ZERO JAPAN Ceramic Coffee Dripper for #2 or #4 paper filter - Drip Cone Brewer - Antique Green

Good quality ceramic. Sturdy but not too heavy. It fits most of my mugs perfectly. The draining holes are good sizes so it doesn’t let the water run through too fast. Also, it looks nice.

I use the ZERO JAPAN ceramic dripper at my office, because no matter where I am, bad coffee is not an option. I pair it with a Bodum 27oz Bistro Gooseneck Electric Water Kettle and a MAXUS Digital Pocket Gram Scale to make sure everything is precise, smooth, and as good as I can get without a full café setup under my desk. The dripper itself is sturdy, simple, and elegant — exactly what you want when you're sneaking real quality into the middle of a workday. If you're chasing consistent, clean pour-over brews outside of your home kitchen, this is absolutely the right tool for the job.

Nice and solid, you could bust someone in the head with it. It's heavy ceramic, extremely easy to clean (no moving parts or crevices). No planned obsolescence here. You can pass this down to your kids.

Let me start by addressing the numerous negative comments about "weak coffee." If you get weak coffee from a pour-over dripper, the problem is not the dripper, it's the "drippie." Yes, in other words, user error. The pour-over process requires patience, and there is an art to it. You cannot just dump all of the water in at once and expect good coffee. Variations of the recommended methods are all over the Internet, and even passed along in many coffee-related product reviews here on Amazon -- so I won't spend a lot of words describing mine. In general, I wet the grounds slightly, then gradually drip the hot water into the filter. (If you doubt my method, just observe the way electric coffee makers work. They don't suck all of the water in at once!) Of course, it's also important to make sure the filter contains enough coffee -- my local coffee shop/roaster recommends 2 tbs of medium grind coffee per cup, and that has worked well for me. Okay, on to the product review: The Bee House Ceramic Coffee Dripper is a practical, elegant solution for making an individual cup of coffee to go. My #1 requirement for coffee making equipment is NO PLASTIC. There is enough research out there to suggest that boiling hot water causes harmful chemicals to leach out of plastic materials. Unfortunately, even many of the high-end "stainless steel" coffee makers use plastic for the plumbing and other internal pieces/parts. The "plastic-less" construction, and utter simplicity of ceramic drippers appeals to me. I use Melitta #2 filters with my Bee House dripper, and the coffee definitely on par with that made with my Chemex pour-over system. The curved handle is a great feature. It allows you to easily set the dripper on your cup, and remove it when you're done. The Bee House product is solid, and well made. However, this is both a blessing and a curse. The weight of this dripper tends to make your coffee mug somewhat top-heavy. And you have to be careful to make sure the guides on the bottom surface are inside the rim of the mug, otherwise the dripper feels tippy. I haven't had any accidents yet, but there have been some close calls. So, while I love this product, I think pour-over coffee is more about the process than the equipment. You can probably get the same excellent results from a less expensive ceramic dripper. If I end up breaking my Bee House dripper, I may very well go for something else that costs less money.

I enjoy pour-over coffee, and own several different drippers. I wanted one that used the Melitta-style “wedge” filters since they are so readily available, unlike some other formats. It’s a classic for a reason. A nice in-between compared to the “v60” Hario cones, and the “flat-bottom” Kalita style drippers. While all three styles can produce great coffee, this format might be the easiest to give repeatable, quality cups with a minimum of fuss. Plus, I love he smooth style of th3 handle and the rich glazing in antique green.

LOVE THIS. I had a smaller coffee dripper for 12 years and then I dropped it. When this arrived it looked big and I was concerned that it might not be steady on the mug as the smaller one sat snugly around the rim of cup. I am often in a hurry and try to do three things at once so I did not want to fling my arms by the dripper and knock it off. I am getting used to it now and it is quite safe on the mug (a starbucks tall mug) and I treat it as something special (don't fling my arms around). My coffee tastes better. I pour a small amount of water in about 3 different times and wait for water to be gone each time and then I pour in more water at normal speed after that. I love that it has a window to view the coffee. It is elegant. So happy with this. While waiting for it to arrive I used a tea strainer with filter all scrunched up in it. It worked for a temporary solution, but took a LONG time. Better than no coffee though. Really look forward to coffee now.

Pro: It's beautiful (antique green), made really well with great finish and makes really great coffee (better taste compared to Melitta even with the same filter papers for some reason) Cons: It's a lot smaller to be advertised as Large. Pretty close to the size of my plastic Melitta with #2 filter. But the deal breaker for me is that the base was too narrow and wouldn't fit some of regular mugs (tipping hazard), so you're pretty limited to certain mugs. If you can get past those issues, get it! It's a quality product. But I didn't feel safe using it on top of few of my mugs due to all the cons mentioned above, enough for me to return mine.

I use this almost daily. It fits over most of my mugs and it's so easy to make a single cup of coffee. I didn't understand the importance of the side holes when it was highlighted but it is great being sure that you aren't overpouring (I measure the water in the mug then heat it in the kettle, but you could pour it into a glass measuring cup to heat in the microwave as well. Cleans easily by hand but has been fine in the dishwasher too. Product has good heft as well. It'll be hard to break this one.