Fellow Aiden

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.

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, 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: the wider world of filter coffee machines.
• Moccamaster: the classic Dutch drip brewer.
• Automatic pour-over machine: single-cup machines that pour like a barista.
• SCA-certified home brewers: what the SCA certification means.

Explore every pour-over method in the pour-over chapter.