Barismo Vac Pot Basics

[oxenpaul]

agitation? as long as it all gets wet and sooner than later and the grounds do not float too soon it is fine.

temp control? next time you do a batch, leave the thermometer in when you dump in the grounds.

Odds are you'll never break the glass since it is small and has had a chance to cool off and even out at around 180 degrees maybe (a guess) and your wet towel is probably not cold but just moist and thus a good conductor of heat.

[ChristopherVanS]

@oxenpaul I sometimes leave my towel in ice. You should check out Hario glass. When the water rises from the bottom chamber to the top you lose temperature.

[oxenpaul]

This should be flagged as dangerous, and unnecessarily so. If the grounds are in the top to begin with they'll get a proper brew time without risking boiling the bottom dry. The wet towel risks thermally shocking the bottom vessel even if it is pyrex. You have added extra complexity to a simple process. A wet towel is unlikely to burn, thank goodness. The wisking is nice but if the coffee is in from the start it is less necessary and you can usually get a proper stir from the upwelling.

[ChristopherVanS]

@oxenpaul This is an old video, but regardless, you don't know what you're talking about. If you place the grounds in the top before the water rises, you have an uncontrolled agitation and it takes away your temperature variable control, one of the best things about syphon! Also, as someone who makes many syphons a week using a wet towel, I can tell you there is no risk with Hario's superior glass.

[torpss]

wet towel

[snoopyflick]

Thanks for the response, the towel method requires a wet towel correct? OR is it just normal dry?

[snoopyflick]

Why should you only use the towel method on the pyrex hario brewers? Can it be done on the yama products? And how finely did you grind?