/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17960524
Pastebin (WIP)
https://pastebin.com/2WCB8DyH

my memepress penis filters arrived
the reddit soys were right about them. they're good. broken clock.

>>17960524
I fucking hate acidity so much bros it's unreal. Shit is so unpleasant. Gimme chocolate notes every single time, please.

>>17960629
I can appreciate some slight acidity in my medium roasts, but that's about it.

whats the longest you guys were ever able to stay up due to the help of coffee? for me i think it was around 36 hours or close to it. i started hallucinating and i could barely think at that point

>>17960655
About 12 hours, not something I want to do again as I'm getting older.

>>17960689
12 hours is the normal amount of time people stay up

>>17960752
From midnight to 12 in the afternoon?

>>17960573
i bought some for my moka just to see if i liked the result and i dont.
but as an item i also think they are good.
also literally dirt cheap. i got 350 for $5.

>>17960629
sounds like user error to me.

>>17960756
No, 6 AM to 6 PM

>>17960762
where did you pay that? they're much more expensive on amazon atm

>>17960655
>hallucinating
>36 hours
weak. i stayed up for 55 without coffee, made some nachos and then woke up 15 hours later on the kitchen floor with the oven on max the entire house was hot as fuck and the nachos had turned to dust but somehow there was no smoke or smell or anything. weird as fuck.
i was pretty young at the time so staying up for multiple days at a time was a very easy and normal thing.

now im falling asleep before even 8pm.

>>17960786
i didnt buy those exact papers. just regular aeropress papers.

>>17960792
oh ok. yeah the aeropress papers are cheap as fuck. do they work better in your moka pot or are you just trying out filters in it?
my mother swears by a moka pot, wondering if I should send her some.

>>17960797
i saw hoffmeme use them once i think so i decided to try them out and while i was dialing in my rok grinder i ground like 200g way too fine to use in a regular moka(i made some and it tasted good but the cup was just full of grounds) so i just put them in an airtight container and put it in the back of the cupboard. when i got my filters i also got an E&B Labs moka pot which comes with a competition filter which has much smaller holes than a regular moka filter.
so i tested these now 2 weeks old grounds in both the old pot with a aeropress filter, the new pot with smaller filter and aeropress filter and the new pot without aeropress filter.
the filter did its job in the old pot and made a clean brew that had little to no oil in it, the new pot with filter was about the same but the pressure was much higher because of the smaller filter + aeropress filter and i thought the coffee tasted pretty much the same. the new pot no aeropress filter tasted the best but did have a couple of grounds in it but it wasn't really noticeable.
i realised this wasn't a fair test of the aeropress filters because this was old coffee that wasn't really built for a moka pot, so i ground coffee for the same test but at the right size for moka and i had pretty much the same results (but obviously the coffee tasted significantly better in every method) so i figured i just wasn't into the flavor that this method with the filter produces, it wasn't bad by any means but it wasn't for me. im sure if you love a really clean and clear taste to your coffee you would probably like this. but it wasn't for me.
also the E&B Labs moka pot (i got the 6 cup version) is fantastic, i think every moka lover should use one. im sure most of the work is being done by the E&B Labs competition filter but the pot itself is also much higher quality than others i have seen.

i would be interested to see if others do these same tests and get similar results.
(the old moka pot had been fully cleaned btw)

>>17960878
very interesting. I'll send her some and see what she thinks about it. if I remember to ask how she liked it I'll post it here for you.
those pots look really nice.

>>17960888
gotta put the aeropress filter on top of the moka filter and then just put a few drops of water on it so it sticks and doesnt fall off when you screw it on top of the base. :)
like i said i have a 6 cup so im not sure that aeropress filters will fit on all models but im pretty sure that they will.
also gifting her the E&B Labs competition filter would be a great gift i believe.

Im torn between Niche Zero and Eureka Mignon Oro.

On one hand the Niche looks like a great grinder to use. Just chuck the beans in and thats it - no worries about retention, static or anything else, easy to adjust between settings with the dial. Overall makes espresso with good body and has quite a forgiving range.

However, the Oro with its flat burrs seems to be able to provide much more clarity and really bring out the flavours of the coffee. That being said, a lot of the early reviews were critical. It seems like Eureka have done some work to improve problem areas such as noice, vibration and retention but its hard to get past.

My heart tells me get the Oro, but my head tells me get the Niche.

Thoughts on turkish coffee? It tastes 100 times better than normal coffee (as long as you dont dunk down the finely ground coffee bean sediment at the bottom like a fucking uncultured ape and have your throat sandpapered by them)

If you like dark coffee and haven't tried it already I would thoroughly reccomend it.

>>17961113
>Thoughts on turkish coffee?
It seems like an interesting way to drink coffee. But my trusty French Press seems to accomplish the same thing without a lot of coffee grounds in the end product.

I'm really liking this single origin peru medium roast from Tony's.

>>17961223
based peru enjoyer

ONE TWO SEVEN THREE
>PHGOY

>>17961113
i fucking hate this shit, worst fucking coffee ive ever tasted in my life, turks must be fucking drugged up when they drink this

i usually like their food

>>17961113
>>17961123
A little curious to try it but I get the feeling it might just be a crude way of doing coffee before they had modern ways and tools and was later fetishized for the sake of feeling above the mere plebs.

>>17961411
>and was later fetishized for the sake of feeling above the mere plebs

you could just say gentrified, it means the same thing

>>17961223
>be me 3 days ago
>buy some freshly roasted peru from local roaster
>smells like fucking heaven
>v60
>tastes like soggy potato chips

>>17961049
Trans Hedrick and the guy behind gorillagear burrs are working on a custom niche burrset now.

Can someone give me a quick rundown on the political stance of the Wug2 grinder? Canceled my EG-1 order when I found out Lyn Weber is a massive chud.

>>17962253
Same just canceled my Nick Fuentes single origin order. Prob won't get to have coffee all weekend now that I know his politics

>>17960524
Tips for French press?

>>17962485
Grind your coffee coarse, but not too coarse.

>>17962485
>m]33 / 3 / 19 / 2 [Update] [Auto]
melodrip bloom it

>>17961987
I haven't heard this before. I have seen Lance isn't the biggest fan of Niche.

No doubt another burr set would add an extra 50% to the cost

>>17963091
Ideally it would sit at just under p64/orbit pricing and be the high "clarity" conical option. I'm waiting to hear more about gg's roblacked 71mm before deciding what to snag.
https://gorillagear.coffee/products/gorilla-gear-roblack-burrs-71mm-conical

>>17961113
I've been drinking this and I really miss espresso.

>>17964159
I think I will go for the Niche. My main reason for upgrading was ease of workflow.

Will keep an eye out for some high clarity burrs at some point though.

>>17961113
The process is cool, especially with added spices. Just don't use the actual Turkish coffee blends for it, because it's a really shitty coffee. Mhemet Efendi dust filled crap. Turks agree.

If drinking throughout the day, what is the ideal interval between cups of coffee? To maximize awakedness but minimize jitters etc.

>>17964674
5-6 hours is the amount of time caffeine takes to process through the body. Talk to your doctor, though.

Can someone give me a QRD on caffeine in cold brew? I've been getting conflicting information in food articles. I need to know how much caffeine per cup/ml and how to really suck all the caffeine/flavor out of my beans. For reference I've been doing 1:4.5 coffee (finely ground instant) to water by volume and steeping 24 hours.

>>17964749
>instant

Hey covfefe fags, figured you guys might know: Nespresso says never to use vinegar to clean my machine, can it actually damage it or is that just what the coffee jews want me to think so I buy their own cleaning solution?
>inb4 ditch the nespresso and get a french press

>>17965066
>ditch the nespresso and get a french press
Yes.

>>17965071
god damnit
I just want to keep using my pods anon

>>17965077
lazy fuck, buy bottles of coffee from the store then.

>>17965077
Water should be fine to descale your Nespresso (TM) Podmaster Machine. Unless you got it as a gift, a cheapo French Press along with supermarket whole bean coffee, and even a blade grinder are better and fresher. As /ctg/ has maybe shown you, you can get really autistic about coffee. But a French Press, basic whole bean coffee and a blade grinder are enough to get better results for now. Your blender may even have a mini grinder cup too. A burr grinder down the line would give you a more consistent grind.

>>17965066
Yes, you can use dilute white vinegar. There are no magically vinegar sensitive parts. As usual, though, rinse the hell out of it before you complain about your sour coffee.

can i get a half sweet NUT americano with extra heavy cream?

>>17962612
Don't forget to decant through the melodrip after brewing too

>open bag of beans
>trip and spill it everywhere
>now it's ground coffee

>>17960524
I posted this before but forgot to look back for replies. I am a total coffee noob and I get a coffee subscription from Trade Coffee, which sends me a bag of coffee once a week. I like 95% of them, they have been the best coffee I have had and cant go back to the shit in the store. I get dark roasts. The best of which taste like hot coco when I add my heavy cream and stevia. Where do I go from here to get even better coffee. I brew in a Bunn coffee maker for American style coffee

>>17965793
join the sumatra gang

>>17965793
>I get a coffee subscription from Trade Coffee,

>>17965793
I dunno bro since I have no experience with coffee flavored cream and zero cal sweeteners. A burr grinder? French press? Filtering your water? Making your own water gh/kh concentrate? Just copy Hoffman for whatever method you choose imo

Just made some coffee. What do I think of it?

>>17966009
I was more referring to better quality coffee beans. What to buy, where to buy, how to know what to buy.

>>17966381
All that Trade does is collect coffees from various actual roasters and then distribute them to customers based on how you answered their gay survey thing. So just find the company or companies that produced the coffee(s) you liked and buy directly from them.

>>17965793
>Where do I go from here to get even better coffee
stop buying dark roasts, stop using stevia and cream

>>17966362
its good but not like mom makes

>>17966381
Preferably look into local roasters who roast after you order. I'd say go single origin but since youre like you are then go for some of their dark roast espresso blends. Buy in bulk and freeze excess in freezer bags

>>17961113
For me it’s some Turkish coffee with a slice of baklava

Got an Atmos canister from Fellow and it broke after one day kek

>>17961113
I love it. I originally learned how to make it in a saucepan because my coffee machine had broke. After much trial and error i can make a good cup complete with foam without having to buy anything but the beans themselves.

>>17968086
>a good cup complete with foam
Into the trash it goes.

>>17967846
>It broke
Take some fucking responsibility. You broke it.

>>17967846
my freezer ziploc bag doesn't have this problem

>>17965793
buy the hario cold brew pot from amazon. it's the cheapest next step for good coffee. you won't even need cream or sugar, just regular milk at a 1:1 ratio or for a less strong, 2 parts milk to 1 part cold brew. and you can have it hot by microwaving it for ~45 seconds without impacting on taste, and because it's cold brew it's not acidic and won't give you the coffee shits.

Just made my morning coffee, nothing special just some Bustelo. It's basically what I drink every morning, I drink my single origin stuff from ny local roaster a bit later when I'm actually fully awake to appreciate it.

I've been enjoying my espresso machine for the past year and a half, however, I am thinking of moving back to filter coffee after all. The coffee is plainer sure, blander even, but every day life is blander. It's like espresso is just a bit too much for every day, and it's hard stop taking cup after cup while with filter coffee it's easier to stop since you would have to put on another pot. Several tiimes the amount of liquid per caffeine also. Also since it filters out the oils that raise cholesterol it's meant to be healthier.

What do you think? Anyone else voluntarily gave up espresso for filter?

>>17968799
dietary cholesterol != blood level cholesterol

>Doing 5 litres of coldbrew after remembering just how fucking good this shit is last week.
£5 for 500g of decent strong expresso beans.
£5 for a 5 litre food safe jug
£2 for the cheese cloth

Wish me luck lads. I might have to dick with the quantity a bit but the coarse ground looked good when I did it in my blender.

>>17965077
Pods are for WEF slaves and bugmen. Learn to brew proper coffee like a human being.

>>17968710
>hario cold brew pot
I've owned one of these and I honestly never saw the appeal. The filter makes it easy sure but it stops the grind mixing properly into the water and I always thought it was weaker than brewing the whole thing free style then filtering it out.
Am I missing something?

>>17968888
Are you putting enough water into it? I add more grounds and fill the water basically up to the top so all the coffee is underwater, and I leave it a full 24 hours. I've never felt it was weak doing it that way.

>>17968953
Filled to the top.
I'm this guy >>17968834 so I've found an alternate way of doing it at least so I'm pretty satisfied.

What type of handgrinder should I buy for 300€?

>>17968955
interesting. if it works it works. maybe we have different definitions of strong. I don't usually drink more than two cups worth a day so doing 5 litres in one go would be way too much. it's ridiculously cheap to make compared to machines & grinders and it's way better than instant.

if i cold brew
does it matter if i autistically take it out on the dot 24hr or chill 25hr or 24hr47m is fine too

would brewing it for 48hrs matter?

>>17969010
https://momentemgrinder.com/

>>17969073
Not buying your product mate

>>17969044
Might be a bit butter but should still be perfectly drinkable

>>17969108
Bitter* fuck

>>17969044
A few hours early or later than 24 won't matter. There has been some scientific research done on the topic and it found that all the measurable extraction of the most important elements in cold brew is done within 8 hours. Doing it with a 24 hour cycle was found to be mostly convenience. Doing it 30+ hours is likely a waste of time and could impact on taste, as anecdotal reports will have some people say "yeah it went bitter, yeah it went metallic" others will be "tasted fine".
One small note is that unlike coffee made with boiling/high pressure water, there is a non-negligible chance of food safety issues with cold brew. In the studies I looked at it was something like ~10% of samples having microbes/bacteria that could cause illness. They were all insignificant amounts unlikely to be dangerous but it wasn't non-existent.
As such, I would always leave it in the fridge while steeping and transfer it to a new jug for storage, and make smaller batches that are used up within a week at most, and immediately dump it anytime it smells or tastes funny in the days after brewing. It's not like people are dying all over the world because of cold brew so it's not really dangerous but it's like people undercooking mince/burgers, why take additional risk, by the law of large numbers at some point some-one is probably going to get really sick from cold brew (or from side effects) because that risk does exist. Minimise it so it's not you.

>>17969201
Why not just boil and cool the water before brewing?

>>17969213
The bacterial risk is from the coffee not the water.

>>17969348
Does using beans and home grinding make that less of a risk?

>>17969391
I'm not sure it would matter, the risk stated was very low.
It was only a small percentage of all samples of the coffee, and those samples weren't at dangerous levels and the samples needed 5 days before anything showed up. Introduction of potential contaminants could happen in the bean harvesting process when they leave for packing, or they could happen in the grind stage, which could happen at a factory or in your own home.
I'd suspect there would be more a chance of contamination from poorly washed storage jugs or what you drink the finished coffee in.

what if robusta is actually delicious and the arabica shills have just been running propaganda to keep us from saving money

>>17969463
>quit using arabica
>start using robusta
>the jewish coffee industry wins either way

>>17960629
Do you like to eat ripe fruit or wine?

>>17969463
go to a diner and have the coffee

>>17960524
Today I my coffee black with 1 1/2 mini nanaimo bars mixed in

my first bag from trade arrived, time to try a bunch of different coffees
this was roasted the day it shipped which is nice

>>17969421
I read somewhere recently that filter coffee makers can have as much bacteria as a toilet seat or something like that. (obviously the "x has more bacteria than a toilet seat" thing is something they always throw in supposed to shock people when I'm sure the people trying to impress others like that would much rather lick their coffee maker than the highly dangerous microscopic faecal matter, urine spray etc. found on a toilet seat, remember a lot of bacteria can actually be good for you).

>>17969860
>high altitude roasted
What the fuck kind of marketing bullshit is that? How on earth does roasting at "high altitude" do anything at all? And how high is "high altitude"?
>>17969862
heat + moisture + tiny food particles must be a huge breeding ground

>>17969860
>nooooooooooooo you cant just order from trade you have to drink Aldi's breakfast blend(twwtroi) or kirkland supremo :(

>>17960573
>I need to give a disclaimer that I hate reddit despite sharing an interest with a handful of redditors or else wojak posters will call me names
Coward. Some things are popular or become trendy for good reason. If it's good it's good. Criticism based on loose association be damned.

>>17969868
all their site has to say about it is this:
>High altitude roasting at 6,000ft in Lake Tahoe provides us unique advantages to achieve this consistently making all our coffees more sweet, less bitter.
it's silly, couldn't tell you if it factored into the product at all, but the coffee is ok. need to dial it in

>>17968656
No, it broke.

>>17965793
try different types and see what you like

>>17960524
do u wanna taste it?

Do youll make Americano with your moka pot or drink it straight? I'm used to making 10oz cups with an aeropress and my double cup moka pot is so minuscule by comparison so I usually double it with hot water. I started using a paper filter + the metal moka filter btw and it's so much better.

>>17971231
Also is there risk of overpressure explosion with moka pot?

>>17971235
Thousands of rural italian families die every year from moka related incidents every year.

>>17971231
get a bigger pot. ensure the safety valve isn't blocked and it shouldn't explode ever.

>>17962485
Just be yourself

>>17966526
Much like giving myself an orgasm

>>17968799
I've bounced between espresso and filter for years, usually I'll be drinking one for a while then decide to try the other and I'll swing hard to it only for a few months til I bounce back. Sometimes I like filter, sometimes I like bare espresso, sometimes I like milk espresso drinks. I used to often drink both but got to a point where I'm lazy about having to radically change grind settings so now it tends to be one or the other.

>>17960655
Three days. I had a job to do. It was like a waking nightmare. I am probably very resistant to torture now.

>>17960655
gb2/fit/ or /x/

Is it possible for a person's digestive tract to become adapted to whatever chemicals are in coffee?
>Never a coffee drinker in my life
>Start having a cup every morning
>Do this for two years
>Taste changes, stop drinking coffee
>Barely poop for a week and a feel bloated all the time
>Have a cup with breakfast today
>Pic related

I'm hoping my system gets used to not having coffee because I really don't like it any more.

>>17972159
sounds horrible. i think i would have just told my boss to suck it

>>17965775
hehehehehehehe

>>17969873
very reddit post

>>17969860
this is reasonably sweet, kind of tealike and floral on the front, slightly chocolatey on the back. not bad. I'll enjoy this bag.

>>17960689
>>17960752
Is this a joke I'm not getting? Recommended 8hrs of sleep gives you a 16h period that you're awake everyday.

>>17974413
I explained in my next post that I stayed up from midnight until 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. Which I only did because of a project I had to complete.

>>17969073
>can't even buy it yet

Commandante it is, then.

>>17960629
I can only tolerate black coffee because of the acidity. No acidity feels like I'm killing myself from the dehydration.

>>17974425
...right? So then you were actually awake longer than you wrote you were?

>>17974487
>So then you were actually awake longer than you wrote you were?
I did it many times during university and especially in high school, procrastination is a bitch. The times varied, but one time I did stay up until one of my classes in 11 am started. Coffee is my best friend.

>>17973882
Nah, it was all on me. Self-employed. But I made $15,000. You can't make an employee work 72 hours straight. The other guys are right; after 2 days you start to hallucinate or you drift in and out of consciousness while being technically "awake". Your body may spasm and you lose motor control.

Nitro kegs for cold brew: worth it or a meme?
I like nitro cold brew but the kegs are $150 and the nitrogen gas works out to be ~2 dollars per glass of cold brew

>>17974933
depends on how much you like setting money on fire

>>17968799
>The coffee is plainer sure, blander even
Straight up not true. Can't speak for NA but certainly in Aus and EU most of the highest grade roasts tend to be for filter. Filter has a much higher ceiling in terms of quality of coffee, despite the popularity of espresso. If your filter is bland I'd suggest you either change how you're brewing or source some better beans.

>>17968834
Where does one get 500g of good beans for £5 and what does one do with 5L of coffee?

>>17968834
>£5 for 500g of decent strong expresso beans.
kek

>>17975242
That was my gut impression too, glad somebody else agrees with me.
Second-hand espresso machine + cheap grinder for french press/cold brew should be more than good enough for 99% of my covfefe needs

>>17960524
coffee getting expensive
stagflation for everyone

>>17976394
Shut up

https://youtu.be/QDmz8epXNrU

Went back to supermarket coffee. It tastes kinda funky when pressed with the meme lever. More bitter than fruity, would be great with milk. Good supermarket goffee!

>>17974933
I do home brewing so my keg is cross purpose between serving stouts and nitro coffee. It's great to have at home and really easy to do, but the main difficulty is keeping it chilled. By the time you have a mini keg plus the gas and tap attachment on top, it's going to take up a lot of space in your fridge.

Personally I'd look for cream whipper type dispensers if I was going to buy one specifically for coffee. Maybe around 1L. Should be enough for 4 drinks.

Also, I'm not sure where you plan to buy nitrogen from but where I am, there are about £1 per mini canister and that probably does 1L of liquid.

Just ordered a Niche Zero. What will I think of it?

>>17977584
You will not see the difference between it and your old grinder and would be better off with a 1zpresso.

>>17977588
I already have a 1zpresso.

I just can't bring myself to rotate my arm any more. It's too laborious

>>17977584
The wood tray will make you soyface

>tfw cheapest instant black decaf coffee

>>17977606
I'd buy the chicory stuff at that point. It's naturally decaf and more bitter tasting than black coffee

>accidentally bought a light roast
I hate it. It's so bitter and watery.

Basic calcs for my espresso:
Upfront cost of buying equipment: $800 dollars
How much coffee I use per expresso: 14g
Price of coffee per lb (~454 g): $15
Cost of beans per espresso: $0.46, rounded to $0.50 for water costs

f(x) = 800 + 0.5x

Cost of espresso at coffee shop: $2-3 per

f(y) = 2y
f(z) = 3z

So I will break even at 320-533 espressos. Maybe I can say that an espresso at a coffee shop costs more because I have to expend time/transportation costs to go there

>>17976394
>>17977485
i consider you position and no you

>>17977584
What color?

>>17977801
White

>>17977808
You will think that it's better than the black one (it runs slower but is much more reliable)

In an effort to prepare for the collapse, i'm trying some strategies to reduce energy consumption. I cold-brewed half a gallon of coffee. Not bad.

>>17977745
Now start home roasting and get your beans under $5/lb. Use the savings to reinvest into something dumb like a p100 or wug.

>>17960524
>personal cup
>heat up stale nasty old coffee
>go to starbucks
>shitpost for a few hours
>get 43 cent coffee "refill"
i can't believe i didn't do this in college

Just milydripped some flash brew. Bretty gud. Could use some coconut cream and sweetened condensed milk though.

i really really like coffee guys like a nice relaxing black coffee or a comforting cappuccino or a sweet syrup flavour latte that tastes like a donut i love them all i love coffee so much bros

>>17979248
I love coffee too anon :)

>>17974144
Those who call others reddit do so because in the redditor they see themselves reflected in a dark mirror

>why yes I decant my espresso through a melodrip to increase extraction yield, how could you tell?

>I'm furious I can't pour a flat bed

>just finished the last of my pre-inflation coffee hoard
I don't wanna pay $9 for 12oz of coffee bros.

>>17979648
>he doesn't know

>>17979660
I don't wanna pay $24 for a single bag of costco coffee i hate this shit so muxh

>>17979560
Are you stirring after you're done pouring? Please stirr.

So for my second cup I forgot to remove the grounds from the first from my french press (25g each) and honestly it's not bad at all. Is this a thing? I tried searching but all I found was people reusing the grounds without adding any extra

>>17980512
You want to remove it since those used coffee grounds will just get bitter flavors extracted.

>going through the v60 rigamaroll just to get coffee on par with an aeropress

This thread screams R*DDIT

what happens if you brew coffee with milk instead of water

>>17981100
What if you brew it with cocacola?

Just swirled my Hario Switch. What did I think of it?

square mile coffee is simply too expensive, I've had to tune my grind finer so I can get more out of my beans while using less, which is obviously less desirable when brewing with a v60, what are some better biweekly/monthly alternatives for someone in bongland?

>>17981551
Make more money

>>17981554
I'm trying brah, currently in the midst of setting up my own business while still studying, and I'm interviewing for a part-time job that should pay around £13 an hour for relatively easy work.

>>17981551
Square mile sell in 350g bags. Their house roast is £12 for 350g which is roughly 3.4p per g. Looking at the other well-known sites, Union house roast is about 3.4p per g, Pact is about 3.6p per g.

Overall, Square Mile house blend isn't significantly more expensive than other speciality sites.

I have been using union recently though and had some very good coffee from them.

>>17981615
I only get the single-origin filter package, how does the house blend compare to that? Is it worth switching to? regardless I've never heard of union before and they seem worth trying, Ill buy a 500g house blend and see how it matches up.

>>17979648
>>17979668
Aldi then

>>17981657
I thought the house roast was ok, but nothing great. I had Sweetshop as well and really enjoyed it for the most part. Got Covid about half way through the bag though so couldn't drink it all fresh.

Personally I tend to go for the small lots on Union but the Yirgacheffe was one of my favourites and also enjoyed Sovu.

>>17981708
thanks for the recommendations, ill make notes and find which is best in regards to taste/price point

should I get a v60 to make it easier to filter my cold brew?

>>17981985
you should get an aeropress to cram up your ass

>>17981985
This is my preferred method rather than buying some additional cold brew maker. First I strain through a sieve and then through a V60 filter.

>>17982032
already got one of those for that purpose
>>17982080
sounds good. will see how my batch tomorrow goes and can get one pretty cheaply if I need it.

On the market for new espresso beans; I kinda want to try Robusta instead of Arabica. Where to find/buy?

>>17981659
My Aldi stopped selling whole bean

>>17982929
Check Aldin.

cawfee

Goffee

>>17982384
Kaapi Royale is supposed to be a nicer type of Robusta

what am i in for?

>>17983464
>toffee, subtle fruit and walnut notes
Generic generally pleasing yet bland blend of central and south american beans. Likely to be a solid 6.5/10

>>17983444
hello

>>17983464
>ground coffee

>>17983499
Go away, cat.

>>17983525
No

>>17983533
Stupid cat. You don't deserve doubles.

>>17983464
Seems very basic, probably supermarket tier. "Subtle" might as well mean "none". Would probably take Hershey's chocolate sauce pretty well.

Did someone say goffee?

>>17983493
>>17983640
basic generic is my jam

>>17983504
im a very busy person and i cant spend hours grinding beans and mixing my own blends

>>17983464
no memes
i took a whiff after opening and i feel high now

best coffee ever

>>17984002
>i cant spend hours grinding beans
An electric grinder takes two seconds to shit out freshly ground coffee. You scoop some coffee beans, put it into the grinder and press the button.

>>17984002
>spend hours grinding beans
lol
>mixing my own blends
What are you even talking about?

>>17984002
Do you also buy meal prep subscriptions? Enter code KEK for 10% off your first box of hellofresh.

>>17983464
>chicory
make cum yourself cold brew with it

>>17981659
>>17983464
Aldi doesn't have whole beans?!? What?

>>17985732
>He doesn't know

New lance kino.
https://youtu.be/JySL64iigT4

>>17986223
I hate how all coffee channels just turn to mindless consumerist garbage like all tech channels. At least someone like Hoffmann does more than just talk about products all the fucking time.

I have a bag of coffee beans yet I have no machines. This means boiling, but I wanted to grind the beans first. I have no grinder, nor a mortal and pestle, so I took a rock from outside and smashed the beans one by one. It took a while. Then I boiled the grounds with water for around 5 minutes and it tasted like dirt water. Is there any way to improve on this without spending a cent? Would the flavor improve if I boiled it longer, for maybe 10 minutes, adding a dash of water, boiling another 10 minutes, etc, until it becomes a thick dark watery paste? Will I get more caffeine out of it that way? Also, couldn't I just chug coffee grounds mixed with water or milk?

>>17986273
Based ungabunga
Make coldbrew, you can heat it up later if you want.

>>17986229
Yeah he does asmr coof streams now. Real groundbreaking.

>>17986223
Man what the fuck am I doing with my life watching an ogre that looks like Ron Jeremy review coffee grinders for an hour

>>17986506
I only linked it so everyone can reaffirm their own biases. Skim through it. Kinus are based, all the chinese grinders are commandante clones(except for the expensive tmore since they already dealt with cdante legal a few years back, now they patent a bunch of gimmicky "innovations"). Kingrinder is a much shittier build/lower price than their 1zpresso counterparts and it shows in the cup. There's no reason a good grinder should cost more than $30 anyway.

>>17986622
$30, what? All of those are $100 minimum

>>17986835
>>17985950

>>17986223
This guy looks like a pedophile rapist

Brim conical burr for 30 bucks new on woot. 100 bucks most other places. Pleased so far. Sometimes it's refurb, but i got lucky and it was listed new for 30 bucks.

more than 1 cup of coffee a day promotes thraot cancer

how much coffee do you drink a day? do you follow up with an afternoon cup of joe?

>>17989251
Usually only when I need the caffeine during the mornings or during heavy-workloads. Recently, I've been drinking a coffee daily in the morning since I've been enjoying some slightly more expensive coffee than the garden variety supermarket whole bean coffee.

>>17989251
15g/250g pourover which only ends up making like ~230mL of liquid since some water is absorbed by the coffee

>>17989251
I use 50g of beans

>>17989251
If I'm drinking espresso, I'll drink two bare shots, or two flat whites. If I'm drinking filter, I'll have four 160mL cups. 17g dose for the espresso machine, 36g in my filter machine

>>17962485
>>17976394
take your time with it

>>17989251
one in the morning, one in the afternoon, none at night

goffee?

>>17989251
Normally an espresso at 9am and again at 11.30am. Sometimes another in the afternoon. I normally use 18g of coffee per espresso.

Alternatively I'll do a French press in the morning and do around 33g to 450ml.

>>17989251
i drink 1-2 full 6 cup moka but i have no idea how much coffee or caffeine that actually is because italians are fucking brain dead

>Make a filter similar to hoffman method
>Absolutely fabulous, similar to a speciality cafe quality
>Try it again the next day
>ok/good but not special, missing extra ...sweetness/notes

How the fuck do I make cold brew iced coffee? I'd like to recreate something close to Starbucks' because it's pretty good and I can drink it on its own but mine comes out way more bitter and nowhere near as sweet. What I currently do is
>grind 2 cups coffee beans in burr grinder on coarse
>add 2 L water in big jug and mix
>steep for 12 hours in fridge
>pass it through a sieve to remove the biggest parts, then through french press and put it back into the cleaned out jug
>add water to make it 1 part coffee 1 part water
But it comes out a little bitter and not sweet at all unlike what all the online stuff says about cold brew being sweet. It's also cloudy with coffee dust it feels like. I think part of the problem might be the burr grinder makes dust as a byproduct which gets into the mix and affects flavor/cloudiness but Idk.

>>17989874
chase that dragon.

>>17989898
I'm trying.
I don't know what variable is causing it.

>>17989900
i have been chasing a brew for 6 months

>>17989945
I even asked the cafe and they essentially told me the same method that I'm using.
Do light roast beans go to shit in 24h after opening?

>>17989900
Its always agitation.
>>17989962
>similar to hoffman method
Elaborate. Also you bought preground from the cafe correct? Welcome to the world of oxidation.

>>17960524
Organic whole bean shit from ALDI is very good. $3.99

>>17989886
Have you tried with milk (oat or cow)? I don't enjoy cold brew when it's diluted by water. It could also be a process issue where the sieve & french press isn't doing enough. Or as you say the grinder is dusting your coffee up.
I'd considering buying the Hario Mizudashi MCPN-14CBR which makes it really simple to brew. Get a decent looking (but not too expensive) 8 or 10 oz of pre-ground to go with it. You'll get 3 brews out of either of those (obviously 10oz will be a bit stronger) of about 1 litre each. I haven't even bought any special 'coarse' coffee. I've only had minimal 'sludge' at the bottom of the jug. I don't even really need to filter it (which I can do with a v60 over the jug I store it in).

>>17989886
>very rough grind
>use medium-dark roast beans
>use approximately a 1:6 - 1:8 ratio of beans to water
>steep for ~24 hours
>use within 3 days
It's not that hard man

>>17990514
Like I said I want something that I'd enjoy on its own like the Starbucks product which is 100% coffee. I'll try to minimize dust and maybe filter more but if it doesn't improve I'll look into those items.

>>17990591
Read the post before replying.

>>17990648
The Starbucks product says nothing about it being cold brew. You can make iced coffee with instant coffee of all things.

>>17990654
True but how else am I gonna make such a sweet brew without fancy equipment? All I have is a grinder and simple press and I'm not looking to get more.

>>17990671
>All I have is a grinder and simple press and I'm not looking to get more
That's more than enough. Make some coffee, let it cool down and then make the iced coffee with ice. Add cream and sugar and you're done. If you really want a smooth iced coffee with none of the sludge and coffee oils, you'll have to go with filter options such as a pour over. The French Press' appeal is that it requires nothing but water and ground coffee to work.

>reusable kcups at work
>grind some coffee and try them
>i get hot water
what a scam

>>17990994
Yeah, I got better results with my french press.

??eeffoc

What whole bean espresso is dollar for dollar the best for value? Sticking to things that i can order or buy at the store without having to cross the border or pay in bitcoin or whatever.
Currently use Lavazza Super Crema and it's perfectly fine

>>17992008
all that matters is that the beans are freshly roasted
big store beans aren't

>>17990994
I always suspected there was instant coffee or a really, really fine grind coffee in the pod things. There's no other way for non-pressurized hot water to extract anything resembling coffee to come out of those things in 30 seconds. I don't really understand how these things penetrated the home market. It makes sense in an office, but at home? Nah. It's really bad coffee for the price.

>>17990098
>Its always agitation.
Interesting...
I swirl quite intense during bloom & moderately nearing the end.
>>17990098
>Elaborate. Also you bought preground from the cafe correct? Welcome to the world of oxidation.
No, beans.

>>17992209
For pourover coffee, especially if you're using thinner filter papers the bloom is where you extend the total brew time. When the coffee foams up, forming a bubbly lattice texture, the hot water is allowed to saturate and swell the grounds, giving you a combo steep/percolation method. I don't think stirring or swirling it down is helpful at all. I recommend just letting it sit undisturbed for 60-120 seconds before the second pour. The second pour breaks the crust. I dunno.

>>17992008
The best value would be doing the roasting yourself

>>17992276
Swirling/stirring during the bloom is just to ensure that there are no pockets of dry coffee in the bed

>>17992625
High Pour.

i have some cold brew brewing in the refrigerator

>>17992806
Is it so good that it will cause you to cum yourself?

>>17992178
>I don't really understand how these things penetrated the home market.
Because 99% of the market was cheap instant coffee and people figured they could pay $50 or whatever for a machine and then get pods and get 'better' coffee than the instant.

>>17960655
Jfc dude I accidentally did 36hr stints constantly in college and was just sleepy the next day. Granted, sharing a dorm room with an undiagnosed bipolar nutcase is a stronger sleep killer than any coffee could ever be.

>>17964484
What spices get used? I have a pot but the shit they have at the kabob place is great and I’d like to replicate it.

>>17992813
ill shid and cum everywhere

>>17992806
i hate that normies enjoy photos like this.

>>17968834
If you get coffee with chicory over there grab some. Truly the best for cold brew. It’s kinda tough getting it outside of the South over here because it’s kind of a New Orleans thing.

>>17992851
>STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE

>>17993017
yes

>>17992858
Not him, but I tried a cold brew with chicory once and it was great. Are there any brands that you can grind fresh, or should I just buy a tin of cafe du mond?

>>17993037
Just for you anon

>>17993044
nice photo.
i just didnt like the other shit around the glass of coffee in the first pic. like i guess that could symbolise the flavors of the coffee but it just feels like im looking at an ad or something.
sure if im being charitable a brown liquid with ice could be a ton of shit ok put some coffee beans next to it but the vanilla bean and the cinnamon and almonds like really dude.

but this picture is better because it just makes sense. i dont need to have random shit in the picture to tell me what im looking at, all the objects tell me the story of why this exists. and while this could be used as an ad to sell anything in this pic i dont feel like im being sold something. this feels like an organic expression of the person who made this coffee."damn i just made a great cup of coffee, oh i should take a picture for people and share what i just did" like yeh this dude has just made this cup and has put it down in his work area, there was no time to clean up and take some scripted picture.
i could be 100% wrong about this picture and yeh it could have been set up to look this way and all the lighting is fake or whatever but it just feels like this was taken in the moment which is why i think it is a better shot and im not mad that it exists.

>>17993104
>but it just feels like this was taken in the moment which is why i think it is a better shot and im not mad that it exists.
Ok after you explained that makes more sense than just random internet rage lol. And yeah, I took it in the moment after I made it.

>>17993152
great shot considering it wasn't planned.
i use a moka but i have found i have been getting some clumping (i think from adding too much moisture to my beans before grinding to reduce static and retention which it does but i think it makes it clump more which i dont think is good for the brew) should i get a tool like the one you have in that picture? (i forget the name of that tool/brand of that tool)

>>17993202
I haven't had any experience at all with moka pots so I'm afraid I can't tell you how much of an effect clumping would have on extraction but I will say that my consistency has gone way up since using the wire tool, as wanky as they kinda sound. Not necessarily about making your best shots better, as it is about making your worst shots better.

>>17993316
where can i buy the tool pictured? (yes i know i can diy something but im autistic about buying the proper tool for a specific job.)

>>17993464
Etsy has a bunch. Search "wdt tool". Swork also makes a nice machined aluminum one.

>>17993464
I bought mine locally but like the other anon said, they're around ranging from very cheap to very expensive.

>>17960524
coffee makes me tired

>>17993842
it's okay anon, it's not your fault you're a pussy

>>17989088
Checked, just came back.

>>17994544
nice have fun with it bro

>>17994560
For 30 bucks, it will be hard to disappoint me. Im easy, I can just adjust bean weight, water concentration, and play with the "strong" setting. Never really had a problem "dialing" in on my blade grinder, this should be easy.

>>17968086
How do you do it in a saucepan? I've been curious to try the stuff but didn't want to cop yet another coffee device for my kitchen cabinets that I'll pull out like twice a year.

>>17994560
Ribbed for your pleasure. That thing is going to produce an absolute fuckton of fines.

bought this from aldi for $13 what am i in for

>>17994794
Which Aldi?

>>17994794
it looks like a crappy hario knock off.

>>17994794
That is a very coarse screen. Tea is going to work way better than coffee unless you enjoy drinking grit.

>>17994866
the screen on the immersion section is finer but a glance tells me I'll want to filter it before drinking anyway. the one in the pic is meant for use after brewing
>>17994799
aldi US
>>17994811
correct, however, $13

>>17994887
Yeah but the hario is like $4 more.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IJ3O0Y2/ref=twister_B088L5PG59?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

>>17994911
well if this thing makes shitty coffee i'll return it and get that instead

>>17994887
>aldi US
Nord or Sud?

mmmm... gofffee....

>>17995335
sud

>>17995521
>accidentally fall asleep for an hour (sun room too comfy)
>wake up at 16:30, have a cohee
>comfy friday night ahead
now to figure out what to do with it

>>17995891
cohee?
I just woke up. I went to bed at about 4am and set my alarm for 12... but got up at 9:30 instead. It's cold :(

caff

Sumatra?

>>17994560
>>17996417
how boring...

you do drink Burundi dont you anon?

>>17996485
ice coffee sucks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGIxK4d1fE

>>17996417
you called?

SOund of coffee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbXbcQEFPOU

How do you like your Cawfee?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVeNTofDB2k

>>17996664
Bare espresso

>>17996367
looking forward to the cold season myself. been breaking 100°F here this week. trade you.

>>17996664
>using a $40 ceramic burr grinder for espresso
>these are professionals
bros... did we get grifted into buying overly expensive grinders

>>17996966
>holding flair brew chamber
>pressurized neo basket
>this is an anti water flow funnel

>>17996966
No… you did get a Kingrinder didn’t you?

>>17996966
Wait they literally use the breville barista pro integrated grinder for every fucking shot but the pressurized flair basket. You are a moron.

>>17997306
they used it for the flair

>>17997335
wait you're right I am a moron

>>17996664

>>17997483
I am concerned my coffee would not get the delicious checkmark

>>17997481
>wait you're right I am a moron
>these are professionals
I also like how you glossed over the 12k of Mythos 2s sitting on the bar behind them lol.

>>17996639
i want him to do this but for his voice. like narrate everything he is doing, also getting an actual binaural mic would be great.
also i think a guided asmr coffee making video would be amazing, like a audio museum guide.

>>17996966
rok chads we won...

>>17982144
>>17982080
Alright just got this done, there was barely anything in the filter at the end, so the hario filter is obviously pretty damn good.

Has anybody heard of Cortina coffee?

New thread!

>>17998906