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A $360 brewer that looks like a French press—but brews in reverse? Meet the Weber Workshops Bird, a high-end immersion brewer that claims to be an heirloom coffee tool. But does that price tag actually make sense, or is this just an overpriced, overengineered luxury?
➡️ In this review, we put the Bird to the test, break down its design, functionality, and coffee quality, and ask the real question: Is it 9x better than an Aeropress? Plus, we bring in a non-coffee enthusiast perspective to see if the experience justifies the price.
📌 What You’ll Learn in This Video:
How the Weber Bird brews “in reverse” and why that’s unique
Is it actually better than a French press or Aeropress?
The high-end materials & craftsmanship behind the design
The trade-offs: Is it worth it, or just coffee gadget overkill?
🔥 Would YOU spend $360 on a brewer? Let’s talk in the comments!
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My Bird Recipe:
90C water
16g coffee : 256g water
(I’ll sometimes flex the dose and ratio up to about 22-25g coffee and between 1:16-1:17)
Grind at v60ish grind or just coarser. Using both metal and paper filter.
Fill to total water weight. Agitate 5-10x.
Steep until 3:30-4:00, then vacuum over 30ish sec.
Enjoy!
CHAPTERS
0:00 – Weber Workshops BIRD
1:04 – Weber, Love It or… Not?
2:09 – Brewing with the Bird
4:34 – Taste Test
4:57 – Isn’t This Just a Fancy Aeropress?
5:23 – My Bird Likes
6:28 – Plastic? No Way
7:10 – Intentional Design Touches
8:34 – Deep Cleaning
9:13 – Longevity
10:33 – Replacement Parts
10:52 – My Bird Dislikes
11:57 – 2 Cups?
12:40 – 9 Times Better Than Aeropress?
12:59 – What Are You Paying For?
42 Comments
Heirloom race is on. BIRD vs plastic Melitta pour-over cone. Go!
The BIRD is definitely neat. But, expensive, over-complicated, PITA to clean, breakable, brews small amount of coffee, you have to talk yourself into buying it. It does not exist to make good coffee. It exists to be neat, but it happens to make good coffee. In regard to the heirloom question, good luck replacing a part 5, 10, 30 years from now. I would definitely be happy to get one as a gift, but it's also definitely a disposable income purchase. This is a great channel, but the arguments at the end about sustainability, durability and replacement parts fall hollow in comparison to, for just one example, the Aeropress.
It's really nicely engineered and something I would like to have but not necessarily what I want to brew primarily with. Kind of like a nice piece of toy.
Great review and discussion, thanks! I love mine 😉 But where’s the recipe you promised us in the video?? I’m usually using the one suggested by Lance in his ‘review’ (long steep time with 80 degrees water) but I’m curious to listen to your take!
But you didn't buy it in the first place? What do you mean "we would buy it again"? 🤷♂️
Great review! Thanks a lot for your conversation about how our spending affect the world ❤
lot of weird arguments. buy a mocamaster instead.
Nice Review of a interesting and well made brewer. What ar ethose beautiful cups you're using ? Greetings from Germany<
I think it would be fun to try brewing with one.
This is a very in-depth look at a truly ridiculous coffee brewer. Thank you.
But one thing that keeps bothering me the whole video is why is your Robot piston so crooked? It looks broken!
Wish there was more talk about the taste compared to similar or different options.
Very interesting. Also an Aeropress is almost indestructible with almost no needing of replacing parts. If this where of metal instead of glass maybe I would think about it.
I would rather use this than a French press. But I’d rather not pay $350 lol
Great video guys! First, I love that when Sarah walked she had to immediately clean the place. 😆 Something my wife is always doing to me. The conversation was great and the way Sarah talked about the Bird made me consider wanting one. Just wish it made a little more coffee than 375g. Been using an April brewer with their recipe of 200g and this does help with wasting beans which can be costly after a while but my wife and I are getting used to only having 200g cups. Maybe 375g split would be that bad, and making us a cup each on a Saturday morning would be nice. Thanks for the great video!
Gotta say for the longest time I thought this is a stupid brewer to buy. Like I know it's really well made and premium but still it's a glorified French press nonetheless. So I never gave it to much attention and only watched one or two reviews. But you sir, made me think it would make sense to purchase this😂 well done on the review
How do you reinvent the wheel? How do you reinvent the French Press, a minimalist masterpiece of coffee brewing? We all love great design and Douglas Weber, with his background at Apple, designed a beauty but the BIRD is an unnecessarily complicated machine that does not improve on the original French press. The BIRD brews coffee differently than a French Press but not better. There are many coffee enthusiasts who like to geek out on coffee equipment and methods. I'm not one of them. I prefer to keep things simple. For example, I'm astonished at the mods and methods conjured up by users of the Cafelat Robot, which defeats the purpose of the Robot's simplicity. Try as they might too but there still isn't a superior brewer to the Chemex. Certain coffee brewers are classics for a reason. My favorite French Press, one that I've been using for years, is the Alessi 9094, by Aldo Rossi. Generally, Alessi prioritizes frilly design over function but not with the 9094. This French Press is all metal and glass, not a smidgeon of plastic anywhere. Its trump card is that the plunger extends to the bottom of the carafe which stops coffee extraction once the grinds are compacted after pressing. It's brilliant. Also, though not recommended, the flat bottom allows for reheating if necessary which… sssshh, I do from time to time. For me, the Alessi 9094 is an endgame coffee pot.
I love the videos you produce and love that you bring in your wife as the normie POV!
I'd say this brewer as art, craft, and design is the most justifiable positioning of the product, rather than sustainability.
While my Aeropress that cost less than $20 when I bought it years ago is made from plastic, I would be willing to bet the total embodied carbon cost to produce is dramatically lower than the aluminum in the BIRD alone—after the cost of mining, smelting, and further purifying ore to get the aluminum ingot is taken into account.
There's no reason the Aeropress won't last as long, and is realistically more resilient to breaking from handing with almost no points of failure beyond a gasket.
I'm not saying Aeropress > BIRD here, the point is if someone finds the art, craft, and design worth the money, then it IS worth the money, since value/worth are only applicable to each individual person and their circumstances. However, not sure if sustainability and inheritability is really an angle to justify the product—but, of course, those narratives that we tell ourselves certainly carries weight towards tipping the personal scale of value/worth.
I’m looking at my 3-4 year old Wacaco pipamoka which is stainless steel and does the same thing. Much less money but smaller and so more personal, but the Bird is elegant and that has value.
I obsessively followed the drop to get a hold of this guy before they were readily available.
It has been worth every penny for me.
It makes great coffee. Making a cup of coffee in this brewer is always a joy. Every element is thoughtful and designed with intent.
If it’s in your budget I would highly recommend it.
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360 USD for 350ml is insane
I only watched the first 5 minutes. I don't need to hear yet another dissertation on the validity of the existence of Lamborghini. When I can buy a Lamborghini, I'll buy one of these because I'm certain I would enjoy the ownership experience.
What are those white coffee mugs you are using? They look awesome I want to pick up a set.
You agreed with weber's claim that the bird allows people to explore uncharted territories in brewing, your justification for this is that people are using different variables (grind size, steep time, agitation amount, etc) to get different results. The same applies to Aeropress brewing, there is an infinite number of combinations for grind, how long to steep, how often / how much to agitate, how hard to press, blah blah. I have to call you and weber out here and say no, its not opening up anything that an aeropress and especially aeropress XL did not already open up, In fact, I would argue the amount of variables you can get creative with in AP brewing is slightly higher.
You talk about heirloom quality and replacement parts, and I agree that the whole disposable product thing sucks, but I have had the same aeropress for 15 years and it works just fine, I added the XL when it came out (which is overpriced, but less so than this).
I love my BIRD. I’ve always been a fan of French press and to me this was a step up.
When I finally got it in my hands it was clear it’s so much more than just that.
Since Weber has put this product on the market, would it be safe to say that… they're flipping us the Bird?
(I'm sorry)
“I think it’s called a gizmo” you know it’s called the gizmo. Dont act like you don’t.
What white mug is that? looks familiar
Interesting! I will only consider if they replace the glass part for a small price. I have cracked so many French press, ends up with many sets of the metal part, but can never find a glass beaker to match. So have to buy a whole new French press
Is that a TWW mug? It’s my new favorite. Finally a mug small enough!
Biased opinion supported by Weber. Kids.. seriously? What's next mate?
Enjoyed your review. It's no longer $360 and now costs $443.99!
In the spirit of using our money to support a positive social impact, it's worth noting the unfortunate incident with Sprometheus where Weber used an ableist slur in response to a negative review. As a disability rights advocate, that gives me pause when considering where my purchases are made.
Great review!!!
This is roughly the same price as a Fellow Aiden. Why?
It's a french press. Overprice as F.
Stop giving money to those scammers
I need to stop watching your channel. It's costing me too much money!
Tell us about the Anchor Hocking mug. 😍
Of all the machine types, grinders etc you test, what do you actually own and mostly use? I see the la marzocca, cafelat robot and this Weber Bird.
I assume you have a V60 and French press but which are getting the most use, day by day?
What's the recipe you tend to start with when trying new beans? Is there one you find works well with most varieties? I'm fiddling around with 185F, 8 min steep and fairly fine (just a bit coarser than espresso) – it works nicely for light to medium, but had a medium dark roast today and it was on the bitter end. Will do the same but coarser on the next brew to level it off
it is a french press but isolates the grounds going up instead of down. a time waster also when with a french press it is quite easy to push down. i use a knock box with a stainless steel body french press. glass one broke while in suitcase. you may like it as it seems you like overpriced stuff like a linea mini.
I feel that if this was made in the US or Canada using our ressources the price would make more sense.
@daddygotcoffee will you consider doing a follow up with the Key grinder on pour over? Also will you do a review of the lagom p64?