/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17544105
first for coffee art is gay and it's not okay to be gay

>>17544105
previous thread isn't at bump or image limit

Guise, I want to make turkroach coffee. Found a decent pot but I'm not getting good vibes from the burr grinders I've found. They're either fuckoff expensive or of dubious quality. Isn't there something simple and decent or should I just stick to buying ground coffee?

Hey guys, I have to switch to decaf now due to a drug interaction with new medication. Any tips on finding decaf beans that still produce good tasting coffee?

xth for latte art is more important than flavor

>>17545893
onyx has a good decaf bean

>tfw i like flavored coffee but i feel like a blebian when i drink it

Is coffee making me bald?

Long black better than gay boy lattes

nth for Aeropress gang!

best grinder for filter? 300-400 dollar budget. a motor is useless to me, just want the best outcome, but I'm not against a motor if that will give a better result

>How do you like your coffee?
black as midnight on a moonless night.
I’m thinking of placing a new order for some more green beans anons. Up until now I’ve mostly bought Ethiopian, any specific Colombian or Brazilian varieties you can recommend?

>>17546779
1zpresso K-Max or KinGrinder K6
Same burrs and aluminum construction but the KinGrinder is way cheaper

>>17544105
I like my coffee like I like my men... with BBC (big, black & cold)

>>17546794
is that better than the q2 with the heptagonal burr?

>>17546802
Yes, Q2 has a much smaller burr set plus the larger grinders' adjustment steps are finer

>>17546802
Also I think the KinGrinder K2(?) uses the same heptogonal burr as the Q2

>>17546836
k2 and k6 are the ones I can't find anywhere reeee

>>17546856
I'm going to correct myself. K1 is the heptogonal Q2 equivalent. You can check out the K5, it's a K6 with an internal step adjustment rather than the K6's external adjustment

Why did you make this thread so early and why did you not link it in the previous thread you dumb faggot

When do (You) cut off caffeine for the day?
It's 7:30pm here and I want to make a cup but it's probably going to fuck up my sleep

>>17547817
I don't have a cutoff because caffeine is a placebo and has no affect on my ability to sleep

is lilydrip a meme? or a cheap way to increase drainage

>>17547926
This is the next Melodrip

>>17547817
I don't

>>17547964
i'm buying one it's too cool and makes too much sense not to try out

>>17548011
Yeah this shit looks retarded kill yourself

>>17548012
it's like 5 bucks and it seems pretty useful

https://youtu.be/-FMZHV7Zc6g

>>17548020
looks like one more dumb coffee gadget to put in the dumb coffee gadget drawer

>>17547926
>>17547964
>>17548011
As always, based melodrip inventor has an alternative. Report back.
https://www.slowpoursupply.co/blogs/brew-recipes/brewing-with-a-twist-brewing-with-an-avo-pit
Also I didn't know april used an 804 lab sweet. I just bought those burrs.

>>17548359
Seems stupid and gross to use an avocado pit when the ceramic option is 5.99 and fits better in your v60

>>17548375
Sure, but I'd say an avocado pit you replace is probably better for you long term than leaded ceramic out of shenzen.
>Copyright © 2019 Shenzhen LilyDrip Coffee Technology Workshop

>>17544105

new drinker here. how do i choose coffee?

>>17548572
if you mean like what beans to buy you can check this out
https://youtu.be/O9YnLFrM7Fs

>>17548693

ok ty

So how do you WDT? Do it like Lance Hendrick and go bottom to top, or is this a better approach to just do the top:
https://youtu.be/kJbQuGwNGMM?t=28

aeropress? more like gayropress

>ignoring the word of wisdom like a beta
why don't you enjoy a delicious cup of POSTUM, /ctg/?

name a single home coffee brewing method thats better than moka, and that isnt a fuck you luxury espresso machine

thats right, you cant.

>>17549506
define "better"
homemade turkish coffee is pretty satisfying to make, but im not a huge fan of the flavor or the drinking experience so these days i mostly use my turkish coffee pot to make hot chocolate(milk not water obviously) which is how i make my mocha when i have coffee that i dont really enjoy the taste of.

i use a moka pot because i just enjoy the process of making coffee with it. im thinking of buying a new one because mine has some flaws that will probably be the straw that breaks my back one day.

if you have trouble or are intimidated with brewing turkish coffee at home this video is a good enough guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCOg3hAp1h8

>>17549506
French press

>>17549616
This guy in the video is a bastard and he ruined Brikka for me

>>17549640
>Brikka
you get what you fucking deserve

>>17546776
HELL YEAH - AEROPRESS GANG
>>17549202
Fuck your hand

I'm currently stuck in the middle of buttfuck nowhere visiting with family and all they have is preground shit that they leave sitting completely open on the counter or supermarket bottled cold brew. Luckily against all odds there's a halfway decent little local cafe in town, checking them out it's made me realize that the quickest way to tell if a cafe is worth a shit is by checking whether they have a cortado listed on their regular menu.

What signs do you all look for when you're trying to figure out whether a new place is worth trying?

>>17549506
9barista

>>17549506
V60

>>17549506
cold brew

>>17549497
>C. W. Post established his company in Battle Creek, Michigan, having lived there since 1891, when he was a patient at a holistic sanitarium operated by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Post's first product, introduced in 1895, was not a cereal, however, but a roasted, cereal-based beverage, Postum.
So he was a kook, huh? Came up with the stuff in the looney-bin?

Roasted-cereal-grain beverages are unironically based though, in actuality.

Is coffee good for you?

>>17549506
A ridged plastic funnel with any sort of paper medium jammed into it.

>>17549794
>What signs do you all look for when you're trying to figure out whether a new place is worth trying?
How much whipped cream and how many marshmallows they put on my deluxe hot choccy

>>17550337
surely

>>17549794
>stop being a coffee snob and be thankful you even have coffee
first world solutions to first world problems

>>17550334
sanitoria were for people with TB primarily, not mental illnesses

>>17550337
cute fuckboy

>>17550337
It’s bad for your teeth

Just made a melitta wditoi?

>>17550830
>File: lglrdvoqf6n81.jpg
Le go le back.

>>17550844
>THIS LOOKS LE REDDIT / I CAN TELL FROM SOME OF THE LETTERS IN THE FILE NAME AND FROM SEEING QUITE A FEW LE REDDIT POSTS IN MY TIME.
Snagged it off discord sprotard.

>>17550830
Did you grind that with a Weber Key? kek

>>17550990
Versalab m3.

>>17551159
maybe try grinding the beans next time

>>17551248
I'm just gonna make aeropresso with the rest of the bag I ground like that.

>>17544105
I like my coffee with a shot of whisky and topped with an Irish cream

>>17550830
C O A R S E

>>17544105
How do I drink / make pic rel? I found it on sale for like $.99, I don’t actually know how to make this coffee. Is it the same way I would make Folgers? Because if so, it’s awfully small packaging. I don’t think it’s espresso because it says ground coffee on it.

>>17551862
Oops

>pushes shitty "coffee" out of a nespresso capsule with proprietary technology
heh, nothing personel

I love coffee but it makes me constipated. Used to give me the best horse shits every morning but it stopped working and just gets me backed up now.Most I ever had it was maybe 4 times a week now I only drink it once a week if that.

Anyone ever dealt with this? I miss my mudwater :(

>>17550337
i hope that thing has a dick

>>17551866
The icons on the bottom suggest a drip machine, a French press, and what may be a moka pot, so you can probably substitute it for Folgers ground coffee. I wonder why it is on sale, though. Does it have a date on it anywhere?

>>17552422
1895

>>17551866
Looks ripe for a little hot bloom cold brew.

>>17552027
have you tried decaf? or maybe just take a laxative with your morning cuppa?

>>17546785
Get Shenzhen K-4612, that shit slaps, dog. It's this new revolutionary Chinese bean, actually roasts red. Not capping.

>>17552440
Grocery store coffee brands are sneaky. They often do have dates on them somewhere so the stockers can put the really old, stale coffee up front for unsuspecting rubes. But they are hidden somewhere like under the seams on the back of the bags; or they're not printed with ink and faintly embossed.

>>17553170
It literally doesn't matter. That shit is all preground garbage coffee anyways so the date doesn't fucking matter. It's already shit.

>>17551862
use a espresso machine

>>17552422
It says its good until October, I bought it from a pharmacy so they probably were having a hard time selling it.

Can I substitute it for Folgers one for one? The only thing that’s tipping me off is how small the packaging is. This would last me, what, one and a half weeks? Is it really meant to be made the same way as Folgers in a drip machine?

>>17551866
>>17551862
You need to at least buy a decent grinder m8, so you don't have to buy preground trash

>>17553352
The Lavazza website says this is ground for espresso, contrary to any icons on the package. If all you have is a drip machine, the coffee will come out strange. But it was inexpensive, so you can afford to experiment with different quantities. Keep an eye on it, in case the different rate at which water soaks through causes a problem.

I like my coffee strong. Every time I make a cup of coffee with my aeropress, I save the last few drops of aeropress fart juice in a mason jar. When the jar is full, I enjoy a bold and tasty treat.

have any of you tried Pacamara?

>>17544105
>>17550275
Food and cooking. FOOD and COOKING. NOT DRINKS. NOT BEVERAGES. NOT LIQUIDS. FOOD AND COOKING. DO YOU SEE THE WORD DRINKS ANYWHERE? NO? THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP. MODS, WILL YOU DO YOUR FUCKING JOBS YOU MASSIVE FUCKING FAGGOTS? THIS THREAD DOES NOT BELONG HERE. THIS IS NOT A DRINKS BOARD, IT IS A FOOD BOARD.

>>17553776
do you know the definition of food?

Got a kingrinder k1 getting delivered today. Going to use it for my daily french press. Hope I didn't get memed with this manual grinder stuff.

>>17553776
I agree, brother. Coffee has absolutely no food value whatsoever and destroys the stomach and nerves. That's why I drink POSTUM, a nutrituous beverage of wheat and barley, and most importantly, unquestionably a food.

>>17553788
I have it. It's good, but ywn make espresso with it.
I actually miss using it, now that I got the comandante. The 300$ grinder is too wide and hurts to use. The kingrinder was just right for me.

>>17546794
KinGrinder K6 or commandante ? Both seem to have heptagonal burrs.

>>17553788
Just used it. Quite nice build quality for the price. It seems whatever my assumption of coarse ground coffee from using my electric grinder was quite misguided. Was not expecting such a change to the taste as it is noticeably much smoother. Quite happy I didn't get memed.

>>17554249
Don't want a Kinu?

I hate people that review coffee, just fucking, deal in absolute you retards. say X is better than Y, it's not that hard, we all know it's not an objective statement but we all share tastebuds, it's useful to reference clear opinions

>>17553858
>The 300$ grinder is too wide and hurts to use. The kingrinder was just right for me.

>>17554335
The step less adjustment does appeal to me but I don't want to enter the rabbit hole that is espresso at home and from what I've read the comandante has a better profile for filter. The Phoenix also has a lower bean capacity and the simplicity is stretching my budget a bit too much. It's a choice of unproven quality with the kingrinder for a cheaper price or a proven but old design with the comandante (having large steps without redclix/internal grind adjustment).

Though I know it's ridiculous, I don't want to get Reddit's favorite 1zpresso.

>>17554619
I feel you about the 1zpresso. It might be reddit politics, but if you get comandante you'd be paying for a european made thing instead of buying another thing made in China.

>>17554619
>>17554638
another advantage to comandante is it's kind of become a standard for communicating grind size

>>17553858
kek retarded fucking shill

>>17554619
>Though I know it's ridiculous, I don't want to get Reddit's favorite 1zpresso.
Kingrinder is rebranded 1zpresso seconds.
> KinGrinder K2 - New Gen.(Export Version) aka 1Zpresso Rk Model
>(The product name has been changed by the company that has the right to export instead of 1Zpresso)
How big of a batch are you trying to make? I haven't had a problem with the kinu p's capacity. Haven't tried it but they've also got a less aggressive(lower fines) pourover burr if you want that later.
https://prima-coffee.com/equipment/kinu/pour-over-burr-kinu-sp

>>17553858
I bet you gave up beer too, a can is roughly the same size

>>17554691
I don't have to hold a beer can tightly while cranking.
I was overdramatizing mostly, but this grinder has twice the capacity and a lot more girth. I have normal-sized hands, I promise

>>17554706
you don't have to hold your comandante tightly either because it grinds rather effortlessly. work with your arm, tightening your grip won't make it grind better

is it me or do the new hario filters have a hard time sticking to the cone?

>>17554638
That's why I'd rather get it than a top of the line 1zpresso cause the price difference isn't worth it for chinkmade. The kingrinder is relatively cheaper enough to take a slight hit in quality.

>>17554666
>Kingrinder is rebranded 1zpresso seconds
I know but they're way cheaper.

I'll look into the kinu filter burr but that increases the budget again much like the redclix for comandante.

>>17554666
>How big of a batch are you trying to make?
I usually brew two 20g batches per day but often do two 30g batches when friends are over. I have an old timemore slim I got for 70$, and the small capacity (and the fines) annoy me and I'm looking to upgrade. I'd get a wilfa Uniform if I wasn't a specialtyfag autist looking for best clarity for price.

>>17554762
I am very satisfied with my comandante, but I bought it knowing I wouldn't need to upgrade with red clix. you won't need it unless you're gonna do moka or espresso. looks are important too, and the comandante is a fucking nice piece on the counter imo

kingrinder marketing bros...... we've finally made it

>>17544105
Today I had my coffee steeped with shredded coconut and white sugar with some coconut and almond milk mixed together on the side so I can try the coffee black then with the coconut/ almond cream.

>>17553776
But isn't coffee something that gets cooked?
Isn't brewing a cooking process?

>>17554762
This is something you're likely going to be using daily for years. Ordered mine 953 days ago and its still going strong. $200 grinder over 950 days comes out to about 20 cents a day for juicy espresso on tap. I'm going to sell it in may when my new grinder gets here. Probably get ~$130 back. Just bite the bullet and get something you're going to want to use.

>>17554781
My big batches of filter are ~36g into ~600. No problem with the kinu p capacity. When I do 50g (way coarser) cold brew batches I have to empty the catch cup after a bit because it can pop off when jammed full. Adds ~ 4 seconds. Not a big deal.

>when you come back from vacation and finally get to taste your delicious home brew again for the first time

>>17554619
>Reddit's favorite 1zpresso
it's a favorite around here as well though

>>17554878
Because the jmax is a kinu clone and kinu was perpetually out of stock all of 2020.

>>17554929
i'm just saying, it's not only popular because of r*ddit. they have a good rep pretty much everywhere.

>>17554938
From what I understand the /r/coffee and /r/espresso mods were banning brand new 1 post 1z shill accounts left and right early last year. Then they tried it again with kingrinder and got their official account shadowbanned and stopped posting. Now the poorfags are out en masse because they've more sub100 and sub200 options to jerk about.
https://www.reddit.com/user/KINGrinder/

>>17554974
Who gives a fuck who is getting banned on reddit, you fucking autistic mongoloid subhuman

>>17545893
I'm calling BS unless you post what drug you are on. There are very few contraindications to caffeine. Even MAOIs caffeine is fine.

>>17555014
If you've got a half decent product you don't need to build a customer base by shilling on reddit. When you're selling knockoffs it helps. Save your pennies and you might be able to snag a used commandante.

>>17554619
I have a K-plus and it's fantastic for pour over. Good tasting, external dial, 40g capacity, fast as fuck (45g at a medium grind in 60 seconds), and fits nicely in my hand. I don't know if this is the one reddit likes since I'm not gay.

In case anyone remembers or cares, I said that I would follow up about one of the gripes I had with the K-Plus–the calibration drift. Yeah, it stopped doing that. It was almost certainly the burrs breaking in. For months now zero means zero, no drift at all. Now I'm left with only one minor original gripe. The wooden knob handle is drilled ever slightly off-center. This is only apparent when I fidget spin the knob, so it's not a big deal. However, a new gripe has appeared! The rubbery grip on the barrel has begun to peel up at the seam from normal use. They ship the things with two 1Zpresso branded silicone ball cancer bracelets that you're supposed to use over the barrel, but I hate them. I have good grip strentgh and liked it better without them. But they probably knew that rubber shit comes off, hence their existence. I'm gonna have to figure out something decent as a long-term solution. Maybe gluing it back in place with silicone, or rewrapping it with some kind of handlebar tape. I dunno. For now I've covered it with thick broccoli/asparagus rubber bands. Interestingly, this is more comfortable than the original wrapping. There's gotta be some kind of rubbery handlebar or tennis raquet tape out there that will be the ideal solution. Anyone have suggestions?

>>17555045
>the calibration drift. Yeah, it stopped doing that. It was almost certainly the burrs breaking in.
I might have mentioned that to you. "Numbers are arbitrary etc etc"
>There's gotta be some kind of rubbery handlebar or tennis raquet tape out there that will be the ideal solution. Anyone have suggestions?
Kino kinu tennis player here. Replacement grips are thicker and cushier, overgrips are thinner and the tacky ones are usually tackier than their replacement grip counterparts. I play with gamma supreme or yonex supergrap over leather.
https://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Gamma_Supreme_Overgrip/descpageGAMMA-GSO.html

>>17555095
I know, but I require a reliable zero. But it's all good now. It stays in alignment so the clicks have meaning. And yeah, I was just looking at leather grips. I think that would be ideal and kind of badass. I hate plastics and synthetic materials anyway. Any leather grip recs?

>>17555158
I use head finest calfskin. Way fucking overkill desu, its the shit they put on pro stock racquets and I was able to get a few. Fairways are a small step down in quality from that and not too expensive but you probably don't want the branding so I'd go with TW private label.
https://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Fairway_Replacement_Grips/catpage-FAIRGRP.html
https://www.tennis-warehouse.com/TW_Private_Label_Leather_Grips/descpageZONS-TWLG.html

>artisanal leather grip tape for hand grinders
/ctg/ moment

>>17552027
More fiber. Don't take benefiber or some stupid shit. Get psyllium husks. They'll bulk things up and keep you moving. Just dump a teaspoon of that shit in a 16oz water bottle and chug it then enjoy your mudwater

>>17555330
Don't be jealous. Reddit will copy us soon enough.

>>17555422
Coming soon LINGrips, the finest LEATHER GRIPS for your STEEL BURRED KINGrinder. Now with double sided tape!

>>17555440
Stainless steel friend

>>17555440
Hot bloom cold brew in style with your custom leather grip KINGrinder with rustic felted travel case satchel (detachable outboard bripe compartment available soon).

>>17555489
Don't forget your MELODRIP™ and your LilyDrip™

>>17555473
Friendship with machined high speed tool steel is over, now cast steel is my best friend.
>>17555510
I can't fucking wait to melodrip this.

>>17555520
pic rel

is putting coffee in the freezer a meme?

>>17556015
yeah

>>17556094
>>17556015
actually, no, do you mean putting coffee in the freezer that some huge corporation has instantly flash frozen, or do you mean just putting your own brew in the freezer? the first one isn't a meme, and I think it'd work fine with iced coffee

>>17556101
i meant keeping your beans in the fridge*

Why are the burrs made from stainless steel? Why not tool steel or something higher grade, it's not like you're throwing it in the dishwasher

>>17556220
They do. You can get cast iron, coated tool steel, ceramic, or tungsten if you want. Obviously cheaper materials will be put in cheaper products.
http://www.espressotool.com/?idx=3
A steel mazzer 71mm conical burr is $190. You can swap it out for the same exact burr in tungsten carbide starting at $750.

>>17556286
Jesus I was not expecting a tungsten coffee burr to exist, machining that sounds like a colossal pain in the ass.

Just roasted some coffee in the countryside in Cuba. Was a really fun experience but very rustic/janky. Beans are really dark roasted and oily any recommendations for drinking/grinding when I get home? Love mucking about with coffee stuff and have a Wilfa grinder. Cheers

>>17556497
Oh yeah. South korean madlad cranks these out and he's constantly tweaking shit and making new designs. The new hype shit from him is a 64mm clone of the 80mm ditting lab sweets(cast steel) I posted earlier.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ1Mo8WBnYF/

>>17556592
Here's a side by side.

will I regret buying a fancy manual grinder?

>>17556745
Why did you buy one?

>>17556745
Well firstly, define "fancy" since we probably have a different definition for that term. You might regret not buying a "fancy" electric grinder instead if that's what you mean.

>>17556745
depends on which one you bought, usually if it sucks its the burrs that are cheap and need to be replaced.

>>17545951
Anon, having the type of person that would care about that not wanting to associate with you is a positive.

>>17550625
And yet he was in there (twice) for having a mental breakdown.

what should I buy /ctg/?

so if I go from a hario to a 1zpresso or kingrinder, my coffee will be better?

>>17557073
Undoubtedly.

>>17557060
stocks

>>17557073
We don't know since there are no peer-reviewed grind distributions published for those grinders.

>>17557073
Yes.

>>17557204
I've found grounds distribution nerd shit on Chinese forums. The 1zpressos were on there. They're comparable to all the other high end manual grinders.

Why is buying a v60 kit and a jxpro and a hario stove kettle and using it for all coffee needs a bad idea?

>>17557274
because you need a stagg instead

>>17554714
>rather effortlessly.
This is a lie. Do you even own a comandante? Even though it's hoffmeme approved and 300$, it's still a manual grinder. It'll still be a bit of a pain to use it. I'm sure Kinu is the same.
I only grind 18 grams, it does it fast, but I still encounter some resistance and have to apply force often. I grind with both my hands rotating opposite of each other to achieve satisfactory speed. I'm also a fat 6'1 dude, it's not like I lack the strength for it.

>>17557383
Why a 4 times more expensive kettle?

>>17557682
because it's pretty and you get to fit in

>>17557574
yes, I do own one and also a crappy grinder which actually is a pain in the ass. I have no idea why you think being fat and tall has any meaning, but obviously it's not fair to compare any manual grinder to electric. there will always be some work with anything that is manual, but if you're starting to complain about your hands hurting maybe you should get some help

>>17557690
I can't afford to fit in.

>>17557942
dont listen to them, get a moka pot instead, use the voodoo method and then laugh at pour over fags.

>>17557952
how exactly is a moka pot better?

>>17558063
no filters, no expensive kettles. just a basic set of digital scales and a decent grinder is all you need. and dialing in a moka pot is more complex than any other form of coffee brewing. i think brewing with a moka pot is more satisfying from a hobby point of view. espresso and pour over brewing needs so much other bullshit. if you want you dont even need a kettle for moka, just pour water in the base and boil it on the stove (going to need a way to secure the base to screw the top on but it is possible).

>>17548693

That guy seems really snobbish ...

>>17558272
how?

>>17558337
he has too high standard

>>17558272
He's nice, and knows his shit really well.
https://youtu.be/Z-iNAyu-ejo

>>17558341
he literally starts the video out by saying that there's no right way to enjoy coffee and tries to make it as accesible and transparent as possible.

>>17558346

>tom scott
>scripted cross promo BS

yeah nah

>>17558347
*no wrong way
also how were his standards too high

>>17557218
Yes, that's manufacturer propaganda.
>>17557574
Frothing matcha takes more effort than grinding light roast espresso for in a kinu. Filter is significantly easier.

ITS UP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZEM1cC86t8

>>17557942
just don't mention that you're poor and shill stupid cheap stuff like a mf instead. that's how most of ck roll, it seems

im thinking of buying some Panama, Finca Lerida Geisha. what will i think of it?

Just made a V60 approximately 65 minutes ago. What did I think of it?

>>17558467
No it wasn't. It was a Chinese version of one of those fucking nerds who owns 8 different grinders and does sieve tests for internet points from other nerds. I had trouble even looking at the pictures because it was so overwhelmingly nerdshit.

>>17556745
manual grinders are to impress braindead guests ocassionally, the "ceremony". to do it everyday becomes rapidly a pain in the ass. buy electric.

>>17559063
Yes. Thats called a chinese influencer. They shill whatever they've been recently paid for.

>>17559106
grinding 15-20g doesn't take that long dude

>>17559242
>CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK *gear gets stuck* CRACK CR- *stuck again*

>>17559106
I can manually grind 20g of beans before my Stagg gets water up to temp.

>>17559254
i bought my grinder on aliexpress and it never did this

an electric grinder is worth it if you always have guests over. if you're a loner it's meh.

>>17559254
what gear? there are no gears in my grinder

>>17559264
i'm loner and i'm so glad I went with a eureka over a kinu or whatever I was looking at

>>17559254
>*gear gets stuck*
just say you dont have any idea what you are saying and move on.

>>17559355
you know he meant burr bro

>>17559413
why the fuck are your burrs getting stuck? what kind of cheap shit are you people buying?

>>17544105
chemix, blackd

>>17544105
No beans, room temperature water, in a clear glass or bottle

>>17559422
Either they're trying to grind wendelboe through a skerton, or they're limpwrists. I know what my money is on.

>>17559319
Buyers remorse eh?

>>17544105
What's a pretty good bean to coffee single cup coffee maker? Sick of giving the gas station jew 3 bucks every morning. Doesn't need to be plumbed buy if it has that feature I wouldn't mind. Budget is less than 1k usd. Regular coffee

>>17560101
aeropress or pourover

>>17560067
how do you figure that? I got a well maintained eureka for less than what a comandante would cost me. hand grinders are fine but when i'm grinding back to back, trying to dial in shots or cupping some new roasts or whatever, I'm so grateful I chose an electric grinder

>>17560101
Ratio Six or Ratio Eight

>>17560165
8 with an origami on top so you still get to use flat bottom filters if you want.

Asking in this thread again since no one responded.

Are the canned Illy or Lavazza espresso beans any good? The freedom of choosing local roasters is a little overwhelming and I just want something I can keep buying for espresso

>>17560426
kek

>>17560158
>I got a well maintained eureka for less than what a comandante would cost me.
wait.. you're telling me you got a worse grinder for less money than a better grinder?

>>17560426
god no

>>17560101
Any serious answers? I just want to press a button and fill my thermos like in speedway gas stations. Occasionally put some beans in

>>17560453
you're a master baiter bro this must be really fulfilling for you

>>17560766
you didn't specify which eureka you got, but yeah, any that cost less than a comandante will get you worse results, simple as

>>17560755
just google superautomatics

>>17560771
>grinder with a 3 click range for espresso
>better than alligned stepless flat burrs
lel you fell for the meme so hard

why mess with burr grinders? I can make coffee just as good with my blade grinder

>>17560799
how do you know this

>>17559254
>>17559319
>>17560158
Are you the guy that got the Eureka?
crack crack

>>17560942
no, are you?

>>17558087
>a decent grinder
As a fellow moka pot enjoyer, what would you qualify as a decent grinder? How fine do you grind your beans?

>>17561331
it's not about how fine, it's about consistency and range. there might be an ideal grind for moka, but what if you set your grinder to that fineness, and only 20% of the coffee hits that sweetspot size? bad grinder

>>17560913
he probably watched this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyTgKXmR9Bo

>>17561331
if it looks even remotely like this then its trash and should not be used unless there is literally no other option, i think buying pre ground coffee is preferable to any of these types of grinders, i dont care what kind of burrs they have they are all trash.

>>17561538
>spends 1:20 shielding himself from criticism
not listening to this frail baby

Eat your heart out dual boiler fags.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFvKRI99Zi4

>>17561538
I used a blade grinder for 15 years. I got as good at it as possible. Current mid-priced manual grinders slap the shit out of them. This guy is full of shit or doesn't have tastebuds. Besides sifting out the fines to compare only the shape of the ideally sized particles is disingenious to say the least. That's not even what matters. Somebody posted one of this guy's pourover videos in a previous thread, and that shit was godawful as well. Obsessing about irrelevant things, but ending up with this terrible, silty, choked filter. I can't tell if it's parody. Maybe it is.

>>17561990
i think his channel is about doing things as cheap and as diy as you can, he doesnt use a blade grinder but he was just showing you that it could be possible to use one if you really wanted to.

>>17561551
I used the second from the left when I was a poorfag and first got into coffee, naive to what even makes a grinder good.
That thing was awful to use and it took so much effort to grind with its small ceramic burr

>>17560799
This is fair, if we're talking cold brew

Just had a cup of Peppermi bark Keurig coffee with sugar free caramel creamer. I liked it.

Enjoy a cuppa today.

>>17562154
I'll try, but I just know I'll fuck it up somehow. It'll come out too harsh bitter and strong and I'll pretend to myself that I like it.

>Ode grinder now available with SSP burrs pre-installed
Damn this is tempting

>>17560101
>>17560755
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YEYKK8U/?tag=thewire06-20&linkCode=xm2&ascsubtag=AwEAAAAAAAAAASYk

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V9K3GX9/?tag=thewire06-20&linkCode=xm2&ascsubtag=AwEAAAAAAAAAAW_I

>local Flair merchant doesn't sell extra portafilters or temp strips
Frustrating. I don't want to pay to ship something so small, but at the same time these things are important.

>>17562295
Wait until v2 of the new cast lab sweet clones are shipping.
>>17556596

just used the jxpro to grind 30g of coffee for the first time. this literally took me 15 seconds, how is this a problem for people?

>>17561551
I won't disagree that they're shit but to say preground is preferable is still a brainlet take. Fresh ground with a shitty grinder is still better than stale shit.

>>17563048
It isn't, but would you say it was effortless? Fuck no.

>>17563118
would you say it hurts your hands?

>>17563144
With a thick manual grinder? A little

>>17563118
I would argue it's basically the same level of effort as putting the kettle on boil

>>17563183
More like vacuuming the floor, for me. You could have a very expensive vacuum cleaner, but you still have to get up and do it

>>17563202
oh nah I hate vacuum cleaning, unfair comparison. if we're thinking about moving around a machine grinder for surface space and stuff this definitely comes out ahead, in terms of effort it reminds me of chopping an onion or throwing it in a blender, while the outcomes are different in that case, in terms of effort they're comparable, and after cleanup and storing away, i'd take the chopping/grinding task every time.

>>17563074
who said anything about stale coffee?

What's the most idiot-proof of the following:
- aeropress
- french press
- moka pot

For someone who wants decent coffee without having to think about it in the morning. Or if not any of the above, which?

>>17564032
aeropress imo, followed closely by french press.

>>17564032
Get a hario switch over an aeropress. All glass brew path. If you want to steep and forget like a french press you can, if you want to brew like a v60 you can, if you want to fuck around with different timed blooming brews you can.

>>17564035
>>17564044
cheers lads

>>17562154
fuck you i won't do what you tell me

>>17563931
Unless you're getting it ground fresh at the store and then using all of it same day, your shit is stale.

>>17564044
switch is my next buy looks neat af. can't get over having to run my french through my v60 to filtet all the silt

>>17564174
>How Long Does Ground Coffee Last? Ground coffee is a totally different story. Pre-ground coffee degasses quicker than whole beans, so it only takes about one week for a package of ground coffee to start losing its freshness. Most ground coffee stays fresh for about one week after grinding.

i get my shit pre ground from a local roaster. pick it up the day after roasting and drink it within the week. it isn't stale. i will agree that anything from a grocery store is stale but fresh from a local roaster? yeh nah she'll be right for about a week mate.

is it best to grind the exact amount you are going to brew every morning? yeh no shit, but if that isn't an option then what i do is perfectly fine and within the limits of freshness.

>>17564333
>pick it up the day after roasting and drink it within the week. it isn't stale.
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>17564339
just say you dont know what you are talking about and move on.

>>17564343
Just say YOU don't know what you're talking about and move on, dumbass

i like my coffee the way I like my women

grinded up into tiny bits and stored in my freezer

>>17564356
>ground
>and then put in the freezer

uhhh anon?

>>17564333
>but if that isn't an option
If you're picking up fresh coffee locally on a regular basis, spending money on a grinder is probably an option that won't bankrupt you. You're essentially having someone else chop garlic for you.

>>17564356
>pre-ground and stored in freezer

>asked for a cortado in-store today
>got given a macchiato instead
i am fucking LIVID, whoever said that a sign of a coffee shop knowing their shit is if they have a cortado listed as an option was 100% right

>>17564808
cortado is practically a macchiato, and you're a faggot for drinking milky drinks anyway

>>17564895
>cortado is practically a macchiato,
cringe take, a cortado is double the volume of macchiato and actually brings the best of espresso and milk drinks into one package. fuck you and your needless snobbery

>25 ounce coffee can claims it's enough for 195 6 ounce cups with 1 "rounded tablespoon" of coffee per cup, corresponding to a water to coffee ratio of about 1:49
>the recommended ratio for regular strength drip coffee is 1:17
>a tablespoon normally holds 7-9 grams of coffee according to various sources online
>calculating based on the ratio for regular strength coffee comes to 1.16-1.49 tablespoons per 6 ounces (177 mL) of water, which is similar to the 1 "rounded tablespoon" measurement given on the coffee can, however calculating with that same ratio based on the amount of coffee in the can means comes out with only 68 cups
>to hit the 195 cup mark, they'd need to be using tablespoons that only throw 3.63 grams with a "rounded tablespoon"
>decide to weigh tablespoons of coffee myself
>weigh 5 leveled off tablespoons and average 4.28 grams per tablespoon with a low of 4 grams and a high of 4.52 grams
What the fuck is going on here? Is this some sort of coffee conspiracy that has been operating under everyone's noses without being noticed? Are companies cutting plastic or other fillers with coffee to make it less dense?

>>17546773
do you prefer long black cocks too?

>>17565203
The coffee is an extremely dark roast with lower density than most others I guess

give me an aeropress recipe RIGHT NOW

>>17565203
>weigh some espresso grind coffee and it averages 5 grams per leveled off tablespoon +-.5 grams
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>17565348
Just do the hoffmeme recipe
>fine grind
>11g beans to 200g water
>2:00 minute brew time, swirl a bit at 1:00 to knock floaters down
>30 sec press after 2 minutes
He doesn't do it inverted but I do

V60 is better than aeropress for me but I only get good results with 500ml and that's too much to drink at once

>>17565565
this is the recipe i'm trying to get away from actually
i do it inverted too, and for some beans i'll include a bloom

What are the chances of things going horribly wrong when using an aeropress? I see a picture like pic related, and I feel it's seconds from disaster with scalding hot water and broken glass exploding everywhere. Is that just part of the experience of using an aeropress?

>>17565682
Press directly into a mug or otherwise don't put your full weight onto the Aeropress if going into a decanter

>>17565682
i have no idea why that dude is pressing that hard
i grind closer to fine and still manage a 30s gentle press without leaning into it

>>17565682
for an aeropress you don't need to press very hard, especially not to the degree of putting your entire bodyweight on it like the dumbfuck in the pic

>>17565682
That twink doesn't have enough upper body strength to do anything to that glass. You'll slowly take on that build with the additional estrogen. It might be able to slip out on a wet counter.

>>17562154
>>17565203
>>17565682
Is the Order a Rabbit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V67pVb3o4nc

Just made a V60, what did I think of it?

>>17567313
too hollow

>>17566191
caowfeee?

just made a Kinto scs, what did I think of it?

>>17567389
Overswirled

>>17567398
not even once

>>17567389
6/10 no lilidrip.

>>17567525
yeah, brewing is a bit fast. I'm dialing it in a bit finer than for v60. is a lily worth it? they look pretty nice but feels like I wouldn't bother using it

>>17567548
No lol. But I'll probably buy the whole set at some point just to meme here. Thats what I intended with the melo but actually ended up liking it kek. Try pushing the grind a littler finer and keep your water level a bit lower. Should keep more heat in the slurry.

>>17544105
got a bag of pic related today, i know it's only a step up from Lavazza but my god it tastes so good. i have the whole latte luv npc starter pack (gaggia classic, 270wi) and regret nothing

>brew at 90c instead of 100c
>cup drastically improves
holy shit. I need a temp control kettle. how much does someone have to spend to get a kettle that does specific temperatures that isn't complete shit? hoping to stay below $80

>>17567722
Look up Jocuu Kettle on Amazon. 65USD.

Me, I'm gonna have 2 cuppas even though it's 9pm. yolo

>>17567769
And it is delicious! Gotta pre-heat the Flair 3 times for it to really work.
I end up boiling a whole kettle of water to only use the Flair twice with all the pre-heating.
Tastes great though

Broke one of my wife’s coffee mugs reaching for a tiny espresso mug this morning.

>>17567913
Try this. Just leave your kettle at a boil while you prep everything else.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JiQxoaMc-fg

>>17567921
Do you sleep on the livingroom couch now?

>>17567931
Huh. It works even sideways... I'm aware of this trick, but somehow when I tried it it didn't go so great. Should try again when sometime.
I think one of you posted in a youtube comment to some video about using a mokapot base and filter to do something similar. It fits really well into mine, but I think I'd need the heat indication stickers to know when it's ready. Can't get any heat stickers for a while.

I'll be fine though. Coffee tasted great today when I used the intended method three times. I'll figure shit out.

>>17567940
Flair's resident chad Andrew says to buy shit like this and stick it in the top of your kettle as a "steaming basket" basically.
https://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Funnels-Silicone-Collapsible-Transfer/dp/B08MVRF267/

>>17567932
We’ll see. Just not gonna tell my wife the espresso mug was a gift from an ex-gf.
>oh wow, Anon, you have this fancy Italian stovetop espresso maker and mugs!
>but you told me you didn’t drink coffee
>......

Have a cuppa Japanese iced coffee today, anon!

>120g ice
>24g coffee
>200g water

Bloom 50g 30s, center pour 150g over 2min. total brew time 2m30

>>17567961
I guess it makes sense, as long as you don't use plastic funnels. Also uses less tools.
I still like the Mokapot idea. Look how well it fits into base of a 4cup unit.

I wish they included strips in the kit, instead of the spout. I'll probably never use the spout, since watching the flow is a part of the fun.

>>17568011
>I still like the Mokapot idea. Look how well it fits into base of a 4cup unit.
Steam preheating on your kettle is just that method distilled down. No extra burner and you're running a kettle already. I had already sold my signature for the 58 by the time that got popular so I don't have direct experience with it. Sometimes if I'm in a hurry I'll balance my portafilter on top of the stagg to cut a few minutes off.
>I wish they included strips in the kit, instead of the spout. I'll probably never use the spout, since watching the flow is a part of the fun.
From what I've gathered the original flair designer/kickstarter guy is an ultraminimalist bozo who never foresaw flairs living permanently on counters. He wanted a unit that was able to travel with as few parts as possible. After the success of the kickstarter and development of the company, he just gets in fights with Andrew and their engineering team about stupid shit. OG kickstarter flairs you had to cut the fucking spout off to get bottomless because he didn't want to lose it while backpacking or some shit.

>>17567722
justr boil it and throw in a little cold water, a few degrees variation won't make any difference

>>17556745
Yes buy a $9 blade grinder burr grinders are a meme and will not improve taste

>>17568539
incorrect and lying poser pilled

not even giving that retard a (you)
he knows what he did.

>>17568539
Just get a gevalia subscription for a free machine and elite beans.

What is the difference in the coffee made by pour-overs and french presses? Currently have a press but no pour over, I'd think the pour-over is basically just a single-serving drip mechanism.

>>17569037
Whats the difference between filtering coffee grounds and oily water through coarse steel mesh or fine paper?

>>17569055
You'll get less sediment through the paper since it's a finer filter. My concern is the pour over has less time where the grounds are soaked wet, though.

>>17569179
You'll get less sediment and oil, but you're able to grind much finer and give way more surface area for the water to extract. Buy a hario switch and get the best of both worlds.

>>17569226
I already use a fairly fine grind in my French Press, though. Relative to French presses, ofc, but using commercial ground coffee has produced pretty decent results.

>>17569265
https://www.baristahustle.com/blog/surface-area-and-time/
>The most important thing to wrap your head around here is that grind size doesn’t really change what is being extracted. It only changes when the things are extracted. All of the flavour is right there, in the coffee bean, ready to be extracted. Grind size just puts more or less of that flavour in front of the water right away.

>>17569330
Ah I get the point now.

>>17569330
That's wrong though. Dif compounds extract at different rates. Particles beyond a certain size will have an extraction gradient between outer and inner surface. This will change the composition of compounds extracted.

>>17569483
>Every soluble component of coffee has a slightly different solubility (that sounds weird, but stick with me). Salts, sugars, acids, phenols, fats and lipids etc. all take different amounts of time to be dissolved by water. Some will be dissolved straight away, and others will need more time. We need to think about this when brewing coffee, because changing the contact time will also change which components of the coffee will be dissolved by the water. The first and most soluble parts of coffee are fruit acids and organic salts (light, bright, fruity flavours), closely followed by light aromatics created from the Maillard reactions and sugar browning during roasting (nuts, caramel, vanilla, chocolate, butter etc.) and lastly heavier organic matter (wood, ash, malt, tobacco etc.).
Read the fucking blogpost before responding to a four sentence excerpt.

>>17568081
I WANT THE DEGREES
>>17567769
this recommendation sent me down a rabbit hole, it's not the one i'm gonna go with but it's credited with my purchase. thanks anon

>>17569508
so why did you cherry pick four sentences that give the absolute opposite meaning?

>>17569699
Glad it helped. I don't mind if you ordered a different one. I'm an EU timezone faggot, and 120v kettles are useless to me. I was just aware of that model beause someone told me about it on some forum.
My AEG kettle is falling apart. I need a new gooseneck myself, but the only affordable 220v ones got this weird knob on them.

>>17570626
is it a gooseneck?

>>17570644
My current one isn't. I don't think AEG does gooseneck kettles.
The affordable EU one I found, I guess it's actually not too bad. Shame it's only 800ml.
I'll probably just stick with the AEG until it totally breaks down, because ordering stuff online is a hassle.
But yeah temp control helps a lot. Important for tea, and very helpful for baking - getting perfect warm water for yeast

Coffee makes me have violent diarrhea, feel anxious, restless, and sweat. Decaf doesn't.

How do I remedy this? I like grinding my own beans. I don't think decaf whole bean coffee exists

>>17571004
>I don't think decaf whole bean coffee exists
this has to be bait right?

>>17571039
Does it really? I've only ever seen ground decaf

>>17571072
dont tell me you buy shit from the store anon? like you just walk into your local grocery store and just pick that coffee up off the shelf?

i just bought some decaf whole bean from mexico. it hasn't arrived yet but im excited to taste it (never had decaf before)

>>17570101
To simplify the concept. He understands now. You don't. Guessing you were never all that good at reading. There's still hope.
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=69

Lads, anyone tried fucking around, and roasting coffee in an air fryer?
Shouldnt be too different than using the popcorn machine method, right?

>>17571461
https://roastingtobrewing.com/how-to-roast-coffee-beans-in-an-air-fryer/
First result on Google.

>>17570101