A Criminally Good Coffee Scale - Bookoo Themis Mini

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Can this little scale rival industry standard scales that cost twice as much? Is the price too good to be true? What's the catch with the Bookoo Themis Mini Coffee scale?

In this review we'll test the bookoo on espresso, pour over, look at the internals as well as compare against the Acaia Lunar, Timemore Mini and more!

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0:00 - Book Themis Mini Coffee Scale
0:53 - My Previous “TOP” Reccomenendation
2:08 - Timemore Scales Vs Acaia Lunar
2:46 - Bookoo Enter the Stage
3:36 - A Note on the Acaia Lunar
4:49 - Why I Was A Skeptic
5:40 - First Impressions
5:57 - Form Factor and Size
7:00 - Pour Over??
7:25 - Two Espresso Cups?
8:04 - Modes
8:38 - Lunar Features Comparison
10:17 - Build Quality
10:37 - Internals
11:36 - At Home on My Bar
12:17 - Hot Rod Mode
13:24 - Integrations
14:11 - App Quirks
14:49 - Bookoo Negatives & Considerations
17:51 - My Verdict

[rhenzlemuel]

Would u recommend the Bookoo over the time more?

[MrFlorinAMF]

For the last 2 years my daily driver is a Felicita Arc. It's well built, the battery lasts for 6 months

[jonathangeiger]

Fuego scales from AliExpress are awesome

[Mr.Randy]

Greater Goods scale, I love it! I bought it for coffee but also use it for everything.

[AcachBbzzbh]

Your videos are always so helpful, thank you!

[stefan]

Yeah, it's nice to have, but donno man, price is still crazy. The thing is that it's a really nice product, but it doesn't really help making better coffee.

For espresso i use a scale advertised for jewels (similar to Weightman), price starts at 3$, 0.1g acc, very accurate, instant response, no timer (no problem), feels kinda flimsy but i have this one for a few years now.
For PO, the square one from the left at 1:53, does the job, it was 15$, also a few years old (though not instant response = not great for espresso, but good enough for PO).

The feeling of not caring if it gets broken, lost or whatever, is greater (*for me) than using an expensive much nicer product, but with the anxiety of braking it, losing or whatever.

Also saying Acaia Lunar buyers ends up loving them is kinda dabatable (i'm sure some do), but at that exorbitant price comes ego investing, you won't hear many saying "that was expensive af, i don't know what i was thinking".

[julianasalleh]

How does this compare with the Varia Aku?

[raymurakawa]

Would be great if brew ratio became a standard on all coffee scales screens. IMO flow rate is less useful for most people on screen vs how much to pour per pulse or tracking the target ratio for spro.

[michaeldriggers]

My $30 IKAPE scale from Amazon works really well.

[mdadilansari]

This video was amazing, learned a lot.

[DClaville]

those tiny USB C plugs are brilliant and super cheap i bought a bag with 50 for the equivalent of 5USD. what we really need in the scale game is physical buttons touch and things that can make water droplets is about 600% annoying at exactly the worst times.

[kevinstampe]

Ever tried Felicita Arc? Very nice, build is comparable to Acaia Lunar. Also waterproof. The scale is a bit bigger, so it comfortable fits 2 cups. I love it for my espresso setup, and is still a bluetooth scale.

[andrewzach]

Seems like a well made thing. Thanks for the video

[factoryguy]

Very helpful! Thanks for the detailed review.

[newfguy]

How about a video about gooseneck kettles examining quality of build, durability and customer service? My Fellow Stagg EKG base broke after two months and Fellow warranty service response has been glacially slow. I would never buy it again

[typester]

Hey! Is there a way to turn off the beeping sounds? They feel kind of cheap to me.

[yonkocommander]

14:00 it connects with the Gaggiuino project too

[SONIYAKUMARI-tr]

This was very informative, appreciate it.

[gd]

The case for the lunar costs more than regular people’s coffee setups lol!

[michaelhamilton]

Got the scale and pressure sensor which I installed in BDB with Slayer modification. $200 investment for these toys. Using an accurate scale has helped get more consistent shots. Bluetooth and pressure sensor are really a bit overkill tech since the BDB has a perfectly good pressure indicator and timer.
As noted, the software application is good but has a few bugs with connectivity.