/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Reposting: how to chemex. Not bothering with metric conversions though I do acknowledge imperial is retarded. Also while not required, do not ever use preground and try to grind right before use, also a gooseneck electric kettle helps tremendously. Deleted and reposted to fix typos and shit since phoneposting.
>Acquire a light to medium roast. Dark is just flat out burnt, even medium roasts commonly dip into being unironically burnt
>Use around 1:18 grounds to water (personally I just use a third cup measuring cup to scoop beans which results in around the right amount of grounds for 16-18oz water)
>Heat water to 200 (not boiling, you retards)
>Grind size is medium-fine (on a Barista Encore I use size 18)
>Put filter in chemex
>Get hot water from sink, use it to wet the filter and preheat the glass
>Pour water out of the chemex when the kettle water is heated
>Put grinds in filter
>Pour water from kettle VERY slowly (dripping) to evenly wet the grounds without flooding it
>Wait 30-60 seconds
>Pour very slowly in the circular motion everyone describes so the water evenly is distributed throughout the grounds
>Pour faster once the water is clearly just impacting the water rather than the grounds under it, maintaining a level of around half an inch to an inch under the top
NOW HERE IS WHAT NOBODY FUCKING TELLS YOU
>once the kettle water runs out, take a spoon and scrap the sides of the filter so that the grounds settle back on the bed, otherwise it'll form a volcano and barely pass through any grounds resulting in watery garbage
>when there's more than about a second or so between drips it's done
>pour (people say to swirl it in the chemex for aeration but it makes no sense since pouring it will aerate it far more)
>rinse the chemex with clean water a couple times, it's quick to clean and prevents oils from building up that become rancid
I'll flesh this out a bit on PC and repost at a later date

>>12936241
Reposting cause still true.

>>12936245
Not a repost because I didn't acknowledge you the first time, but thanks, anon

What are y’all’s favorite things to eat with coffee?

>>12936403
Almond croissants

>read previous thread
>People recommending $200 grinders and other stuff
What the hell ? Have I been making my coffee poorly all this time ? Ahhh

>>12936838
Yes. The best entry level, not-shit burr grinder is a barista encore which costs like $140, you can get an okay hand grinder for like a quarter of that but hand grinding is a pain in the ass and takes forever

I live in hipster central. There are at least 4 coffee roasters within a 20 minute drive. My local markets have beans that were roasted 4 days ago on the shelf.
I drink tea instead.

>>12936900
Thanks for your blog, local roasters are also an incredibly overrated meme by the way.

>>12936916
I'm game. If I wanted to mail order coffee that knocked my socks off who would I buy from? Ill drink anything but the really acidic African beans.

>>12936899
Its only a pain on the ass if you've got twigs sticking out of your torso. Takes me 68 turns at a fine espresso grind for a double. Under 30 seconds and I'm not rushing...

>>12936838
Yes. If you enjoy coffee, buy something that will last. $200 over 10 years is literally nothing.

>>12937412
>inb4 'pain in the ass'
I don't use homoerotic colloquialisms.

>>12936095
cofe

>>12936926
I usually get Sam's Club's breakfast blend but have had success ordering highly rated whole bean off Amazon

>>12936403
palmiers or stroopwaffle.
In the Netherlands they place the stroopwaffle over the cup to let the heat soften the cookie, highly recommend.

>>12937641
pepe hilk

>>12937641
mmm

>>12936403

Dark chocolate, lady fingers, old fashioned sour creme donuts, any type of croissant

>>12938830
>inb4 grammar