Today's video is about this. Rather interesting new product from Hario. Now, this isn't yet available widely
I had to buy this one from Japan to get a hold of it
as early as I have. And it is a rather interesting thing. It's called the air
It's a pouring kettle for the v60, that they have just released. It is made from plastic
But obviously it's designed to retain heat very well
So I wanted to know, can you get all of the benefits of a pouring kettle for just much less money?
So we're going to test this out and we're going to do it in a couple of different ways
I'm gonna make some coffee with it. Obviously
But I'm going to compare and contrast it to two other options that I think will give us the best kind of information overall
So first thing I'm going to do, it is not use this
The first thing we're going to do is grab a regular pouring kettle, boil some water and then I'm going to make it v60
I'm going to do a relatively small v60 because this has a
350 ml capacity, so I'll brew 21 to 350 to sort of max out the jug, but I'll do that first of all
With very nice fancy pouring kettle and then I'll do it with an electric one after this one
and then we're going to track the temperature in the v60 using a little data logger and we'll see what we see
freshly boiled kettle
Let's put a similar amount in, let's not fill it all the way but close to that 350 line and here we go
Now I've got a data logger running in here
This is the
very traditional
kettle experience.
Now you probably see me make a v60 before. If you haven't seen me make a v60 before, I'll leave a link up here
So you can follow along. Every once is a very enjoyable experience. It's what I would expect
This is a particularly nice pouring kettle. It's got a nice rubberized handle as well
Now interestingly the peak temperature and this brew when I didn't preheat this kettle was only 85 degrees Celsius
Now you can argue you should always preheat your pouring kettle and then the past, I have made exactly that argument
But I just want to see how it compares. I won't be preheating this and I will be performing the same experiment
So that should be pretty interesting. 3 minutes
30 seconds. So now we've got a benchmark of sorts. we can do the same test again with this thing
We're just gonna start my data logger, very interesting little experience
Hmm
You've got all the control for sure pouring with this thing
That's been relatively easy to do. Now that size, I'll talk about it now
350 ml, is a little bit small for me. If I'm honest, I think it could be bigger.
I wish already that it would do a half liter brew, which it sadly doesn't. You could top-up as you were pouring
But that would be a little bit more faff
You'd probably get some better thermal retention if your hot water was partially kept in a hot kettle low
now as you pour, it does feel
very light in the hand. It lacks the heft of a pouring kettle so you can see why I called it the air
But it does feel
Much much lighter. It's kind of weird actually to be pouring from something like this and
When you're pouring with a pouring kettle you can get a nice kind of
circular motion going
This this sort of lacks the momentum for that
So it's actually a little bit more of an intentional experience when you're pouring with this thing
And these last few bits feel quite prickly
There overall the flow has been pretty easy
Just with control I mean a quick look at my data logger
It would seem that the temperature got a little bit higher than the metal kettle but not much higher at all
It peaked out at around 86 degrees Celsius. So at 3:20 the brews done
Now for the last test which we're going to take an electric pouring kettle so that will be as hot as it's possible
And we'll do exactly the same thing all over again with that
It's that heavy kettle feeling but obviously expect this to be much hotter
This is boiled here in this kettle. It's got a big thermal mass of metal around it
It should be the hottest brew. Notably. The question is how much hotter is it going to be then either of the two options?
Now I poured a little bit quicker than I meant to on that brew and that is one of the things about heavier kettles
It's a little bit easier
To pour more than you want to. I actually felt like I maybe had a touch more control with the lighter of the two options
It was harder to just you know, throw a bit more water in that way looking at the logger right now
It did achieve a much much higher temperature. It went up to about 91 degrees Celsius at its peak, which is
notably hotter than the other two, so
unquestionably
Decanting does play a role in in dropping the temperature of your brew and generally speaking, I do prefer higher temperature brews
So for our last test
We have aggressively preheated this little jug just to see if that makes any difference
and you can see
Steam happening here. And the more of evaporation that's going to happen. And the more open surface area
you have the more evaporation you gonna have the more
evaporative cooling you're gonna have. The faster the liquid in this jug is gonna cool down
Regardless of how warm the jacket is around it. I do like pouring with it though
it's
It's quite a pleasurable experience all around like it's a nice
Jug to pour from it's a little different in terms of muscle memory. I suppose if you've done this a lot
but
Yeah, it's alright. So looking at this now. I can already see the max temperature. We've reached was just below 88 degrees Celsius
so we gained a couple degrees there was a benefit, but we're still not as close as
An actual kettle, I think a lid could be an interesting addition to this to really help improve its thermal stability
And I also think having it be a little bit bigger and having a bigger mass of water inside
It would be a nice way to improve its thermal stability, too
but if you like brewing at cooler temperatures
if you like more developed roasts that
You don't want to bring out that slightly harsher side and you want to brew that little bit cooler
That's certainly not a problem. And with lighter roasts
Yeah going hotter might be a little bit better, but it is a world of diminishing returns
I like to go as hot as I can because generally speaking I find that tastes the best
But I don't anticipate these brews tasting particularly bad. 3:30, on the money that bridge done
I suppose we should do a little tasting and wrap up some thoughts. So we're just a quick taste
And what's interesting is that these three brews are kind of ascending very slightly in temperature. But otherwise, we're very very similar
Now this is poor science because this isn't blind it's very obvious which is which that different temperatures to start with and in addition
I do have confirmation bias here in that. I generally prefer higher temperatures
And so I'm more likely to lean towards the one that does come from a higher temperature
But I would say there is a small increase in sweetness each time as we go up all cups are pretty enjoyable
Actually, I wouldn't be upset to be served any of these to improve them myself. I would be perfectly happy to drink all three
But I do prefer them a little bit hotter. So what about this? It's a it's an intense piece of design
It's pretty shocking to look at. It looks a little bit like a bird, a little bit like a plague doctor
It's it's a weird looking thing, but it works. It's quite pleasant to pour with
It's definitely a different experience but you've got all the control you could ever need. Now, right now in Japan
This is pretty cheap. 1,400 yen. That's
About 10 pounds in the UK about $13
I don't anticipate it being that price once it's exported from Japan
Once you've got, you know additional taxes or cost of shipping or that kind of stuff
but it should be much cheaper than a pouring kettle
Do I want one? I would. It's small, its lightweight
It's easier to store and keep around than pouring kettle in a compact kitchen for example, and I kind of like it
It's useful. It has a place and while it may not replace in an electric pouring kettle for me or for those
obsessing about these things. For a simple
elegant solution to the problem of how do I pour gently if I don't have a fancy pouring kettle
Well, this is a good answer. I'll bet to see what they do with in the future
like I said
I'd love it to be bigger and I'd love it to have a lid just to do a little bit better on the thermal stability
but
It's kind of cool, but I'd like to know what you think
Have you seen this before is this new? Is this a bit of a surprise?
Does the design put you after? you want to use one? Does this have a place in your home?
Have you somehow already got one, too? I'd be super interested to hear
But for now, I'll say thank you so much for watching and I hope you have a great day