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I took this as an opportunity,
to do something I wouldn't usually do.
I often do reviews and I have a Patreon supports that,
but here, no no no.
This was a chance to do something a little bit different,
and I needed to go to IKEA so I thought,
"Why don't I go to IKEA and just buy
all of the coffee things,
and review them,
and then give them away?"
So, let's see.
What does IKEA have and ultimately,
is it any good?
It's a pound.
Hand grinder, 22 pounds.
Is that real?
Is that actually a product?
Organic dark roast coffee.
We're not buying that.
27 pounds. 27 pounds.
It's a big French press.
I have high hopes.
We've got the all important,
metal pour-over set.
Can't forget little carafe metal filter.
The herd? Herd?
It's 40p.
I'm gonna get two.
40p.
Is that?
That is a stove top brewer.
Sold.
You know what?
Why not?
The haul.
So let's see what we have today.
Okay, we've got a couple French presses.
We got like a little glass guy,
and we've got a chunky,
chunky little metal one,
which is good.
In amongst the other stuff,
we've got like a travel thermos,
and a little travel cup.
Oh, we've got a little hand grinder.
Got a hand grinder.
This thing which is a stove top.
Terrifying.
Must all carafes be terrible?
Let's find out.
We've got some 40 pence glass cups,
which I don't even understand,
but we've got those.
We've got some very,
I don't know,
IKEAry kind of cups here going on.
We've got some nice little patterns and things.
I need to drink out of something.
You know?
So that's that.
And we've got this weird little,
kind of brewing pour-over setup.
And then,
last but not least,
we have the tasteful glass carafe slash
pour-over thing.
So here's the plan of attack.
We're gonna divide
and we're gonna conquer all of this stuff together.
This is not going to be an in depth review of each product,
there just isn't time.
We'll answer the top line question,
"Is this good?
Is this bad?
Is it worth the money or not?"
Nothing here is over 30 pounds,
so it's all pretty cheap.
So the question is,
"Does it suck?"
Maybe it does.
Who knows.
So we'll start by looking at the hand grinder,
then we'll have a look at the French presses,
then we'll do some pour-over goodness,
we'll maybe drink from some cups
as we're doing those things,
and finish with a little bit of moka pot goodness.
Let's have a look at this 22 pound grinder.
We've got in here your classic set of what look like
very plasticy white ceramic bears.
What I will say,
there's a little spongey bit on the bottom here,
that's kind of nice.
I guess that's to keep it nice and fixed on the table
for when you're hand grinding,
which is a nice touch.
I'd be shocked if...
Yeah that's pretty much it.
The crush grind little bear set.
Interesting to see.
It says sort of crush grind.
Oh dear.
It's really plasticy.
That's not nice to adjust.
All right.
Now this is a weird...
Actually just looking at it right now,
this is a weird container to grind into,
as a sort of shape,
that is just a bit odd.
I can imagine coffee getting stuck in that.
Let's just throw a little handful in.
I'm not sure I wanna grind this whole handful.
Feels like a hand grinder.
All right, let's have a look.
Let's have a look,
see at the state of this.
So we've gone kind of like medium,
medium fine I would guess.
Okay, that's kind of a mess.
I mean, that's a mess.
These grinds are ultimately what I would expect to see
from a cheap hand grinder.
They are wildly variable in size,
there's some pretty fine pieces here,
there's some big old bouldery pieces too.
I'm not gonna be grinding any more coffee with this,
because that's just a waste of everyone's time.
20 quid, you get what you pay for.
And then we've got these things.
We've got two french presses,
and they did this one in a bunch of different sizes.
I really only saw this in this size.
This is the one that feels like you will break it
within the first week, right?
You'll just tap it on the kitchen counter by mistake
and it'll be gone.
Gone forever.
Super light, super cheap.
Not particularly into it on the face value.
This little CHONKY BOI.
I'm a little bit into this.
Like, it's one of the most expensive things
in the whole run,
I think it was 27 pounds.
It is big.
It's a good volume in here.
It's dual walled,
it's stainless steel.
It's not like a stunning quality here,
like the way that it's brushed at the bottom
is very different to the more mirrored sides.
Now in here,
the plastic just feels cheap.
'Cause it's cheap.
And someone who doesn't really press French presses,
and check up here if you want to see that video,
this is kind of good.
Like it will keep the heat.
Let's get some coffee into it.
Let's get some water boiled,
let's get some coffee into it.
We're gonna bridge the half liter in each one,
which they can comfortably accommodate.
So I've got 37 and a half grams of coffee in each.
75 grams a liter is kind of where I'm at for a French press.
Try and make sure you get it all.
You know, evenly saturated.
Now I don't worry about thermal loss,
but some people do,
so we'll leave the lid on.
A little bit down,
we're not gonna press, right?
We're never gonna press.
If you're gonna do this,
you can just press it down until it hits the liquid,
and that's enough.
Don't need to worry about anything else.
So these,
they're not gonna brew anymore.
They're gonna just sit,
hang out.
The things the fines will fall to the bottom,
it'll be good.
But they're not brewing,
they're not extracting anymore,
so don't freak out that I'm gonna make some coffee
and not drink this coffee,
okay?
Cause we have to talk about these.
These are the pour-over options from IKEA,
and they're basically the same,
but not.
So you've got this setup which is
like a repurposed funnel,
I just,
I've no idea what's with the pointy bit at the bottom,
other than it's literally a repurposed funnel.
And then they seem to have
just stuck a little piece on here.
Sort of badly.
Is that actually attached?
I presume that's supposed to happen.
You can put like a V60 paper in here
and you've got some ridgey type things
that they have sort of made a small effort with.
But it does come with this,
which is what the other little glass carafe comes with,
which is a metal reusable filter.
Metal meshes,
tiny holes.
No need for a filter paper.
These are,
as far as I can tell,
identical,
inside.
With the except of the outside,
on the rim of this one,
there's a little handle,
to help you lift it off.
Like that.
Apparently,
if it's in a glass thing,
you don't need help lifting it off,
you just pick it up like that.
Let's make some coffee with them.
Considering that this is identical to that,
I'll not use this one.
I'll put a paper filter in here,
and I'll brew this as intended.
Now this does have some markings on the side,
right?
Some little lines.
They haven't told you what they are.
I feel like they're mocking me.
And you.
And all of us.
Seriously?
I mean,
is that 100ml?
200ml?
I don't know.
I have no answers for you,
and I'm mad.
Let's do,
what, like 20 grams,
to, say,
a third of a liter.
So I'm gonna brew this the way I would brew a V60.
This is not just an excuse to make you go back
and watch my old brewing guides,
but there is a link to a brewing guide
up in that corner there,
if you'd like to click and have a little look.
With metal,
you need to grind just that little bit finer,
because there'll be no resistance from the paper,
so the whole brew will happen
a little bit quicker that way.
All right,
we'll leave you here to drain out.
Let's put a filter paper in this
and see how we go with that.
I'll tell you this right now,
I'm trying to rinse a filter paper in the sink,
this is a horribly designed brewer,
designed by somebody who has never used it
or intends to use it before.
When you stick a giant funnely bit through the bottom...
What am I doing with this?
What is...
This is awful.
Now, in looking for something to brew,
on top of with this monstrosity,
it seemed a good chance to use this,
the little travel thermos that came from IKEA today.
The V60 paper does not fit this well.
This feels like it's draining a bit slower
then a V60 would.
I don't really know why.
I think it's just because this hates me.
And I hate it.
And we understand each other that way.
See, this sometimes happens with Chemexes,
where the seal ends up being too good,
or something?
I don't even understand.
All right, enough of you.
So, what have we got?
Alongside our little travel thermos,
we should also test our little travel cup,
which is a pound,
and don't you feel it when you hold this.
So, that's a pound.
And then we've got our travel press.
And these cups came from IKEA,
so maybe they're good.
I mean it's metal filtered pour-over coffee.
Which to me is entirely fine,
if often a little bit muddy.
Our big CHONKY BOI.
Hot. Clean.
Pretty good.
Really pretty good.
Our travel cup.
I'm not an entirely,
you know,
surface level person,
but, you know,
I'm not that shallow and vain.
Despite the hair.
But if I was walking out in the street holding this,
I'd feel not proud of myself.
This is...
I mean, I feel like I'm drinking from a child's cup.
I mean, it's definitely a cup.
That has a lid.
That is a pound.
The fancy travel thermos.
This comes with a special lid,
so, in theory,
this is sealed right now,
and then you would,
click it to drink.
And click it again to seal it.
So, in theory,
nothing comes out.
And nothing does come out,
which is a great relief.
And then we can open to drink.
That's exactly as hot as a fresh brewed coffee
in a thermos is.
That's not a particularly good pour-over,
because that pour-over is trash.
Is made of trash.
I think they've just found metal
in the skip out the back,
was, sort of,
roughly shaped into a funnel,
and then,
I don't know.
I just hate it.
I just, I hate it.
This I quite like.
That's okay.
This, if you need a little travel thermos,
I don't hate it.
I don't love the colors,
but it does not leak
when you don't want it to leak.
This I'm not that in to.
These cups are kind of fine.
This has won my heart so far.
Nah, not really.
And the little,
the little nonsense here.
Nah.
Nah, I would not...
I would go and buy a proper one,
from someone like Hario,
or one of those other companies that do these
and do them well.
I'm not sold that the glass will be long lasting
on this thing.
There is one brewer left and that is
the moka pot type thing.
I will need to do a little bit of a set change,
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Let's get back to the coffee stuff.
So we return to do the moka pot type deal,
which is kind of interesting.
Now I had a pleasant surprise,
a quick test,
this is not aluminum,
and it works on induction hobs directly,
which is great news.
So, to the bottom of this,
we're gonna add our hot water,
If you look up there,
I bet there's a video about how to brew with a moka pot,
that I helped make.
That would be good.
So, coffee,
not tamped down,
not super finely ground.
Get that all tightly locked in,
against your gasket,
a little handle.
I'm not against this so far.
There you are.
So we're brewing.
So a quick rinse with cold water,
just to stop it brewing,
and we have coffee.
This is our 40p little glass thing.
I'm not gonna pour a lot of coffee here,
because one,
it's strong,
and two,
it's hot.
I'm a bit conflicted.
That it works on induction,
I think is a super big win,
I think that's great that it works on induction.
I think it's ugly,
I think it's ugly.
It's pretty ugly, right?
That's not a beautiful thing.
But it's cheap.
It works on induction,
it seems reasonably well made.
The handle I like more than I feel like I should,
and if you use it right,
you get a nice cup of coffee out of it too.
So this is a kind of medium endorsement.
If you don't think this is hideous,
it's not bad.
It's really not that bad.
Before we wrap,
there was one more thing.
There was a carafe there,
and I wanted to know if all carafes
are bad carafes,
and if a cheap IKEA carafe was a bad IKEA carafe.
Does it pour nicely?
No it does not.
I mean,
how hard is it to get a spout to focus liquid?
Look, look at this.
Look at this.
Who wants liquid to pour like this?
Who is signing this off?
What are you doing?
IKEA, you disappoint me.
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Overall,
disappointing.
I had higher hopes.
The winner of the day,
by quite a long way,
is the IKEA CHONKY BOI French press.
Pretty good, actually.
This is the only thing I will regret giving away,
or feel some level of sadness,
or miss it in any way.
The rest of it,
a kind of mixed bag.
Okay, to just awful.
But there you go.
That's what happens when you go to IKEA
and you buy everything they have that makes coffee,
and you test it,
and now you know,
and I've done this so you don't have to.
Now do you own any of this?
Are you already an owner of the IKEA coffee equipment?
Have you thought about it?
Are you tempted by some of it?
Let me know in the comments down below,
let me know your thoughts.
I hope you had some fun watching this.
There's more serious,
sensible,
and useful coffee content coming very soon.
But I will say thank you so much for watching,
and I hope you have a great day.
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