Kalita Wave Dripper 155 series glass [1-2 person] # 05045 (japan import) by Kalita (Carita)

This makes the perfect single cup of coffee. Wish I had bought one years ago. Stable and properly balanced over my coffee cups. Easy to hand clean or pop in the dish washer. Get the Kalita 155 Wave Filters that are made for this unit. Simple, genius.

A good design for avid pour over coffee drinkers. I use this every morning. And I've even mentioned it to friends who have purchased this as gifts for their loved ones.

Pros:-Extracts coffee flavor well.-Hot water doesn’t come in contact with plastic.Cons:-You can’t see how full your cup is because there are no “windows” in the black base, so you have to keep picking it up to check.-TINY. Specs say “for 1-2 cups” but it’s so small that it takes 5-7 pours to fill one cup. I can’t imagine how long it would take to fill two mugs.I make one cup at a time. I’m giving the 155 away and ordering the 185.

My husband is really gotten into trying to make the best cup of coffee lately. He's following James Hoffmann watching all his videos, and trying different coffee makers himself. We already had a collection of coffee makers, including a chemex and several pour-overs, but I bought this for him because we didn't have this exact maker. I personally don't like it very much but he's been using it everyday. What I don't like is that you have to pour a little bit, wait, pour a little bit, wait, pour little bit, wait just to make one cup of coffee. The basket portion is small so you just don't have any choice but to keep pouring a little bit at a time. I much prefer the Aeropress where I can pour the hot water, stir it a little bit, and I have my cup of joe.If you like to tinker with pour time, fiddle with pouring patterns and that kind of thing you might like this. If you like to make a cup of coffee pretty quickly, this is not the maker for you.It is very well made and I like that it's glass and can be cleaned with just a rinse.You also need to get the filters that fit this maker. I saw a good tip somewhere that might help you if you're using this: when you need to get the coffee into the basket, if you already have an Aeropress, use the funnel for that to add the coffee to the Kalita. That way it won't end up with grounds on the wrong side of the filter.Speaking of filters, mine did not come with any filters and I didn't order them at the same time, so I had we had to wait for my next order of the special filters to come. As previously mentioned, I don't have a lot of patience, so the 3-day wait for filters sort of irritated me. That's on me for not reading the product description, but hopefully you will know to order filters at the same time.The coffee is good but I'm not patient enough to use this one. I'll probably end up buying the 185 too to see if I can tolerate how long it takes to make one cup of coffee with that.

My favorite coffee mug has a wide mouth. My Melita one cup kept slipping off of my mug which would send hot coffee and grounds everywhere. I bought this in the hopes that it would fit more secure. The mouth of my mug is about 4 1/8" wide.I was torn on which size to purchase as the reviews said it's too small for even one cup. But, the larger size seemed too big for what I want, so I started with this one. It IS very small. I like to put 3 heaping teaspoons of coffee when making my cup. My mug holds 14 oz of fluid. I usually have about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of hot milk in the cup prior to making my coffee, so that leaves room for about 8-12oz of coffee.The dripper fits perfectly on top of my mug. It might slide a little if I were to bump it, but it wouldn't go flying off. Big plus. It is small. 3 heaping teaspoons is a push, with adding water. I tried 2 teaspoons, but it didn't make the coffee strong enough to my liking. I can do the 3, but the water needs to be added very slowly, a little at a time. With my Melita I could fill it up and walk away - but of course if it slipped off my mug then that didn't work!Bottom line for me: I feel like this makes a better tasting cup of coffee than my Melita. This is a little more work as I have to stay there and continue to slowly add water until it fills my mug. I really don't mind that. I don't love that I have to buy new filters as I have a ton of Melita still left. (I'm going to try out my Melita #2 filters in the Kalita and see how that goes). I love that this fits and won't fall off of my favorite mug. At this point I'm going to stick with this one and maybe get the larger one down the road.

It’s perfect for a single cup pour over. I love using it in the mornings over the hario v60. Worth the money, works well and functional. Just be sure to clean it after use.

This is the ideal size for a flat bottom brewer if you are using 15-16 grams of coffee at most. The results are consistent, cleanup is easy, clogging is not much of an issue and I am able to get consistent brews without much effort or tinkering.I saw other reviews saying that this brewer is small but, that should not come as any surprise because there is a larger 185 model for comparison which is intended for larger doses. The 155 model is intended for smaller brews, so anyone complaining about the size of the brewer obviously did not do their research.Great brewer, easy to use, highly recommend!