I just got my Fellow Aiden set up today and brewed my first real cup with it. I used Black & White “The Natural,” ground fresh on a Rancilio Rocky, weighed 18 g of coffee, rinsed the filter, and brewed a 10 oz single cup using the JBC Twisted V.9 profile because it seemed like the closest match available.
I’ll be honest: I was skeptical that an automatic machine was going to get anywhere close to a good pour-over. But this was hands-down the best cup of machine-brewed coffee I’ve ever had.
The cup was clean, fruit-forward, and surprisingly balanced. If I had one minor tasting note, it was just a hint sour / slightly under-extracted, so next time I’m going to go a little finer on the grind. But for a first cup, I was genuinely impressed.
Setup was a little fiddly, especially getting the app connected to Wi-Fi, but once that was done, the actual brewing process was easy. It felt like I got most of the control and precision I’d want from manual brewing without standing there babysitting the pour.
Expensive? Definitely. But after one cup, I get why people are excited about this thing.