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Wasted $40 on a 'precision' pour-over kettle that pours like a fire hose
Bought one of those goose-neck kettles off Amazon for $40 thinking I was being smart. First pour and it came out like I was trying to put out a campfire. The spout was way too wide and the flow control was basically non-existent. Ended up using my old $15 stovetop kettle that's dented and it works fine. Anyone else get burned by a cheap pour-over setup?
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the_rowan25d ago
That spout was probably never designed for a kettle in the first place. A lot of those cheap ones are just repurposed parts from something else, like a watering can or a novelty teapot. The serious coffee guy at my local shop told me the real secret is the way the spout is bent and the metal thickness, not just the shape. You can actually take a pair of pliers and gently squeeze the tip of your cheap kettle to narrow it up a bit, just be careful not to crack the metal. Sometimes you gotta fight back against bad design with your own two hands.
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the_henry24d ago
Pliers on a kettle spout sounds like a good way to end up with a dented mess and coffee grounds everywhere. I get the idea, but thin metal usually creases instead of squeezing clean. Plus, if it's some cheap repurposed part, the metal might be coated with something you don't want heating up near your water. Different take, but I think the design is what it is. If the pour is messy, maybe just learn to pour slower or angle it different. That fixes a lot of problems without risking a trip to the ER when the kettle slips.
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