/ck/ - Food & Cooking

im not addicted to drugs

Aeropress. I way overpay for interesting-sounding varieties of freshly roasted beans. Invariably I have no idea what the right grind size is for my coffee. I tend to use like 15g/300ml, I stir it well and let it steep for like 3-4 minutes. I add milk and sugar and it's usually shit. Now and then I get lucky and it comes out alright.

I make plunger coffee and drink it black. Instant if I feel like a second coffee during the day.

>>16164886
Oh, and I usually use 100 degree water, unless it's a particularly dark roast which I don't tend to go in for anyway

>>16164875
teaspoon of instant coffee with one portion of the foamy cocoa drink.

>>16164902
Tell me more about foamy cocoa drink

>>16164906
1 foamy cocoa drink to 1 portion of instant coffee drink

>>16164906
it's the nestle stuff, i'm on phone so i don't have an image of the combo. the cocoa itself is kinda lame but it takes the bitter edge off the instant coffee. i think the two products were brasero coffee and nestle choco hot.

What's the best grind size for moka? Is espresso grind okay? Or a rougher grind?

I recently got myself a moka pot

Pretty solid overall, aside from the clean up which is huge pain in the ass. Until I can afford a better option it’ll be switching between French press, and the moka pot when I have the time to wash up

>>16164875
moka pot or pour-over
prefer more fruity, acidic varieties with the pourover and less acidic stuff with the moka pot (brazil is nice)

>>16164875
Ground coffee in a pour over with water from an electric kettle. Simple as.

drip coffee in the coffee maker because all coffee tastes the same

Someone gave me their moka pot and it was pretty good but it's a bitch to clean and now all the coffee I make in it tastes like dishwater no matter how hard I try to clean it

>>16165049
What the hell, the cleaning process occupies a grand total of 30 seconds

>>16165057
huh?

>>16164875
Why is siphon the absolute best way to brew coffee?
It literally mogs all other coffee brewing forms to death

>>16165069
Yeah, how do you clean it?

>>16165069
Rinse it with hot water and you're done.

>>16165112
>>16165121
Maybe it's some shit in my water because I do that.

>>16165125
Try some bottled water ya mook

>>16165125
Maybe the moka is faulty? Or the water is foul? Or the coffee is low-quality? I truly don't know

>>16165135
Your comment is an excellent display of patriotism, my dear American friend: after all only we, European socialist scum, have the luxury of drinkable tap water

>>16164956
Rougher

>>16165143
Pretty words but they're wasted since im Australian you dumb cunt

>>16165151
How rough? French press rough or finer?

>>16164875
>How do you make your morning coffee?
Just like my women, CREAMED

>>16165136
no, that poster must be legit retarded. I use mine almost daily, and clean it with hot water and a non soapy cloth.

>>16165181
rougher. the goal is the have the steam shoot through the large amount of rough grounds in the coffee funnel, not get trapped by fine grinds clogging up. if the grind is too fine, the boiling water makes contact with the beans for too long and burns.

I prefer to use ceramic filters.

>>16165230
Why?

>>16164875
Melitta Epos

>>16165244
Brews thicker than paper filters and is not as difficult to handle as cloth.
I bought it for about $18 and I don't regret it.

>>16165230
>ceramic filter
I was going to ask how you clean if after it builds up with coffee silt. But saw on Amazon you can just burn it off.
Very neat, desu.

I don't pour near-boiling water down my gullet like a retard.

>>16165307
If you use it every day, you only need to clean it once a month.
The taste is much better than with a paper filter.

>>16164899
>100 degree water for aeropress
theres a reason why the instructions say to use 80. enjoy your estrogen

>>16165416
>The taste is much better than with a paper filter.
what paper filters were u using? hario? i better not be falling for a meme here

>>16164875
Let me tell you the advantage of Folgers. It's cheap. It comes in very large containers. It's pre-ground. Classic Roast always tastes exactly the same, every time. I have the exact, precise muscle memory to remove the filter insert, dump into the trash, insert a new filter, scoop the folgers, re-insert the filter insert, and hit the on button. I have an internal clock timed exactly to let me know when it's done brewing. I've done this at 2am and 2pm, I can do it in my sleep, and it requires no thought either in the preparation or in the drinking. I can reserve that thinking for other things that merely require the caffeine for attention.

>>16164956
6 "cup" if you're going with classic style, the rest are all poorer quality aluminum. I can't speak to the stainless steel ones

>>16164875
percolator

I've been using my v60 size 2 daily because my cheap bodum french presses keep breaking in a month, and my moka pot is a BIT of a hassle to clean/dry thoroughly, emphasis on the drying part.

>>16165664
They have different kinds of filter and they've been making it harder and harder to figure out what you're getting over the last few years. Apparently only the 40 count boxes are the "original" that everyone swears by. Also I think there's 3rd party brand that uses the same factory/paper as the original that a lot of enthusiasts seem to think make an identical cup.

>>16164875
I typically make myself 2 shots of espresso with my pavoni manual press. If Im feeling lazy I will use an aeropress. If I have milk I will make a latte.

>>16165206
>hot water
>burning coffee beans
>the same coffee beans that were roasted at 400-500 degrees

>>16164963
Vietnamese filter makes a strong cuppa similar to moka pot with the ease of a press

>>16165745
>t.

>>16165746
I like vietnamese coffee but I find that it produces too little of a cup. Good over ice though.

>>16165745
I suppose coffee beans are invincible and can be roasted for infinity without burning? you fucking dumbass

>>16165760
it makes the same as a moka pot, senpai. unless you're using one of the bigger moka pots meant for making multiple cups, which you should don't.

>>16165664
Using Melita, Hario and Kalita (Japanese companies)
I kept using Kalita.
I've been using ceramic filters for about two years now.

>>16165789
I usually drink a 3-cup moka by myself. Too much caffeine? For a one cup, the phin makes enough but traditionally you just mix it with a bit of Sweetened Condensed Milk. I suppose you could make a latte out of it though.

>>16165814
You don't have to use the milk. that's just the vietnamese version of a latte.
and there are slightly larger phins you can use.

water in a pot, dump coffee in, add some sugar, let it boil.
first cup is also 25% milk to cool it down quicker and facilitate the shitting

>>16165753
please anon, in your infinite dunning-kruger wisdom, explain to us how you are going to "burn" something that has been roasted at 500 degrees by putting 212 degree water on it? I'm really interested to hear what retarded bullshit you have to spout

AeroPress with a modified version of Hoffman's recipe (from 2 minute steep to 1:30) because I'm using a darker roast.

>>16164875
1tsp instant
to glass of milk
3 tsp nestle quick
let sit over night
shake
enjoy.

>>16165953
you're right, I don't know what those other anons are one about

>>16164875
Pourover is exactly the same as a drip machine without the convenience.

With a heat modified Breville cheap espresso machine or stainless drip, all from a Breville Smart grinder. Cheap as shit and still great coffee. Coffee snobs are the bane of getting something drinkable under 2 grand.

>>16165953
Higher temps can extract too much of the ashy, woody, or burnt flavors, which unbalance the flavor of the coffee.

Been using a v60 with the 4:6 method

>>16164875
folgers ground french roast in a french press i stole from a garage sale

>>16165760
How do you get your phin to brew extra strong? I find mine just brews pretty quick and tastes like a regular cuppa.

>>16164875
picrel
I only drink coffee a few times a month though

>>16164963
Anon, I’ve used a Moka pot every morning for about ten years and I have never cleaned it out once.

>>16166300
Literally everyone knows that. You would have to be retarded to not know that. It has nothing to do with "burning" coffee with hot water though so I don't know why you're interjecting into an argument with red herrings.

French press

Grind my beans to espresso size (tiniest my grinder will go) and let them steep in hot water for like 10 minutes

I dont even plunge I just use my french press as a filter for grounds

>>16164956
It should be rougher than espresso and finer than pour over. I have a barratza grinder and 15-20 is good for moka. 0 is about espresso grind and 30s are french press.

>>16164875

1 teaspoon of instant coffee granules into my hot nesquik milkshake.

>>16166378
It seems like the guy is talking about over extraction with too fine of a grind. It is a little ambiguous, so If he thinks you can literally burn the coffee with boiling water that's a pretty high tier of retardation, but if he's talking about overextraction and using the word burn rather than overextract he's not wrong.

>>16166429
French presses suck. I've snapped 5 bodums and never liked the bitter coffee they produced. Just use pour over. The french blew it on this.

>>16166538
>If he thinks you can literally burn the coffee with boiling water that's a pretty high tier of retardation
>>16165753
>>16165761
>I suppose coffee beans are invincible and can be roasted for infinity without burning? you fucking dumbass
It would seem to me that is exactly what he thinks

I bripe because I’m less of a faggot than aeropress owners.

>>16164875
Usually a V60. Sometimes my Flair if I'm feeling frisky.

i hate coffee but need it for the caffeine so i usually just brew pour over the night before and drink it black from the fridge or i get 3 espresso shots over ice maybe with some simple syrup on my way into work

>>16164886
Very relatable. I bought a grinder, expensive beans, and expensive ninja brewer and still haven't figured out how to make it taste at least as good as my old $15 dripper. I've tried different size grinds, more/less water, paper filter or no paper filter, it all tastes like ass.

>>16167356
What kind of expensive beans were you buying?

>>16166554
Bodums are shit tier french presses, you shouldve gotten a stainless steel french press in the first place.

Ive never had a problem with french press coffee being too bitter. Youre probably overextracting the coffee grounds. It takes some trial and error to make a good cup of coffee with a french press. Try playing around with water temp, grind size, extraction time and various kinds of beans.

I agree pour over is the superior way to make a cup of coffee, but personally, I prefer a french press. It doesnt filter out the oils and the coffee has a "fuller" mouthfeel which I like. Also it takes 0 effort compared to pour over.

>>16167376
pic related. tried 8 o'clock too and it wasn't good either

>>16167422
Try a light roast, or if you don't like acidity, a medium roast. Shit-tier coffee and expensive coffee tends to all taste similar once you roast it that darkly.

Work day: Drip
Day off: Moka or French press depending on mood

>>16166367
>giving yourself aluminium poisoning

Get a scoop of beans from a 5lb bag of Raven's Brew I keep in the freezer (don't know if that's a meme or not).
Grind them and french press it. Then add in some 1 tbsp cocoa powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 tbsp coconut oil.

Since I switched to preworkout/bcaa amino energy I haven't switched back to coffee

>>16167356
If you think you have everything dialed in properly your water profile may be off. This is usually way too far for most people to go, but I've found for espresso the correct water profile is absolutely essential for good coffee.

It's really weird, I feel recently I haven't been able to enjoy coffee. I've been craving tea recently

>>16164875
Usually french press. Right now someone gave me some nice espresso coffee, so I'm using a moka pot, and adding some foamy milk. I like the moka pot coffee, but I don't like the temperamental timing, and the fixed quantity.

>>16164875
I started buying bags from my local roasters, and get it ground coarse so I can make cold brew. I still get it coarse ground, but I now just make it in a k cup for convenience. Then I make a second brew on the "strong" setting with less water. It's a little less flavor and caffeine, which is great because I drink it black and mostly enjoy it for the ritual of a hot drink, rather than any real effects.

>>16168425
Either this, or stirring some Folgers into a cup of cold water.
Always black.

>Dump 6 liters of water and 12 oz of grounds into a food storage container
>Mix and let sit on my counter for 16 hours
>Strain out the resulting liquid into a giant carafe that fits in my fridge
>Drink it over the course of a week with the wife, make another batch each weekend

Tastes great now that it's starting to get hotter out. Otherwise I usually just use a drip machine, and more involved methods on the weekend.

>>16164875
>For me, since I have brain damage, I usually switch it up everytime
That's actually based.

For me is only moka since I'm italian, with the exception of espresso in bar

>>16166267
can a drip machine bloom the grounds with variable flow methods? 'no'

>>16164875
Moka. Saves a shitload of coffee and the closest thing to espresso that can be cheaply had at home. Also easy to take the whole pot in to another room with you which is a bonus.