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Drip Coffee vs Pour Over |5 Key Differences

Chad Wyatt
7 min readMay 23, 2021

The two most beloved brewing coffee methods for coffee connoisseurs are drip coffee and pour-over. Why waste time on weak instant coffee or coffee pods when you can brew a coffee shop level of coffee right at home. But when it comes to drip coffee vs pour-over, which one should you choose?

For the 75% of adults in the United States that are coffee drinkers, the most common brewing method at home is using an electric coffee maker. However, you can’t really appreciate different flavors of coffee until you have tried different brewing methods.

The drip and pour-over methods are easy once you know how, and you will probably never go back to instant coffee or the kind you were drinking before.

What made the drip coffee and pour-over coffee brewing method come into existence was the invention of coffee filters in 1908 by Melitta Bentz. The first-ever patented electrical drip brewer, the Wigomat, was invented in 1954 by Gottlob Widmann in Germany.

What is a Drip Coffee?

The drip coffee is similar to Turkish coffee, which involves waiting for the coffee to drip through a filter. The filter stops…

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Chad Wyatt
Chad Wyatt

Written by Chad Wyatt

Content Marketing Manager & Digital Marketing Specialist - I have traveled the world, enjoyed career success through being a digital nomad, and admire branding!

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