/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.13062356]

Percolator edition. This thread is for all coffee related discussion and inquiries.

>what are you drinking
>where is it from
>getting anymore

Previous thread >>13000079

[Anonymous No.13062420]

>>13062391
same here. i don't know anything about usa food standards though.

[Anonymous No.13062489]

How can I get the pour over technique down? Every time I make one the results always vary even if its the same coffee, same amount og water, etc.

I try and be as consistent as possible with the weight, coffee, water, and time spent pouring and heating and all. So whats the best way?

[Anonymous No.13062516]

>>13062489
60 grams of coffee per litre of water. i like scott rao's method. https://youtube.com/watch?v=c0Qe_ASxfNM

[Anonymous No.13063872]

>>13062356

[Anonymous No.13064437]

>>13063872
Next time use an anime girl in the OP.
These stock images you post are too bland to draw attention.

[Anonymous No.13064447]

>>13062489
Practice.

[Anonymous No.13064483]

I'm thinking about going back to pre-ground coffee for my early mornings. Talk me out of it.

[Anonymous No.13064486]

>>13064437
>had clean aesthetic
>red coloring
I'll keep that in mind though. Current theme is going through all the different methods to brew coffee.

[Anonymous No.13064495]

>>13064486
You can do that with anime just fine.

[Anonymous No.13064506]

>>13064483
Honestly pre grinding a couple days in advanced is still way better than buying preground.

[Anonymous No.13064533]

>>13064495
I'll definitely keep it in mind after the current theme. Only problem I could see is triggering anti anime autists.

[Anonymous No.13064537]

>>13064533
Those autists are tourists with nothing to contribute and can safely be ignored.

[Anonymous No.13064828]

>>13064533
I mean, they already shit up threads with

>huuuuuuuuuuur brown water

Can't get much worse. Just a free bump.

[Anonymous No.13064893]

I really like coffee but I stopped drinking caffeine several years ago and now even one cup wrecks me for the day it sucks. I bought a french press and a moka pot and milk frother and stuff and made a bunch of coffee for friends last week when they came to visit it was fun.

[Anonymous No.13064953]

>>13062356
Thoughts on Nespresso?

[Anonymous No.13065021]

>>13064437
Trailer Park Boys is more popular than this seasonal trash will ever be.

[Anonymous No.13065370]

>>13064893
I’m the same way bro. I can drink one cup alright, two cups and I’m wrecked for the day. I’ve been trying to drink more for years but my tolerance is staying the same so I think there’s some reason making us so sensitive, tolerance should go up otherwise, right?

[Anonymous No.13065417]

>>13065370
I assume I could be fine if I started drinking it again regularly but I've got a difficult relationship with sleep so I cut it out several years ago to sort stuff out and it did help and I get along just fine without it, I just have to avoid the caffeine for now. I'm not going to brew any decaf I don't think.

Here's my set. It works pretty well but I can only make 2 drinks at a time. The moka pot isn't the fastest since you have to wait for it to cool to take it apart, but last time we just made 2 drinks and a coffee and I just drank my bourbon so it wasn't a problem.

[Anonymous No.13065654]

Pic related was the first coffee I started drinking, years ago in a moka pot. These days I roast my own and buy it from local roasteries to grind as needed.
I don’t live in an area where I can buy Cafe Bustelo anymore, but I can order it online for like double the cost ($8USD per pack). I’m tempted because I do miss the strong flavor, but is it just going to disappoint me now?

[Anonymous No.13066103]

bump

[Anonymous No.13066288]

>>13065654
Yes, it literally tastes like charcoal and only tasted good as a cafe cubano.

[Anonymous No.13066296]

>>13062356
coffee drinkers and enthusiasts should be hanged

[Anonymous No.13066329]

>>13064828
>>13066296


Like clockwork.

[Anonymous No.13066347]

Can we please just start banning coffee threads?

[Anonymous No.13066349]

>>13066329
t

[Anonymous No.13066386]

>>13066347
ban yourself, faggot.

[Anonymous No.13066396]

>>13064437
>"MUST POST ANIME"
fucking anime drones, I swear, why do you want your 4chan anime empire for faggot, what for, leave us the fuck alone it's like you're some kind of priest traveling to indigenous people and you MUST convert them and shill your false idols and remove their culture, WHAT FUCKING FOR FAGGOT?

[Anonymous No.13066697]

>>13066396
Goon spotted

[Anonymous No.13066934]

>>13064506
So grinding the night before when I'm making lunch would be more beneficial than buying pre-ground?

[Anonymous No.13066939]

>>13066934
yes.

[Anonymous No.13067429]

Got a macchiato at this kino columbian cafe. It tasted way better than wawa espresso. Flavor was nutty and sweet. Kinda wished I lived closer to it.

[Anonymous No.13067439]

>>13067429
Their pastrys are kino to.

[Anonymous No.13067602]

I had a dream that I drank a cappuccino last night

[Anonymous No.13067632]

black coffee with this butternut squash bisque from costco + a toasted buttered english muffin

it's peak comfy my coffam, there's something truly special about something very slightly burning your throat

[Anonymous No.13067830]

add some condensed milk to your coffees mah niggas, thank me later

[Anonymous No.13068827]

Kenyan coffee tastes fucking incredible

[Anonymous No.13070644]

Bump

[Anonymous No.13071421]

>>13062356
What coffee maker should I buy for the price of an aeropress? (My flatmate wants to get an aeropress, but I heard you guys dislike it -- or is that just usual 4chan contrarianmemery?)
I already have a moka pot in my home country, so something else ideally.

[Anonymous No.13071507]

>>13062356
you say "should" because you are a little bitch who lowers his head everytime he walks by a coffee drinker lol

[Anonymous No.13071510]

>>13066296
you say "should" because you are a little bitch who lowers his head everytime he walks by a coffee drinker lol

[Anonymous No.13071514]

>>13071507
And you're a fat-fingered fuck so jittered up you can't even muster the fine motor-skills to reply to the right person, so nobody wins here.

[Anonymous No.13071534]

>buy whole beans
>grind your required amount
>add to cold water in French press for over half a day
>tastes like ass
tell me why I should fuck with this when I can mix nescafe instant in milk with half a teaspoon of sugar and actually enjoy the damn taste without taking ages to make my stupid coffee
fucking hate this pretentious woo-woo shit

[Anonymous No.13071540]

>>13071534
Use your brain, anon. If you're disliking something, you shouldn't continue doing it. Obviously people who spend more time on their coffee do so because they think the difference in taste outweighs the time spent making it.

[Anonymous No.13071579]

>>13071514
anti-coffee drinkers are obese retards
btw, coffee drinkers live longer lives and are thinner than non-coffee drinkers on average
seethe more little faggot

[Anonymous No.13071589]

>>13071579
So what is it, anon? Am I obese or little? The truth is I am a 45kg manlet who drinks tea and also wants to drink coffee. I was an innocent bystander in this fight, but you shot me down. Shame on you.

[Anonymous No.13071618]

>>13071540
But I want to enjoy a cup of cold coffee the real way

[Anonymous No.13071703]

>>13071421
french press.

[Anonymous No.13071709]

>>13071618
are the beans fresh? is your grinder a good one?

[Anonymous No.13071711]

>>13071703
I looked on Reddit because I heard they have coffee autism and they recommend the Bodum Chambord, is that legit? Also, what makes it better than an aeropress? I want to convince my flatmate I'm not sperging for no reason, she already thinks I'm a ponce.

[Anonymous No.13071720]

>>13071711
no idea what that is. i've never used an aeropress - it looks easy but also a bit fiddly at the same time. french press is dead simple. anyone who says it's hard to clean is a genuine retard.

[Anonymous No.13071722]

>>13071709
Yeah it's not that at all, it's that black coffee tastes bitter as hell. I've tried drinking it instantly, or letting it cold brew for 12-16 hours, nothing helps. Guess I'll be a coffeelet

[Anonymous No.13071730]

>>13071722
bitter is the last word i'd use tbqh. better luck next time lad.

[Anonymous No.13072022]

>tfw
>last of the pumpkin spice cookies
>>13071421
It's a handful of people that have a vendetta against it. The only thing we shit on is K*rieger/podshit. If your roommate is getting an aeropress a moka pot would be a good 180. Areo press can produce pour-over or French press like coffee depending.

[Anonymous No.13072220]

>>13072022
>>13071421
>read the whole post
Nevermind I'm retarded.

[Anonymous No.13072234]

How many different coffee brewing techniques do you guys practice? I have a manual pour over, percolator, French press, and a regular drip in my usual rotation. Though I have a cold brew for seasonal use, an aeropress, a Vietnamese pot, and an ibrik for occasional use.

I want to get a siphon pot next, then I think my collection will more or less be complete. Am I missing any? (espresso not withstanding)

[Anonymous No.13072240]

>>13066296
T. Mormon

[Anonymous No.13072318]

>>13072234
Cold drip tower

[Anonymous No.13072323]

>>13072234
Moka pot

[Anonymous No.13072330]

13062356
coffee drinkers should be hanged

[Anonymous No.13072335]

>>13072234
Coffee brew pipe

[Anonymous No.13072352]

>>13072234
Ethiopian coffee pot

[Anonymous No.13072423]

>>13071534
>makes cold brew incorrectly
>claims that all coffee is bad because of this
>"Tell me why I shouldn't just drink instant coffee"
Maybe you should just drink instant coffee if you're such a fucking retard that you managed to fuck up cold brew of all things, literally the easiest fucking method possible.

[Anonymous No.13072848]

>>13071421
Get a French press. Aeropress is just am immersion brewer, the press doesn't actually do anything, not enough pressure to extract further than the water already has. Snag a v60 too.

[Anonymous No.13072853]

>>13072330
keep seething like a litte bitch in every thread because it will never happen, fattie

[Anonymous No.13072967]

>>13072848
Enjoy your cafestol-induced heart attack you unfiltered faggot.

[Anonymous No.13074071]

whats a good mid-range espresso machine?

[Anonymous No.13074286]

>>13074071
my peanus weenus

[Anonymous No.13075603]

Bump reeeee

[Anonymous No.13076121]

>>13062356
I've tried every method of brewing, and I've come to the conclusion a simple espresso stovepot is the best, can't be beat. Coffeepill me, /ck/

[Anonymous No.13076361]

Kinu-kun, where are you? I got my m47 in the mail today, been working on dialing in the grind for espresso but it seems my grinder is configured a lot differently than everywhere else online.. I had to adjust it to 2.5 before I got a decent shot, 2.3 was still backing up and only getting a few drops out. Does that sound too high? I’m still not sure if maybe I’m overpacking. I ran out of coffee before I finished dialing it but I did get the best shot I’ve drank in my life at 2.5! It was still really thick and strong and a bit salty tasting, so I think I need to draw it longer, and the surface of the puck was really uneven and muddy, so something was clearly wrong.
Any advice on how to go forward? I think I should keep the setting around 2.5 now and work on packing but I’m not really sure. I can take a pic of the grind size later.

[Anonymous No.13076384]

>>13076361
Mid 2s is a great starting point. 1s are like fucking Turkish dust. All I can tell you is experiment. I can kind of 'feel' if my grind is off after a few weeks, advantages of hand grinding. Take your time, learn to tamp. If I remember you had a shitty tamper? Thats probably your next bifl purchase. Don't sperg out, but get something usable and sized right. I think I mentioned in the last thread, your grind size will change as your beans age, so experience is key. How do you feel about the build quality of the m47?

[Anonymous No.13076389]

>>13074071
Get a flair and a hand grinder. Cheapest way to tweaking variables for top tier spresso. If you upgrade from a flair it'll be for convenience, not for taste.

[Anonymous No.13076498]

>>13062356

>$2.59 for 80 pills = 80 cups of coffee
>$6.99 for tub of Folgers = 240 cups of coffee
>simply popping a pill
>all the time spent brewing coffee

it's a close call after you add in the cost of sugar and powdered creamer, but I am going with the pills

pic related

[Anonymous No.13076521]

>>13076384
I have a half-decent tamper, it was about $25-30 and solid, though you’re right I was worried it doesn’t fit the portafilter perfectly, though I think that’s pretty common. I’ll keep practising my tamping though, glad to hear I’m in the right range for espresso. I don’t know why people online are using 1.8-1.9 for espresso.
Oh, also, my beans are less than a week old, so they shouldn’t be too old.
On the plus side, I LOVE how solid the m47 is! I can’t believe how smoothly it grinds, it really feels rock solid and stable the entire time. The magnets are a bit strong to hold the cup onto the grinder, but it’s not a problem at all. My only real nitpick is that the grinds seem to clump a bit inside the cup, so when I dump them out, they’re not too equally distributed.

[Anonymous No.13076690]

>>13072335
I almost bought one of these but they are actually not that practical when you think about it. I have a little fold out esbit stove and a metal cup that I brew coffee in when I am camping. It's way better than packing a silly uni-tasker like this. Plus it's hands-free prep. The only appeal is that they look kinda funky

>>13072323
>>13072335
I'm put these things two in with espresso. That's the kind of coffee they are marketed to make. No interest in collecting espresso stuff yet.

>>13072318
Forgot about this. These are pretty cool.

>>13072352
Never heard of these. What's their gimmick?

[Anonymous No.13076833]

>>13076690
No gimmick, really. It's used to make cowboy coffee for Ethiopian coffee ceremony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZwmIsdE7z4

[Anonymous No.13076859]

>>13067429
are you perhaphs a /tv/ crossposter who doesn't actually know what kino means?

[Anonymous No.13076891]

Can i get an intro into good coffee? Ive had friends who have made me amazing cups but im still on the level of maxwell house and a $10 drip pot.
Should i work with what i got or just go out and buy a french press and espresso machine?

[Anonymous No.13076910]

>>13076891
French press is a good start.
Espresso machines require next level autism.

[Anonymous No.13076938]

>>13076910
Sounds good to me. I looked into it a bit and i think this is the process:
Grind coffee, put into press
Boil water, pour over coffee
Put press on top, let it sit, press down
Drink coffee.

Anything im missing there?
Il be real with you man, i dont actually know what makes espresso different than normal coffee.

[Anonymous No.13076942]

>>13076891
Definitely don’t buy an espresso machine. That requires autism like the other anon said and I would not recommend going down that path like I did. Also don’t bother trying to work with what you have.
I wouldn’t recommend a french press either because it can make really sludgy coffee, but if you liked it then go for it. Personally, I’d say you should start with an aeropress. It’s kind of a meme but also kind of hard to fuck up, so it’s perfect as a gateway coffee maker.

[Anonymous No.13076949]

>>13076938
>Boil water, pour over coffee
There's an important step before this, you need to bloom the coffee before filling the whole press.
Pour a little bit of water in, just enough to wet all the grinds, and wait ~20 seconds.
Now you can fill the press.

Espresso is a small shot of very strong coffee, extracted from the beans under pressure. Go ahead and try one at a coffee shop next time you pop in.
There's a fine art to pulling a good shot and a machine that can to it automatically will be expensive.

[Anonymous No.13077005]

>>13076949
>>13076942
I guess il hold off on espresso for now, il try some next time i go to starbucks or something. Thanks for the advice. Il look into an aeropress. Im glad its made in cali, ive got super autism about not buying chinese if i can help it. If youll humor a few more of my questions, whats with all the odd looking stuff posted above?
>>13072234
>>13072318
>>13072323
>>13072335
>>13072352
Obviously theres a reason for all the different methods but whats the difference in the end?

Sounds like minus the time it takes to boil water its about 5 or 6 minutes for a cup yeah? Thats not so bad, i figure you can grind up beans while the waters heating so that saves some time.

[Anonymous No.13077040]

>>13077005

>>13072234 is a balancing siphon. It uses some fun physics to make basically an automatic coffee machine before electricity and microchips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpx8A3MRabk

>>13072318 is a Japanese cold brew tower. It drips icewater over coffee one drop at a time over several hours to make cold brew coffee.

>>13072323 is a moka pot. It was designed to make espresso-like coffee at home on a stovetop, although it doesn't make enough pressure to make real espresso.

[Anonymous No.13077068]

>>13077040
Thanks guy, those are actually pretty neat. Im always surprised how much thought goes into something ive always considered simple.
I kind of want a balancing siphon, that video was wicked cool.

I always assumed the hot water was necessary to get the flavor out of coffee beans but the tower is neat. I dont know if waiting hours for a single cup is for me though.

With the moka pot im guessing the beans are sitting above the water and as the water is heated it creates pressure and gets forced up through the beans and into the spout. Am i pretty close?

[Anonymous No.13077119]

>>13077068
That's it exactly.

You can make cold brew a few different ways, even just coffee grounds in the fridge overnight.
If your snob friends do pourover, you can also have them split the water in half: half is boiled and poured over as nomal, the other half frozen into cubes and put under the coffee.
The tower is mostly a gimmick for cafes.

[Anonymous No.13077185]

>>13077119
Glad im not a total idiot. Seems like it would be a nice thing to take camping instead of just instant coffee.
I can see the tower being used to wow customers. That makes more sense than for home use i think. Is cold brew any different than iced coffee then?

Hand grinder or electric. I dont really like the look of most electric and im stupid enough to buy appliances off of aesthetics.

[Anonymous No.13077203]

>>13077185
Iced coffee is just coffee with ice in it. It can be made with hot or cold brew.

Hand grinder is an exercise in masochism unless you're very patient first thing in the morning, but they do tend to be cheaper.

[Anonymous No.13077229]

>>13076859
No, I'm some what new and have just seen it used by other people in place of "good".

[Anonymous No.13077272]

>>13077203
I work like 2 to till 10 so im not worried about doing it with heavy eyes. Il look around and read up on some models i guess. I think the mlst important thing would be how consistently it grinds so if i can get a cheaper one i might as well.

[Anonymous No.13077286]

>>13067429
>>13067439
columbians and faggiatos don't have shit on based Cubanos

[Anonymous No.13077292]

>>13067830
>water down your brown shit water with more shit
no thanks, fag. drink more espresso

[Anonymous No.13077296]

>>13074071
mokapot / percolator
that's all you need

[Anonymous No.13077301]

>>13077296
Percolator isn't even an imitation espesso, it's completely unrelated.

[Anonymous No.13077310]

>>13077286
I'm mean they're not terrible. Its just very sugary. Columbian coffee at place is just on the sweet side by itself and smooth.

[Anonymous No.13077413]

>>13077301
maybe if you're fucking retarded

[Anonymous No.13077418]

>>13077413
I agree, it would take a retard to conflate the two.

[Anonymous No.13077615]

>>13076521
The original releases of the m47 would let you lock out your burrs. Then some retard hooked his up to a power drill and stripped his shit out, so they adjusted a bit wider at 0.0. You may be reading about range off an original release. Try smacking the catch cup while its still attached after grinding to break up any clumps. My phoenix has a oringed cup so I don't have to worry about the magnets. They doubled up on the # of magnets on later revisions because people were bitching, so it sounds pike you got fucked by their overkill.

[Anonymous No.13077767]

I have a milk frother but in all honesty it just tastes like shit when I put it on my coffee. Is it an acquired taste?

[Anonymous No.13078047]

put some cranberry juice in my Maxwell House

[Anonymous No.13078178]

Just bought some of sightglass's house blend (12 days off roast) because it was on sale for 11 bux at whole paycheck. I've done exclusively light single origins for the past 3 years and I just want to see what a standard blend tastes like now that I have endgame equipment and decent v60 technique. Going to brew some up after I make some sauteed mushrooms and pasta for lunch

[Anonymous No.13078222]

Maple syrup in coffee is delicious, especially when paired with pancakes

[Anonymous No.13078344]

>>13076498
It's really not the same.
I'm a pills man mostly now too because of the convenience, but if you dont take it with L Theanine it will make you feel more like an anxious animal than a focused person.

[Anonymous No.13078357]

What do y'all think of torrefacto?

[Anonymous No.13078359]

Was able to get the Wawa reserve epiothian fresh off the brew station. Omg, this stuff smells like fruity nectar.
>>13076498
I kinda wonder if the pills would be better for my ADHD than the coffee, bit I'd miss my morning mug.
>>13078178
Sounds dank post results

[Anonymous No.13078375]

>>13062356
instant

[Anonymous No.13078416]

>>13078375
Nice!

[Anonymous No.13078417]

>>13078359
It tastes how it smells...

[Anonymous No.13078540]

Ok how the fuck do I make a good coffee on a moka pot. I used hot and cold water, low temperature( tried both a regular electric stove and a fire heating one) and then my issues begin.

I tried to remove it from the flame after I saw no more water running and when I saw the color of the water changing.
Changed the amount of coffee (I'm not pressing it down just tapping it so it can be flat on top). I should mention I don't grind my own beans so I buy from a store.

I always comes out with a burned like aftertaste bitter. If I fill it with coffee till the top it comes out sour as fuck. I'm trying fo make a good one for 7 days now. I have no idea what should I try different.

[Anonymous No.13078570]

>>13078540
Besides throwing the James Hoffman video, my guess is it's the grind size. Cheapest fixed is buying the same beans whole and grinding it instore if they have grinders. The video goes over best grind size.

https://youtu.be/rpyBYuu-wJI

[Anonymous No.13078603]

They took away the grinder coffee machine at my office and replaced it by those nescafe whatever pods garbage.

Im fucking done, It's fucking time to quit my job.

[Anonymous No.13078628]

>>13078570
I tried two sizes. The first I went blindly and asked for espresso size grind and I then I bought larger sized one. I have to try a bigger sized grind. I wonder if all this is worth it though

[Anonymous No.13078692]

>>13065417
Swiss water process decaf is actually Goat for non caffeine fags, it tastes as good or maybe slightly better than standard beans.

[Anonymous No.13078712]

>>13071421
For the price (even up to $100), you literally can't beat aeropress. Once you learn it, all other coffee is disappointing.

[Anonymous No.13078722]

>>13078603
Imagine being enough of a pleb to not own your own grinder and thermos so you don't have to drink the swill at work.

[Anonymous No.13078726]

>>13078540
>I don't grind my own beans so I buy from a store.
Get a grinder.
90% of coffee brewing is dialing the grind to your tastes.

[Anonymous No.13078749]

>use freedom press for a decade without issue
>mom thinks they're worthless after repeatedly breaking them through brute force
Is she going to need full time assistance eventually?

[Anonymous No.13078788]

>>13078749
Just get a steel one.
They're pricey but it's worth having something that's roommate and family resistant.

[Anonymous No.13078794]

>>13078788
Maybe in several years when my borosilicate breaks. I live alone.

[Anonymous No.13078810]

>>13078794
Get her a steel one then, christmas is right around the corner.

[Anonymous No.13078823]

>>13078810
She got a steel one and buys pods now.

[Anonymous No.13078829]

>>13078823
>letting pods into your own mother's house
That's no way to treat family, Anon.

[Anonymous No.13079045]

>>13078540
Mokapot is great for overextracting the fuck out of old beans. Not much else. It makes caffeinated sludge. Some people like caffeinated sludge.

[Anonymous No.13079054]

>>13078712
Tastelet detected.

[Anonymous No.13079214]

What's the next step up from someone using a "espresso" stovepot? I actually really like the results I get from this, but am I missing out on better?

[Anonymous No.13079231]

>>13079214

I overpressured a breville espresso machine to produce better espresso. It was a 200 dollar piece of shit but it would do the job.

[Anonymous No.13079271]

>>13071421
if your grinder is any cheaper than $100 then aeropress is probably the best method. $100 is the cheapest you can go to get acceptable results from v60

[Anonymous No.13079289]

>>13078178
So this honestly came out really well. I had my grinder set a lot finer than is usually good, but the coffee was great and balanced. chocolate notes at the start to delightful orange notes on the finish. i'm still a single origin snob just because i find drinking the same coffee every day boring, but i can see the value in blends i guess

[Anonymous No.13079301]

>>13079289
Its real fun when you start making your own blends from various single estates.

[Anonymous No.13079314]

>>13079301
Are you roasting your own beans yet?

[Anonymous No.13079418]

I ran out of coffee last night and had to go buy some more, they roast per order so this was just roasted 12 hours ago now. Can I make espresso with it yet?

[Anonymous No.13079424]

>>13079418
might as well start and note down the differences in taste as the roast ages. my favorite roastery says their espresso is best 10 days off roast, but your results are obviously going to vary

[Anonymous No.13079435]

>>13078628
As a moka bro, yes.
>fill all the way to the top
You should always fill the basket full, then level it off with no tap. If its coming out sour your getting an under extraction. If your using fine grinds or very fresh sometimes this happens. I find making a notch in the grinds with a knife stops this.

[Anonymous No.13079434]

>>13079418
Espresso is best with beans like two weeks old

[Anonymous No.13079504]

>>13071421
You can get a French Press and a V60 for that amount.

[Anonymous No.13079514]

>>13071722
You legit probably just have shitty taste buds. I let my girlfriend taste the Cold Brew I get from a third Wave shop. For me and her brother it's sweet as hell, but a single taste and she thinks it's bitter as fuck. She has a really undeveloped palette in general and misses out on a lot of tasty shit.

[Anonymous No.13079528]

>>13072234
V60 is my go to, but on weekends I like to make a big pot of french press. I also use Aeropress occasionally. I used to do it a lot. I'm thinking about getting a Clever Dripper next month to replace my French Press, since I don't really care for the sediment, but like the flavor. I cold brew very seldom, but may start back up if I get a coffee sock or nut bag or something.

[Anonymous No.13079536]

>>13062356
I bought a Mr Coffee™ Coffee Press© today. Tomorrow I will buy some Starbucks® Pike Place® Medium Roast Ground Coffee at Walmart™.

[Anonymous No.13079560]

>>13076833
If those are typical ethiopian beans, they over roasted the shit out of them, lol. Probably still good, but in my experience over roasted Ethiopian beans are hella hard to get anything good from.

[Anonymous No.13079564]

>>13076891
Get a Clever dripper. It's in between a french press and pour over and makes really good coffee really easily.

[Anonymous No.13079571]

>>13079564
are these worth it if i'm already regularly brewing v60 and have an aeropress? i've been thinking of getting one because my go-to roaster recommends them but they're pretty expensive

[Anonymous No.13079576]

>>13079314
I've got a popper, solid state relay(for the heating element control) and thermoprobes. I can snag an arduino uno, bt module, and screen locally cheap. I'm just delaying ordering the tc4+ to set everything up because I know the tc5 will drop as soon as my tc4+ arrives...

https://www.tindie.com/products/artisanaltech/tc4-coffee-roaster-shield-tc4-plus/

[Anonymous No.13079577]

>>13079571
You've already bought an aeropress, you've consigned yourself to the gadget lifestyle.

[Anonymous No.13079605]

>>13079571
Not really if you're competent with a V60. V60 is about clarity and perfect extraction. The Clever dripper gives you good clarity, but has the typical french press strength, without the mouthfeel and sediment.

[Anonymous No.13079608]

>>13079577
i bought it when i had a shit grinder, i don't really use it anymore except for mock espresso. i'll probably give it away once i get a flair

[Anonymous No.13079630]

>Go to coffee bar
>Order espresso for here
>Sit down at the bar
>qt barista asks me if I want some sugar

Do people actually put sugar in their espresso? This was at the highest rated espresso place in Los Angeles btw.

[Anonymous No.13079634]

>>13079630
>>13077286

[Anonymous No.13079659]

>>13079630
Europeans do. It can enhance some flavors but it's mostly because they go a bit dark to maximize crema.

[Anonymous No.13079666]

>>13079630
You're in Los Angeles. You need to constantly remind yourself that everything is fake; wrapped in plastic.

[Anonymous No.13079699]

>>13079666
He might just be brown and qtbarista didn't want any latino bravado in her cafe.

[Anonymous No.13079728]

>>13079424
>>13079434
Thanks. I ended up using some other beans I had that were a few weeks old, I was a bit reluctant to try because they’re a pretty light roast. It was notably harder to grind. I made a few shots to dial it in, in the end I got decent flavour but it was pretty bright/sour with a strong bean-y taste. I think that’s just the roast though, because I tasted this when I used the same beans in my siphon last week. This was my first time buying from this roaster and I think they underroast the coffee.

[Anonymous No.13079792]

>go to the UK for six months
>order "a coffee"
>Uhhhh... What kind?
>Just a black coffee
>Like an espresso, Americano, filter?
>filter please
>spend the next six months looking like a retard because my American brain is trained to ask for "a coffee"

[Anonymous No.13079923]

>>13079792
Sounds like you’re just a retard who only went to McDonald’s for coffee. Any half-decent coffee shop in America would ask you the same question.

[Anonymous No.13080433]

>>13079792
What is "a coffee" in America? An Americano? (it would make sense)

[Anonymous No.13080451]

>>13079923
Every half-decent coffee shop in America would infer you mean filter coffee and would only bother asking you to clarify if they wanted to be snobs and flex on you.

>>13080433
Commercial drip. Americano is from Americans watering down espresso while overseas.

[Anonymous No.13080458]

>>13080451
Filter coffee is the exception in the UK nowadays. Used to be the default like thirty years ago tho

[Anonymous No.13080471]

>>13080433
black filter coffee, "a coffee" is usually only ordered at low tier shops or restaurants. at mid tier shops you'll have to order filter coffee as "drip coffee" or specify the single origin pourover you want from their menu. at high tier shops it's the same but drip isn't always on option.

[Anonymous No.13080537]

>>13080458
What’s the default now? Americano?

[Anonymous No.13080546]

>>13080537
It's like anon said, there's no default. You ask for a cappucino, americano, espresso, or whatever. Ironically, it's a result of American coffee culture making its way over here.

[Anonymous No.13080558]

>>13080546
but like, if someone was gonna order a coffee, I reckon it would most likely be a cappuccino

[Anonymous No.13080571]

>>13080537
i was in a college town and it seemed like most of the college aged kids were ordering flat whites

[Anonymous No.13080587]

>>13080571
Yeah, flat white was gonna be my other answer. What uni town?

[Anonymous No.13080592]

>>13076498
God damn nigger I drink coffee so I don't have to take my ADHD meds every day, why tf would I wanna take away the taste and relaxation of a cup of coffee and replace it with yet more pills
>>13078359
based ADHD bro

[Anonymous No.13081516]

i recently adopted a form of mixing tea and turkish style coffee together. i made the mistake of light roast coffee and tea. i think i discovered how to induce cardiac rectal arrest on constipated individuals. im currently on a quest to generate fucked amounts of caffeine from only small quantities of powder.

well. i feel fucking awesome.

[Anonymous No.13081523]

>>13081516
You know you can just buy caffeine right

[Anonymous No.13081552]

>>13081523
i like the taste of coffee more. i just tell myself im doing it for the goal but im here for the journey bro.

[Anonymous No.13081617]

>>13081516
Turkish coffee and Japanese matcha sounds like an interesting, disgusting combination to get a huge shot of caffeine. I like your flavour of insanity, anon.

[Anonymous No.13082192]

Bump

[Anonymous No.13082320]

How long does it take to get used to the taste? I'm a new fag to coffee and I tried overloading my first cup with creamer and sugar but it just made my stomach feel like shit. That first buzz is fucking amazing though. I have tried with less sugar and creamer but it's still taking some getting used to. Tastes like shit but feels so damn good.

[Anonymous No.13082491]

quick, tell me the best water temperature for brewing coffee in a french press!

i did a duckduckgo search and opened like 10 tabs but they all said slightly different things fuck em, i'm asking 4channel!

the reason i ask is because my kettle broke and so i'm thinking whether i want to buy a fancy one with temperature controls this time.
previously i boiled the kettle, waited for 1 minute, then poured into the pre-heated french press.

i'm looing at temperature control kettles now and there aren't many. and are also more expensive. and most importantly, the most finesse they seem to have is increments of 10. 100 degrees, 90 degrees etc. So if i buy one of these but the ideal temp is actually 95 or 93, then it would be pointless or a waste of money.

SO PLEASE TELL ME THE ANSWER SO I CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION AND BUY MY NEXT KETTLE I HAVE NOT HAD COFFEE TODAY ARIGATO GOZAIMASU!!!

[Anonymous No.13082512]

>>13082320
Find a local coffee house that roasts their own beans. Not a Starbucks.

>>13082491
Depends on your roast.

[Anonymous No.13082522]

>>13082491
>!
redditor typing, probably a femoid

[Anonymous No.13082559]

>>13082512
i don't make coffee like normal people

i have a neurological disorder, a ketogenic diet is the only way i can make my life physicaly tolerable
so i need as much cream as possible in the mornings (for the fat)
but i don't really liek cream
the only way i can drink that much without feeling nauseous is through coffee
the coffee is just a vehicle for the cream

but even normal coffee is too light for the amount of cream i need
so i make super concentrated dark bitter coffee
stuff that would not be drinkable on its own, it's far from regular black coffee
like 4 scoops of coffee (28g)
dark roast, as dark as possible without veering into literal cigarette ash territory (looking at you lavazza)
(my current supermarket variety is a '6')
and very little water, like less than one normal mug's worth
because i then mix it with 150ml-200ml of double/heavy cream to give me a big intake of fat in the morning but drinkable because the strong bitter coffee cuts through the fat and so it doesn't taste like i'm drinking pure butter

so tl;dr:
i make super concentrated bitter coffee, not a normal black coffee

Come to think of it, do I even need to worry abotu temp? or should i just pour in 100 degree boiling water because I'm trying to make it super dark and bitter?

>>13082522
no
I AM JUST IN A HURRY!
today has been horrible
I NEED MUH COFFEE!
if it turns out i don't need to bother with a fancy temp control kettle, then i can just go by the supermarkets this evening and get a regular one and have a kettle ready for tomorrow!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.13082560]

>>13082491
>see this
>think I'm on /g/
>realize I'm not
Hello gentooman. Also you doubt need to go that autistic with brew temp, though variable kettles are nice.

[Anonymous No.13082620]

>>13082560
*tips Fedora*

well actually now i'm thinking maybe i should pour over boiling water if i want it to be super bitter (see above post)

[Anonymous No.13082752]

Just had the best cup of coffee I’ve ever made in my aeropress this morning
>Brazilian light roast beans
>french press coarse ground
>8:1 ratio
>4min brew
Holy fucking shit, this was the first time I’ve ever tasted coffee that was literally sweet, not bitter at all. There was a touch of acidity at the end and a nutty exhale, but the initial taste was rich and sugary. I never thought I could get a cup like this out of an aeropress.

[Anonymous No.13082763]

My coffee tasted weird today. Turns out there was a feesh in the percolator

[Anonymous No.13082804]

>>13082620
Honestly if you're going for strength and more bitter look into robusta. Its easier to find in the UK anyways.

[Anonymous No.13082923]

>>13082559

At this point you should probably switch to coffee extracts like Black Blood of the Earth

[Anonymous No.13083578]

Coffee is just a vehicle for the cream, sugar, and caffeine

[Anonymous No.13084719]

Early bump

[Anonymous No.13084727]

for me it's an espresso 1:1 with steamed milk. not sure if there's a name for this drink in the us

[Anonymous No.13084801]

>>13084727
Isn't that just a flat white

[Anonymous No.13084812]

>>13084801
A US flat white is like 1 measurement of espresso to 3 of milk. it's pretty shit desu. On the off chance i successuly explain my drink to a barista a still get charged the same as an amerifat 1:5 drink

[Anonymous No.13084847]

>>13084812
Why not ask for a macchiato without the foam on top then

[Anonymous No.13084970]

>>13083578
Considering that I drink it black and don't feel the caffeine's effects when I do, I'm gonna ask you to speak for yourself.

[Anonymous No.13084987]

>>13084727
That sounds like a cortado. Its half coffee half milk; not sure if steam is required. There good. Past that ratio it's more a milk drink than coffee. I do like macchiato though if there espresso is really good.

[Anonymous No.13085243]

>>13076498
>drinking coffee for the caffeine

[Anonymous No.13085257]

>>13084987
Cortados are fucking delicious. I like mine with slightly more milk than a macchiato, but less than a cortado. True cortados are slightly steamed to knock the chill off, but not frothed. I just zap a shot of almond milk in the microwave for like 45 when I want one.

[Anonymous No.13085718]

Is there anything better than espresso? I think not.

[Anonymous No.13085891]

>>13085718
I’m finally dialling in my m47 to get some truly delicious espresso. I never knew espresso could be this good.

[Anonymous No.13086042]

>>13083578
Nah coffee has a lot on its own already

[Anonymous No.13086140]

>>13082491
Seconding the fact that variable kettles are nice. Worth it if you drink tea too tbqh (most teas are brewed at 80-90).

[Anonymous No.13086143]

genuinely drinking a coffee right now. thoughts on this?

[Anonymous No.13086171]

>>13083578
Do Americans literally put cream in their coffee? Like, single cream? Isn't that expensive?

[Anonymous No.13086203]

>>13085891
I've been shilling that m47 for several threads now. Really glad you like it.

[Anonymous No.13086208]

>>13086203
Also lidobro btfo :(

[Anonymous No.13086246]

>>13086203
Thanks for shilling it to me, I’m sure I’d have been happy with the Sette but this is definitely more versatile. It’s kind of a bitch to grind light roast though.

[Anonymous No.13086410]

Fellow espresso autists, my espresso tastes good and takes about 28-30 seconds for a shot, with a steady striped cone coming out of my bottomless portafilter, but my puck is pretty uneven looking and comes out soggy (so it breaks apart).
I know the taste is the most important part but I feel like I can improve it. I’m tamping and distributing evenly, and using about 15g in my 14g double basket.
Am I not using enough grounds? Am I grinding too fine? The shower screen seems to be seated well so it comes out evenly so I don’t think it’s the shower.

[Anonymous No.13086638]

Got a Del Taco coffee cause it was free. Very sweet but good as a treat.
>>13085257
>between a cortado and macchiato
About the same. Just within enough milk to knock the edge of.

[Anonymous No.13086838]

>>13071534
Cold brew is a meme and just tastes like ass in general, don't waste your beans on it, make some nice hot coffee instead. Instant coffee is the way to go if you want iced coffee.

[Anonymous No.13087302]

>>13086410
Bump

[Anonymous No.13088117]

Hump

[Anonymous No.13088218]

>>13086410
Slightly coarser grinder, slightly more time. Like 5 seconds. Tamp harder. Figure out if your machine can preinfuse.

[Anonymous No.13089238]

Bu

[Anonymous No.13089287]

>>13086838
Do a pourover into a carafe with ice. Real tasty.

>>13089238
mp

[Anonymous No.13089815]

>>13088218
mvp, that definitely helped, it made my coffee a bit bitter but maybe I overtamped this time. I’ll keep fine-tuning.

[Anonymous No.13089967]

>>13082320
- Make sure that you're getting high quality beans. Shitty overroasted, pre-ground stale beans are obviously gonna taste bad with or without milk. Fresh beans from specialty roasters are gonna be better.
- Avoid chains like Starbucks like the plague and go for independently owned cafes where they'll likely care more about where they source their beans for espresso/filter (though if you live in the US then god help you cause you guys worship Starbucks).
- Even I took a while to appreciate the taste of black coffee. My go to is normally a flat white, but after trying cold brew I've come to appreciate black coffee hot or cold on its own if done right.

[Anonymous No.13090010]

>>13062356
Poorfag here. Can somebody please explain to me why my Folger's coffee looks like little grains of dirt and doesn't dissolve in my boiling water? am I supposed to drink the little dirt particles?

[Anonymous No.13090211]

>>13086171
It's coffee cream. I think you call it half cream.

[Anonymous No.13090215]

>>13090010
You bought ground coffee for drip machine instead of instant.

[Anonymous No.13090410]

>>13090215
What does that mean? Am i not getting my necessary caffeine?

[Anonymous No.13090433]

>>13072234
primarily chemex, french press, and cold brew. I will occasionally do a drip brew

[Anonymous No.13090454]

>>13090410
As long as you’re using hot enough water, you should be extracting the caffeine, but it’ll feel like you’re drinking muddy pond water. You could at least try filtering it through a clean dish towel or paper towel or something.
Or just drink the grounds and pretend it’s healthier.

[Anonymous No.13090464]

>>13062356
espresso
gaggia classic
eureka mignon specialita grinder
beans from a uk online specialist

[Anonymous No.13090485]

>>13090454
should I buy a cheap "drip machine" just for my Folgers?

[Anonymous No.13090490]

>>13090485
Sure, you can probably buy one for $5-10, or maybe even for free off craigslist.

[Anonymous No.13090942]

>>13072234
>How many different coffee brewing techniques do you guys practice?
- Aeropress
- Stainless steel bialetti stovetop
- Viet coffee filter/phin
- French press for hot and cold brew
- Ibrik steel coffee pot
- A $2 plastic pourover from Daiso

I'd really just want a proper espresso machine for short blacks, long blacks and flat whites.

Siphon sounds interesting, though that would mean I'd have another filter-style coffee brewer in the house, I don't taste much difference in different paper filter brewing methods and I don't think it's worth the price and taking up counter space when the taste will only be slightly marginally better, espresso is all you need really IMO.

[Anonymous No.13090976]

yet again drinking coffee. delicious

[Anonymous No.13091003]

>>13064437
>These stock images you post are too bland to draw attention.
And that's a good thing, weeaboo.

[Anonymous No.13091100]

>>13090942
For what it’s worth, I have everything you mentioned plus the siphon, and the siphon is my favourite. The siphon uses a cloth filter, not a paper filter, so it filters much cleaner and smoother than you’d get with anything using paper or metal.

[Anonymous No.13091307]

So I have some coconut milk to use up. I put it in my moka brew with some sugar. Besides looking un aesthetic as hell (probably cause I was to lazy to warm, sweeten, and froth on stove top) it tastes good. It's not a punch in your face coconut taste like the flavored stuff is. You keto people might want to try this(using some other sweetener). I get goya brand since it's the only one that doesn't add thickeners.
>>13090464
I'm jelly

[Anonymous No.13091341]

>>13091307
>Pic.jpg

No need to be jelly, its not his picture.

[Anonymous No.13091397]

>>13091341
Huh, I know I while back a saw an anon post that machine. They got shot talked for using shitty beans.

[Anonymous No.13091524]

>>13091397
When's the last time you've renamed an auto time-stamped picture off your phone?

[Anonymous No.13091531]

>>13091524
not him but I do that literally all the time
usually to "image.jpg"

[Anonymous No.13091555]

>>13091531
>lemme just replace this specific name with a generic one so I can lose it

You're creating (slightly) more work for yourself for no reason.

[Anonymous No.13091940]

>>13082491
I have this one and like it a lot.
https://www.spippysale.com/products-558247.html