After testing the real product, I found that the wait was worth it. The real product is very textured! Goat Story once raised more than 400,000 US dollars on a well-known foreign crowdfunding website with its Goat Mug, attracting tens of thousands of people to participate in the crowdfunding. Because it was so popular, many counterfeits even appeared on the market.

The original team created a crowdfunding whirlwind again, successfully attracting more than 2,000 people on the crowdfunding website and raising up to US$500,000. ​Gina's exquisite appearance and simple design attracted me at first. In addition to its multiple brewing functions, it also has the function of beautiful decoration.

However, Gina is not just an idol, but also has considerable strength. It can have a fool-proof brewing mode, and you can also adjust the valve of the filter cup during the brewing stage to make the flavor have more different expressions. In addition, it can also have an ice drip function, and the flow rate can be adjusted through a simple control knob. It has a built-in accurate and real-time electronic scale, and the powder-water ratio can be automatically calculated through the mobile phone application, and there are also brewing instructions. Founder Anze Miklavec talked about the advantages of Gina. She is suitable for both coffee beginners and professional coffee people. People who are just starting to get in touch with coffee can use the mobile phone application to brew a good cup of coffee step by step, while experienced coffee players can use Gina's switchable valve and ice drip module to achieve the experimental spirit of different brewing techniques.

The moment I got it in my hand, I was surprised by the size of the package. It is 50 cm high and 20 cm long and wide. It is almost as tall as the Australian multi-functional coffee brewing device Trinity One Coffee Maker, which is also a crowdfunding miracle, and it also has a certain weight.

After opening, you can feel their sincerity and care in protecting the product from the thick shock-absorbing foam and exquisite packaging. From the photos, you can see that because it is made of glass and ceramic, each accessory is separated and protected.

▪Stainless steel Gina body stand with built-in electronic scale, heat-resistant and water-proof panel on the electronic scale

▪Removable ceramic cone filter cup with ceramic cover

▪ 750ml heat-resistant glass lower pot

▪50ml glass bottle module and metal filter for ice drops

▪Small round filter paper used for ice drops

▪Conical filter paper for hand filter

▪Charging cable

Since what I got is a test version, the actual content will depend on the official release.

The measured overall weight is 1.9 kg and the total height is 34.5 cm. Since the space under the pot is wider and higher, it visually looks larger than other hand brewing devices.

The detachable ceramic cone filter cup comes with a ceramic top cover. Due to its size and ceramic material, it is quite heavy to hold.

There is a finely crafted knob under the filter cup, which pays great attention to details. The valve can adjust the opening size of the bottom of the filter cup.

The built-in Bluetooth electronic scale is highly accurate and sensitive, but unfortunately it is not detachable, so the total weight is calculated on the scale, not the weight of the coffee liquid. The top is a heat-resistant and splash-proof panel, which can be charged via USB, eliminating the trouble of changing batteries. Compared to many coffee brewing equipment that cost nearly 10,000 yuan on the crowdfunding site, the Gina with a built-in Bluetooth electronic scale is really a good deal. Three main brewing modes

1. Pour Over Traditional Hand-Poured Foaming Style

2. Immersion is like a smart filter or French press.

3. Cold Drip

1. Pour Over Traditional hand-poured foaming style

▪Open the Gina APP on your phone,

Bluetooth connection Gina,

Select Pour Over mode

▪Prepare hot water, the recommended temperature is 90-92 degrees, coffee beans, filter paper, and grinder

▪Choose the coffee powder to water ratio. The higher the coffee powder to water ratio, the weaker the coffee concentration. It is recommended to start with 1:13~15

▪Pour the coffee beans into the filter cup and weigh it. The APP will show the recommended amount of water.

▪Pour the coffee beans into the grinder and use medium grinding first

▪Turn the valve open

▪Put the filter paper into the filter cup and wet it with hot water first to remove the taste on the filter paper. You can also preheat the filter cup and the lower pot. Remember to pour out the preheated water in the lower pot.

▪Add coffee powder. During the steaming stage, you can use twice the amount of water as the coffee powder (reference value). You can also use the knob to adjust the amount of water.

▪Close the filter cup to allow the coffee powder to be fully soaked and steamed

▪After steaming, add the required amount of water to complete a cup of hand-brewed filter coffee

Add desired amount of ground coffee.

The phone can instantly display the weight of coffee in grams and can also help you calculate the coffee powder-to-water ratio.

During the steaming stage, you can use twice the amount of water as the coffee powder (reference value) for steaming. At the same time, you can use the knob to close the filter cup so that the coffee powder can be fully soaked during steaming.

After steaming, add the required amount of water to complete a cup of hand-brewed filter coffee.

2. Immersion is like a smart filter or French press.

▪Open the Gina APP on your phone, connect to Gina via Bluetooth, and select the Immersion mode

▪Prepare hot water, the recommended temperature is 90-92 degrees, coffee beans, filter paper, and grinder

▪Choose the coffee powder to water ratio. The higher the coffee powder to water ratio, the weaker the coffee concentration. It is recommended to start with 1:13~15

▪Pour the coffee beans into the filter cup and weigh it. The APP will show the recommended amount of water.

▪Pour the coffee beans into the grinder and use medium grinding first

▪Close the valve

▪Put the filter paper into the filter cup and wet it with hot water first to remove the taste on the filter paper. You can also preheat the filter cup and the lower pot. Remember to pour out the preheated water in the lower pot.

▪Add coffee powder. During the steaming stage, you can use twice the amount of water as the coffee powder (reference value). At the same time, you can use the knob to close the filter cup so that the coffee powder can be completely soaked during steaming.

▪After steaming, add the required amount of water

▪After stirring slightly, cover with the ceramic lid and let it sit for the time recommended on the APP

▪When the time comes, open the valve to prepare a cup of immersion coffee

3. Cold Drip

▪Open the Gina APP on your phone, connect to Gina via Bluetooth, and select the Cold Drip mode

▪Prepare room temperature water, ice cubes, coffee beans, round ice drip filter paper, and coffee grinder

▪Choose the powder-water ratio and follow the weight recommended by APP

▪Pour the coffee beans into the filter cup and weigh it. The APP will show the recommended amount of water.

▪Pour the coffee beans into the grinder and use medium grinding first

▪Insert the metal filter into the ice drip glass module, add coffee powder, put the round filter paper for ice drip on it, and then put the entire ice drip module into the lower pot. You can pour in some room temperature water to pre-soak the coffee powder.

▪Put ice cubes in the filter cup, pour some room temperature water to accelerate the melting of the ice cubes, and cover it with the ceramic cover

▪Use the timing function of the APP to adjust the knob to control the speed. The recommended value is about 1 drop per 1.5 seconds.

Place a metal filter into the ice drip glass module and add coffee powder.

After placing the round filter paper for ice drip, put the entire ice drip module into the lower pot. You can pour in some room temperature water to pre-soak the coffee powder.

Put ice cubes in the filter cup, pour in some room temperature water to accelerate the melting of the ice cubes, and cover it with the ceramic lid.

Use the timing function of the APP to adjust the knob appropriately to control the speed. The recommended value is about 1 drop per 1.5 seconds.

Advantages summary : Multifunctional brewing including ice dripping, filtration, and soaking, exquisite appearance, accurate and real-time electronic scale, plus the ability to connect to a mobile phone to record brewing parameters, down to 0.1 grams, large-capacity glass lower pot, switchable valve filter cup design, three-dimensional filter cup ribs

Disadvantages summary: The electronic scale has no switch, the bottom hole of the filter cup is small, and the flow rate is slow