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Hello. I recently thrifted a Fellow Aiden for around 100 bucks. Aside from not having a box, it was brand new and hadn't been used. I got it without really knowing what I was getting myself into. It's a Fellow product at 75% off, so I bought it.

So far, it's putting out solid cups of coffee with the default settings, but I want to see how much farther I can take it.

Does anyone out there have one of these things? I'd love to hear about your brewing process and the settings you tinker with.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

holy shit that's a good price. lucky you.

doesn't it have like a profile sharing thing built in, too?

[–] Tear@lemmus.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

There might be something like that on the app, but I doubt it'd be of any use with local beans. I'll look in to it, at least.

[–] seat6@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I never even heard of this brand. What’s the draw?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

fellow is high quality stuff that's also well-designed. it's not cheap though.

the aiden is like a next-level drip brewer: it's got a peristaltic pump instead of a bubble pump so you can specify ratios to the milliliter, it's got a servo controlling the drip valve so you can program steep time to the second, it's got graphing capabilities to show temperature over time in different areas... it's proper nerd shit.

[–] seat6@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

That’s pretty cool! It sounds almost like lab equipment!

[–] Tear@lemmus.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

A buddy of mine put me on to them. I own a Fellow Ode gen 2, which is a countertop grinder, and I love it.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Fellow is a pretty decent coffee brand. They’re a little confusing in their position, some stuff is super high end (their kettle and scale specifically) where other stuff is squarely in the budget end (their grinder for example). I own their kettle personally and have considered picking up the machine in OP’s post. Their scale is absolutely massive for a coffee scale though, so not really for me. But it is very well made. Meanwhile their grinder is plastic body and priced similarly to other good-but-cheap grinders. It’s kind of funny that they have a kettle, a scale, and a grinder all at around the same price. It’s also funny to see their name on lists of high end kettles and also on budget grinders. I really like their style though, they’ve got a very distinct product design that I’m personally a big fan of.

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Huge score! I would love to have one of those!