Aiden

Their Aiden makes single-serve coffee very close to pour-over, which their Moccamaster rarely approached.

“My Aiden makes single serve coffee that is really close to my pour over.”

Just got their Aiden and loves the coffee it brews, coming from a Moccamaster.

“I just got mine a couple of days ago and love the coffee brewed from it.”

Swapped a Breville brewer for the Aiden because its tiny showerhead didn't saturate grounds well with basket filters.

“I had the Breville and gave it up for the Fellow Aiden.”

Their Aiden has been problematic from day one, needing factory resets and repeated app reinstalls.

“The Aiden I purchased has been problematic from day one.”

Loves their Aiden and its coffee, though the carafe doesn't hold heat.

“I love my Fellow Aiden! Coffee is so good.”

Likes their Aiden enough to buy a v2; it makes amazing single-cup coffee without faff for a parent of young kids.

“I like my Aiden enough that I wouldn’t hesitate to buy a v2 and gift this one to a friend. Despite its few flaws it’s been so so great to have amazing single cup coffee without any faff.”

A 17-year coffee industry person who says the Aiden makes the best cup they've had from a consumer machine.

“The Aiden makes by far the best cup of coffee I've had out of a consumer level machine.”

Loves their Aiden after tiring of inconsistent pour-overs; it beat their V60, Pulsar and Chemex.

“Just got a Aiden and love it , got tired chasing the dragon on getting my pour over consistent.”

Their new Aiden makes a solid cup of coffee, with a batch way better than their same-morning manual pour-over.

“I just set up and used my new Fellow Aiden. This thing makes a SOLID cup of coffee.”

Owns both an Aiden and an xBloom and has all but stopped using the xBloom except as a scale.

“I have both the Aiden and the xBloom. I’ve all but stopped using my xBloom except for as a scale for the Aiden.”

Their Aiden has not been buggy at all and makes outstanding pour-overs.

“It has not been buggy whatsoever. Makes outstanding pourovers.”

Has used their Aiden on a schedule since October and it hasn't been buggy.

“The Aiden has not been buggy. I’ve been using it since the beginning of October with a schedule and it’s been great.”

Eight months in daily use their Aiden has had no issues with basic care.

“I’ve had my Aiden for 8 months and I don’t have these issues.”

Has had an Aiden since launch with no issues.

“I have had an Aiden since launch and have had no issue”

Bought the Aiden to match their equipment and found it a letdown next to their reliable 8-year-old Breville brewer.

“bought the Aiden to match the rest of my equipment but what a letdown”

Found their very insulated Aiden gave much better cups after dropping to lower-temperature brew profiles.

“Worth noting that the Aiden is very insulated and I’ve been reading posts about brew profiles with lower temps than what come stock and I’ve had instant success—much better cups than inwas getting before.”

A Fellow coffee team member who notes the Aiden brews hot and traps heat, so they drop the temperature for lighter roasts.

“Aiden brews hot. I mean it really traps in heat - so even with lighter roasts (unless they’re Nordic / like ultra light) I drop the temp 5-1”

Bought an Aiden so their fiancé can have a good cup without the morning faff, and enjoys its brews too.

“I bought an Aiden for my fiancé to have a good cup without the faff of it in the morning.”

Their Aiden makes delicious coffee on the medium roast profile, but day-to-day use is somewhat glitchy, such as falsely asking for water.

“I've got an Aiden, which makes delicious coffee. I only use the medium roast built-in profile. I find the day-to-day usage somewhat glitchy.”

Finds the Aiden's physical dial hard to use, with shaky app connectivity and sluggish hardware.

“I've got an Aiden, I don't think you'll get on with the physical dial and you can't start a brew from the app (the connectivity is shaky at best anyway”

Has an Aiden at home and another machine at work and says it brews so well.

“This is arguably my favorite Machine I have it for work and my Aiden for home. Brews so well!”

Uses an Aiden every day because it solved their inconsistency, showing their palate varied more than their brewing.

“I use an Aiden every day because I was also having issues with consistency.”

Says the Aiden is seriously great and works well even for a single cup with its two baskets.

“Aiden is seriously great, I love it.”

Bought an Aiden and an xBloom Studio and returned the Aiden because its flavours were less sharp and its dial was awkward.

“i bought both and returned the Aiden.”

Barely uses their Aiden since getting an xBloom, only for large quantities, which it does better than anything else.

“I don’t use my Aiden much since getting the xbloom studio. Only when I have company and need to brew a large quantity”

Had a terrible experience with the Aiden and returned both it and an Ode 2.

“I had a terrible experience with the Fellow Aiden and ended up returning both the Aiden and the Ode 2”

Just bought an Aiden and the cups are incredible, enough that they're considering selling their Stagg and manual brewers.

“Just bought an Aiden; and the cups I’m getting are incredible, honestly considering selling my Stagg & manual brewers”

Can make a better pour-over by hand but bought an Aiden for the office and now has a second at home out of laziness.

“I can make a better pour over by hand, sure.”

Three weeks into their Aiden they've stored away all other brewing gear, calling it the most flexible, capable, satisfying brewer in decades.

“I've had an Aiden for 3 weeks and all my other brewing equipment is stored away. Easily the most flexible, capable, satisfying brewer”

After 20 years of daily V60s, they are so happy to have an Aiden at home.

“I've been brewing v60s daily for 20 years, and I'm SO happy to have my Aiden at home.”

Owns a Moccamaster and says the Aiden definitely makes an improved cup over it.

“I have a Moccamaster as well, and the Aiden can DEFINITELY make an improved cup over that.”

Used an xBloom with their own beans and would recommend an Aiden with a separate grinder instead.

“I used xBloom exclusively with my own beans. I would recommend Aiden with grinder over xBloom.”

Hit the one-year mark with their Aiden and it has been great.

“Just wanted to check in with y’all, I hit the 1 year anniversary with my Fellow Aiden and it’s been great!”

They and their wife love the Aiden, which makes a perfect cup every time compared to their pour-overs.

“I have the Aiden and my wife and I are loving it. Makes a perfect cup every time compared to my own pour overs”

Pleased with their Aiden so far, noting the carafe pours without drips.

“I haven't used the Ratio 6, but I do have an Aiden and have been pleased with it so far. The pour on the carafe has been great for me”

Upgraded from a Ratio 6 to the Aiden after three years and hasn't looked back: better workflow and consistently excellent coffee.

“I had the Ratio 6 for 3yrs. I upgraded to the Aiden and haven't looked back. Such better workflow. And most importantly...consistently excellent tasting coffee.”

Regularly batch brews 75g in their Aiden without the overflow problem others report.

“I regularly batch brew 75g of coffee in my Aiden and never have experienced this.”

Has an Aiden and loves it, though it can make poor coffee with a poor grinder or beans.

“I have one. Similar life reqs. I love it.”

Uses their Aiden with small magnets on the basket sensor to brew in a handleless V60.

“Pro tip you can get tiny magnets”

Has had a Ratio Eight for years and just got an Aiden, noting its plastic build is worse than the Ratio's metal and wood.

“I’ve had the Ratio 8 for a few years and just got the Aiden.”

Spent two weeks trying to make a decent cup on their Aiden despite changing grind size on an Opus.

“So for the past 2 weeks I have been trying to make a decent cup of coffee with the fellow aiden machine”

An early adopter who loves their Aiden, brewing around 210-250g of coffee a week.

“I too really love my Aiden. I was an early adopter”

Their Aiden arrived with an 'add water' error despite a full tank and eventually stopped detecting water altogether.

“On arrival my aiden had an issue with detecting water - add water error. But, the tank was full. Taking the tank out and replacing it fixed it in the moment. However, it now has fully stopped detecting wate”

Has only good things to say about the Aiden, which lets them dial in the process with total consistency.

“I can’t speak to the xBloom, but I have only good to say about the Aiden. I am/was a pour over purist, but the Aiden lets you dial in the process so perfectly with total consistency”

Timed their manual pour-over setup at 8:33 total when comparing automated brewing to the Aiden.

“I was reading through the Aiden Review Post comments and saw a discussion about pour over total time from boiling water to finishing clean up and decided to time mine.”

Returned their Aiden: even with Fellow's custom profiles and Pietro-ground beans, an xBloom on an auto profile beat it.

“Even on coffees deigned for the Aiden with custom profiles from Fellow for the specific coffee and using my $500 Pietro to grind the beans in the Aiden - the xBloom smoked it”

With 10+ years of pour-over experience, they find the Aiden very consistent, matching their good-day results.

“have also found the Aiden to be really consistent and to produce results which I only achieve on a good day.”

Finds the Aiden versatile and easy to dial in; everything they brew on it tastes consistently better than their V60.

“Aiden is very versatile and fairly easy to dial in. I brew pretty much everything on it and it tastes consistently better than my V60.”

Uses a Fellow Aiden as a main driver for pour-over.

“My main drivers for coffee are a Fellow Aiden for pourover”

A dad of three under five, they bought the Aiden to give time back from pour-overs and espresso.

“I bought Aiden to give me time back.”

Just got their Aiden and thinks it is the most well thought-out brewer they've ever seen.

“I just got my Aiden today and IMO it is the most well thought out brewer I have ever seen.”

Their Aiden draws exactly the water amount they specify from the tank.

“My Aiden appears to draw from the water tank exactly the amount I specify in the menu.”

Loved their OXO's one-button simplicity but finds the Aiden lets them control bloom and pulse temperature and rate.

“I loved my Oxo. Great machine, super easy, one button great cup. Aiden there’s so much you can do.”

Could not be happier with their Aiden; the schedule function works and the coffee is amazing.

“I got the Aiden and could not be happier. Schedule function works amazing provided I’m not too lazy to set it up the night before lol. Great machine and makes an amazing cup of coffee.”

They stopped using their Aiden because they find its coffee watery.

“Stopped using the Aiden as I don't like thea like watery coffee.”

They enjoy simple brews from their Aiden on one profile.

“I drop some beans in my Aiden, always run the same profile, and enjoy it.”

They settled on their Aiden for daily coffee.

“I’ve basically peaked in my caring about pourovers after just settling on Aiden”

A Fellow firmware update disabled a failing part on their Aiden after they fixed it.

“But then they intentionally broke my Aiden, right after I had fixed it.”

The Aiden they set up for their mom has great build quality and an easy guided UI.

“I used it for a few days around Christmas and the build quality was great.”

With a baby at home they use their Aiden more often than not for its simplicity.

“I use an Aiden more often than not (with a 7 month old, simplicity and time are important)”

They prefer their Fellow Aiden to the Moccamaster they bought for the office.

“It makes good coffee. I prefer my Fellow Aiden.”

They are on their third Aiden, which has tempted them toward a Moccamaster.

“As someone on my 3rd aidan I had been tempted by the moccamaster”

They love their new Aiden, which is much better than their old Sage Precision and does single cups and batches.

“I just bought one and I love it.”

Their Aiden, owned since launch, is awesome and makes great small or large batches.

“I’ve had the Fellow Aiden since it came out and it is an awesome machine. Makes great coffee and will make small or large batches.”

They kept their Aiden because it makes experimenting with recipes and beans easy.

“I decided that I preferred to keep making filter coffee with my Fellow Aiden where I could easily experiment with different brew recipes”

They replaced a 10-year-old Moccamaster with a Fellow Aiden and couldn't be happier.

“Replaced both with Fellow Aiden and Fellow Ode Gen2. Couldn’t be happier.”

A year with their Aiden has changed how they see coffee and had no mechanical issues, though the screen navigation is clunky.

“The machine itself has changed how I view coffee entirely.”

They love their Aiden's scheduled brews and cup quality, with zero regrets apart from the round screen.

“I love my Aiden, it has streamlined my morning cup so much and produces such a high quality cup I almost never find myself reaching for my chemex/v60.”

Both their Aiden and its replacement threw 'Add water' errors within weeks.

“Made great coffee for 3 weeks and then the “Add water” message popped up (when the tank was full).”

No issues yet with their newer-model Aiden with the mesh screen.

“That’s what I have and no issues yet.”

Their new Aiden uses a little water then stops completely.

“am having issues of it only using a little water and then stopping completely.”

They love their Aiden, which makes great coffee from 300ml to 1300ml+ and cold brew.

“I love ours. I replaced the Breville Precision Brewer (a fine coffee maker) with it. Makes great coffee from 300 ml to 1300+ ml.”

Their Aiden makes incredible coffee but leaked from its seams and had to be replaced.

“It makes an incredible tasting cup....pretty much equal to the pour overs I would make with my EKG kettle.”

They love their new Aiden for single cups and batches, though the carafe doesn't keep coffee warm.

“I just bought one and love it.”

Their Aiden makes the best cold brew they've had.

“This is the best cold brew”

They absolutely love their Aiden over pour over and AeroPress.

“I got an Aiden and absolutely love it.”

Their Aiden's small doses worked well right away, but batch settings needed lower temps and pulses.

“I struggled with the batch settings too,** although the smaller doses worked amazingly well right away.”

Their launch-batch Aiden has worked great with only one-off hiccups.

“I have a Gen 1 Aiden which was also a tad risky to buy into, but my model has worked great since launch.”

They love their Aiden's customization and couldn't go back to their Moccamaster.

“I don't think I could go back to the Moccamaster now, because I like having these options with the Aiden.”

They are loving their Aiden with an Ode 2.

“Loving my Aiden and Ode 2 (stock burrs).”

Their Aiden is great when working but has mostly been broken.

“the Aiden is really great when it’s not broken. Unfortunately my Aiden has been broken mostly.”

Their new Aiden does a great job with light-roast single cups at work.

“I prefer light roast typically and it does a great job. Love it so far.”

Their Fellow Aiden hit the 'add water' error twice, the basket handle broke, and support is a chatbot loop; flimsy plastic parts and poor reliability for the price.

“I was very excited about this coffee maker, was all in on precision controls, temperature, timing, all that, but none of that matters when they don’t even have basic reliability.”

Nine flawless months with their Aiden and little maintenance, though build quality is not great.

“I’ve had my Aiden for 9 months now and it’s been flawless.”

They love their Aiden after 200+ brews; one water error was fixed with a reset and descale.

“I am about 9 months in as well - absolutely love the Aiden.”

No issues with their Aiden after 8 months of daily use.

“No issues at all about 8 months in using it at least once a day, sometimes more.”

Over a year with no issues on their Aiden despite London hard water; descaling worked perfectly.

“I’ve had mine for over a year now and had no issues at all — I love it.”

No issues with their Aiden after about a year without descaling.

“I havent had any issues and its been about a year.”

Their Aiden threw the 'add water' error within a year and Fellow refused support because it was bought on eBay.

“I too had a similar experience and received the "add water" error over the weekend.”

The drip knob on their Aiden broke twice in a year and corroded bits now fall into the carafe.

“I've had my Aiden for just over a year and the drip knob has already broken twice.”

They love their Aiden after a year of near-daily use; an early water/scaling issue was handled by helpful support.

“have been using mine almost daily for a year, and love it.”

Their three-week-old Aiden makes great coffee but its app notifications don't work and support is slow.

“It makes great coffee, but the online features are terrible.”

Wishes they had bought a Moccamaster instead of their Fellow Aiden, which suits people who want app control and profiles.

“I have a Fellow Aidan and wish I would gone with the minimalist Moccamaster.”

Their Aiden made a great cup but they returned it after the shower head and brew basket kept rusting through.

“I had to return mine after the shower head and brew basket kept rusting through”

Took a while to learn, but their Aiden has been a workhorse since launch with only one factory reset.

“once I got my profiles dialed, it’s been a workhorse for me. I’ve only had to factory reset it once since its debut.”

Of the drip brewers they've owned the Aiden is their favorite: plasticky, but as good for batches and far better for single cups and tweaking.

“Despite being very plasticky, the Aiden is probably my favorite.”

Their Aiden recipe is great every time.

“Definitely Aiden, my go to recipe uses a 70ºC Samo bloom and it's great every time.”

Loves their Aiden for one-cup or full-carafe brewing with saved profiles.

“Being able to do one cup or a whole carafe is very good for when I have family over.”

Blown away by their Aiden's cup quality and programmability; better than their Moccamaster and every other brewer they own.

“Was blown away by the quality of the cup and ability to program based on the specific coffee.”

After ten years with a Moccamaster they find their Fellow Aiden better, rivaling their Chemex.

“I had a Moccamaster for ten years and used to think that. It is a great machine. But then I got a Fellow Aiden and I have to stay it’s better.”

Swapped a Moccamaster for a Fellow Aiden and gets much nicer light-roast brews with tailored profiles.

“Ive made much nicer brews with Aiden than the moccamaster for my tastes.”

About 18 months with their Aiden after a Moccamaster: night and day better, with lower-temperature profiles per roaster.

“I replaced a Moccamaster with the Aiden and it is honestly night and day”

Massive regrets: their Aiden bricked with the add-water error after 18 months and Fellow refused warranty outside the US and Canada.

“I just hit the dreaded, well-documented and seemingly inevitable "add water" error after 18 months.”

Loves their Aiden so much they switched from espresso to drip.

“Love it. Used to drink espresso now it’s drip from my Aiden.”

Their Aiden's build is subpar for the price, but it makes the best coffee of any brewer they've had, even single cups.

“I think the quality of it overall is subpar for the price. However, it makes the best coffee of any coffee maker I’ve ever had”

Their preordered Aiden has been doing great: tasty coffee, easy to use and tweak, only a clunky Wi-Fi change.

“I preordered mine, it’s been doing great. No real issues (just a clunky process to change WiFi networks).”

Recommends their two-year-old Aiden: looks like new, very consistent and precise; one factory reset after a year.

“Despite the “plastic”, it looks the same as the day I bought it. Very consistent and precise.”

Really loving their new Fellow Aiden with none of the early issues; pretty incredible.

“I’m really loving my new Fellow Aiden. I don’t experience any of the issues”

Their Fellow Aiden is super quick and easy before work.

“I have a fellow Aiden for pour over/drip that I’ll have before work, it’s super quick and easy.”

Happy with the Fellow Aiden as their default brewer.

“I'm now happy with Aiden as my default brewer”

Their Fellow Aiden stopped working after two months and Fellow didn't respond; the retailer exchanged it.

“I have one that I’ve used for only two months. It was nice while it was working but now it’s not functioning”

Their Fellow Aiden broke after 8 months and customer service would not replace it (bought via a reseller); they switched to a Moccamaster.

“my fellow Aiden coffee maker just broke after 8 months of use, and customer service has basically told me I am shit out of luck to get it replaced.”

Having owned Bonavitas, two OXOs and a Technivorm KBGT, they find the Fellow Aiden best for single cups and batches by far; longevity issues exist but support is good.

“There are longevity issues with it, but support is good if there are problems.”

Zero issues with their Fellow Aiden.

“I have the Fellow Aiden and Ode Gen 2 and have had zero issues.”

Two years with their Fellow Aiden, a few problems, but they love it and prefer it to their Moccamaster.

“I've had it for two years with a few problems, but I love it!”

Their Fellow Aiden felt thin, had a fussy UI, stopped working with errors that descaling couldn't fix, and support was unhelpful.

“tldr: I strongly recommend you do not purchase a Fellow Aiden.”

Has had their Fellow Aiden since launch and loves it.

“I’ve had my Aiden since launch and I love it.”

A year and a half with their Aiden; a display issue was fixed by support within a week.

“I’ve had my Aiden for a year and a half. I did have an issue with the display but CS had me a new one within a week.”

Their Aiden is their daily brewer; a minor shower screen problem was quickly fixed by Fellow.

“I had a minor problem with the shower screen. Upon contacting Fellow. The problem was quickly taken care.”

Their Fellow Aiden consistently rivals their V60 pour overs with great pulse brewing and a well-designed carafe; build quality is average.

“this is the first Brewer that consistently regularly competes with my pour overs and in some cases exceeds.”

Finds their new Fellow Aiden way better than their manual pour-over; the cone filter limits it to three cups, but the large basket is nearly as good.

“Dude I find it way better.”

Bought a Fellow Aiden in September with no regrets; many of their best cups of the year came after getting it.

“Bought the Aiden in early September. No regrets. Most of the best cups I’ve had all year were in September after the Aiden.”

First impressions of a new Fellow Aiden: doesn't love the plastic feel and had connection hiccups at setup, but likes the look and the programmable brew profiles.

“Don’t love all the plastic and the overall feel of it, but like the look of it more than I expected. Initial setup had a few connection hiccups”

Their Aiden made great coffee until the plastic shower head lid cracked; the warranty refurb won't connect to the app and support has been terrible.

“It makes great coffee while it works. Had the shower head lid crack on mine because it’s all cheap plastic.”

On their third Fellow Aiden; the showerhead's thin plastic ring disintegrated and they plan an xBloom when this unit dies.

“I also had the showerhead disintegrate btw. Very thin plastic on that ring thats constantly heat cycling.”

Their daily-driver Aiden is flimsy, gets wobblier and has persistent firmware and app issues, but makes wonderful, highly customizable coffee once learned.

“It is flimsy, it becomes more wobbly over time and the firmware/app issues are persistent.”

Uses a Fellow Aiden instead of manual pour-over and finds it wonderful for an easy routine.

“So the Aiden is wonderful for lazy people like me.”

Uses a Fellow Aiden with an Ode Gen 2 and has zero regrets.

“Another vote for fellow Aiden, I’ve combined it with a fellow ode gen 2 grinder and have zero regrets”