Timemore Crystal Eye Turbo

Equipment notes

Timemore is a coffee equipment brand that started in Shanghai in 2012 and made its name with grinders and scales. The Crystal Eye Turbo is an upgraded version of the Crystal Eye cone, known for ribs resembling the facets of a cut gem, redesigned around speed. It keeps the grammar of dividing the inner wall into three zones for seal, flow, and coffee, but stretches the vertical channels longer and adds cross-arranged ribs on the base to enlarge the air paths. Gaps under the lip and at the bottom of the filter assist airflow, preventing late-stage stalling and over-extraction, and the maker says this structure raises the flow rate by up to about 20%. The light, break-resistant PCTG resin body follows the 60-degree cone standard, so V60-family filters fit as they are. Grinding slightly finer than for a standard cone balances out the fast drawdown, and since the flow runs open, controlling extraction through pour speed and the number of pours suits it well. It is a dripper for anyone who wants a clean cup brewed quickly with a brisk, stall-free drawdown.

Filters that fit

• Cafec Abaca 01Compatible
• Cafec Abaca 01 (Light Roast)Compatible
• Cafec Abaca 01 (Medium-Dark Roast)Compatible
• Cafec Abaca+ 01Compatible
• Hario V60 01 TabbedCompatible
• Hario V60 01 Tabbed (Natural)Compatible
• HIFLUX Folding V 01Compatible
• Kinto SCS Cotton Paper 02Compatible
• Origami Cone SCompatible
• Sibarist B3 Cone SCompatible
• Sibarist FAST Cone SCompatible
• unfilter Basic 01Compatible