Felicita Parallel Electronic Coffee Scale, 160x212x35mm, Black

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The more accurate you can be, the better your coffee will taste so however you choose to make your coffee, using dedicated coffee scales will give you an all-round better experience. I also like how simple they are, they're cool looking scales but they're incredibly simple to use – and I'm a fan of the auto timer function.

Batteries. As I mentioned earlier, I do prefer rechargeable scales than having to hunt for batteries, although to be fair you could of course use rechargeable AAA batteries. They're just really, really convenient to use. They hold their charge very well so you don't need to charge them often, they turn on almost instantly, they're precise, they're responsive, the auto-timer function is great if you need that, and I find the size and shape of them to be really good to use especially when it comes to espresso.They strike me as being fairly similar in many ways to the more expensive Hario scale, below, with batteries being required, and with a timer function but no auto timer & a very similar footprint. The good stuff. Designed for high-volume bar service, the Felicita Incline Coffee Scale can double as both espresso and pour over coffee scale. Its compact size allows it to fit comfortably on an espresso machine drip tray, or on the brew bar. There are also a couple of little details that are pretty cool, like the timer starts automatically when you start to brew, plus you can adjust when the scales turn off when idle (something that does occasionally happen with some scales - which is super annoying halfway through a brew). Bluetooth connectivity and apps (a lot of people buy the Acaia lunar for flow profiling, for example for using with the Sage Dual Boiler with the bluetooth app so they can use the Slayer mod & pull flow profiled shots with lighter roasts.

So you don’t need scales that are good for 0.1g increments up to say 2kg as you’ll never need to use them at those higher weights, and you'll be paying for functionality you don't need. For weighing coffee, personally, I think as long as the scales have increments of 0.1g up to around 200g, this is more than enough – if the scales then weigh in increments of up to 1g after this, as some of the more affordable scales do, personally I think that's fine – but if you want to spend more on your scales, then accuracy up to a higher weight is a feature you'll usually get with more expensive scales.Oh, wait, did I mention The Coffeeworks, my own coffee beans?? Hehe, yeah, I know I did, but here's another little plug just in case you missed the last one.

They do appear very similar in terms of features and in terms of the positives and negatives reported by users. The good stuff. It has an auto-shutoff when it turns off in five minutes after being inactive (while the timer is off); For a double espresso, you won’t need to weigh more than around 20g at any one time, and to brew 1 litre of filter coffee you’ll need about 60-65g of ground coffee. A tonne of features include auto timer, programmable auto-off, auto tare, and blue tooth connectivity. I’ve done that numerous times and you end up all fingers and thumbs, it’s so much easier and more convenient when both the weight and time are incorporated into the scales and you can do it all on one device. Response timeSimple to use. Good basic functions including timer and auto-off. Decent sized scale surface compatible with brewing into larger jugs. The bad stuff. The Parallel is the big brother of the Arc and Incline. With its large footprint it'll occupy quite a bit of space at your brew bar. It has been designed perfectly to meet the demand of the coffee enthusiast. It monitors the weight, time while you are brewing the coffee. You can also connect the scale with the Acaia App on your smartphone to record your brews and have a look at more parameters. It has transformed the coffee brewing experiences to many users.

The Acaia Pearl is the scale they've designed for manual brew methods. You can use it for espresso too, of course, but the way they've designed it in terms of the dimensions, height, and features, it's really designed for manual methods such as pourover. The good stuff. It's supposed to stop the timer and hold the weight for you when you remove the cup, when it works that's great – but it doesn't always work, good feature but slightly hit and miss. You may have heard of a V60, one of our favourite brew methods here at Batch that we use to select coffee for our fine coffee club. The Hario V60 coffee drip scale is a great bit of kit if you are serious about your morning pour over. The scales measure to 0.1g of accuracy and the integrated timer means you will be able to brew extremely accurate coffee.

Whats in the Box

Good in terms of height, fits a bigger range of espresso machines than some of the chunkier coffee scales. It has a built-in sensor which helps you to calculate the extraction yield. It has 0.1 g level of accuracy and, therefore, the maximum capacity of 2000 g, which makes it possible to be used with other devices. On the other hand, the maximum yield is 1000g.