today we're going to be testing out some
new coffee gear the folks over at pakt
shipped me out their
brand new pakt coffee kit as you all
know by now i've been working with them
the past few months to make some videos
for the channel here
as well as write some blog posts for the
pakt blog
and website i'm really excited to give
this a try
i am typically a chemex and aeropress
user
i thought it would make a really fun
video to unbox this give it a try
and give you my honest opinion and
thoughts on this device
i really don't know that much about it
yet i wanted to kind of keep the mystery
for the camera so before we get into it
though i do want to specify
pakt is sponsoring this video so special
thanks to them
for making this a reality but i do want
to make sure everyone knows that
my opinion is completely my own they're
not going to be seeing this before it
comes out they don't even know i'm
making this video so i just wanted to
make that clear
this is a sponsored video but these are
my honest
thoughts all right so getting into the
package i really
always love pakt's attention to detail
with the packaging they're seahive
certified
so they reduce a lot of that unnecessary
packaging waste that so many companies
don't seem to pay much attention to
as you can see on the overhead camera
here congratulations
now great coffee goes wherever you go
travel home office
i really love this just nice kind of
simple
design that they always do for the
packaging better for the environment but
i still think it makes for a high
quality unboxing experience just without
all of the waste
so let's get this out looks like we have
got some paperwork here
get that out of the way uh so they send
a diagram
apparently brew guide for the pakt
coffee kit
fill the kettle to the second line from
the bottom 300
mils with clean water and push the
button to begin heating
i didn't realize this comes with a
kettle
um super cool that makes sense why the
the higher price point this comes in at
160
right now i think the full retail is 189
to lift the upper part of the dripper
all right i'm gonna get into this after
i
unbox the rest of it comes in this
carrying case it's a
a pretty decent hard shell case
definitely looks
premium let's see here
oh this looks really nice actually
all right so looks like that is the
kettle
let's see what we got here for
instructions and tips go to
paktcoffee.com
okay so you have a little elastic band
that keeps this in place that's really
nice
looks like you also have an extra
sleeve here with a
oh a mesh cone filter i have a mesh
filter for my aeropress which i
absolutely love i haven't actually been
able to find any worthwhile chemex
permanent filters if anyone has tried
any by the way
quick side step from this but if anyone
knows of any good reusable chemex
filters let me know in the comments
so it has a mesh filter looks like the
plug
for the kettle a little scoop here
and that is it for the case kind of take
this apart and take a look
yeah you are getting my completely
unfiltered
opinion here i've never tried it and
like i said i don't know much is this
the cup
this is really nice quality i love that
it's kind of a
matte soft rubber feel feels really
really premium a little heavy um which
definitely adds to the premium feel
but um not sure for traveling the amount
of weight this
is going to have but it's a really
really nice
cup i really like that mug and this here
i'm imagining is probably to put
coffee in maybe
again you have that soft touch silicone
there
you do have some fill lines in there all
right so i didn't come fully prepared
for this i don't have any coffee or
water here
at the desk i will be right back i
actually didn't know that there was a
kettle attachment here so i'm gonna go
grab some coffee grab some water
and i will uh be right back all right so
i'm back with some water
and some coffee and uh let's get into
the
instructions this is gonna be a messy
video i do not
know how all of this works uh so it says
fill the kettle
to the second line from the bottom 300
mils
that's a nice sound wasn't it all right
quick note too for travel this does come
with
a decent sized cable i'd say that's
three or four feet so a little bit over
a meter
put this on here push the button
that's heating i don't see any temp
controls
so i'm assuming it's just gonna boil
step two
lift the upper part of the dripper to
engage
the three nubs in the slots
and twist and lock in place
this is over the travel mug this is a
really neat design to have it collapse
down step three a insert a reusable or
paper filter
and b add three scoops of medium coarse
ground coffee i should have checked the
course
recommendations before this i have a
medium
should be close enough i would hope
so i'm going to insert the filter this
does seem a little stiff i would imagine
over time this will uh soften up a bit
let me i'm going to try and kind of
massage this
open a bit it's kind of bending more now
so you're going to have to mess with
this a bit right when it's brand new and
flat
but it does seem to respond well there
we go
there is that and said three scoops of
coffee
two three all right we got three scoops
of
coffee all right step four once the
kettle is shut off pour just enough
water
over the grounds to wet them evenly
pause to allow your coffee to bloom for
15 to 30 seconds
all right that's very similar to how i
do the chemex you guys saw
i did a video of my normal morning
coffee routine
earlier in the year i absolutely love
that chemex i just got it this year
before that i've been a long time
aeropress fan
and user i do really
really love this setup though if i was
still working in an office i would have
loved to have had this i actually
brought in a full size
temp controlled kettle to make coffee
and tea at my little cubicle desk back
when i used to work in a call center
so far really impressed i would imagine
this is to store your coffee
this soft touch rubberized exterior
feels really really nice
yeah this really is very high quality i
don't know
what this is for
oh does this maybe no
oh this is the this is the lid for the
drinking
um after i'm done making it that makes
sense i like that it has the
measurements
inside of the kettle because typically
you'd use a scale for a chemex or an
aeropress to kind of dial in those
amounts so i like that that's set up
i heard a beep i think that means we're
done
i'm going to move these papers off here
just for
cleanliness sake all right so we're
gonna go for 15 to 30 seconds
let's see how this pour spout is too you
usually want a smaller pour
and this does look like it's leaving out
a really
nice kind of smooth
small pore similar to a goose neck
except it's not actually gooseneck
might be this long design that they did
very very smart
very impressed so far this is a good
grip size
too i will say for one handing it like
this
i'm saying we're just going to slowly
pour
so how's everyone's day
i hope the soothing nature of this
coffee pouring
is going through to all of you this is
uh i talked about it my coffee routine
video earlier this year
this uh this nice pour over pouring
is just so soothing to me it's very nice
curious to see how things go with this
mesh filter
i love the idea of a reusable filter you
know better for the environment
obviously but
cheaper and easier i did grow
to really enjoy my mesh disk filter for
the aeropress
i never went back once i tried it but
and that's it that's all of the coffee
what's your favorite method for brewing
coffee let me know down in the comments
so this metal part gets pretty hot
obviously but you have this nice
lip on the side that does not get hot
so let's do that i'm going to jump
forward again in the timeline let this
cool down
a bit for me to test it does look like
it's a pretty
well insulated cup which is good for on
the go bad for
my sensitive baby mouth right now while
we wait but uh i'll be back in just a
minute so i can give this a try
all right so i'm glad i paused
apparently my overhead camera memory
card filled up
so i got that swapped while i was
waiting this should be cooled down
enough for me to drink now though
came out pretty good i think there's
some tweaking that will still need to
happen
with the boiling water i do need to
adjust my grind
setting to that medium course i think
that would be better
got a little bit more bitterness in here
than i normally would through the
aeropress
or the chemex but that's just more of a
factor of
getting things dialed in i also did not
read the instructions before i brewed
that time but
it's really good though solid ratio i
think i don't know what
how many grams that ends up coming out
too but i usually do a 16 to 1 ratio
on the chemex but yeah overall
i think this is a really nice setup
i like that there's a spot to store the
filters it really has everything you
need
i was a little concerned when i saw the
price point
originally but i did not realize it came
with
a kettle and not only just a kettle but
look at how beautiful this kettle design
is like i would totally
rather use this in my kitchen compared
to the one that i have
but yeah with the kettle in mind i don't
think the price point is all
as crazy as it might seem on the surface
you know good quality kettles i spent i
think 130 bucks on the one i've been
using
granted i've had it for 10 years but it
was
quite the investment and i think that's
what's going to happen with all of this
this really is extremely
premium feeling um i think it looks
really nice
and i would definitely travel with this
like i said in my pakt backpack videos
you know i travel pretty light and it's
honestly a little bit more space
than i need so i could totally see if i
was going somewhere for
an extended trip i would definitely be
bringing this with me
i think if you're any sort of uh coffee
fan
if you've tried to travel with an
aeropress or other things like that
it can be problematic and messy and the
aeropress
definitely does not have these sweet
aesthetics
and it just doesn't self-contain as well
and yeah i think if you're someone that
wants to have
or won't have access to a kettle at your
destination i think this would be an
amazing
setup to bring with you yeah really
really
impressed i loved going into this
completely blind hopefully the video
wasn't too messy
let me know what you think of this too i
would love to have an excuse to try
some more coffee gear i know everyone
seems to like the coffee videos that
i've done
in the past really big thanks to pakt
for sending this out and for sponsoring
the video
they really are doing such a good job at
creating you know quality
travel products that are you know made
with the environment in mind um you know
with reducing their packaging they're
made with that minimalist aesthetic
and minimalist function um yeah really
really good quality stuff that they are
doing um
been i've made plenty of videos about
them in the past that weren't sponsored
so that should speak to
my true opinion of them really great
excited to dive into this
more i'm probably going to make a few
more runs of this now that i have a
better idea to
dial in specs and whatnot so i'll share
in the comments
if the course or grind helped with the
bitterness i think that's important to
share with everyone i should have
listened to
the instructions first but i loved going
into this blind it was so much fun
let me know are you coming to this video
because you just got the
coffee kit are you thinking about it
yeah feel free to ask any more questions
that you have down below
someone from pact might even be able to
pop in and answer if i can't
but thank you all so much for watching
i'm gonna go have
another cup of coffee here and hope you
have a great rest of your day
