The man behind Melodrip, Ray Murakawa, left a career in video game development to tackle one of the biggest headaches in manual coffee brewing: inconsistent pouring technique. Applying his analytical mind to coffee, Ray spent years experimenting with 'low-agitation' brewing with the hopes of maximising flavour clarity and sweetness. In 2018, he launched a Kickstarter campaign for the culmination of that research: the Melodrip Pour-Over Coffee Tool. Following its successful launch, the Melodrip has excited home and competition brewers alike.

The Melodrip is a dispersion dish made of clear, BPA-free Tritan plastic that controls agitation for pour-over coffee brewing. Held directly above your brewer, it acts as a diffusion screen, tempering the physical force of a bare kettle's stream to prevent an uneven flow of water through the coffee bed. Featuring 31 micro-spouts and a unique internal architecture, the Melodrip limits incidental turbulence to deliver a smooth, repeatable pour. By engineering the Melodrip to moderate agitation, Ray believes brewers can achieve more optimal filter extractions regardless of pouring technique. With the Melodrip, you don't need to travel with a gooseneck kettle; simply use a standard kettle and allow the device to gently moderate the stream.

About the Melodrip Pour-Over Tool

Unlike other coffee tools, the Melodrip doesn't alter chemical variables like water temperature, composition, or brew ratio. Instead, it targets mechanical variables, specifically particle behaviour and filtration efficiency over time. The Melodrip's extensively tested dispersion mechanism creates a gentle rain that keeps the coffee bed stable. By minimising agitation during the later stages of your brew, it helps avoid bitterness and astringency.

How to use the Melodrip Pour-Over Tool

Since the Melodrip catches your water and breaks it into a gentle shower, the velocity and precision of your pour are less impactful, effectively reducing the need for a gooseneck kettle for those who don't have one, or improving the latter stages of a brew for those who already do.

Choose your recipe and begin by blooming your coffee with a direct, bare-kettle pour. This initial step extracts the most soluble flavours before you switch to the Melodrip. During the bloom, gently stir the slurry with the included glass stick to ensure even saturation.

After blooming, hold the Melodrip just above the water level and slowly pour over the dish according to your recipe. For the remaining pours, gradually move the Melodrip in a circular motion around the circumference of your brewer. This ensures the water is distributed evenly until you reach your target brew volume.

Pair the Melodrip with your favourite pour-over brewer at home, or browse our pour-over collection.

Melodrip Pour-Over Tool features

• Assists pour-over technique
• Compatible with all pour-over brewers, including AeroPress
• Diffuses water streams
• Reduces water turbulence
• Engineered from clear, BPA-free Tritan
• Stainless steel handle with textured grip
• Includes glass stirrer

Melodrip Pour-Over Tool specifications

• Dimensions:
• Melodrip: H 140 x W 51 mm
• Glass stirrer: 6 x 150mm
• Box: 165 x 115 x 65 mm
• Materials:
• Melodrip: stainless steel, Tritan
• Glass stirrer: borosilicate glass
• Weights:
• Gross: 400g
• Melodrip: ~55g
• Glass stirrer: ~12g