Gabi Master Dripper

The Gabi Master A is a pour-over dripper from South Korea, designed by Glowbeans, that pours for you. On top of a flat-bottomed dripper sits a water bottle with a shower-head spout. You pour all the hot water into the bottle in one go, and the spout breaks it into many small drops spread evenly over the coffee, a little like a slow, careful pour-over done by the brewer. You don’t need a gooseneck kettle or any pouring technique. Here’s how to use one.

The short version

• A dripper with a water bottle and shower-head spout on top.
• Pour all the water in at once; the spout drips it evenly.
• About 15 g of medium coffee to 150 ml of hot water.
• About 3 minutes to drip through.
• Size 155 wave filters, the same as a Kalita Wave’s.

How does the Gabi Master work?

It comes as four light plastic parts: a water bottle, a shower-head spout, the dripper and a stand that lets it sit on cups it wouldn’t otherwise fit. The bottle holds 150 ml, and the water flows slowly from it into the spout, which retailers say has 16 holes that spread it in drops over the coffee. The coffee sits in a flat-bottomed wave filter, so it extracts evenly. The result is a steady, gentle, even pour without any skill. Bonanza Coffee lists it at 140 × 140 × 120 mm.

How much coffee and water should I use?

	Amount
Coffee	About 15 g, medium
Water	About 150 ml, hot
Ratio	About 1:10, quite strong
Time	About 3 minutes

That’s the recipe retailers give, and 150 ml is exactly one fill of the bottle. INeedCoffee’s reviewer preferred his own recipe: about 20 g for roughly 300 ml (about 1:15), filling the bottle twice with water at about 93°C (200°F). He also found the included scoop, marked 15 g, held only about 6–7 g, so weigh your coffee.

What grind size should I use?

Medium, as for a flat-bottomed dripper. If it drips through quickly and tastes thin, go finer; if it takes much longer than 3 minutes and tastes bitter, go coarser.

How do you use the Gabi Master, step by step?

1. Set it on your cup, fit a size 155 wave filter and rinse it.
2. Add about 15 g of medium coffee, weighed.
3. Fit the spout and the water bottle.
4. Pour about 150 ml of hot water into the bottle.
5. Wait about 3 minutes, then lift it off.

Brew mode on this page times the drip for you.

Master A vs Master B

The Master A is the complete dripper, with the spout and water bottle. The Master B is a separate water disperser that sits on top of other drippers: Coffee Chronicler used Gabi shower screens on top of a Tricolate. Some listings mix the two up, so check which one you’re buying.

Gabi vs other easy brewers

	Gabi Master A	Tricolate	Drip bag
Water spread	Shower-head spout	Dispersion screen	Your pouring
Pour	All at once into the bottle	All at once onto the screen	In stages
Gooseneck needed	No	No	No
Coffee	Your own, ground fresh	Your own	Pre-ground, in the bag

General guidance only. Take care with hot water, and make sure the dripper sits steadily on your cup before filling the bottle.

Gabi vs other methods

• Kalita Wave: a flat-bottomed dripper with wave filters, poured by hand.
• Tricolate: another brewer that spreads the water for you.
• NextLevel Pulsar: a no-bypass dripper with a dispersion cap.
• V60: the classic cone, for full control.

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