UFO V3 02

THE STORY BEHIND IT

The V3 line is built on one decision: open the cone from the 60 degree angle most conical brewers use out to 80 degrees. A wider wall means a shallower bed, and a shallower bed means the depth of the coffee barely moves when the dose does. That is what makes a conical repeatable in the way a flat bottom usually is, without giving up the clarity and acidity people brew conicals for in the first place.

Inside the cone, the wall carries negative channels instead of protruding ribs. The paper seats against a smooth surface rather than clinging to a rib, so airflow stays even and pressure equalizes above and below the brewer. In the 02, that structure sits around a smaller chamber, which is the whole point of this size: the geometry that keeps drawdown stable, on a size that suits the amount of coffee you are actually brewing.

TRITAN, AND WHY THE MATERIAL MATTERS HERE

The body is Tritan, a food safe copolyeste. It is BPA free, it resists warping at boiling temperatures, and it conducts heat far less readily than metal or glass, so the slurry holds its temperature more steadily through the pour. On a smaller dose, where thermal loss shows up faster, that stability does more work than it does at volume.

PRODUCT DETAILS

THE SILICONE BASE

The base of the UFO V3 02 is silicone rather than rigid plastic, so it has some give and sits softly on a server or cup. It detaches easily, which is what makes the hybrid setup below possible.

PERCOLATION OR IMMERSION, FROM ONE BREWER

On its own, it works as a percolation dripper with stable flow. Take the silicone base off and seat the cone on a Hario Switch base, and it becomes a hybrid immersion brewer. In that configuration you can extend contact time, hold water before releasing it, and deliberately push extraction deeper. The geometry that keeps percolation clean also keeps the immersion drawdown controlled once the valve opens.

One brewer, two distinct extraction approaches, without adding complexity to the workflow.