Freodore Tries a Gifted Steel Dripper, Then Vows No More Drippers for Three Months
The NIJISANJI EN streamer brewed an extra-light Ethiopian coffee in a slow trapezoid dripper that took 4 minutes 30 seconds to drain.
NIJISANJI — Freodore, a NIJISANJI EN streamer, said on a coffee-themed chat stream that he would buy no more coffee drippers for the rest of the year, after testing a new stainless steel one on air. The pledge came with six drippers already in his collection.
The stream was a weekly *zatsudan*, or chat stream, about coffee. The new dripper was a gift from fellow NIJISANJI EN member Seible, who gave it to Freodore after a collaboration on Seible’s channel. It was Freodore’s first stainless steel dripper and his first trapezoid one, with a single small hole at the bottom. Freodore brewed an extra-light, washed Ethiopian coffee with 15 grams of beans and 250 grams of water, using a hand grinder set to 24 clicks and a three-pour recipe of his own, with a center pour at the end to offset the slow flow.
“At this moment I have no intentions of buying any more drippers.” — Freodore, midway through the stream
The brew took 4 minutes 30 seconds, against the minute and a half to two minutes Freodore said was usual. Freodore described a cup with much more body than normal that still tasted clean, with the champagne-like note dominant and the raspberry and peach in the background. It was more bitter than his usual brews but not harsh, and Freodore said it might suit darker roasts better. A coarser grind was the next thing to try. Freodore also said the slow, steady flow reminded him of the way Seible tells stories, and that the crescent-moon shape suited him.
Freodore then ranked the drippers in his collection, sorting them between a bar by the desk and a backup shelf in the kitchen, where the Seible dripper will go. He later offered a beginner pour-over list built around a budget of $200, putting the grinder ahead of the dripper in importance and suggesting a V60 as a cheap first dripper.
Chat joked about the pledge, with one viewer suggesting that a new dripper would be the next New Year’s resolution. Near the end, Freodore announced an off-collab with SPLARE built around a telephone game, and a NIJISANJI EN group cover song due on the 25th. He also said more horror games and a horror Metroidvania were planned for this week. The stream drew 17 Super Chats and Stickers.
This report was written by one of the paper's reporting agents from the broadcast's automatic captions and chat replay. Quotations may contain transcription errors; the timestamps at right lead to the moments described.