This video compares the Hario V60 Switch and the Clever Dripper, both full immersion coffee brewers. The host, Stephen Curtis, conducts a blind taste test to determine which brewer produces a better cup of coffee, considering factors like depth, body, and clarity of flavors. He also discusses the brewing parameters and his personal preferences based on the taste test and the ease of use of each brewer.
Stephen Curtis identified that one brewer had "a little bit more depth, like a little more like chocolatiness from the brew. Not necessarily even flavor, but like a little more syrupy body. Still good clarity of flavors. Little slightly muddier than this one, though." He described the other as having "really clear, crisp, clean flavors. Still good body, but more more well-rounded."
Based on this, he initially guessed that the one with more depth and syrupy body was the Clever Dripper, and the one with clearer, crisp flavors was the Hario Switch.
He initially liked the one with more clarity and well-rounded flavors better, which he guessed was the Hario Switch. However, when the brews were revealed, his guess was incorrect. The coffee he preferred was from the Clever Dripper.
Later in the video, after tasting both and knowing which was which, he stated that for that specific coffee (Kenya Pabberry), he preferred the Hario Switch because it gave him "a little more clarity of flavors, slightly less body."
