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Pupils are excellent: there are two. I like spoons too. But if you want a consistent dose of coffee for a large espresso or pour-over, a precision scale is a slightly inconvenient way to go.
I still remember the time every morning when I put a little measuring cup on top of the digital scale to measure my coffee beans, then press the button on the scale and then wait a second for the scale screen to appear. reset the coffee beans before pouring them into the dosing cup. In the sands of time—October 2024, I think—I didn’t think it was a terrible concern. That’s exactly how coffee scales work.
But maybe they don’t need to. Over the past year, several coffee brands have cottoned on to the simple idea that a dosing cup and scale can be combined in one device. Activate the lamps above the foreheads and the blue birds on the shoulders. Perhaps the most elegant of these is Subscale, new from Singaporean coffee brand Subminimal (also the maker). our favorite milk frother).
The subscale is a black slide of a cup that will hold about 60 grams of coffee and contains a scale accurate to the tenth of a gram in its base. The device hasn’t left my counter since I bought it, and it’s made me enjoy my morning coffee ritual a little more.
Keep it simple
Key to Subscale’s appeal is its stubborn simplicity. The world of coffee is now full of new and complex and sometimes confusing conveniences. Once a humble tool, the coffee scale has become the home base for all manner of coffee connoisseurs. The Fellow Tally Pro (8/10, WIRED Recommends) will do the math for you by simul-tabulating recommended water weights for ideal brewing ratios. Bluetooth is enabled Acaia Pearl S In addition, it will monitor your brew time and water flow while playing music.
The subscale does neither of these.
This is a cup. It’s a lightweight, crisp minimalist cup with a bristle-sensitive scale on the bottom that measures the exact weight of what’s inside. No Bluetooth, no software, and no special learning curve. It takes up very little space on my counter and looks great there.
