As a heads up to the upcoming video review, I have been using this brewer and cups for the past couple days.
The Gino Brewer and Caraf:
pros:
1. The blown glass is really neat visually and holds temps like crazy. This reminds me a lot of the bodum blown glass cups everyone loves.
2. The visual is really incredible and would put on a show for friends that rivals a vacuum brewer.
3. Shape and function is as good as the fellow pour over. Same filter size BTW.
4. The flow rate is nice and it fits the Lino Mugs perfectly.
5. If brewing directly into a Lino mug you will never have an issue.
Cons:
1. The problem is that these also have the same concerns of the bodum blown glass cups, i.e. it's the glass slipper from cinderella, don't drop that thing. I usually don't save the original packaging but I did for both of these pieces of the brewer.
2. I have been noticing on the brewer is that if brewing the capacity of the matching brewer caraf 20oz the filter tends to really grasp the sides and slows down the brew significantly. you can lift the filter or create some air from the walls to get flow back. I might suggest to them a little more significant channels to prevent flow lock.
I also have a Lino mug in black and a cortado glass:
1. I haven't tried the cortado glass yet but I should be soon. It says it's for specialty espresso drinks.
2. The Lino Mug is my favorite mug, I didn't anticipate one being sent to me but it is the best mug IMO. I paid $12.50 /ea for my set and it's worth every penny to me. The cons on that would be that some people would be turned off of the price to even see why it's worth it. But once you get Lino espresso, cappuccino, latte and coffee mugs, you will see what the big deal is. My advise is to grab a used one and then get a matching set.
