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The Best Pourover Coffee Makers of 2023, Tested by Serious Eats

Straight to the Point

Our favorite pourover drippers are the Kalita Wave Stainless 185 Dripper and Hario V60 Mugen Coffee Dripper. For an in-depth guide on how to brew pourover coffee, head here.

As a longtime coffee professional (I’ve worked in the industry for 16 years), I own a number of high-end automatic brewers. However, every morning I find myself opting for a pourover dripper instead.

Regardless of the debate over whether pourover or auto-drip makes better coffee, I find myself gravitating towards pourover brewing for one main reason: my brewing equipment is easier to keep clean. Thermal, stainless steel carafes keep coffee hot really well, but they can also hold onto old coffee oils that need a deep cleaning to remove. With a pourover, when I finish my coffee, the glass server I brew into goes right into the dishwasher and emerges perfectly clean and ready for the next morning. (Plus, there's just something soothing about manually brewing coffee. ) And, truth be told, most pourover drippers can brew an outstanding cup of coffee, as long as you tailor your brewing process to the particular quirks of each device.

Because every pourover dripper is designed to be used in a specific way, it’s difficult to pit brewers against one another. So, for this review, instead of evaluating each model on the quality of coffee it produced, I focused more on ease of use, general performance, and overall design. I tested both classic drippers (brewers that helped to define a new shape or style of pourover, which include the Kalita Wave Stainless 185 Dripper, Zero Bee House, Chemex 6-Cup Brewer, and Hario V60) and newer pourover brewers (these are generally modifications on the aforementioned original designs and include the Hario Mugen Dripper, Clever Coffee Dripper, Origami Dripper, and Hario W60).

Editor's Note

We recently tested seven more pourover coffee makers at our Lab (models from Chemex, Miir, Espro, Fellow, and more). While our top picks have not changed, you can find our thoughts on these new additions towards the bottom of this page.

The Winners, at a Glance

The Best Classic Pourover Brewer: Kalita Wave Stainless 185 Dripper

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Nearly indestructible and with a comfortable handle and great brew performance, the Kalita Wave Stainless 185 Dripper is a great all-around brewer. It can be paired with this carafe.

The Best Newer Pourover Brewer: Hario V60 Mugen Coffee Dripper

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With its ceramic cone and heat-proof plastic handle and holder, the Mugen dripper features flat walls to slow dripping with limited airflow, creating a more forgiving pouring process. It brewed a great-tasting cup and its simple design made it stand out amongst the other brewers. It can be paired with this carafe.

The Tests

Serious Eats / Jesse Raub

Why You Should Trust Us

I’ve been working in specialty coffee since 2006, first as a barista at Starbucks and then as a barista at high-end coffee bars, a wholesale trainer, and a national wholesale education manager. Now, I'm a sales and marketing manager at Ruby Coffee Roasters. I have spent many years studying coffee extraction science along with brewing theory, and was responsible for testing brewers and drippers for the roasting companies I worked for—along with being asked to do product testing for manufacturers as part of quality control testing during the product development cycle. This is my first product review for Serious Eats, but previously I have written about the extraction process of coffee for this website, and have been published in a number of coffee trade publications. 

What We Learned

Looking at the Classic Drippers

Coffee mid-bloom in a Kalita Wave 185 dripper.

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Since I knew, from years of use, that all four of the classic pourover brewers I was evaluating were capable of producing a great tasting cup of coffee, I designed tests to evaluate how each brewer responded to a rigid brewing recipe and if there were any performance differences worth noting. All of these brewers handled the temperature tests similarly—most of the drippers started out with a temperature around 190-192ºF in the coffee bed during the bloom, and peaked at 194º-198ºF during the brew cycle. The differences with these brewers mostly came down their usability, as well as other factors (like dripper shape) described below.

Coffee Science: How to Make the Best Pourover Coffee at Home

Evaluating the New Drippers

The Mugen is an example of a newer dripper.

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Because the standardized testing was so rigid for evaluating the four classic brewers, I wanted to switch things up slightly for testing the four newer dripper designs. I selected the Kalita Wave, the brewer I use most frequently in my personal life, and a coffee from the roastery I work for so that I would be very familiar with the flavor notes and brewing process. I first dialed in the coffee on the Kalita Wave for flavor, adjusting the grind setting and pouring speed to best accentuate the coffee. I then brewed with each the Hario W60, the Hario Mugen, the Clever, and the Origami brewer. Instead of following the same pouring pattern as the Kalita Wave, I paid attention to how the water levels were rising and falling and adjusted the way I added the water in order to create an even saturation of the coffee bed from start to finish. The only outlier was the Clever brewer, which featured a stopper that transformed the dripper into an immersion device, like a French press. In the case of the Clever, I used the same ratio and water temperature, but allowed the coffee to steep for four minutes before opening the valve and letting it drip. That led to pour times and drip times varying, but extremely consistent extraction numbers. From there, I felt confident in evaluating each of these brewers on flavor.

Flat-Bottom vs. Cone-Shaped Drippers

A look at the Kalita Wave 185's flat-bottom bed.

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The Kalita Wave was the only brewer that offered any significant flow restriction with just a filter and no coffee, but it was also the brewer that finished draining the fastest during each brew test when coffee was present. While this may seem backwards, it all comes down to the prevailing debate in drip coffee: flat-bottom vs. cone-shaped filters. The main core difference is bed depth. In Ted Lingle’s The Coffee Brewer’s Handbook, he outlines how bed depth in drip brewers can affect flow rate and extraction quality. If there’s too much coffee in the filter, the bed depth is too deep and the water will likely flow too slowly and even up and around the coffee bed, bypassing the coffee and going down the sides of the filter. Too little coffee and there’s not enough resistance from the bed depth and water flows quickly, channeling through pockets of least resistance in the coffee bed.

An example of a cone-shaped dripper.

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Since the Kalita Wave is a flat-bottom brewer, the bed depth is relatively shallow compared to the same amount of coffee stacked in a narrower cone. Because of this, the Kalita Wave 185 is usually recommended for a minimum of 16 ounces of brewed coffee while the Hario V60 is usually recommended for maximum of 16 ounces of brewed coffee, even though both brewers are around the same size. While both can brew great coffee, the type of dripper that's right for you may depend on how much coffee you're looking to regularly brew.

Measuring Total Dissolved Solids

We didn't find design impacted total dissolved solids (TDS).

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To test whether the brewer's design impacted extraction, I used a refractometer. The coffee refractometer was designed to use spectrum light refraction against a sample of brewed coffee to calculate the percentage of total dissolved solids (TDS) in the brewed coffee solution, which measures the actual percentage of coffee compared to water that's present. In general, our coffee preferences for drinking lie between 1.20% and 1.5% TDS, with the former generally tasting slightly weak to most people and the latter tasting quite strong. Refraction can be fairly temperature specific, however, and while .10% TDS can represent a significant strength and flavor difference, there’s usually a margin of error of . 05% TDS for any comparative reading. The extraction data for each brewer with each roast was generally within .05-10% TDS with a few random outliers, but no brewer showcased an ability to greatly extract more or less than the others. And with a standardized pouring method and standardized grind size, it’s difficult to take these comparative tests without a grain of salt. Because, ideally, each brewer would be dialed in with a specific pouring speed to match the brewer’s draining speed, and grind size that brings out the best flavors for each brewer.

Why Brew Temperature Didn't Factor Into Our Results

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While brewing coffee at temperatures close to boiling can bring out dry and astringent flavors and temperatures lower than 190ºF can make the coffee taste more flat and sour, all of these pourover brewers can easily be manipulated into brewing between 195ºF-200ºF. Because each brewer relies on a single stream of water and has an open top, it doesn’t really matter what material the brewer is made from, as long as the temperature in the kettle starts out high enough and you try to get your kettle's spout as close as you can to the coffee bed (which is why a variable temperature, gooseneck kettle is mighty helpful for making pourover). Almost all of the brewers hovered between 194-199ºF at their peak, and there were no significant flavor differences easily tied to temperature.

It is worth noting that since the Chemex had the highest sides and therefore had the biggest drop from the kettle to the brew bed, it suffered the most temperature loss. Still, the Chemex's temperature fluctuated between 191ºF and 194ºF, and by brewing a larger amount of coffee or keeping the kettle at a stable temperature during the brew process, there are easy ways to bump that temperature back into higher, more ideal range.

We Tested 13 Gooseneck Kettles To Find the Best Ones for Pourover Coffee (and More)

Brew Times Don't Have to Be That Specific

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Throughout testing, shorter and longer brew times didn’t have a massive impact on overall extraction from the coffee. Brew times are a good metric for consistency's sake, but a difference of 15-20 seconds won’t likely make or break your brew. What is more important for extraction is a consistent saturation of the coffee and a controlled pouring speed, and a general brew time target of 3:00-4:00 minutes for a brew that uses 500 grams of water. At the same time, brewers that drain more slowly, like the Chemex, can brew for a good 30-45 seconds longer without affecting the overall extraction data or flavor of the coffee.

Some Filter Designs Can Be Finicky

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One of the things that makes the Chemex unique is its single-sheet, folded paper filters. It’s also what makes the brewer difficult for some. The filters are designed for the size and slope of the 8-cup brewer, so they’ll never quite seat flush against the slope of the 6-cup brewer. The airflow is also reliant on being able to escape out of the spout, so if you pour too aggressively, the filters can collapse, cut off the airflow, and your coffee will all but cease dripping. On the other hand, the flat-bottomed Kalita Wave filters with scalloped edges are prone to collapse if you try to rinse them by pouring along the folds. Instead, you have to pour straight down the middle of the filter until the water saturates up the walls, sticking each fold properly in place.

The dual filter of the W60 was perhaps the most confounding, though. While the mesh flat-bottomed filter allowed some particulate through, the paper filter below (yes, there are two filters) is designed to catch any oils or super-fine coffee particles. If the paper filter starts to clog up, however, you’re left with the coffee in the bottom half of the dripper rising high enough to start to re-steep the coffee in the top, flat-bottom mesh filter. While more careful pouring can probably avoid this filtration traffic jam, it does seem to require more nit-picky pour management than desirable. 

The Criteria: What We Look for in a Pourover Dripper

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Pourover drippers should serve one clear purpose: to brew great tasting coffee. Aside from that, the best pourover drippers are easy to grab onto to put on and take off their holding vessel, simple to set up, and forgiving for novice brewers who are learning how to pour water with precision. They should also be durable and easy to clean and source filters for. 

The Best Classic Pourover Brewer: Kalita Wave Stainless 185 Dripper

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What we liked: It’s impossible to ignore just how indestructible this brewer is. And while it brews great coffee, anyone who has been brewing with pourover drippers for long enough will tell you just how simple it is to shatter a glass or ceramic dripper if accidentally dropped. Aside from its durability, the Kalita Wave's flat-bottom design makes it a forgiving brewer for novices while offering great flow control for experts. Some may argue that a flat bottom also promotes more even extraction, since there’s no point for coffee to collect at and theoretically extract more from. However, I found the main advantage of this flat-bottomed design was a consistent flow rate and drainage speed. It allows for the user to grind finer or coarser while being able to maintain a fairly consistent brew time, and that can greatly help dial in the perfect brew.  

The Kalita Wave also had a comfortable handle. With a plastic coating and a flat ledge for your thumb to rest on, the handle didn't get hot and wa easy to grab.  

What we didn’t like: Because of the brewer's flat-bottomed design, it was tricky to brew less than 16oz. The sweet spot for this brewer seems to be in the 18-24 ounces, or 600-750 grams, of water. In these larger batches, the flow rate was easy to control and kept the coffee bed saturated. In smaller batches, the coffee tended to drain too quickly. The Kalita Wave filters are also harder to source—while many local coffee shops and even grocery stores stock filters for the Hario V60 or Chemex, Kalita Wave filters are generally only available online or at specialty coffee retailers. 

Price at time of publish: $48.

Key Specs

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The Best Newer Pourover Brewer: Hario V60 Mugen Coffee Dripper

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What we liked: The Mugen dripper is designed with flat walls to slow the flow rate during coffee brewing. ..and it did just that. While the Mugen advertises that this is designed specifically for a single, slow pour, good coffee brewing technique suggests that adding water in pulses is not only more forgiving, but helps the coffee bed settle to the bottom of the filter for more even extraction. So, pulse with the Mugen I did. I found that the slower drip speed was much more forgiving than the heavily ridged Hario V60. And while the drainage speed matched that of the Chemex, the Mugen's paper filter and open-bottomed design was much less picky than trying to properly seat a Chemex filter. The Mugen's V-shaped cone made it easy to create a consistent flow from the bed depth with smaller brews (all the way down to 10 ounces or so), making the Mugen a great brewer to reach for when you want to brew just one cup of coffee.

Against all of the other newer brewers, the Hario Mugen brewed the cleanest, sweetest tasting coffee with bright, fruit tasting notes, a silky light body, and a clean, sweet finish. With an affordable price tag, an attractive design made from (mostly) high-end traditional ceramic, and its V60 filters being readily available, the Hario Mugen is an extremely approachable and attractive brewer that yields great results. 

What we didn’t like: My main issue with the Hario Mugen was the awkwardness of the plastic base/handle. Designed with a slight upward swoop, the Mugen’s base is striking to look at but awkward to hold. Since most of the weight of the coffee is centered and the main grabbing point is offset, the brewer felt unbalanced in hand. While the plastic material of the base helped add durability to the brewer overall, it was also quite cheap-feeling compared to its high-quality ceramic cone.

The V-shaped cone also made this brewer difficult to manage when brewing over 16 ounces of coffee.

Price at time of publish: $28.

Key Specs

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The Competition

FAQs

Is pourover coffee better than drip coffee?


Pourover coffee has some advantages over automatic drip coffee brewers. Good automatic drip brewers have built-in water temperature regulation, built-in brew times, and a reservoir that you pre-fill in order to get an accurate water volume for your brew. However, the brewers that hit those marks consistently and in the range for ideal coffee brewing tend to be on the pricier end. 

Pourover coffee allows the brewer to control every aspect of the brewing process, which can match the quality of high-end automatic drip brewers for a fraction of the cost. Pourover brewing does take more time an effort, but does, however, have more room for brewer error

Do I need a fancy kettle/scale/grinder for pourover brewing?

Investing in your gear can help you make better, consistent coffee. Variable temperature gooseneck kettles control the temperature and flow rate of water, which helps the brewer hit the same brew time targets time after time. Scales help measure coffee and brew water by weight more accurately than volume can, creating a repeatable recipe. Grinders are a key to any quality coffee: while it’s important to grind coffee fresh, it’s also important to have it ground to a precise setting, and to have the ability to adjust that setting.

Is pourover better than French press?

Both pourover brewing and French press brewing are manual brew methods, meaning that the person brewing the coffee has full control over all of the brew variables. While pourover is a drip brew method that generally uses a paper filter, a French press is an immersion brewer that uses a metal mesh filter. Both methods are able to brew great tasting coffee, but each brews a different style of coffee. The mesh filter on a French press allows for more particulate and more coffee oils to wind up in the cup, giving the brew more heft and body, while the paper filter removes all particulate and results in a lighter bodied, cleaner tasting cup. 

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What's in this guide

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While we like a classic drip coffee maker when a full pot is absolutely necessary and can appreciate the quick convenience of a single-serve pod, a pour-over is the best way to recreate the rich, robust, full-flavored coffee you get at a specialty shop. Besides the soothing ritual involved with making pour-over coffee, the method is favored by professional and amateur baristas alike because a precise pour can extract the most flavor out of your beans into your cup.

To help determine which pour-over maker you should add to your coffee-making routine, we rounded up eight highly rated and reviewed models to put through the wringer. We tested six flat-bottom- and cone-shaped versions and two larger all-in-one carafe-style designs, ranging in price from about $14 to $50. While many looked quite similar, they varied in materials (glass, porcelain, plastic and stainless steel), whether they required special filters, and how much coffee they produce with one pour.

After testing each version three times (more on that below) — and, we’re not going to lie, some serious caffeine jitters — we found one clear winner.

Kalita Wave 185 Pour-Over Coffee Dripper

Best pour-over coffee maker overall

We found the flat-bottom, three-hole design of the Kalita Wave 185 Pour-Over Coffee Dripper allowed for the most even and consistent brewing of all models tested. The Kalita produced the most robust coffee, maintained spot-on temperature, and the most even saturation of the grounds.

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Sure, at first glance the Kalita Wave looks pretty much the same as the other coffee drippers we tested, but it doesn’t take long to discover that the nuances of its design lead to a superior brew. Unlike its cone-shaped contenders, the Japanese-made Kalita features a flat bottom with three drip holes, which enables more easily and evenly saturated coffee grounds.

The flat-bottom shape and its larger surface resulted in a rich and robust single cup of coffee, and was also the most user-friendly of the drippers that required a swirled pour, producing between 16 to 26 ounces at a time. Where grounds tend to be pushed up the sides of a cone-shaped design, the Kalita grounds stay even, so the water stays in contact with all the grounds longer, allowing for more consistent and sustained extraction.

The actual brew time is quite quick: During our testing it took just 2 ½ minutes from our first pour of water until the last drip of coffee landed in our mug. All the while, the temperature of the brew stayed nice and hot ( at 160.5 degrees), topped only by the Chemex in heat retention. Setting up the Kalita is as simple as removing it from its box and giving it a soapy rinse.

Another plus: The Kalita has a 4-inch wide base so it can be rested atop a wide-mouth mug (not all drippers tested can accommodate that). And while we prefer the heat-resistant, lightweight glass model, it’s also available in multiple colors, as well as porcelain, stainless steel and copper materials. It’s also a breeze to clean: The plastic base twists off easily and it’s all dishwasher safe.

If we had a nit to pick with this dripper it’s the fact that it is made to be used with special Kalita Wave white paper filters. A bit pricey at about $17 for 50 (by comparison, other makers use regular Melitta No. 2 filters that are $20 for 600), they’re available on Amazon, but sometimes are out of stock, so we recommend grabbing a couple of boxes at a time when you have the chance.

Overall, at less than $30, the Kalita Wave consistently delivers great-tasting, full-bodied, piping hot coffee, and its flat-bottom design means even pour-over novices should see great coffee-shop-worthy results.

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The OXO Brew Pour-Over Coffee Maker is perfect for beginners, as it takes the guesswork out of the pouring process. Simply fill the water tank to your desired amount and let it control the flow rate. Just don't expect the coffee to be as robust as with the Kalita.

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Chemex Pour-Over Glass Coffeemaker

Best pour-over coffee maker for multiple cups

When you need to make several cups at once, you can't go wrong with the glass Chemex pour-over coffee maker. It delivers a light, flavorful, balanced brew every time. An all-in-one model, there's no need for a separate carafe.

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Kalita Wave 185 Pour-Over Coffee Dripper

Best pour-over coffee maker overall

OXO Brew Pour-Over Coffee Maker with Water Tank

Best pour-over coffee maker for beginners

Chemex Pour-Over Glass Coffeemaker

Best pour-over coffee maker for multiple cups
What we loved

With three drip holes, the Kalita Wave enables more easily and evenly saturated coffee grounds. The maker produced a rich and robust single cup of coffee, was user friendly and easy to clean.

Clearly marked with measuring lines, the OXO Brew's plastic tank holds up to 12 ounces of water and regulates the drip for you. With the OXO Brew, there’s zero need to worry about pouring too much or too little water, getting the swirl just right, allowing enough time for the grounds to bloom and settle, etc.

This aesthetically pleasing coffeemaker also produces wonderfully light, delicious, flavorful coffee. An all-in-one model that serves as carafe, dripper and pitcher, it can brew up to eight cups at a time, making it a fantastic alternative for a couple or small group.

What we didn't like

Our one sour point with this dripper is the fact that you have to use special Kalita Wave white paper filters for brewing, which are a bit pricey at about $17 for 50.

The coffee was not as robust as that produced by some of the other models; we found it to be a bit on the weak side. However, by experimenting with adding more grounds at a finer size, we were able to home in on a bolder brew.

Obviously, it takes longer to brew eight cups and keeping all that coffee warm among fewer drinkers can be a challenge. This maker also requires special Chemex paper filters that aren’t exactly the cheapest.

Key Specs

Makes between 16 to 26 ounces in 2 ½ minutes

Holds up to 12 ounces of water and self- regulates the drip. Makes coffee in about 2 ½ minutes

Makes eight cups in a little over four minutes
Price $24.99 $17.95 $46. 68

New at this? To make pour-over coffee, a dripper is placed on a cup or carafe and hot water (at around 200 degrees) is poured over pre-measured coffee grounds, which are then filtered into a cup or carafe. The speed of the pour, swirl technique, amount of water, amount of grounds, size of grounds and type of filter can all be adjusted to reach your favorite flavor profile.

And while it all looks pretty simple — most drippers are smaller than a cereal bowl and come with no other accessories — perfecting the pour-over requires practice, experimentation and a few extra tools.

Before you begin, you’ll need a kettle to boil water (we used an electric tea kettle, but many experts recommend a long-neck version for better control). You can, of course, use pre-ground coffee beans, but for the best, freshest flavor, you’ll want to use a burr grinder (we used the Breville Virtuoso) on whole beans right before you’re ready to start. If your grinder doesn’t feature a built-in measuring system, you’ll need a digital kitchen scale to control the amount of grounds used. Until you get the hang of it, you may also need a glass measuring cup to be sure you’re not using too much or too little water to brew your cup.

We used the traditional pour-over coffee-making ratio of 2 rounded tablespoons of medium-sized grounds to 6 ounces of water, testing both a light and a dark roast for flavor comparisons. (Too coarse a grind will deliver weaker coffee, while too fine a grind can make it bitter.) Overall, we preferred the light roast for this method, as the dark resulted in a very intense brew. For each dripper, we poured water evenly and gently, swirling it from the center out until the grounds were just saturated, then waited 30 seconds for the grounds to bloom and settle back down (carbon dioxide is released when the hot water hits the coffee, causing it to bubble up). Then we added the remaining water. We also used a timer to measure how long each dripper took from the first pour to the last drip.

We tested how hot each cup of coffee was (the National Coffee Association recommends serving fresh coffee at 180 to 185 degrees, while a study in the National Library of Medicine finds 140 degrees, plus or minus 15 degrees, to be the drinking optimal temperature for test subjects). And, finally, we sampled each brew, drinking the coffee black and noting its taste, intensity and whether any extra flavors showed up that shouldn’t be there.

We didn’t notice much of a difference in heat temperature among the models. The Chemex was hottest, but the others were all in the same general range. They also all took about the same time to brew — right around two minutes (not including, of course, the two larger-capacity carafes).

In general, we preferred the glass or ceramic/porcelain drippers to the stainless steel models. While stainless steel options have the benefit of not needing a paper filter (which not only saves money but is also more eco-friendly), we found they do allow small particles to seep into the coffee. That means you get a cloudier color, a less-crisp taste and that grounds sometimes find their way into your cup. We experienced none of those issues when we used paper filters.

Performance

Durability

Warranty: We noted the number of years of warranty for each machine.

Hario V60 Ceramic Coffee Dripper ($24.48; amazon.com)

If you’ve been wanting to give pour-over coffee a try without making a huge investment, at less than $25, the handsome Hario V60 is a nice option. Able to brew up to 10 ounces at a time, this cone-shaped ceramic dripper features spiral ribs that allow more room for the coffee grounds to expand. Also available in glass and metal, as well as multiple colors, it includes one large hole, which means the speed at which you pour your water will have more of an impact on the flavor than, say, the Kalita.

Like other models, the Japanese-made Hario sells specialized No. 2 filters for its dripper (about $10 for 100), which certainly isn’t super convenient, and its smaller base means it won’t fit well on an oversized mug. We liked that it came with a cute little handle and a plastic measuring spoon, but it brewed at a lower temperature than most of its competitors, and while still better tasting than what you’d get from a traditional coffee machine, it had a more watered-down finish than the winning drippers.

Bee House Ceramic Coffee Dripper ($32.86; amazon.com)

Like the Hario, the Bee House, also made in Japan, is elegant in white ceramic (and also comes in blue, brown and red). The short, curved handle gives it a unique aesthetic and we liked the fact that it features holes near the base that allow you to see how much coffee has been brewed without having to lift the dripper up off your cup. But the oblong bottom was awkward when placing the apparatus on top of a mug and it just didn’t work well at all with a wide-mouthed mug.

The coffee it produced, meanwhile, ranked high among those tested, resulting in a nice, clear and light flavor that was not at all bitter and had a good mouthfeel. We also appreciated that it doesn’t require its own special filters and can be used with Melitta No. 2 filters (you can get 600 filters for about $20 on Amazon and find them in most supermarkets). And for those who hate the waste of filters, we tried it with a reusable cloth filter and found it did a fine job.

Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker with Permanent Filter ($22; amazon.com)

Available in sizes ranging from 12 to 51 ounces and three colors, we opted for the 34-ounce all-in-one pour-over carafe from Bodum. Similar in design to the Chemex, and at half the price, one big difference here is that the Bodum includes a reusable stainless steel mesh filter. While that will save you a lot of dough on buying paper filters, unfortunately, it will cost you when it comes to flavor. We found the stainless steel filters allow small amounts of sediment to seep through into the coffee, causing cloudiness and a slightly bitter taste. The coffee was also on the low end when it came to heat, which means a second cup is almost too cold to drink. And while Bodum offers a one-year limited warranty on the product, glass is not covered by it, which seems pretty useless. On the bright side, the collar is easy to remove and the whole thing is dishwasher safe. It also comes with a measuring spoon and works swiftly, brewing four cups in about four minutes.

Yitelle Stainless Steel Pour-Over Coffee Cone Dripper ($15.94, amazon.com)

First, the things we like about this inexpensive option: With a wide base, it fits nicely on oversized coffee mugs. The stainless steel mesh, cone-shaped design means there’s no need to buy paper filters. It brews some of the hottest coffee of the drippers we tested, clocking in at just over two minutes when it comes to brew time. It’s also dishwasher safe, comes with a handy little cleaning brush and a stainless steel scooping spoon and the brand features a no-questions-asked lifetime warranty.

But when you get down to it, your coffee’s taste is what really matters and we found not only little bits of grounds in the bottom of our cup, but also a cloudiness and bitterness that canceled out all the good.

Melitta Pour-Over Coffee Cone Brewer and No. 2 Filter Set ($13.95; amazon.com)

For those looking to just dip their toes in the pour-over coffee pool, Melitta’s inexpensive, easy-to-use plastic cone-shaped version is a great starter option. Available in black or red, it uses the brand’s widely available brown No. 2 filters (a pack is included in this package combo), has a clever design that allows you to see into the cup during the brew process and fits nicely atop a variety of mug sizes. Producing drip coffee and filters since 1908, Melitta’s dripper gets high ratings on Amazon with reviewers praising it for being dishwasher safe, lightweight and allowing you to see into the cup. Where it falters for us, though, is the plastic build, which makes it feel far less sturdy than glass or ceramic models, causing us to stress out that it would tip over while pouring our hot water. The coffee’s flavor, meanwhile, was fine, but more often than not presented as pungent and did not impress us.

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