Dripper Cabinet

  • This is a place to see all the drippers out there

  • Not included:

    • Every camp

  • Price range: Budget <$20, Midrange $25-50, Premium $50+

  • Dose: Small: up to 12g, medium 15-25g, large: 25g+, flexible: any

Open Q’s:

  • info architecture

    • Table of contents by paper type, ordered A-Z

      • By paper type

        • This splits up brands like Orea cone vs. flat

          • where do hybrids like Origami live

      • alphabetical?

        • Lets users see brand depth

          • doesn’t let users affinitize side by side on 59 vs 60deg

Table of contents

Cone

  • Cafec Deep27

  • Cafec Deep45

  • Cafec Deep45 Arita pro

  • Cafec Flower (ceramic, tritan)

  • Hario V60

  • Hario W60

  • Hario switch

  • Hario Mugen

  • Kono

  • Orea v1-4

  • UFO

  • CT62

  • Origami (hybrid)

  • IKEA funnel

  • Timemore Crystal eye

  • Brewista Tornado

  • Mameya channel

  • Gina

  • Honey Alexey

  • Chemex?

  • AliExpress wire

  • Kogu travel

  • Oxo?

  • Kinto Oct

  • Kogu wire

  • Greycano

  • Daiso switch

  • Suprima Instruments SD-1

  • Hasami

Circle

  • Pulsar

  • Tricolate

  • Next level brewer

  • Orea Z1

  • Ceado hoop

  • Aeropress

  • Cuptimo

  • Siphon

Wave

  • Origami (hybrid)

  • Orea (negotiated)

  • Orea big boy

  • Big Yifan system

  • April

  • Kalita

  • Timemore B75

  • Sanmuyu Puzzle

  • MK Studio

  • Bathtub

  • Zerohero

  • Fellow

  • Vario Flo

  • NotNeutral Gino

  • Yasukiyo urushi

  • Orly

  • Dwell

  • Mazelab Solo

  • Gabi

  • Torch

Trapezoid

  • Melitta

  • Hario Pegasus

  • Clever

  • Palatti

  • Daiso

  • Cafec

  • Cafec Oval

  • Bee house

Misc

  • Phin

  • Pureover

Accessories

  • Gabi master B

  • Melodrip

  • Negotiator/Oshi

  • WAFO leaf

  • Daiso drip assist

  • Sibarist booster

  • puck screens

Dripper name

Paper type: conical v60 01/02/flat

Dose size: Small (<15g)

Materials: Tritan/porcelain

Price range: Budget - moderate - premium

Features:

  • Ribbing

Resources:

Dripper name

Paper type: conical v60 01/02/flat

Dose size: Small (<15g)

Materials: Porcelain, Tritan

Price range: Budget - moderate - premium

Features:

  • Ribbing

Aeropress

Paper type: Disc paper (64mm)

Dose size: Flexible

Materials: Barrels in Tritan, polypropylene, glass + steel. silicon plunger

Price range: Midrange to premium options

Features:

Additions:

  • Fellow Prismo attachment

  • Puckpuck cold brew adapter

April

Paper type: Flat bottom 155, trapezoid

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Polycarbonate, ceramic, glass, silicone immersion base

Price range: Midrange to premium

Features:

  • Wide base

  • Rotating availability of colors

  • Immersion hybrid base

Resources:

Bee house by Zero Japan

Paper type: Trapezoid, Melitta #1 (small), #2 or 4 (large)

Dose size: Small to large

Materials: Ceramic

Price tier: Budget

Features:

  • 2 holed base

Brewista Tornado

Paper type: Conical, proprietary Cafec Abaca+ or folded V60

Dose size: Small (1-2 cup size), medium (2-4 cup size)

Materials: Glass

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • Double wall insulation

  • Helical ribs

  • Includes drip tray base

Brewista Wave

Paper type: Wave filter, Kalita 155 size

Dose size: Small to medium

Materials: Glass

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • Double wall insulation

  • Includes drip tray base

Cafec Deep 27

Paper type: conical, proprietary Cafec Abaca+ or folded V60

Dose size: Small (<15g)

Materials: Tritan

Price tier: Budget

Features:

  • Unique 26.8° angle

  • Available in many colors

Resources:

Cafec Deep 45

Paper type: conical, proprietary Cafec Abaca+

Dose size: Medium (~20g)

Materials: Tritan

Price range: Budget

Features:

  • Unique 45° angle

Cafec Deep 45 Arita Pro

Paper type: conical, proprietary Cafec Abaca+

Dose size: Medium to large

Materials: Ceramic

Price range: Midrange

Features:

  • 45° angle

  • Hexagonal lip transitions downwards into cone shape

  • Varying downward ribbing pattern

Cafec Flower

Paper type: conical, V60 01, 02 size

Dose size: Small (1 cup size) - Medium (4 cup size)

Materials: Tritan, porcelain

Price range: Budget

Features:

  • Unique 45° angle

Cafec Oval

Paper type: Trapezoid, varying sizes

Dose size: Small to large

Materials: Ceramic, Tritan

Price range: Budget

Features:

  • Hole count differs across sizes and material

Ceado Hoop

Paper type: Round paper filter (62mm)

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Plastic

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • Water poured into outer chamber flows into inner column of coffee grounds and filters through round paper

  • Eliminates need for precise kettle spout

Resources:

  • Brian Quan
    - I termed it the ‘dog bowl’ dripper upon seeing it demo’ed at SCA Expo Portland ‘23

Chemex

Paper type: Square paper folded into a cone

Dose size: Large

Materials: Glass

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • A cultural staple preceding specialty coffee standards of extraction

Resources:

Clever

Paper type: Square paper folded into a cone

Dose size: Medium - large

Materials: Glass, Tritan; silicone plug

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • “Clever” valve to transition between steep and release states based on an inner ring

Resources:

CT62 by Dragonfly Design Studio

Paper type: Conical paper, Hario 01-02 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Porcelain. Silicone Transit base

Price range: Premium

Features:

  • Designed by Jeff Dayu Shi of Dragonfly Design, Jake Yuan Cheng Hu of Taster’s Coffee Taiwan)

  • Design based on Tang Dynasty Shanwen armor

  • 62° sidewall

  • Option for Transit base for immersion mode with rotating knob

  • Many color options

  • Bases are sold separately

Cuptimo

Paper type: Flat bottom, Kalita 185 size

Dose size: Medium (up to 290mL)

Materials: Ceramic

Price tier: Premium

Features:

  • Pump-action draws vacuum to pull water through the coffee bed

Resources:

Daiso Conical

Paper type: Conical, Hario 02 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Ceramic

Price tier: Budget

Features:

Daiso Switch

Paper type: Conical, Hario 01

Dose size: Small to medium

Materials: Body - styrene acrylonitrile rated to 176°F, 80°C. Cap - Polypropylene rated to 248°F, 120°C

Price tier: Budget

Features:

  • Rotational knob to switch between steep and release modes

  • CAUTION: The dripper body is only rated up to 80C; consider this inappropriate for light roast extractions

Daiso Trapezoid

Paper type: Trapezoid, Cafec 102 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Plastic, ceramic

Price tier: Budget

Features:

  • Plastic version labeled as KonoS

  • Plastic version has 4 holes

Dwell by Verve

Paper type: Flat bottom, Kalita 155 size

Dose size: Small - medium

Materials: Silicone

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • Crushable design

Resources:

Fellow Stagg XF

Paper type: Flat bottom, Kalita 155 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Stainless steel

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • Double wall insulation

  • Includes funnel to keep grounds from falling past unfolded wave filter ridges

Gabi Master A

Paper type: Flat bottom, Kalita 155 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Plastic

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • Includes case, though disassembly is confusing the first few times

  • Two-chambers form an hourglass shape - upper reservoir is a drip assist into the lower half of a standard wave dripper

  • Drip assist means no precise kettle is needed

Gina by Goat Story

Paper type: Conical, Hario 02 size

Dose size: Medium to large

Materials: Ceramic dripper, stainless steel frame

Price tier: Premium

Features:

  • Designed for percolation, immersion, and cold brew

  • Knob valve controls flow rate

  • Optional built-in scale base and app for recipes

Greycano

Paper type: Conical, Hario 01 size

Dose size: Small to medium

Materials: Cast aluminum with silicone coating

Price tier: Premium

Features:

  • Cork sleeve for insulation

  • Unique ribbing pattern

Hario Mugen

Paper type: Conical, Hario 02 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Acrylonitrile-styrene resin or ceramic

Price tier: Budget

Features:

  • Limited ribbing/ridges for reduced bypass

  • Fits Hario Switch base for no-glass pairing

Hario Pegasus

Paper type: Trapezoid, Cafec 101 size

Dose size: Small

Materials: Acrylonitrile-styrene resin

Price tier: Budget

Features:

  • Helical ribbing

Resources:

Hario V60

Paper type: Conical, all sizes available

Dose size: Small

Materials: Acrylonitrile-styrene resin, ceramic, glass, stainless steel

Price tier: Budget to premium

Features:

  • The industry standard for pourover

  • Helical ribbing

  • Plastic variants differ slightly in material. Clear is known to develop cracks over use with high temps.

Accessories:

  • Hario drip assist

Hario W60

Paper type: Conical, Hario 02 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Body - ceramic, mesh frame - polypropylene

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • Designed with Pete Licata

  • Metal mesh creates a flat bottom bed suspended above a paper filter for final filtration.

Hasami

Paper type: Conical, Hario 03 size

Dose size: Large

Materials: Ceramic

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • Straight rib design

  • Part of a ceramic system to drip into a paired carafe

IKEA funnel

Paper type: Kalita 185 or pressed conical/flat paper

Dose size: Large

Materials: Plastic

Price tier: Budget

Features:

  • Among cheapest options

  • Unknown food safety rating

Resources:

Kadou M1

Paper type: Conical, Hario 02 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Ceramic

Price tier: Premium

Features:

  • 32 straight ribs in two stages, 16 short and 16 long

Kalita Trapezoid

Paper type: Trapezoid, Melitta #2 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Ceramic, plastic

Price tier: Budget

Features:

Kalita Tsubame

Paper type: Wave filter, 155 to 185 size

Dose size: Small to medium

Materials: Stainless steel

Price tier: Midrange to premium

Features:

  • Available in steel and copper colors

  • Premium metal version of Kalita Wave

  • Less clog-prone than original

Kalita Wave

Paper type: Wave filter, 155 to 185 size

Dose size: Small to medium

Materials: Glass, stainless steel

Price tier: Budget

Features:

  • Industry standard

Simplify by Bathtub Coffee

Paper type: Flat bottom, Kalita 185 size

Dose size: Medium

Materials: Tritan

Price tier: Midrange

Features:

  • Unique 26.8° angle

  • Available in many colors

Resources:

  • Aeropress

  • AliExpress wire

  • April

  • Big Yifan system

  • Brewista Tornado

  • Brewista wave

  • Cafec

  • Cafec Deep27

  • Cafec Deep45

  • Cafec Flower (ceramic, tritan)

  • Cafec Oval

  • Ceado hoop

  • Chemex?

  • Clever

  • CT62

  • Cuptimo

  • Daiso

  • Daiso switch

  • Dwell

  • Fellow

  • Gabi

  • Gina

  • Greycano

  • Hario Mugen

  • Hario Pegasus

  • Hario switch

  • Hario V60

  • Hario W60

  • IKEA funnel

  • Kadou M1

  • Kalita

  • Kinto Oct

  • Kogu travel

  • Kogu wire

  • Kono

  • Mameya channel

  • Mazelab Solo

  • Melitta

  • MK Studio

  • Next level brewer

  • NotNeutral Gino

  • Orea (negotiated)

  • Orea big boy

  • Orea v1-4

  • Orea Z1

  • Origami (hybrid)

  • Origami (hybrid)

  • Orly

  • Oxo?

  • Palatti

  • Phin

  • Pulsar

  • Pureover

  • Sanmuyu Puzzle

  • Simplify by Bathtub coffee

  • Siphon

  • Suprima Instruments SD-1

  • Timemore B75

  • Timemore Crystal eye

  • Torch

  • Tricolate

  • UFO

  • Vario Flo

  • Yasukiyo urushi

  • Zerohero