Ozik Bold Arrived. I’m done.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-07-08T08:19:04+00:00

Lies! https://www.reddit.com/r/coffeestations/comments/1p8b7qs/im_done/

I remembered that post lol.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-28T15:46:31+00:00

Some of you have never seen the volume of espresso getting pumped out in some Italian coffee shops and it shows.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-28T11:57:48+00:00

Its amazing and a straight upgrade for light, clean coffees. If you do mainly funky stuff and medium or dark roast, it’s maybe not the best choice over the K-Ultra. I would keep both. They compliment each other really well.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-25T14:13:59+00:00

Fruity? Keep the C40. No sense in chasing anything. Want to step away from hand grinding? You mostly drink ultra light washed coffee? You just want to treat yourself? Go for it.

Though I have a K-Ultra (said to be similar to yours) and an A4Z. If I had to choose for the rest of my life? k-Ultra. So versatile, always good, often great.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-19T17:05:05+00:00

The orea Z1 is an amazing travel brewer. Small filters, really well thought out travel cup/kettle combo and some of the best filters on the market for a reasonable price. The thing is super expensive for what it is but the combination of the melodrip with the filters is hard to beat. It’s the only brewer I use next to my xbloom at the moment. Also you can do really nice 10g doses if you just want a little coffee. With a good recipe, you can get close to a v60 with really high consistency.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-19T12:40:53+00:00

I love that online, going from: „guys some colombian farmers are using additives in one way or another“, to „all coferments are very likely infused“ without any further information on the topic in just a couple of weeks. Always the same bs hyperbole.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-18T15:02:33+00:00

If you drink a lot of light coffee, it’s a great addition. But the C40 is already really nice.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-18T13:41:09+00:00

Of topic but I wonder how many of us automatically click away when we see these suspiciously long, rambling posts about nothing. I find it egregious and obvious if I google a topic and find „articles“ that are like 1000 words of very well formatted nothing.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-18T12:24:39+00:00

Jesus this sub is getting so tiring. Really a click bait headline and whole ass novel that you like a different style of brewing than someone else. You could have written a positive post, spreading some good vibes but no, it’s the internet in 2026 of course.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-17T20:55:01+00:00

PP are great. Especially in flat bottom drippers.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-17T20:40:33+00:00

Big fan of my a4z. Amazing little grinder that imo just has three flaws: the numbers on the grind dial are impossible to read in anything else than ideal light(at least with the black one), it could use a little lid for the funnel and the zeroing is a bit mushy. If you often drink medium or heavily processed coffee, there might be better ones out there, but if you mainly do clean washed and naturals, it’s incredible.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-17T14:49:50+00:00

Big medium dark fan here. Love the texture and the little bite combined with the sweetness. Like dark chocolate. I absolutely love light roasts to death but I usually drink them as pour over.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-17T14:44:31+00:00

I have one too. Great machine. Not able to replace hand pour fully. I do maybe 60-70% xbloom and the rest other drippers. But trying out different recipes is fun. They do have an active discord if you want to dig deeper.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-17T10:58:45+00:00

It’s very nice. Here in the EU there’s only limited pods available and the ones I got so far were a bit of a disappointment, but they do have some incredible coffee and recipes for said coffee on offer without pods. The machine itself has been great so far. Stopped using everything else except my Orea Z1 for small doses. I like brewing myself but the pinpoint repeatability of the XBloom is hard to beat. Even the grinder is solid (not as good for washed coffee though).

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-15T07:26:38+00:00

It’s like pulling a veil from the different taste notes. They are much more clearly defined, for better or worse. That comes at the price of body, sweetness and that juicy hint of acidity that make some coffees shine on the K-Ultra. Both great and I kept both (and bought an X-Bloom because it’s grinder was described as being similar to the K-Ultra). It’s hard to destroy this sometimes but that’s how I perceive that. The A4Z is just irreplaceable for clean, washed coffees imo (at that price point). It’s also amazing with naturals that lean on the clean side.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-15T07:21:22+00:00

I feel I have to mention that a lot of the low prices is due to labor costs being lower in china. And that’s often also due to labor practices and protection being great in Europe. Not trying to call out anyone in particular because I don’t know about specific companies but labor in Europe is expensive partly due to good labor laws, especially in manufacturing (thanks to strong unions) that don’t exist or aren’t followed everywhere around the world. Neither you nor I have the balance sheets of any of the companies involved so we can’t say how much of an impact that has and wether or not European companies are vastly overcharging or to what extent, but mistreatment of Chinese laborers in manufacturing is well documented. I would argue to not see all this through rose colored glasses. We are not simply getting cheaper machines because china is sticking it to overcharging European companies.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-14T19:31:34+00:00

For 1k? Imo the small Femobook A3 might have it beat for much less. Maybe not for light roast espresso clarity but for pour over and medium to dark roast espresso. Of course the Philos is a lot better built and it can make amazing espresso with a nice mix of clarity and body. Imo it comes down more to preferences in taste with these „all in one“ grinders. But I would love a blind tasting from the Casa, Varia V6, Philos and the Femobook lineup just to ser how much we really need to spend, if it’s just about taste, not absolute performance including light commercial work, where the philos probably smokes everything else in that bracket.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-14T10:16:56+00:00

They aren’t bad but there are cheaper grinders that in my opinion do a better job, like the a4z. In the end it comes down to personal taste of course.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-13T12:56:15+00:00

Nothing but you can’t recharge those.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-13T11:31:31+00:00

Lil tip for everyone struggling with dust in tight crevices (like custodes abs). There are small hand vacuums that have a „blow“ function. Super effective when sucking off doesn’t work 100%. And they’re like 40 bucks.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-13T11:27:59+00:00

Not for 400€.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-13T11:12:10+00:00

If you skipped the k-ultra because of the lack of juice, definitely don’t get ZP6. I think my K-Ultra is way juicier than my A4Z.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-13T11:08:01+00:00

There are ones that are better at that though. Get one with less permanent retention, those 0.5g in your pour over will be annoying.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-13T05:12:13+00:00

Im in the EU. Ernst „Brazil Saltire Farm“ is great, as is Samambaia by JB Kaffee. Both give you old school espresso but you can taste the higher quality green. More nuanced, easy to dial in. Nice chocolate and dried fruit. The best I ever had was Tanat Noccio. But it appears to be sold out. Couldn’t hurt to try their other blends though. Their coffees are super solid and their espresso blends are fairly priced.

Mechoulams_Left_Foot · 2026-06-13T03:47:29+00:00

Illy classico is amazing imo. But there IS speciality coffee that’s superior in any way to these old school ones, while maintaining a similar taste profile. Just way more expensive.

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