:55am Subject: Re: SwissGold One cup...
phaelon56 Said:
I have a Bodum travel set that apppears to be completely identical to this but the screen is stainless steel rather than gold (but gold look so good on you George - stick to the one you've got).
I've used it on several occasion and had so much saludge in the cup that I put it away and there it sits. Perhaps I should try it again. I was using a grind that's finer than I'd use for drip coffee but coarser than espresso. Mine came without instructions (or it was back in the days when I threw away things without RTFM!). Am I right in assuming that the coffee goes over the screen, the cup with small holes slides into the cylinder and then the water is poured in? Does the cylinder get pushed down to be just above or in contact with the coffee before pouring the water? If it's above the coffee, then at some point does one push it down as you would with a French Press? Just curious as it seems like a better system than my one cup Melitta when I"m traveling.
Owen, Like you say,just push the water cup all the way down,till it bottoms. Then fill with water off the boil.The clearance between the bottom of the cup & the top of the angled gold filter is .550", or 550 thousands of an inch. Lots of room for coffee,though I've not gone past 7-10 grams.Does your Bodum 1 cupper look like this one, the K1791-01?
Posted Sat Jul 27, 2002, 2:18pm Subject: Re: SwissGold One cup...
Craig - This is in fact the exact model that I have. I suppose I need to take plastic coffee scoop with me as I've lacked a precise, repeatable method for getting the exact amount of coffee in there. Also need to experiment with grind fineness. I'm on the road in late August and will take it ion that trip but when I'm in Seattle I'll be too busy going to Cafe Vivace and elsewhere to make much coffee at the hotel {:-)
Posted Fri Aug 9, 2002, 8:17am Subject: Re: SwissGold One cup...
I haven't tried my SwissGold OneCup since I got my new Solis Maestro grinder. I had been using a Solis 166 on a medium setting (coarser than espresso, finer than presspot...about what I use for drip coffee).
I use two 2-tablespoon scoops of beans for a mug of water - not sure if that ends up being too much coffee for the filter. I found that the water just sits there and doesn't want to drip through. If I pull up on the insert just a bit, it begins to drain better. Even at that, I end up taking the insert out totally and (I know this sounds odd) rubbing a spoon back and forth across the gold screen until it all finally drains.
So either I have too much coffee grounds, too fine a grind, or both perhaps. As a result, I have been using my Melitta one-cup cone filter for the single cups of coffee around the house.
"Give a man fresh-roasted coffee and he'll drink like a king for a day. Teach a man to roast and he will drink like a king for a lifetime."
Posted Fri Aug 9, 2002, 11:38am Subject: Re: SwissGold One cup...
Fred,I believe you're getting too many fines. With Rocky I use a setting of 40, & my extraction takes 70 - 90 secs. If I sweep too many fines in there, sometimes I do exactly as you, & use the spoon to stir & re-suspend (loosen) up the coffee pack,to get it to flow properly. That small screen area is fairly sensitive to too many fines. Cheers!
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