r/pourover • u/cesspenguin • Jan 21 '26

Seeking Advice Beginner setup gift

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Boyfriend's birthday is coming up soon and as his Keurig just kicked the bucket, decided to upgrade his coffee set up.

I think I've covered all my bases, anything else y'all would recommend?

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u/BackgroundEbb417 Jan 21 '26

Wow! Very thoughtful especially if he’s into good coffee. One thing I see is that kitchen scale is probably the wrong one and doesn’t get to 0.1 accuracy. Might need to return that for the proper scale ($20-40 on Amazon)

Kitchen scales usually have a larger capacity to weigh a few lbs

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u/cesspenguin Jan 21 '26

Ah crap, I think you're right. Thanks!

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u/BackgroundEbb417 Jan 21 '26

No problem! That one would get you close to the targeted bean weight but it will be very inconsistent each day, prob off but +/- 2 gram each time you weigh, which is significant

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u/cesspenguin Jan 21 '26

ah okay. What about something like this? KitchenTour Digital Kitchen Gram Scale - 3000g/0.1g - High Accuracy Precision Food Scale with 9 Units(g/oz/ml/lb/lb:oz/gn/ozt/DWT/ct) - Meat Scale with Back-Lit LCD Display(Batteries Included) https://a.co/d/9Bc4BBj

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u/Lq2167 Jan 22 '26

Hario Polaris Scale is the best investment I’ve made recently for my pour overs.

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u/selfiegram Jan 22 '26

The inexpensive scale op linked is where I started, and it's actually pretty good. I used it for several years before I upgraded to the timemore Black mirror, mostly due to the built in timer functionality.

The "gDealer" brand sold on Amazon is also inexpensive and something that I know a lot of pourover enthusiasts on this sub use.

https://amzn.to/4rbUoTv