[ivanvanderbyl]

Get this in the hands of James Hoffman, I’d love to hear his take on it

[simonjgreen]

It’s fascinating how he has become to coffee as MKBHD has to technology. The kingmaker of coffee gear.

[tschwimmer]

Unlike MKBHD, James Hoffman has some slightly more objective credibility. He won some barista competitions about 15 years ago. He's been involved in the coffee industry (outside of being a content creator) for most of his life. As far as I know about Marques, his main qualification is that he was just relatively early to the tech review game.

That is not to say that I personally take all or most of Hoffman's suggestions at face value. It's abundantly clear that the level of nuance he considers in coffee is not relevant to me. But I do tend to see him applying a much more objective level of rigor to his reviews than many other content creators.

[scarfaceneo]

MKBHD is the last person I’d go to for anything tech related.

He, like many others, do little more than just read spec sheets.

I like his car related content though, reckless driving notwithstanding

[deanc]

Regarding grinders there's actually someone else who is considered the kingmaker: Lance Hedrick [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@LanceHedrick/videos

[xyst]

mkbhd over the years has had some really bad takes on tech. I haven’t used his channel for quite awhile.

I would say his success is largely due to being among the first to the market in tech reviews and having (at the time) better production quality.

[peterlada]

St James, the protector saint of all things covfefe.

[petepete]

Thankfully it's quite difficult to grind and brew coffee dangerously.

[basedrum]

Who is mkbhd?

[rocqua]

He wouldn't take it. He'll review it after it's been on the market for about half a year, without any money. Lance hedrick is also a decently respected voice who does usually take sponsored reviews, whilst being honest.

[jedimastert]

I think Lance Hedrick would like this a lot. I bet he would experiment with changing the pressure during the brewing process

[xyst]

I agree here. Given the bespoke design, I would love to see a comparison with other machines.