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Kyoto drip tower
Ice-cold water that falls drop by drop on the coffee for hours. A clean, sweet and almost liqueur concentrate.
- Indicative price
- €60–600
- Capacity
- 0,5–1 l
- Grind
- Medium-fine
The Kyoto drip tower, or cold drip, has three floors: up, a water tank with ice and a valve; in the middle, coffee; down, pitcher. The water falls drop by drop and crosses the coffee bed very slowly. It's not a dive: it's a very cold drip.
For 500-600 ml of cold water, 60-80 g of medium-fine ground coffee is used. It first moisturizes coffee with a little cold water, adjusts the valve to one drop per second and lets it work 8-12 hours. A concentrate comes out that is diluted to taste; if you let it mature one or two days in the refrigerator, it is rounded even more.
- In favor: very clean, sweet and aromatic concentrate.
- Please: a beautiful piece in the kitchen.
- Against: face, bulky and fragile.
- Against: you have to watch the drip rate at first.
A small Hario tower costs €60-90; those of wood and glass, €200-600. See that the valve is easily regulated and that it has a diffuser over the coffee to distribute the drops.
Cheapest alternative: a bottle with the stopper on a filter cone. Or a cold brew jar, which gives a different but equally soft drink.
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