/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Someone asked me yesterday what was it like to use a $2.50 pourover cone.

Feels identical to a $10 pourover cone.

>>9085383
>>9085401
i hear the guy that invented the aerobie frisbee invented "the best coffee maker ever"

I'd like to get an opinion on it here

https://aerobie.com/product/aeropress/

>>9085401
Here's a $10 melitta pourover, it won't fit over my large mugs, but the cheapo one does.

>>9085401
That's because they're the same design using the same filter, duh!

>>9085427
I really like that ceramic Melitta. It's cute

>>9085401
But, like, what if you used a yellow one?

Anyone have a Kalita Wave? Thinking about getting the stainless 185 for my next toy.

>>9085473
But only the plastic cone gives you a beneficial infusion of phytoestrogens. Don't forget to add soy milk!

How come manual grinders cost more than electric ones?

>>9085422
I like aeropress for when I want a single cup of coffee in the evening. Obviously it's not some miracle cup of coffee, tastes close to French press.

>>9085383

I have a rancilio/rocky combination like pick related. I like to have fresh coffee, so before I make espresso, I put green coffee beans in the oven for about 10 minutes. I might invest in a coffee roaster someday, but the oven works fine for now. I generally just make a latte, it's pretty rare that I make macchiatos or cappucinos. I like to use organic grassmilk because it tastes way better than regular milk.

>>9086406
Uh, what? The most expensive manual grinders are around $200 while automatic machines go far into the thousands

>>9086417
>Obviously it's not some miracle cup of coffee
I think the people that go all religious about the fucking thing just had their first cup of decent coffee from one and then attribute it to the device instead of the other variables they got in their coffeefag starter kit, like fresh beans and a proper ratio.

>>9086417
It's literally a tiny french press, it even works the same way, substituting a piston for pneumatic force.
I would buy one if they made a non-plastic one, because plastic leaches estrogen shit.

>>9086327
>>>/x/

What's the best coffee available in a grocery store? I bought a bag of gevalia that was great but it was discontinued, now I don't know what to get instead.

>>9087233
Caribou Blend is alright and they usually sell enough of it that it isn't too old. Kroger's Private Selection stuff is very good and cheap, but usually stale. Peet's is the only big brand I've ever seen with a roast date on it, but the only whole bean I ever see from them in supermarkets is Major Dickason's and that is burnt garbage

>>9087233
Eight O'clock Coffee, preferably the dark and intense one + cheap ass $12 grinder + french press + International Delight Sweet Cream + International Delight One Touch Latte = god tier.

>>9087233
Gevalia is discontinued? I went to Kroger a week or two ago and tried a bag of light roast bag and liked it, ain't that a bitch.

>>9087273
>walmart shit beans
>walmart shit grinder
>walmart shit french press
>walmart shit flavored corn syrup "creamer"
>drinking HFCS and casein protein solids and calling it coffee

>>9087287
No, it was just one flavor that was really good. I forgot the name but it has a purple label on the front.

>>9087273
I like the sugar free sweet cream but the bottles are way too big for one (not obese) person to use by the fresh date

Vietnamese beans, double shot latte. Or long black, depending on mood. Melbourne is fucking great for coffee.

Any fellow coffee-loving anons like to order online? Where to begin? What's a good quality online coffee roaster that doesn't break the bank? I hear good things about Costa Rica Honey Process, is there a good place that sells that?

>>9088921
Great question! I'm so glad someone asked. I also wondered if other anon's bought coffee beans online. A lot of connoisseurs were recommending HappyMug.com

I was skeptical at first. The prices were so low compared to more established places, but then I did more research. It soon became evident that with their direct-to-consumer model, with word of mouth advertising and no fancy "web 3.0 web design" (who needs that? LMAO!) they were able to keep costs down and pass the savings to you, the consumer! I mean us, the consumers! I am definitely just a satisfied customer!

Anyway I tried a bag of their Costa Rica Honey Process which sounded great and tasted even greater. I was hooked!

>>9088930
You should update your ironic meme shill post. They just redid their website

>>9088930
>HappyMug.com
I had very bad experience with them.
Coffee was shitty stale, and customer service was very arrogant. I will never again buy from them. Fucking ripoff artists.

>>9086474
how is that possible when the plastic they use doesn't contain the chemical people mistake for estrogen which actually is a completely different chemical the safety of which has been completely blown out of proportion by US media?

okay so this is a pretty embarrassingly retarded post, i have a local grocery store that sells their own brand of beans, i would be better buying those and grinding them with a grinder myself rather than just buying pre ground folgers tier shit right? i know nothing

Just passed my weekly kidney stone.
Hows it going for you guys?

>>9089214
It really depends.
You might luck out with decent quality unmarked stuff, or it might just be completely dried out stale garbage like everything trader joes sells.

Don't cheap out on whole bean and the likelihood of buying shit goes down.

>>9089200
Do you mean the danger of which is blown out of proportion?
>>9089214
It can't hurt too much to try some weird whole bean

>>9089266
I'm nice and hydrated. You should try it.

>>9089214
If a lot of people buy it, it's probably fresh. Ask a clerk how often they stock it. Either way, it would be very hard for even a stale bean, ground right before brewing, to be worse than Folgers.

>>9085401
What's your method? I just got one of these myself.
I used it twice so far, using this guide
https://youtu.be/FPcwZsw61mQ
The coffee is great, but I feel like it can be better. I'm using those Mexican beans from Amazon that someone else recommended a few threads ago.

Why people drink coffee when tea is superior is every single meaningful way? It's healthier as well.

>>9089574
because it tastes better

>>9086752
Sorry sweetie but some plastics are actually made with endocrine disrupters, Bispenol A being the most notorious

>>9089557
>I'm using those Mexican beans from Amazon that someone else recommended a few threads ago.
Was it shipped from them or Amazon? What grinder/grind? Ratio? Water temp?

In your video, that's the pulse method (pour, drain, pour, drain, etc.). You lose heat in the grounds that way, which why some people don't like it. You can also try a steady pour.

There a couple problems I see with their technique, such as starting the pours on the edges. That water, especially at the beginning, is running right down the side past all the coffee. Pour along the edges to get that stuck stuff off when there is water in there, at least. The straight pouring in the center until they get up to their weight is also dumb. Keep your circles going to agitate everything all the time.

Also, you'll never get any new device right in two tries. More like two weeks

PSA: Dollar Tree sells coffee filter holders for one dollar!

>>9088921
>>9088930
Even the food companies that hire people to create stupid meme posts for twitter are better at shilling than this.

>>9088921
I like pic related. It's like >$8 a pound on amazon and it gets the job done.

>>9089964
Beans were shipped from them. They are very fresh, the bloom is huge. Grinded with a Hario Mini Mill set to 8 clicks from closed which is medium fine I think?
1:16 ratio. Water temp I have no clue. I only have a generic electric kettle. I boil the water, and then start the process shown in the video, beginning with the preheating, so the water is cooler by the time I'm finished around 2 min later. I'm not sure how to keep it consistent. I guess a steady pour would be better in that regard? So for that I just pour all of the water in one pour, in circles?

>>9090045
>I'm not sure how to keep it consistent
Take notes
>So for that I just pour all of the water in one pour, in circles?
Yea, spiraling in and out

What's the coffee taste like?

I like coffee but it gives me the shits.

How do I overcome my handicap?

>>9090146
Shit before you drink it

>>9090125
>take notes
I was actually talking about the water temperature, but I guess that really could only a problem with the pulse pour method.

>Yea, spiraling in and out
Thanks, I'll give it a try.

>What's the coffee taste like?
Not sure I have the proper vocabulary to accurately describe what exactly I'm tasting. I'm not getting any of the notes listed on the bag (brown sugar, cashew, pear), except maybe brown sugar, slightly. That's what I was hoping to be intensify with a better method.
I can say it's not unpleasant at all to drink, very smooth, no acidity at all. It's more than just "eh," at least in my opinion.

>>9090184
Well, the biggest way to change the taste in pourover is the grind. So try 7 clicks and then 9 and see which direction is better, finer or coarser. Just keep all of your other variables the same. Only ever change one variable at a time

The biggest thing to remember is:

bitter = over-extracted = grind is too fine
sour = under-extracted = grind is too coarse

>>9090206
Okay, I'll give that a try too, thanks.

>>9090206
>sour = under-extracted = grind is too coarse
that's not completely true is it?

>>9090282
Yea, usually, but basically always with pour over. Now, your grind could be perfect but your water temp could be too low or it didn't have enough contact time with the grounds. Those could also result in under-extraction.

The first part about the taste is universal, though
bitter = over-extracted
sour = under-extracted

>>9090282
>>9090258
Here

>>9089214
Check for freshness by finding out the roast date, which should be on the bag or on the sign on the bin (if they happen to be loose beans). Typically beans should be used and purchased between 3-10 days after they're roasted. Of course you can buy them freshly roasted and wait a few days, but if the beans are more than 10 days old, they're stale. Coffee beans release gas after being roasted, which is why that 3-10 day critical period is there. Old beans aren't useless though, they can be used for cold brew, which is what most businesses do with them. Can't make a decent hot cup of coffee with them though.

>>9090313
Not them, but thanks for this

Am I a pleb?

>>9090373
>100% Golden Roasted

Literally what did they mean by this?

>>9090313
doesn't account for temperature

>>9090411
True, but that should be one if the easiest variables to control and shouldn't really be tinkered with. Try to get around 200°F and leave that be until you know what you're doing.

>>9085383
I wanna stick my penis in that catboys mouth and give him a shot of steamed cream

What's your favorite cup to drink coffee from? I just ordered this one, am hyped for it arriving.

>>9090489
I switched over to making inappropriate t-shirts.

>>9090498
I considered getting it on a tshirt too, but having it on both a cup and a tshirt would be weird to me.

>>9085401
In Costa Rica, we use a "chorreador".
You put the coffee directly in the bag, without the paper filter .
After it's done you wash the bag and let it dry.

>>9090528
CoffeeSock

>>9090555
I feel like these things are designed as a cruel joke and the high profit margins are just the icing on the cake.

wtf i thought butter in coffee was a meme
this is a legit thing that people do

>>9091263
>people add cream
>butter is just condensed, churned cream
i don't get the issue.

>>9091285
why not add cheese then huh? all the same right?

>>9091285
You'd be fine with having cream on a slice bread as well then? Whipped maybe?
Or instead of mayo on a sandwich you could just have some oil and raw egg.
And instead of salt you could have a lump of sodium and a cloud of chlorine gas.
It's the same after all.

>>9091341
I put cream on bread

fiteme

>>9091494
I don't know if I could beat you in a fight but I get the impression I could definitely outrun you.

>>9091263
"Bulletproof" coffee is the meme. Butter in coffee is bretty gud

>>9091533
>bulletproof coffee is an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.
It certainly is, why would you need to post such an obvious statement?

>>9091538
Hi newfriend

>>9089214
Don't be embarrassed, just order from HappyMug.com. With their easy ordering process and $3 flat-rate delivery to all 50 states, who needs all these confusing choices at the grocery store, when you can have fresh coffee sent direct to your door for less money than it would cost from these cool hipster coffee roasters with their social justice baristas wearing the cutting-edge new "glasses" to prove to everyone how virtuous they are.

HappyMug.com, now with no icky social interaction with roasties or SJWs required.

>>9091675

>>9091675
>mods delete coffee frog
>don't delete shill post

ayy

>>9091852
Some people have mentioned happy mug shilling, but all I've ever seen is this ironic shitposter. I guess that actually does make him the shill.

>>9085422
like all meme coffee devices, i assume it doesn't taste much different than regular drip/pour over

>>9085383
who else here /chemex/ masterrace?

>>9091341
clotted cream is a common topping for a scone or english muffin

>>9091901
Soon

>>9086406
just FYI, a lot of those electric ones with the spinning blades are cheap spice grinders/blender type things that give a very uneven grade of grounds. you're "supposed" to use a burr grinder for a more consistent particle size. most of the manual grinders are probably burr grinders, but the electric ones you're looking at likely are not. manual burr grinders are definitely cheaper than electric burr grinders

I just want to say if you add literally anything to your coffee you are a turbo pleb

>>9091901
chemex to suck eggs
v60 to get that pussy

>>9092157
Most people have never had an actual good cup of coffee which is why they have to add cream and sugar. If I'm served diner or office tier swill, I add cream too

where my /coldbrew/ niggas at

>>9092252
Cold Brew is pretty handy. I cold brew with a big glass jar and save it for when I'm in a rush and need coffee.

>>9092157

I just want to say that if you add water to your coffee and aren't just snorting the grounds then you are a turbo pleb

>>9092252
just came here to ask for tips on my first time doing cold brew. summer is already too fucking unbearable to be drinking hot coffee

>>9092252
>>9092321
>>9092265

Trying to figure out the best way make it. Flavored grounds always sounds like a good idea, but keeps turning out like shit

>>9092365
Shitty in what way? We need to know the problem better to offer real advice.

>>9092610
the problem is that he's using flavored grounds

>>9092614
>>9092610
Yeah I'm kinda inclined to agree. It just tastes like garbage. Regular grounds taste great so I figured I'd try flavored.

>>9092170
Cream is for fags
If you can't handle the noxious taste of a real man's drink just stick to tea, pussies

>>9092820
>implying tea tastes good at all

>>9092820

>>9085422
Pretty good. Great for solid and quick coffee, if you live in a small space/desk/don't have a lot of time for prep. 6/10 flavor

>>9085383
k-kawaii desu ne

>>9090373
Well you go ahead and be a pleb. Then you buy a pleb brand of pleb coffee. Try lavazza or moccona

>>9092365
>>9092321
Honestly, cold brew is so fucking easy im surprised more people dont do it. Heres my process for great cold brew:

1. Decent beans
2. Coarse grind (like halfway between coarse sea salt and table salt. On my grinder i do a 7 on a 1-9 scale where 1 is finest and 9 is coarsest)
3. In a large french press fill the bottom 1/4 to 1/3 with coffee grounds. Probably about 25-30grams.
4. Fill that bitch with filtered cold water. Stir immediately for about 10 seconds.
5. Plop the filter on but dont push the plunger down, leave in the fridge overnight (8-10hours) and push down when you wake up and enjoy.

Perfect everytime. Experiment with grind size and beans to grt what you like. Enjoy with ice.

How do you make coffee not unbearably bitter? Every time I try to down some it makes me think of tea ceremony foam and I end up gagging. Would grinding my own actually make it less shitty or is my bitter sense too strong?

>>9094220
The coffee you're drinking is over-extracted

>>9094220
Unbearable bitterness is a sign of improper technique. Start by telling hs precisely how ypu make your coffee and we'll tell you what to fix.

>>9089214
depends on the store. I've had good enough luck with publix and wegmans beans in the past

>>9094288
I don't. I've only gotten store bought. That's why I'm asking if it actually does make a huge difference or if coffee is supposed to taste bitter. Even people who make their own push that

>>9094288

>use burr grinder
>set to medium grade
>grind beans, package says they were roasted ~3 days ago
>done grinding
>heat up 2 cups of water in kettle
>put 5 tablespoons of grounds in pour over top
>kettle singing
>pour enough water to cover the grounds
>leave it for 30 seconds, put rest of water back on stove while waiting
>pour the rest of water, use circular motion and try to pour evenly over the area
>drink it immediately after it all drips out
>tastes like bitter shitte

tried with two different brands of beans and tasted about the same so i don't think its the beans. maybe coffee just aint for me

>>9094322
>I'm asking if it actually does make a huge difference
Is infinity + 1 a big enough difference

>>9094340
Are you pouring straight off the boil?

>>9094351
i give it a second or two and the vigorous boiling stops. doesn't really taste burnt, just bitter

>>9094358
Give it more like 2 minutes and don't put it back on the stove between pours. You want around 200°F. If that isn't it, you need to grind coarser

>>9094340
>heat up 2 cups of water in kettle
>put 5 tablespoons of grounds in pour

dafuq?
First, get a damn scale and weigh everything. Second, if Google converted everything correctly, that's a 5:32 coffee:water ratio, which is more than twice what you want. Try a 1:16 ratio.

>>9088930
Yeah no. The beans I got from them were stale. Never again.

How do I get a decent grind uniformity from a blade grinder?
I don't think I can justify blowing $200 on a burr grinder.

>>9094478
Get an Encore

>>9094478
fine and coarse sieves
Hope those beans aren't too expensive

>>9094478
hand grinder

>>9094510
>sieve
I make time for my coffee ritual in the morning but I wouldn't bother if I had to do that

>>9085422
I had one of those as a kid, found it in the woods
dumb name though

>>9091155
woodnecks make a pretty good cup

>>9086439
*blocks your path*

Don't want to buy a $100 burr grinder for my MoccaMaster even though I spent $200 on it.

Should I just get illy grounds? It looks like local roasters will charge the same.

>>9089574
ezier to make

tastes better with milk

How much better is pourover than great quality instant coffee when both have an electric kettle ready for use and both may use cream/milk?

>>9095427
Dude, just bite the bullet

>>9095427
lol, why is it that people who buy those things always end up dumping fucking pre-ground costco beans in them

what in the actual fuck goes through people's minds buying a fancy coffee machine just to make garbage coffee out of it?

>>9095462
>great quality instant coffee

oxymoron

>>9094914
Still under a thousand

>>9085383
I showed this picture to my girlfriend. She got an erection.

>>9085383
>iced latte
>sometimes mocha
>sometimes caremel
>always w-w-w-whipped cream

>>9096081
you date a transgender anon? i'm so proud of you!

>>9085383
For a while I made mostly Hario pour over, but ever since I got my Aeropress, that's about all I use. Reverse method ftw, makes the best at home coffee I've ever had.

>>9096271
>Reverse method
Isn't that where you turn it upside down and put it on your penis

>>9096340
Yes

>>9085383
at LEAST that gay

Some colleagues at work said they dont grind flavoured coffee beans, because that would jam up the grinder somehow. Is that true or false? Because I'd like to try some flavoured coffee just because.

What's the best ground coffee you can buy?

Why so many of you fags use pour over when french press is infinitely superior?

>>9096684
It's not.

>>9096684
because we got over it in the 90s

>>9096684
It makes a nicer show when being poured at hipster coffee shops.
I do agree though, french press just tastes better and there's no way to fuck it up unlike a pourover which has too many nuances.

>>9096684
Babby's first brew method

>>9096684
I remember when I first got into coffee.

>>9094220
Matcha shouldn't be bitter either. Use lower temperature for both

>>9096543
Help?

>>9097348
Use your brain anon. Of fucking course you can grind flavored coffee beans.

What they might have meant and somehow got misunderstood along the way is that if you grind flavored coffee then the flavoring can get into the grinder and result in all the coffee ground afterwards having the same flavor. That can be addressed by cleaning the grinder after you're done grinding flavored beans.

>>9097378
They didn't specify how it would and I didn't find anything about it when I searched. Likely my google fu is terribly weak. And I started to get a bit interested in grinding my own coffee just a few days ago, so general ignorance plays a part as well.

>>9097348
If you buy flavored beans, you should jam your grinder up your ass

What happened to moldfag? Did he just fuck right off into oblivion?

>tfw finally free from college for fucking 40 days
>now the real studying starts
>gonna try to get some contacts in the coffee industry
>gonna start writing my conclusion paper
>planning on try some cupping
>need to write about my experiments with alkaline water

>>9097782
Do you need an art degree to be a barista nowadays?

How hard is it to become a legit barista? Right now I work at a gas station making coffee for workers in the morning, and although it's pump & dump garbage, I do enjoy the work as well as when I did the same thing for Dunkin Donuts. I feel like I'd enjoy serving coffee to others.

>>9097920
I have a very popular place down the road from me that's desperate for baristas. I submitted an application but could tell from the attitude of the workers and the body language of the manager I was doomed, so unless you're either a hipster, a male model, or a cute girl, don't even bother.

>>9097959
>so unless you're either a hipster, a male model, or a cute girl, don't even bother.
...do you think they would take a trap?

>>9097988
You'd probably be in a rather good position, it's discrimination in your case if that's the sole reason they base their denial of your application. I don't have basis of argument because I'm just a normie fucking white male.

Also, speaking of coffee, I just found a bag of some Sumatran stuff in my cabinet. Smells very rich and bold. Good morning blend.

>>9097851
One day my home will be awarded with a bib gourmand because of my coffee + tiramisu at good price.

>>9096016
the guy you were quoting was categorically wrong, but there're hand grinders priced far above a decent automatic grinder, and $200 is definitely not top of the line (inb4 the autist misinterprets this), just a point of diminishing returns for non-espresso

I just made a pot of sencha green tea and drank the whole thing in one sitting because it was so good, it even went cold and it was still good.

Why can't coffee be the same way?
All that steam and coffee smell that wafts off a fresh coffee isn't just odor, it's literally the flavor agents drifting away, leaving you with disgusting sour water once it gets cold.

>>9098721
Good coffee is good, you're drinking the Lipton of coffee.

>>9098728
Prove it nerd.

>>9098025
do retards actually think they can go to the department of labor and get the government to punish a random company because they think they weren't hired because they weren't enough of a pretty girl?

lol

>>9099538
>lol

>>9098575
$200 is almost top of the line (there's a couple slightly more expensive ones, but they're exactly identical performance wise. Not even .001% better, it's the same burrs equally well aligned.) hand grinder for non espresso. The HG-1 will perform straight up worse at brewed coffee.

For a better grinder than the $200 hand grinders you need to get into the large flats, like Ditting (804), Mahlkonig (EK43, Tanzania), or Compak (R80, R120). Cheapest you can do that for is around $500-$600 with a Bunnzilla.

>>9094220
I just add milk and sugar.

>>9085383
DOP Caffe

That's right American faggots.

>9 Bars of Pressure
>25 seconds of water
>7g of perfect Arabica/Robusta blend
>25ml of liquid
>50ml white ceramic cup
>A little zucchero

You fucking swine have never tasted real coffee.

>>9096696
>>9096711
>>9097009
Bad posts.

>>9096730
Good post.

So many plebs, sad!

anyone here ever tried mazagran? Im gonna try it out

>>9100590
No but it sounds kind of interesting

>>9100320
Enjoy those grounds in those last few sips.

>>9100727
Protip: Don't drink them

>>9100740
Or just use a better brewing method.

>>9087233
Utopian

>>9100147
>being proud about drinking robusta

bump!

Are those keurig cup coffe brewers a meme? I really want to get my own coffee maker, but it seems like every coffee out there these days uses those keurig cups, I just want a nice big thing of coffee to drink in the morning.

>>9102819
Check out thrift stores to find the keurig machines for cheap. It isn't really worthwhile to buy the little cups, but they're still cheaper than buying coffee at most places. You could also get one of those reusable filters for the keurig machine and use coffee like you would for a regular drip machine.

Depending on your routine and how big "a big thing of coffee" is, you might be better served with a french press and a kettle.

>>9096696
yes it is

>>9097851
no. just being a faggot is enough.

>>9103005
No it's not.

>>9101397
>Implying anyone actually likes 100% Arabica

>>9102819
Why not buy an espresso machine?
Does the same job, faster, with less waste, and it can froth milk.

>>9103907
yes it is
shut up shut up shut up
I know who you are

Someone give me the rundown choosing between moka/ pourover/ french

>>9104082

moka pot produces a sort of concentrated burnt coffee meant to simulate espresso, it's really not comparable.
also it's a pain in the ass to set up and pack the grounds puck before closing it

french
>boil water
>grind coffee
>put coffee in press
>dump near-boiling water
>stir if you want
>come back in 3-4 minutes
>press down piston
>coffee
>wash piston and beaker when finished

pourover
>boil water
>grind coffee
>insert new filter into pourover
>dump grounds
>take kettle and stand there for 3-4 minutes slowly pouring water
>coffee
>throw filter in trash
>rinse out pourover cone when finished

>>9104168
>take kettle and stand there for 3-4 minutes slowly pouring water

>take kettle and slowly evenly pour water over grounds up to desired weight
>walk away while it decants for 2-3 min
fixed

>>9104181
Do you ACTUALLY put a scale there and measure the weight?

Fucking autists.
captcha: bascula veiza

>>9104192
>Do you ACTUALLY put a scale there and measure the weight?
Absolutely. How else are you supposed to get consistency, you fucking casual. A scale is only second to the grinder in gear importance

>>9104222
I measure water by volume.

>>9104233
And your beans? Do you even into a proper ratio?

>>9104192

Yes?

>>9104236
Mostly, I measured it once and now I just count by scoopfuls for that same amount.
The coffee tastes the same every time so I must be doing it consistently.

>>9104241
>I just count by scoopfuls
Oy vey. No beans or roasts are the same size or weight

>>9104261
I know you want to justify your coffee equipment so hard but it doesn't fucking matter, you're not making espresso.

>>9104270
You act as if a kitchen scale needs to be justified.

>>9104270
>justify your coffee equipment
$20, m8. $20.

From MCI's I buy at surplus stores.

>>9104282
>>9104289
That's not the only thing you bought, rr. $500 grinder.

>>9104319
my grinder was ~$40

I like to pour freshly ground coffee beans into my french press, steep these dark grounds for 3 minutes, and then I put it in a pre-hot glass, after that I hold a spoons tip into the coffee and pour creamer on top of the spoon so the creamer is between the coffee. Take a skewer or something similar and do half a rotation and a sharp pull upwards.

>>9104561
Your forgot the part where you funnel it into your feminine dickhole

>>9104606
Is there any other way to play?

>>9104168
Sounds like French is easiest, I'll just do that

>>9104771
oddly enough it's the most tedious imo, especially if you're autistic about getting all of the grounds out of the plunger assembly
Pourover has been the quickest method so far for me, because all of the grounds are contained in a disposable filter, and there is only one part to rinse.
That's just my experience.

>>9104827
I use a mesh filter to clean my French press and it takes around 30 seconds to clean it out, including autism inducing grounds.

Pourover is obviously quicker to clean but French press is nice since once it's brewing you can do other things like cook breakfast or get ready for work.

>>9103987
it's unfathomable to me that you could be this wrong and self-assured about it

>>9104981
Fight me irl m8e

>>9098721
>All that steam and coffee smell that wafts off a fresh coffee isn't just odor, it's literally the flavor agents drifting away, leaving you with disgusting sour water once it gets cold.
maybe we're all just drifting away bro...

>>9104771
cleaning it sucks tho

>>9105626
Not really, just take a sponge and do a one over on the filter and the inside of the beaker.

>>9105635
I mean the fact you have to clean it at all

>>9105635
a once over with a sponge will not get the stuff in between the filter and the plates that hold it

>>9105653
That stuff doesn't really affect you in the long run, I never clean between there.
Tighten it well and no grinds should get in there.

>>9089965
I know where I'm going tomorrow.

>>9105653
Meh, I only take mine all the way apart once a week. It's just the oils that sit in there

Worked at Starbucks for half a year. It basically made me hate most coffee chains, but in turn gave me a lot of insight about good coffee. Protip: It doesn't come from Starbucks.

I like South American medium roasts, as boring as that is. I tend to avoid acidity or frutiness in coffee, and prefer to go with blends that give a nuttier flavor.

Black is a bit difficult for me to drink sometimes, though. I like a small splash of milk in my coffee.

>>9105866
>Black is a bit difficult for me to drink sometimes, though.
How are you making it

>>9105867
Pourover, typically.

>>9105866
Hi, I wanna come in and get a blonde roast but they never have it unless I come in in the early morning, they offer to make it in some metal french press thing which tastes awful and I'm fully convinced they're using the pike roast for this and they think I can't tell the difference.

How do I get a blonde roast at any time of day?

>>9105881
At Starbucks? Ask them for a blonde pourover. I'd avoid doing it during a rush, though; pourovers are time-consuming and hard to do in-between other orders.

I'm going to be real and tell you straight-up that their blonde roast is downright awful. Especially Willow and Veranda. The only regular coffee from Starbucks that I find palatable is Pike, and that's just because it's very inoffensive and boring.

>>9105886
Are you saying that I can ask for a pourover during rush hour and they have to do it?

>>9105899
You can, but they'll hate you for it and there's a good chance your order will be forgotten or fucked up.

That said, it's still their job. My actual suggestion would be to go somewhere that isn't starbucks.

>>9105913
>they'll hate you for it

What do I care?
Sounds like a nice way of fucking up some millennial shitkids thanks for the heads up!

>>9105926
Sure.

Other than looking trendy and hipster, is there a single advantage of pour over over french press or moka pot?

>>9107134
pourover is literally a manual drip machine, you get no fine silt mud at the bottom of your cup, but you also don't get any of the heavy coffee oils that can add body to french press coffee.

just use both and switch it up, every other form of coffee preparation is a meme

Is there an easy way to purchase Feima 600N grinder stateside? From what I've read this is the GOAT grinder for manual brew.

>>9107134
Honestly, no. It's easy to fuck up pour over too while french press is idiot proof.

What hand grinder do i buy? What ceramic paperholder? How do I see the size on amazon? I need big size. Thanks alot

>>9096567
That cat shit stuff? Idk

people said the baratza encore isn't quite good enough for quality espresso shots but I find that it can easily grind finer than my gaggia classic can handle

is this only a problem with high end espresso machines? or is it bullshit intended to sell more 400$ grinders?

>>9100147
>white cup
Why is that important?
Why not preheated? heavy? thick-walled?

>>9100147
Here we call you a fag

>>9085422
i've honestly only had better coffees from a professional espresso machine that costs hundreds of pounds.
it extracts more flavour than any other device you can use at home, quick and easy to use, easy to clean, and it only costs around £25
obviously, if you use cheap coffee grounds, it's still going to taste like cheap coffee, but if you can get decent freshly roasted coffee there is no better way of preparing it.

>>9107980
The fineness of the grind isn't in question, the grind consistency/quality is

>>9087273
Why did they change the box? Do they hate money?

>>9094220
Try not guzzling corn syrup every day. Avoid all extracted sugars and everything will taste good eventually.

>>9098721
I enjoy yesterday's cold coffee.

>>9090528
In Mexico they call it dirty sock water

>>9087233
Lavazza oro

How is arabic coffee? Does it taste good?

>>9109646
you mean arabica?

>>9092252
Got my first cold brew sitting in my press on the kitchen counter right now. 75g of grounds and 600ml of water. Gonna leave it for about 20 hours, maybe 24.

>>9111108
Do white people think the only way to make coffee is pre-ground from an auto-drip machine and consumed from a paper cup while driving?

>>9085422
its a meme
nobody serious about coffee uses an aeropress except for traveling

>>9109036
>extracts more flavor than any other device at home

>>9111184
cold brew means cold... not room temp

>>9109036
I hope this is a shill post.

>>9111266
No it doesn't, it just means "not hot" in this context. Room temperature and refrigerated are both common.

>>9087233
>gevalia
And this is the first time I've ever heard that that brand is sold outside of Sweden. Weird.

>>9111108
Arabic / Turkish / Greek style coffee is my personal favorite for home brewing. There is no other way to get as much flavor from a roast as an extremely fine grind and a properly prepared cup of Turkish without a proper high BAR espresso machine. After trying it and refining the technique, I have since stashed my moka pot, french press, and pour over in exchange for my ibrik. Everything else tastes very under-extracted to me now, especially after beginning to roast my own.

>>9087273
it's no surprise that the attentionwhoring namefag joyfully displays how fucking retarded he is

>>9089200
while there are retards who mistake BPA for actual estrogen and sensationalize it, BPA is actually is not good for you.

>>9089574
i'm pretty sure that a lot of us who post in the coffee threads post in the tea threads as well. they're both good.

>>9087273
kill yourself

Every other method of making coffee has felt inferior, taste wise, after I got a Bialetti Brikka stovetop coffee maker. Pour over, french press, espresso machine... just tastes worse.

Nothing better than getting freshly baked beans from your local coffee shop, something really dark and strong, making a 6x espresso and extending it to a latte with hot frothed milk and some caramel syrup. It's my go-to coffee drank.

>>9112230
>freshly baked beans

>>9112255
My bad. We use the same word for baked and roasted in Mongolian.

>>9112276
Knock down my shitty walls

>>9111266
nope. anything over refridge temp kills it.
start with water from the fridge. and keep the brew in the fridge. and 24 hrs is way too much

>>9087233
French Market

>>9085383
Black iced, hot with a dab of fresh raw cream, cappuccino. Top three.

>milk frother
>Mini bialetti
>Glass coffee cup
>Liter glass carafe
Currently I am just working with a French press, are any of the above worth purchasing if I have limited space? The carafe seems like a great buy, so I could warm it and use it to store my four cups of French press I make so it doesn't stay with the grounds too long. I have a long neck brush, so it would be pretty easy to clean too.

>>9113385
Just get a better brewing device and a grinder that doesn't suck ($500 minimum)

>>9113385
As a french press enthusiast I recommend a brikka (I'm not the shill from earlier) if you like to add some cream, milk, or sugar to your coffee. It's versatile and fun to use.

>>9113620

Basically the tech upgrade from their original moka pot? Looking for something small and compact that can offer a different taste for my nightly cups I might have like right now so I don't have to do a surrender press of coffee

>>9113890
>Looking for something small and compact that can offer a different taste for my nightly cups
Get a pourover and start trying every single origin that you can find

Weeb free

>>9113907
My local coffee roaster has single origin stuff from around the world. I could do that too, but I love the look of the moka pot. Is it just not that good for making a stronger cup of coffee for the poorer? (Have some money, but not enough for anything amazing)

>>9113890
Yeah, its a serious upgrade and it's compact (get the 3 cup size). Have a browse on YouTube on all the different types of drinks you can do with a moka pot if you're unconvinced.

Does anyone else direct their pourover straight into their travel mug?

>>9091499
heh

>>9105180
rather drink decent espresso 2bh

>>9114544
I haven't used a travel mug in a while, but I'm sure a lot of people do this.

>>9114544
Are you using a drip machine filter in your Melitta

Finally tried making cold brew and it turned out pretty good. How coarse should the grind be? I basically made it as coarse as I would for french press, maybe slightly more so.

>>9115544
I use my French press to filter it so I just go with a French press grind. If you use a finer filtering method you could get away with finer grounds, might extract more or make the process faster.

>>9115556
I used my french press as well so that was my rationale for using the same grind. I let it brew for ~13 hours and it tastes pretty strong so I guess I could go slightly coarser, or just cut it with more ice.

>>9115567
Cut it with more ice or change your ratio of coffee to water

What ratio did you use?
I usually do 1:10

>>9115666
1:7 since that's what most sites I read said. Felt like I wasted a fuck ton of coffee

>>9115853
Cut it with some water, too

>>9114544
Is that a cheap knock-off of the Kalita Wave?

>>9115544
Doesnt cold brew lack body?

any relatively cheap sites to buy whole bean?

>>9117671
Oh I'm sure you'll suggest one, shill-kun

My buddy fucking loves coffee. I want to make him something he'll think is fancy but doesn't actually cost me anything. He's easily tricked by aesthetics.

I'm thinking of doing something goofy like sterilizing some jars, tossing in some coffee beans and distilled water then giving him 2 month old canned cold brew. Please give me a better idea than this terrible terrible idea.

Cold brew is endgame?

>>9118815
I think you'd have to use a pressure canner for that, which would make it not a cold brew. Otherwise you might give your friend botulism. Probably shouldn't do that. You could soak them in vodka or another alcohol though.

>>9119197
Right I'd have to treat the beans before canning wouldn't I? Kind of only considered the water and jars. Could I bake them or something first? Maybe only make it 2-3 weeks? Buddy is having a rough time so a nice gift would do him well. It just has to seem fancy, doesn't actually need to be great, just not terrible.

This stuff didn't even taste remotely like coffee, but I liked it with milk for some reason. Am I officially a pleb now?

>>9119983
yeah a lil bit

Shot of espresso with Nepalese coffee

>>9090146
don't drink it on an empty stomach

>>9104168
you're not supposed to pack the grounds, just evenly spread them
also if coffee from a moka pot tastes burnt you're brewing at too hot a temperature

Any affordable and decent/good coffee beans you guys can recommend? For comparision I currently drink Mollbergs Blandning, it's a dark roast with low acidity (I'm not too fond of acidic coffee). This thread made me want to try out grinding my own coffee for my brewer to see if it makes a noticable difference in taste, and I'm currently waiting for my Wilfa WSCG-2 to arrive.

I probably unintentionally stepped on some thread landmines, but eh.

tl;dr: Coffee bean recommendations for a newbie who likes dark roast coffee with low acidity?

>>9121365
http://lmgtfy.com/?t=m&q=coffee+roaster

>>9121407
Ok, great. So about my question: do you have any bean recommendations?

>>9121422
Yea, stop drinking dark roast like a plebeian

>>9114544
what's a /coffee/ approved travel mug?

>>9121431
Ok, what do you recommend?

>>9121570
Medium roast from anywhere in Central America

>>9119680
That might work but I think you'd need to make the liquid acidic if you aren't pressure canning, otherwise botulism. That's why people usually do it with vodka because it's foolproof. You could do a coffee flavored simple syrup if he doesn't drink alcohol, but it'd have to be refrigerated.

>>9121624
Damn. Should I just do a basic cold brew, put it in a jar, and tell him I did that? Honestly I just use instant because I'm 2poor for beans. I really don't know what I'm doing. I just want to make my buddy a gift.

>>9121637
Yeah that's probably a better idea. Buy some good coffee beans, use it to make cold brew and give it to him along with the rest of the beans. Ask him to try it and tell you if there's a big difference between hot/cold brew and which one he likes more. The cold brew should keep for a week or two if it stays refrigerated. Don't keep the beans in that long though, take them out once they're done extracting.

>>9121650
Well alright, thanks anon. Shame I'll have to lie but whatever, he won't know the difference.

>>9085383

According to wiki, and your own government, anyone who identifies as indigenous, is. Anyone who speaks an "indigenou" jibberish language is as well. According to a 2015 census, 90% of Mexicans identified as Mestizo. The richest person in your country isn't even Mexican, he's an Arab.

Bunn Coffee maker + RO water + pic related
I drink it black

not a connoisseur

That's a COWFWE, retard.

3am here. About to make my daily coffee! Whish me luck!

>>9121581
light roast from africa

I prefer green tea

>>9121983
green tea is for weebs
>>>/reddit/

has anyone tried Mystic Monk coffee

>>9092272
>snorting
>not grinding the coffee fresh, mixing it directly with water, and injecting the solution into the folds of your scrotum

On days I really need a pick me up I replace water with Mtn Dew.

literally just use k-cups.

>>9121581
Alright, I'll give it a shot if I find something. Thanks for the recommendation.

keruig brewer, folgers, black

>>9086435
wow thats really cool! I use pic related it cost me a couple bucks and I get on with my day

>>9122476
why? those taste like garbage

>>9085383
What a bunch of hipster shit ITT.
Just buy a bag of pic related and you are set senpai.

>>9123892
>preground trash
nope

Guys, I have a drip machine and Im just wandering what difference do I get witha pour-over or these fancy Chemex things?

Can someone tell me if I'm cleaning my french press wrong? It takes me up to 5 minutes to clean everything to the point where it doesn't smell like stale coffee
>rinse out glass/carafe/beaker/whatever, fill with hot water and scrub with sponge
>disassemble plunger and rinse off
>fill a large container with hot water and scrub each plunger piece with a sponge
>reassemble plunger and plunge water multiple times

>>9123925
Skip those and use a french press with coarse, freshly ground beans. If you do it correctly there will be more flavor and no burnt or bitter taste

>>9124098
Sounds like overkill to me.

You are using soap, right? You aren't going to get rid of any remaining coffee oils without soap.

>>9124107
No soap. I get too paranoid that I won't be able to get the smell/taste out

>>9124101

I've used it a couple times and it does change the taste interestingly. I should try finding it when I go home

>>9124098
1. Wipe down and rinse the beaker and plunger
2. Don't smell it and tone down your autism

If you can't tone down the autism, get a ceramic V60 that takes ten seconds to clean

>>9124192
Smell means there's a significant amount of oil and that oil goes rancid

>>9124229
Not in a week or two. I only break mine all the way down once a week or every two weeks and thoroughly clean it. Doing that every day is ridiculous

>>9124192
>If you can't tone down the autism, get a ceramic V60 that takes ten seconds to clean

literally this, I don't get why people bother with french presses when pourover devices are so much easier to deal with

>>9124255
In that case I might just get that involved once a week and just rinse the grounds off/out and scrub the glass on each use

>>9124265
Exactly. You will absolutely not notice it tasting any different because you left some oils between the filter plates yesterday

>>9091896

>>9121554
zojirushi

>>9124360
fucking saved

>>9124265
Oh, this retard here. I also make tea with the press, is the oil going to affect that?

>>9124874
Maybe. Why don't you try it and tell us

why are coffee grinders so expensive

>>9125408
You see, there is this thing called production economy and supply and demand...