# Fellow Aiden Source: https://dailyextraction.com/methods/fellow-aiden/ Last updated: 2026-10-20 > The Fellow Aiden is a programmable drip coffee maker designed to brew like pour-over. It controls the water temperature through each phase, starts with a bloom, then pours in measured pulses through an adjustable showerhead. It has a single-serve basket and a batch basket for up to 10 cups (1.5 litres), Brew Profiles by roast level, an app, and a cold brew mode. ## At a glance - Grind: Medium (sand) - Water temperature: Set by Brew Profile - Category: Pour-over & Drip (Percolation) - Difficulty: Beginner - Origin: United States - Also known as: Aiden precision coffee maker, Fellow Aiden brewer ## Steps 1. **Choose the basket**: Fit the single-serve basket (with a 2. **Add coffee and water**: Add ground coffee to the filter and water to the tank. 3. **Pick a Brew Profile**: Choose a built-in profile for your roast level, a roaster's profile or your own, or use Instant Brew Mode. 4. **Brew**: Aiden blooms the coffee, then pours in measured pulses, adjusting the temperature through the brew. 5. **Serve**: Remove the basket, which stops dripping when lifted, and serve. The **Fellow Aiden** is a drip coffee maker that tries to **think like a pour-over**. Instead of running a tank of hot water over the coffee in one go, it **blooms** the grounds, then pours in **measured pulses** through an **adjustable showerhead**, changing the **water temperature** for each phase. It has a **single-serve basket** and a **batch basket** for up to **10 cups**, built-in **Brew Profiles**, an app, and a **cold brew** mode that's ready in about **90 minutes**. Here's how it works and what you can set. ## The short version - **Programmable drip** that brews in pour-over stages: bloom, then pulses. - **Temperature control** through each phase of the brew. - **Two baskets**: single cup (#2 cone filter) or up to 10 cups (basket filter). - **Brew Profiles** by roast level, from roasters, or your own. - **Cold brew in about 90 minutes**, with a hot bloom and cooler water. ## How does the Aiden brew? Fellow describes three things it controls: 1. **Temperature.** Aiden controls the water temperature "to the degree" throughout the brew, adjusting it "at key moments to match each phase of extraction". 2. **Bloom and pulses.** It starts with a dedicated **bloom**, then pours in **measured pulses** to guide water through the coffee bed, "preventing harshness and uneven extraction". 3. **Showerhead.** An **adjustable showerhead** spreads water evenly, adapting its coverage for a single cup or a full carafe. You choose a **Brew Profile** on the colour screen: built-in profiles by **roast level**, profiles recommended by roasters, or your own. Coffee Supreme notes an **Instant Brew Mode** that skips the guidance and brews at a single touch. ![Chart of coffee grind sizes from extra fine to extra coarse, with medium highlighted for the Fellow Aiden](https://dailyextraction.com/diagrams/grind-size.svg#medium "A medium grind suits Aiden's batch basket; go a little finer for single cups.") ## What does it come with? | | Fellow Aiden | | --- | --- | | Capacity | Up to 1.5 litres (10 cups) | | Single-serve basket | Standard #2 cone filters | | Batch basket | Standard 8–12 cup basket filters | | Filters included | 15 cone and 15 flat-bottom | | No-drip basket | Stops dripping when removed | | App | iOS and Android: schedule brews, manage profiles, updates | | Warranty | 2 years, extendable | All figures are from Fellow. Fellow also says Aiden is **SCA certified**, meeting the Specialty Coffee Association's benchmarks for water temperature, brewing time and consistency, in line with the **Golden Cup** recommendations. ## Can it make cold brew? Yes, quickly. Aiden's cold brew profile starts with a **hot bloom**, then brews with **cooler water** in a slow drip, ready in about **90 minutes** instead of overnight, Fellow says. You can adjust the profile to make concentrates. It's a different drink from a long-steeped [cold brew](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/cold-brew/), but much faster. ## How does it compare? **Tom's Guide**, reviewing the xBloom Studio, compared the two: it uses the Aiden for **batch brews**, though it can do single doses, and found it accessible for anyone who wants to put in a filter and grounds and come back to a jug of coffee, while still offering custom temperature and brewing settings. That makes it more of an everyday drip machine than a hands-on single-cup brewer like the xBloom. *General guidance only. Follow Fellow's instructions for descaling and cleaning, and unplug the machine before cleaning it.* ## Fellow Aiden vs other methods - **[Automatic drip](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/automatic-drip/):** the wider world of filter coffee machines. - **[Moccamaster](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/moccamaster/):** the classic Dutch drip brewer. - **[Automatic pour-over machine](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/single-cup-pour-over-machine/):** single-cup machines that pour like a barista. - **[SCA-certified home brewers](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/sca-certified-brewer/):** what the SCA certification means. Explore every pour-over method in the [pour-over chapter](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/pour-over/). ## Words used in this guide - [Pour-over](https://dailyextraction.com/glossary/pour-over/): Pour-over is a way of making filter coffee by hand: you pour hot water over ground coffee in a filter cone and let it drip through into a cup or jug. - [Bloom](https://dailyextraction.com/glossary/bloom/): The bloom is the first small pour of water in a brew, usually 2–3 times the weight of the coffee, followed by a 30–45 second pause. - [Roast level](https://dailyextraction.com/glossary/roast-level/): Roast level describes how long and how hot coffee beans were roasted, usually labelled light, medium or dark. - [Extraction](https://dailyextraction.com/glossary/extraction/): Extraction is the process of water dissolving flavour compounds out of ground coffee. - [Specialty coffee](https://dailyextraction.com/glossary/specialty-coffee/): Specialty coffee is high-quality coffee graded at 80 points or more out of 100 by trained tasters using the Specialty Coffee Association's scoring system. - [Coffee concentrate](https://dailyextraction.com/glossary/coffee-concentrate/): A coffee concentrate is coffee brewed much stronger than you would drink it, using less water, and then diluted with water, milk or ice to serve. ## FAQs ### Can the Fellow Aiden brew a single cup? Yes. It comes with a single-serve basket, which takes standard #2 cone filters, and a batch basket for up to 10 cups, which takes 8–12 cup basket filters. ### Is the Fellow Aiden SCA certified? Fellow says Aiden is SCA certified, meeting the Specialty Coffee Association's standards for water temperature, brewing time and consistency. ### Does the Fellow Aiden make cold brew? Yes. Fellow says its cold brew profile uses a hot bloom, then cooler water in a slow drip, and is ready in about 90 minutes rather than overnight. ### Do you need the app? No. Aiden works without it, but Fellow recommends the app for scheduling brews, managing Brew Profiles and firmware updates. ### How much does it hold? Up to 1.5 litres, or 10 cups, according to Fellow. ## Sources - [Aiden precision coffee maker](https://fellowproducts.com/products/aiden-precision-coffee-maker) - [Fellow Aiden precision coffee maker](https://coffeesupreme.com/products/fellow-aiden-precision-coffee-maker) - [xBloom Studio review](https://www.tomsguide.com/home/coffee-makers/xbloom-studio-coffee-maker-review)