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“Maybe my experience will be helpful to you as I just upgraded from Timemore C3 ESP Pro to the ZP6. I've only been using the ZP6 for about a week but I have noticed very significant differences between them. For reference I vastly prefer single origin light roasts but occasionally dabble in mediums. Ethiopian beans seem to be my favorite. I brew primarily on a Hario Switch 03 using a mixed pourover/immersion method. I used to use an Aeropress a lot too. The C3 is a great everyday grinder in my opinion. It produces a flavorful cup of coffee with acceptable clarity, decent body, and moderately good consistency cup to cup. It is easy to dial in to different beans and brew methods. I found that it was pretty forgiving and rarely did I screw up a brew. I would normally start it grinding on the low end of course pour over and normally ended up cranking it down to fine with almost all the beans I bought. Unless you are planning on brewing espresso I see no reason to get the ESP version as it just adds extra fiddle factor. This grinder is very compact and portable if that matters to you. Long story short I think it is a great value and makes for a reliable everyday grinder if you aren't trying to maximize any particular features of a coffee. It's built very well and grinds pretty easily though I did find that I had to grip it really hard. That said, the ZP6 really is something special. It is so good at creating a very precise grind size without producing too many fines. It is very consistent. This results in a cup where all the subtle notes of the coffee really pop. If you want to maximize tasting notes this grinder was built for that... It's unbelievable the taste it can pull out of a bean. That said, the resulting cup is very "thin" bodied. It is reminiscent of a cup of tea. You still get punchy coffee goodness but if you like the thick, slurpy black-liquid, drip style coffee you might not like the ZP6. Functionally it is much larger than the C3. I find the ZP6 much easier to grind with (less force) and it doesn't seem to catch or require me to grip hard like the C3. I really can't comment on grind time as I don't care about it and haven't taken the time to time it. I don't think the ZP6 is a good grinder to start with unless you really know what you like. With the Timemore (and before that a Porlex) grinder I was really able to explore different brew methods and beans and over time learned that I like a high clarity light roast coffee with punchy flavor notes. Only then did I choose to upgrade to the ZP6 as I had heard it might make my ideal cup of coffee. Long story short I think the C3 is a highly capable grinder to start with and explore from. It can do pretty much anything you want pretty well. The ZP6 is a great grinder for pour-over brewing that maximizes flavor profiles of medium to light roast coffees with a thinner consistency.”
“I have the Melodrip, the Cafemasy and a MHW-3BOMBER which is similar to the Timemore and almost certainly made by the same company. My recommendation? Bite the bullet and buy the Melodrip on a metal handle. Having the drip assist fixed on the dripper might seem convenient - but it is the opposite. Here’s why: 1. Fixed/attached assists are set to a fixed height. This gives you less control over your brew. If you find your draw downs going too quickly you can raise the stick mounted Melodrip higher to create more (but still well managed) agitation and visa versa. You can also get much lower to the bed and hover a few MM above the waterline with the stick mounted Melodrip. 2. You can move the stick mounted Melodrip in a circle as you pour to more evenly saturate the bed. The fixed drip assists only drop in the center and the outer parts of the bed aren’t as evenly saturated/agitated. 3. Drip assists hold 2-6 grams of water in them, and you can only get the final amount out by shaking it. If you have a fixed drip assist, it’s annoying and it also allows for that 2-6 grams of water to cool down between pours and affect brew temp a little. With the stick mount, pour until I’m within a few grams of my desired pour weight - then just give it a little shake. With a fixed drip assist it’s a hassle as your scale weight changes when you remove it, and it’s far more awkward to try to shake out between pours. With the stick Melodrip - whatever the scale says your weight is, is the actual water weight. 4. Speaking of weight - if you use a ratio/pour weight capable scale or want to do so in the future - the fixed devices are a pain in the ass. You have to set and zero the scale with the drip assist on it, before putting coffee in, then put your coffee in and affix the drip assist. It’s not a terribly pleasant workflow. 5. You get a full visual on your coffee bed without a fixed drip assist covering it, which allows you to better see (and enjoy) the process, monitor the amount of gas release on bloom, better see and manage your water level height and agitation, and allows you to get your nose closer to the brew throughout the process - cause if you’re not sniffing your bloom/brew - you’re doing it wrong. Adding to the above - Ray (the owner of Melodrip) is one of the nicest and most approachable guys in this entire industry. If you send him a note on IG - he’ll geek out to the max with you, and he’s making a lot less $ on these than you’d think. He is not some big corporation or a random Amazon seller from China - he’s one of us and this is a passion project. Supporting innovators like Ray is extremely important - especially when it’s a $17 difference to get the original from the man himself versus an Amazon knock off (I bought the knock off after the Original as I wanted to compare them and see if I liked the fixed assist). In summation - the Melodrip (original) on a metal handle is the drip assist I use almost exclusively - and it’s absolutely worth”
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