July 13, 2023
by Natasha Nesic
I donât know if you grew up with video games, but maybe the word âTekkenâ rings a bell?
How about Mortal Combat? (Soul Calibur? Dead or Alive? Marvel Versus Capcom?)
If nothing else, at least Super Smash Brothers should resonate.
Fighting games arenât just all lights and crashing sounds, though. Theyâre a test of individual skillâthe ability of each player to do their best and show off what makes them a talented player. (Assuming they arenât the type to just mash buttons, of course! Weâre talking about quality players who put effort into strategy, timing, and memorizing the perfect combination to knock bars off the opponentâs HP like a gosh darn champion.)
Today weâre talking about two major players from Lardera: the
Pour-Over Coffeemaker versus the
Wood Collar Coffeemaker.
They might look similar, but donât be fooled by first impressions! Donât worry, weâre here to help break down the differences in this epic battle. Letâs look over the stats for each, and itâll be up to you to figure out whoâs the winnerâor who you personally prefer for your individual coffee-making needs!
Remember, everyone has different priorities and preferences for how they like to do coffee, and different constraints around the amount of time they have for making coffee during the day. Thatâs why itâs so awesome how many options that Lardera offers for all these various individuals and situations! A little bit of a spoiler for this battle: as long as youâre drinking coffeeâespecially if itâs a delicious variety like the
Tipica Honey, one of our favorites!âeverybody wins.
Ready?
Fight!
Pour-Over Coffeemaker: Howâs this for a sleek specimen?
If youâre new to coffee, then you might be used to the most low key or low maintenance of options. Totally understandable! Especially if youâre working with truly wonderful beans, there can be some anxiety around proper brewing techniques or procedures. But luckily for all of us, pour-over coffee is super easy, accessible, and incredibly user-friendly to both new and less-new brewers alike!
The Pour-Over Coffeemaker
It's is made of borosilicate glass, which is amazing right off the bat because as we mentioned just now, if youâre worried about making mistakes, then itâs super forgiving. It can handle your cat accidentally bumping into it on the counter, or your significant other trying valiantly to clean it in the sink and whoopsâ no worries, itâs dishwasher safe as well. (Just make sure that you have a good soap, which youâd want for any eating or drinking utensil, right?)
The shape is also super important. Youâll notice that both this piece and its sister the Wood Collar are developed with a distinct funnel-cone top where you load the beans and pour the water on top to allow it to brew. This cone shape is essential because it ensures optimal filtration of the beans.
Coffee isnât like dime store tea, in the sense that you canât just let the beans hang out in a bunch of boiling water and call it a day. Thereâs a bit more nuance to it, in the best way. You want to make sure that the hot water can pass through the beans evenly and effectively, and the Pour-Over Coffeemakerâs intelligent design enables that process to happen without you needing to worry about calibrating your own technique.
(Unless you have dreams of entering one of those fancy barista competitions. In which case, best of luck! You never know if Barista Death Battle is going to be the next hit reality show on Netflix. Hereâs hoping, of course, that no actual death is involved. Weâre still in it for the coffee!)
Wood Collar Coffeemaker
This one is for a slightly different aesthetic, more than anything else.
You might be a little more experienced now at coffee-making. You might start to have your own favorite set of beansâhave you tried the
Geisha Caturra Washed, speaking of?âand you might have developed some further preferences about how and where you like your coffee.
And now you want to show off.
Thatâs where the Wood Collar Coffeemaker really shines!
Just look at it. That stylish neck, the delightful way it curves and melds around its spot on your table or serving countertop.
Maybe the answer here isnât to pit (No, not the Smash Brothers Pitt!) these coffee-making players against each other. Theyâre both a means to your delicious drink ends. Maybe whatâs really going on here isnât a player-versus-player battle, but a showcase of two individual pieces who are total experts at what they do for different reasons.
At the end of the day, what matters is that you get to enjoy a cup of coffee that really makes a difference in making your day that much better. Whether youâre in it to brew a sleek, modern cup or a couture mug of Joe, then Lardera has you covered no matter what your playing style is.
What piece of equipment do you prefer?
