“Menceraikan” beberapa aktifitas dari smartphone

Dulu ketika kemampuan smartphone semakin meningkat, saya pribadi sangat senang karena satu smartphone ini bisa menggantikan banyak sekali device-device lainnya seperti kamera, music player, kalkulator, dan lain-lain.

Namun semakin ke berumur, saya mulai ada kecenderungan untuk kembali memisahkan beberapa kegiatan dari smartphone.

Update 2025: Mendaftar akun perpustakaan di Amerika dari Indonesia.

Sekitar 7 tahun lalu, saya ada sharing mengenai cara untuk mendaftarkan akun perpustakaan di Amerika meskipun kita tidak tinggal di sana. Pengalamannya cukup meyenangkan. Kita bisa memilih dari sangat banyak judul buku yang tersedia dengan biaya yang relatif terjangkau.

Tapi jujur saja sekitar beberapa tahun semenjak itu saya mulai kurang membaca buku. Saya juga sempat telat memperpanjang langganan saya di Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) sehingga akun saya keburu kedaluwarsa.

Di tahun 2025 ini saya berencana untuk sedikit memaksa diri untuk kembali rajin baca buku.

Filter kopi kain

Singkat cerita, filter kopi dari bahan kain adalah filter kopi favorit saya saat ini.

Dulu ketika saya baru mulai hobi kopi, saya pernah nonton video dari James Hoffmann mengenai filter kopi kain.

Tapi waktu itu saya merasa belum cukup pede bisa berkomitmen menggunakan filter kain. Jadi selama ini, saya masih pakai filter kertas kalau bikin kopi. Barangnya mudah didapat, mudah digunakan, bersih-bersih jadi lebih mudah (tinggal dibuang saja bersama ampas kopi), dan hasil seduhan kopinya enak.

Mini review: Brewista Aroma Cup

I already have several cups and mugs for drinking coffee, but this aroma cup from Brewista is my new personal favorite for drinking coffee at home.

The requirements

I was looking for:

A glass cup, because I enjoy seeing the coffee inside. It just looks nicer in my opinion, compared to porcelain or ceramic.
A double-walled cup on the “bowl” section, and single-walled on the rim section. Double-wall that goes right to the rim is just too thick for me.
Good capacity for my daily brew. This one is 300ml. More on this below.
Designed for swirling the coffee. Not a hard requirement, but it’d be really nice to have.

My Hario “Pulsar” recipe (Hario Mugen + Hario Switch base + Melodrip)

No-bypass brewing is gaining popularity lately. A lot of no-bypass brewers are being released. Tricolate, LVL-10, Hario Mugen, Orea (with the negotiator), etc.

The latest generation of no-bypass brewers, like the Next Level Pulsar, also combines a variable flow-rate valve into the mix.

Pulsar is impossible to buy around here right now, and I do have some reservations in purchasing one (higher minimum recommended amount of coffee required, proprietary filter size, etc). But I’m still intrigued by the overall idea of combining immersion, no-bypass, and low agitation brew.

I happen to own Hario Switch, Hario Mugen, and also the Melodrip. So I thought, why not leverage what I already have? 🙂

First brew impression – Brewista Target Next Wave Duo dripper

I really like my Orea v3, but discussions about plastic related health risks kinda flared up again in my social circle. It made me look for non-plastic alternative to the Orea v3, even though I know that the clear version of Orea v3 is supposed to be BPA-free.

One day I found out about the Brewista Target Next Wave Duo dripper. Long story short, I bought it, it arrived yesterday, and I just had the chance to brew with it this morning.

Brewista Next Wave Duo Double Wall Glass Dripper.

Jakarta Coffee Week 2023

Semenjak saya mulai hobi bikin kopi di rumah tahun lalu, Jakarta Coffee Week 2023 adalah event kopi paling besar yang pernah saya kunjungi.

Ruang event cukup besar, acaranya diadakan di Indonesia Convention Exhibition, Bumi Serpong Damai, pada tanggal 2-5 November 2023 kemarin. Ada 200+ tenant yang turut serta.

Daftar ratusan tenant yang hadir di Jakarta Coffee Week 2023.

Di hari pertama saya datang ke sana, saya dan teman saya sudah keliling selama 4 jam dan belum sempat mengunjungi semua tenant.

A better way to negotiate a Kalita wave filter into the Orea v3 brewer

TL;DR I only very recently realized that Kalita wave filter is basically just a pre-shaped circular flat filter. You can flatten it first, then use the negotiator to help fold it the same way as the Sibarist Orea filter.

I’ve been experimenting a lot with different filters and the Orea v3. I’ve tried using v60 filters, Kalita wave filters, and even AeroPress filters.

I’m really interested in using negotiated circular flat filter, like the ones that Sibarist, and Orea themselves sell. They’re super expensive here though.

Brewing with Orea v3 using Aeropress filter

I recently bought a secondhand Orea v3, and I’ve been brewing coffee with it using negotiated v60 filters.

Recently, when I looked at my Aeropress, I got curious about whether I can use Aeropress filter with Orea v3 or not.

Long story short, I tried it, and I quite like the resulting brew. Three caveats though.

How to negotiate v60 paper filter into Orea v3 using a cheap plastic sauce container

I wasn’t planning to buy the Orea v3. Orea products are pretty hard to come by around here. Even if they’re available, it’s usually with a pretty significant markup. A few days ago, I saw a secondhand Orea v3 for sale. It looked well taken care of by the owner. It wasn’t cheap, but all things considered, also not overly expensive. Fear of missing out struck me and I immediately bought it.

I bought the brewer, but I forgot to buy the wave filter and the negotiator until a couple of days later. So when the brewer arrived, I thought I couldn’t immediately brew coffee with it.

I got impatient and wondered if I can fold a v60 paper filter and fit it in into the Orea v3 by hand without using the 3D printed negotiator tool.