So what exactly is the Über Boiler and just how does it benefit our coffee? As the name suggests it’s a boiler- but the difference here is that it’s a precision boiler that let’s you program in the exact temperature that water exits the machine, easily heating and cooling a few degrees as required. Using a boosting system the boiler display gives two readings, the temperature of the water in the boiler and the temperature of the water once it’s reached the tap. When the two readings match up, you get the exact temperature of water exiting the spout, without losing anything in the transfer.

“Some coffee’s need 80degrees for the best flavour profile and some need 92degrees” says Smith, advising that until Über Boiler, methods for measuring water temperature were more time consuming and less accurate. The boiler also has a built in scale, allowing precise measurement of water quantity for each coffee ‘recipe’, ideal if you’re filling a French press or drip filter. The idea is that if you can replicate exactly the amount of water and precise temperature required for each particular coffee recipe, you get a more consistent (read better) cup. The aim of the Über Boiler is to stabilise these variables. And it works the same way for specialty teas.

So yeah, it might only be water, but it just got Über and it’s filling filters this week at Proud Mary.

The Marco Über Boiler Proud Mary, 172 Oxford Street, Collingwood Now until the end of the week

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James Hoffmann