Coffee Time /ctg/

[Anonymous No.14060963]

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

>what are you drinking
>do you like it
>getting anymore

Previous thread >>14006748

[Anonymous No.14061371]

Little more of the brazilian ruby roasted today. Still need to tweak my pid parameters, but I've been more than happy with these beans, despite my log. Very very creamy, nutty. Even had a shot of espresso that pulled wsy too fast, but tasted exactly like peanut butter. 120 in, pulled right at 399f.

[Anonymous No.14061887]

>>14061371
Is Acaia worth the money?

[Anonymous No.14061922]

>>14061887
Fantastic hardware with shit software. Luckily one of nakedportafilters customers wrote a real basic, real functional app without all the bullshit "share to facebook/twitter" junk. I bought it specifically to use with the smart profiler, but its on backorder. Works fine for pourover with a standalone scale. The Skale 2 also works, so if you want a cheaper alternative there's that.

https://skale.cc/en/buyIntl.html

https://www.naked-portafilter.com/smart-espresso-profiler/

[Anonymous No.14061933]

>>14061887
No just buy a cheap one and abuse it, then replace it after 2 years....youll eventually reach the price of a pearl in about 20 years

[Anonymous No.14061953]

>>14061933
You can buy 20 jewelers scales off aliexpress for $40, and 20 drops of water is all it takes to fuck them.

[Anonymous No.14062007]

Why do they have pneumatic tubes that suck beans from the roaster to the bin instead of just shoveling them into a bin and not having the beans travel through those nasty, impossible to clean tubes?

[Anonymous No.14062115]

>>14060963
what's your brew process?
i like pulling faux-spresso with a metal filtered aeropress.
30 g beenz. 150g water.
stir for ten seconds, plunge, finish at 30 seconds.

[Anonymous No.14062156]

>>14062115
That's faux french press, not faux espresso.

[Anonymous No.14062619]

Good morning ctg. How do feel about the Aeropress? I've been using mine for a few months and it's alright. Good for me 'cause I just make 2 cups before leaving for work in the morning.

Anyone have any novel brewing methods to share?

[Anonymous No.14062922]

>>14062619
There's a million different ways to brew with the aeropress, however if you must know the inverted method is the far superior method
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise

[Anonymous No.14062960]

>>14062007
Say what you will about starbucks, but this is a beautifully designed store
Not nice maybe to relax in, but certainly nice to look around
God I fucking LOVE the cafe aesthetic

[Anonymous No.14063305]

>>14062619
Its a toy made by a frisbee manufacturer.

[Anonymous No.14063317]

>>14061953
>>14061933
>>14061887
I've been using an AWS 2kg 0.1g scale for nearly 10 years now. Has taken a lot of water and coffee right to the dome and still works perfectly. Acaias are super fast and accurate, which is a must in a cafe, but that speed at home is pretty much wasted.

[Anonymous No.14063319]

>>14063305
oh boy this guy again

[Anonymous No.14063324]

>>14063305
The Aerobie is pretty cool though.

[Anonymous No.14063457]

>>14060963
Been enjoying the ready whip foam a lot. Might make it my go to. Still waiting on my flavor god stuff for when I make drip. I've definitely made cafe llave my drip machine brew though.

[Anonymous No.14063500]

>>14062960
It's a stunning design, but how is it really cafe aesthetic? What previously existing cafe has that kind of insane $200M+ architecture and interior decoration?

[Anonymous No.14063533]

>>14063305
Man this toy makes good coffee.

[Anonymous No.14063536]

>>14062960
More like cafeteria aesthetic

[Anonymous No.14063545]

French press coffee fucking sucks
Whats better a v60 or a chemex

[Anonymous No.14063570]

>>14063305
based coffee purist

[Anonymous No.14063758]

>>14063545

[Anonymous No.14063847]

>>14062922
Why would I need to flip this whole fucking thing around when I could just stir a bit more and agitate the grounds?

[Anonymous No.14063894]

>Say what you will about starbucks, but this is a beautifully designed store
>Not nice maybe to relax in, but certainly nice to look around
>God I fucking LOVE the cafe aesthetic

[Anonymous No.14064060]

>>14063545
chemex if you want absolutely smooth coffe, v60 if you want your coffee to still have some body.

[Anonymous No.14064087]

>>14063533
It makes worse coffee than just tossing grounds into a cup of hpt water and spooning off the top.

>>14063317
Viscous, oily espresso + shitty chinese scale = bad time. RIP for our fallen $2 warrior.

[Anonymous No.14064097]

>>14064087
>It makes worse coffee than just tossing grounds into a cup of hpt water and spooning off the top.
objectively wrong

[Anonymous No.14064209]

>>14064097
Its a paper filtered french press. L 2 cup.

[Anonymous No.14064331]

Yes my friends

[Anonymous No.14064382]

>>14063758
>random capital letters
>BeLow
>Cripsp
>sometimes using 'med', sometimes 'Medium'
why would someone take the time to make this stupid infographic but not even bother to proof read it?
it's also misleading in that 'bean to brew' time doesn't take into account your grinding method, nor does the 'resulting brew' description account for coarseness of grind. i would take like 85% of the information in this image as absolute nonsense.

[Anonymous No.14064397]

>>14064209
Exactly. It's not worse. Cupping is good and forgiving, but an aeropress is just as good. Really there is very little potential quality variation between brew methods.

[Anonymous No.14064432]

>>14064397
Worse for the environment. We don't need amazon packages full of presslet filters being shipped, nor do we need trees being chopped down and processed for you to hnnnnnnnnnnng on your kitchen counter.

[Anonymous No.14064439]

>>14064432
Uses way less paper than something like a v60 or a chemex. You're just clutching at straws my boy.

[Anonymous No.14064527]

>>14064439
And makes worse coffee. Its a toy, nothing more. Best case scenario for its use would be a dorm room, where you need some absolute junk. Seeing as covid closed the dorms, its now even more useless.

https://www.amazon.com/CoffeeSock-Reusable-Filters-Hario-v60-02/dp/B00GMM9YHK

Sure you can get a prismo, but that just turns your $30 toy into a $55 toy.

v60+coffeesock = ~$20
AP+Prismo=~$55

Take those gains and buy a decent lb of coffee. Maybe some Anny Ruth.

[Anonymous No.14064596]

>>14061922
I wish I had a Decent

[Anonymous No.14065097]

>>14060963
I'm drinking basic folgers but I put cinnamon in my grounds. Normal coffee machine. Drip. I like to use international delight hazelnut creamer.

Curious. I met some Arabian gentlemen who use a glass vase and pour hot water right over the grounds. It isnt bad and tastes the same as from my machine. Thoughts? Also how to shit myself less?

[Anonymous No.14065126]

Yesterday I had my coffee with peanut butter and Nestle chocolate powder, it was not good

[Anonymous No.14065158]

Have you ever tried planting your own coffee?

[Anonymous No.14065195]

>>14064382
found the nitpick english major

[Anonymous No.14065211]

>tfw could only afford an autodrip and plastic filter

That being said, Mayan, Kona, Sumatran, and usually Brazilian are based blends. They're also low acid so you're less likely to get fucked up by them if you have stomach issues.

[Anonymous No.14065247]

>>14064596
Apparently decent is trying to implement the SEprofiler app to replace/enhance their garbage software.

[Anonymous No.14065347]

>>14064382
I'm also wondering as to why "Nitrous coffee" is listed as a brewing method and why it is listed as "instant". What did they mean by this?

[Anonymous No.14065360]

>>14065126
I'm guessing the peanut butter made it weird and oliy?

[Anonymous No.14065380]

>>14064087
Just put some plastic film over it you dumb fuck.

[Anonymous No.14065524]

>>14065380
My time is way more valuable than that. Only got that scale because it came out free after aliexpress tossed me a few $ off an order. Got a bench/burr brush, a portafilter brush, and the scale for under $10. 2/3 of them are great.

[Anonymous No.14065655]

>>14065360
Not as much as you would think but yes, also it didn't melt entirely into the coffee

[Anonymous No.14065732]

[Anonymous No.14065755]

>>14065158
Coffee trees don't bear fruits outside of the coffee growing climate zones.

[Anonymous No.14066194]

>>14064527
It's just a small French press with a paper filter that you push the coffee through. It's not complicated, sorry that you are a dumb dumb

[Anonymous No.14066568]

>>14066194
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/upphetta-french-press-coffee-maker-glass-stainless-steel-60241389/

You can get 3 and juggle them and end up having a better morning.

[Anonymous No.14066706]

>>14066568
Who hurt you?

[Anonymous No.14066865]

>>14062960
lol you suck dude

[Anonymous No.14067891]

Bump

[Anonymous No.14067989]

Just bought a new machine that can pull a shot and brew a pot at the same time! I'm loving it but....why is it that home coffee machines have to be so small? They really expect me to brew a double espresso with only 15g of coffee? what the fuck is with that shit?

[Anonymous No.14068093]

Drinking this today. it's an expresso alla milk, steamed to perfection. I created the layers with rice paper separators and added an extra shot of cold espresso at the bottom which rose to the foam, hence the beautiful 'floating tortoise' style coffee holding firm above the mixture of milk and expresso. It's not easy to make, but I'll be damned if it isn't worth it for the perfect sip of light, aery Counter Culture blend coffee

[Anonymous No.14069014]

>>14067989
7 gram singles 14gram doubles are like, italian standard. You can bitch about it, or you can realize that dosing lower, you get to drink more espresso in a day.

>>14066706
The morons who come in every thread asking

>hao aroprez bettr?

and get the inevitable response

>buy a v60

[Anonymous No.14069084]

>>14069014
I think the two brewers can make equally good coffee. I prefer to use a v60 over an aeropress, but I've made 100s of aeropresses and 1000s of v60s, and I can say they make equally good coffee. I would even go as far as to say that coffee I have had at cafes made in an aeropress has consistently been tastier than what I've had from v60s, but that's likely due to the nature of the forgiveness of immersion more than anything. That's kind of a positive for the new coffee enthusiast. It also allows for more kinds of tinkering. Both are good brewers. Irrationally pretending that aeropress somehow can't make tasty coffee is just kind of odd. Especially given your vehement adherence to that stance.

[Anonymous No.14069328]

>>14069084
You'll go much further with an $8 v60 than you will with a $30 aeropress. So much further that aeropress had to come up with their own fucking event to promote the toy. Competition brewers were not touching it before Alan Adler bankrolled the World Aeropress Championship.

[Anonymous No.14069538]

>>14067989
Why? If its a machine with a drip coffee integrated it's not going to be real espresso.

[Anonymous No.14069580]

Can I make cold brew with a French press?

How long do I let it steep for?

[Anonymous No.14069679]

>>14069580
yes. 8-12 hours. 12 hours in the fridge for me.

[Anonymous No.14069859]

What kind of dripper should I get for my mom? I think V60 might be too finicky for her.

[Anonymous No.14069891]

>>14069328
>You'll go much further with an $8 v60 than you will with a $30 aeropress
Go ahead, explain that.

>So much further that aeropress had to come up with their own fucking event to promote the toy.
>Alan Adler bankrolled the World Aeropress Championship.
Wrong. Tim Wendelboe started the WAC. Japanese brewers cup was won in 2015 with an aeropress. https://fellowproducts.com/blogs/learn/wade-preston-s-winning-us-brewers-cup-qualifier-prismo-recipe There's another example of someone winning a non-WAC competition with an aeropress.

Go ahead and explain why, mechanically, an aeropress is inferior. Explain why adding a plunger and a paper filter to a cupping brew will make it worse than 3 broken french presses.

I know you won't, because your belief is dogmatic. Whenever you are pressed to confront some conflicting information, you start talking about something else, or throw out some ad hominem nonsense about it being a "toy" because it is produced by a toy company - as if space x's rockets are actually home battery packs or iphones are operating systems because their parent companies make products within different categories.

[Anonymous No.14069907]

>>14069859
Bonmac. Hard to screw up, makes good coffee, uses common cheap filters.

[Anonymous No.14069975]

Has anyone had good experience with the stainless steel pourovers that don't require filters? I've been thinking about getting one to cut down on waste

[Anonymous No.14070040]

>>14069975
Going to be more silty than a french press, from what I've used. If you let it settle for a few minutes after you brew, and pour slowly, leaving the last two table spoons of coffee, then you should miss most of the grit.

[Anonymous No.14070041]

>>14069891
https://www.aeropress.co.uk/pages/faqs
>How many bars of pressure can you achieve in the AeroPress?

>The AeroPress filter is 2.5 inches in diameter so the area of the filter is 4.9 square inches. If you press down firmly on a scale, it is relatively easy to get the scale up to 25 pounds and then if you press hard on the scale, you can certainly get it up to 50 pounds. Therefore if you press similarly hard on your AeroPress while brewing coffee, the firm pressing will be at 5.1 psi (25 lbs/4.9 sq in) and the harder pressing will be at 10.2 psi (50 lbs/4.9 sq in). Since a bar of pressure is 14.7 psi, the former is .35 bar and the latter is .70 bar. We have done taste comparisons between minimal and maximum pressure on an AeroPress and our taste buds can’t tell the difference.

>the former is .35 bar and the latter is .70 bar.
>the latter is .70 bar
>.70 bar
> We have done taste comparisons between minimal and maximum pressure on an AeroPress and our taste buds We have done taste comparisons between minimal and maximum pressure on an AeroPress and our taste buds can’t tell the difference.
>can’t tell the difference

You're paying 3x more for a negligible amount of pressure. Its a paper filtered french press. Don't pay 3x whats its worth.

[Anonymous No.14070077]

>>14070041
>You're paying 3x more for a negligible amount of pressure
Sorry, when did I mention ANYTHING about pressure? Never. Zero times. We were comparing it to cupping, french press, and v60. Classic example of you avoiding the case and talking about something else.

>Its a paper filtered french press
This is EXACTLY what I was saying, you absolute mongoloid.

>Don't pay 3x whats its worth
3x is a stretch, but sure, it is more expensive than cheaper french presses, and less expensive than more expensive french presses. Its more expensive than a v60 as well. The thing is, it's still only 40CAD, and the filters are cheaper than v60 filters by 4x. So after a year of 2 brews a day, the aeropress is cheaper than a v60.

Either way, you stated the crux of my argument when you said it's a paper filtered french press. I'll hold you to that.

[Anonymous No.14070524]

>>14070040
Thanks for the advice, I'm gonna pull the trigger on one and I'll report back

[Anonymous No.14070712]

>>14070077

>Either way, you stated the crux of my argument when you said it's a paper filtered french press.

So you agree with me, but you still want to make a case for an overpriced toy. The whole gimmick is the pressure, and it barely does that. Its not worth the money. Its not going to make a better cup than filtering a french press. You can get an ikea fp, a v60, and filters for the same price and end up in a better spot long term. Majority of filtering will be done by the steel mesh, so you can reuse v60 filters several times. Quit recommending it. When I get around to making the /ctg/ pastebin there's going to be an entire section lambasting it.


Its going to rain the rest of the week, so I did another roast of the Monteblanco Purple Caturra. Shitty video of the bean movement but whatever, I'll learn handbrake and ffmpeg soon. AFTER FUCKING 13 REENCODES, SHIT STILL WONT WORK. ENCODING TO VP8

>Error: Bad video stream. Only VP8 is supported.

Whatever, here's the beans.

[Anonymous No.14071801]

Coof

[Anonymous No.14071911]

>>14070712
>When I get around to making the /ctg/ pastebin there's going to be an entire section lambasting it.
Fucking based

[Anonymous No.14072266]

>drink coffee before 11am
>still have trouble sleeping / wake up after an hour or two of sleep and have a hard time falling asleep again
what the fuck do I do

[Anonymous No.14072382]

>>14072266
decaf

[Anonymous No.14072389]

>>14072382
I mean I like the caffeine so I'd rather search for ways to still have it

[https://www.instagram.com/expl(...) No.14072426]

>>14068093
That does look pretty. How does it taste?

[Anonymous No.14072577]

>>14072389
then have normal coffee you absolute bitch

[Anonymous No.14072582]

What to put to ice coffee to make it kore tasty?

[Anonymous No.14072583]

>>14072582
*more

[Anonymous No.14072590]

Just upgraded my shitty spice grinder thing to an actual burr grinder and ordered some new beans. I do v60 - any tips on getting the grinds right? Still pretty new to this shit. I've looked at photos but i can barely tell the difference between medium and coarse.

[Anonymous No.14072735]

>>14072583
sugar in any form

[Anonymous No.14073024]

Still fairly new to coffee, picked up a 3 pound bag from costco to cold brew. First batch was good (columbia supremo medium roast, was more fruity so I had to switch from vanilla creamer to milk and sugar). Second batch I realized I had been rolling up the sock too tightly and instead left it loose, just securely tying the top. It came out much more harsh with the flavors I got the first time hardly noticeable. How could this happen? Is it infusing faster and I just need to step for less time? I had been letting it go 16-20 hours.

[Anonymous No.14073965]

>>14072590
Record. record, record. Time your first 10 cups until you get where you need to be. Your settings are going to change over about the first 2 months as your burrs roll over and break in. Make sure to report back. What grinder did you snag?

[Anonymous No.14074321]

US homeroasters, 5 more brazilians just went up on gcc. I snagged the ruby and yellow bourbon last time. Ruby is FANTASTIC.

[Anonymous No.14074377]

In an approximately 7 oz glass, brew a double shot of espresso, add ice, top with roughly 2-3 oz of milk, stir, enjoy. Simple and easy

[Anonymous No.14075220]

It doesn't taste like apricot. Why do they lie?

[Anonymous No.14075267]

>>14075220
Flavor descriptions are almost always pure bullshit.

[Anonymous No.14075280]

>>14075220
Brew it better?

>>14075267
Sometimes, sure. Most roasters suck at what they do. Some roasters do a good job, pilot is one of them.

[Anonymous No.14075282]

I've got pic related. Will I really notice a """ brighter""" coffee if I buy a clever dripper with filters?

[Anonymous No.14075286]

>>14075220
You shouldn't have been retarded. Chads drink only unflavored.

[Anonymous No.14075287]

>>14075282
Clever is more like french press than a pour over brewer. Coffee grounds get immersed in water and sit in there until the final step where the lever on the bottom is pressed by the rim of the container you're pressing the Clever dripper onto and the coffee gets filtered quickly through the paper filter. It's not like regular pour over systems where the water continues to flow downward into the cup.

[Anonymous No.14075300]

>>14075287
Interesting, thanks anon. I have a French press as well. Slightly curious about filters but most seem like they require a bit of effort. Which isn't fun at 6am.

[Anonymous No.14075313]

>>14075282
>>14075300
To answer your question, it might because of the paper filter, but regular pour over brewers will make even brighter coffee.

[Anonymous No.14075333]

>>14075313
I suppose I could buy a V60 and see what the fuss is about.

[Anonymous No.14075421]

>>14075282
IF you hit the same extraction and TDS%, no. There may be minor minor minor differences in resulting flavors between brewers, but it's not likely to be large. I'd bet most people wouldn't notice any difference if tasting blind.

[Anonymous No.14075434]

>>14075286
Those are tasting notes, not additional flavorings you chode.

[Anonymous No.14075453]

>tfw caffeine just makes you shit but doesn't give the benefit of energy boost

[Anonymous No.14076024]

>>14074321
Picked up this: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07YKH9R7D/
To smooth out my temp inputs. Worked pretty well.

[Anonymous No.14076027]

>>14075453
post some of your shit

[Anonymous No.14076085]

>>14076024
Nice! Hope you didn't actually pay 33 loonies for it. I sampled 15g of that columbian. Super fruity aroma, very sweet. Comes out to like 40 cents a cup. More than pleased. Still working on a new screened top, I've got an alu foil tube in place right now. Does the trick, just looks like shit. Moved bt probe up to about 3/4in off the bottom.

[Anonymous No.14076087]

>>14060963
Test

[Anonymous No.14076202]

>>14062007
Because beans are heavy? Do you wanna be the guy lifting over 10kg of beans into the hopper 30 times a day?

[Anonymous No.14076208]

>>14075220
Anthem is the worst coffee that pilot sell, go for a single origin next time

[Anonymous No.14077001]

Why does Amazon think it's okay to jack up the price of Kalita Wave filters by 2x after the quarantine started?

[Anonymous No.14077109]

>>14077001
Because they can do whatever they want and the goyisch cattle will continue to buy from them en masse

[Anonymous No.14077116]

>>14060963
>mfw bought delonghi ec680m and a 30 eur grinder that will get upgraded soon so I can use it for herbs
>mfw drink less coffe, drink better tasting coffee and dont have to make a huge pot every fucking time and can even have filth like lattes
it's so nice, cant wait for the cucked dumb brits to send me my fucking coffee tamper so I can actually push it down properly.

[Anonymous No.14077293]

I love the taste of coffee prepared using a French Press. I also very much like the efficiency and ease of using and maintaining one. That being said, I've been reading into the potential harm of consuming coffee that doesn't use a paper filter and so I would like to get an apparatus that provides a similar taste and ease as the French Press, but uses paper filters.

I've had an Aeropress for years, but I'm not a huge fan of it. It looks cool and is fun to use, but it's a bit tedious and I find it kills the flavor so much I might as well be drinking water with food coloring in it. I also don't like how much more hot water you have to add to the byproduct afterward. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.14077434]

>>14077001
some people are using coffee filters as masks

[Anonymous No.14077446]

Which Hario V60 do you guys recommend? There are a bunch of them on Amazon

[Anonymous No.14077464]

I used to think coffee was a meme brew.
Last week I had a fresh ground coffee out of quality beans.

It tasted nothing like the burnt bitter piss I'm used to from drinking instant cawfee.

[Anonymous No.14077512]

Anyone here like South East Asian style kopi?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wa4rf3LHL4

[Anonymous No.14077519]

>>14077512
Kopi O ~ satu!

[Anonymous No.14077636]

>>14077446
get the plastic one

the other ones look nicer but are more expensive and don't brew as well (since they lose heat more quickly)

If you're in the UK go to pact coffee and they give you a free plastic v60 with your 1st bag of coffee

[Anonymous No.14077650]

>>14062115
damn, 30g would kill me
Or do you split that with someone?
15g is usually enough to make me shakey

[Anonymous No.14077664]

>>14077636
Is exposing hot water to plastic like that safe though?

[Anonymous No.14077666]

>>14077664
yeah, it's heat resistant, doesnt spill any toxins into the water either

[Anonymous No.14077667]

>claims to enjoy coffee
>uses a french press

[Anonymous No.14077682]

>>14077293
Just don't drink the sludge at the end. Grind the beans, put them in the press 'cup', add the water. Leave it for 4 minutes, hen stir the crust and remove the froth with a spoon. Then add the 'lid' and slightly press down and leave it for 5-8 minutes. Then fully press down just above the grounds. No sludge.

[Anonymous No.14077698]

>>14077293
>aeropress
>kills the flavor
>loves taste of french press
this makes no sense to me at all. you must be using the aeropress wrong, because it's functionally impossible for a french press to make a coffee as rich as that from an aeropress.

[Anonymous No.14077851]

>>14077698
How can it be rich if it filters the oils out? Unless you are using a steel filter french press will feel richer.

>>14077293
Either get into pour over and learn to appreciate filter coffee or keep enjoying the rich oils of the French press.

[Anonymous No.14077864]

>>14077851
you can get a steel filter for the aeropress if you prefer that.
fact is that tiny bit of pressure from the aeropress gives you a lot of flavour.
whereas a french press is functionally no different to a tea pot with a built-in strainer. it's impossible for it to deliver the same richness that an aeropress (or a moka too) does.

[Anonymous No.14077893]

my coffee doesnt taste like anything until the second half of the cup, what am i doing wrong?

[Anonymous No.14077928]

>>14077864
That pressure does jack shit, you can easily have an aeropresslike coffee in a french press by using the same grindsize/ratio/temp/steep and filtering it.

[Anonymous No.14077942]

>>14077928
You're wrong, and you're a grotesquely ugly freak.

[Anonymous No.14077966]

>>14077893
i have the same issue. I dislike the taste of my v60 in the first half and it gets sweet and pleasant in the second one. Not sure how to go about it tho

[Anonymous No.14077976]

>>14077464
Welcome fren

[Anonymous No.14078030]

>>14077942
Kek, seethe.

[Anonymous No.14078044]

I've been brewing exclusively with a chemex for the past three years. Looking to switch things up a bit.

I hear a lot about aeropress, but it sounds like it might be a meme. I'd consider it if someone can change my mind.

Are there any other pour overs where I'd notice a big difference, or give an objectively better brew?

[Anonymous No.14078178]

Just got a moka pot (6 cup aluminum, hopefully not counterfeit) and a hario v60 pour over. Tips for either?

[Anonymous No.14078233]

>>14078178
don't overfill the moka basket with grounds. take it off the heat when it starts spouting, pour it when the spout stops.

[Anonymous No.14078253]

>>14077942
These are the shitheads I'm talking about

>>14078044

>>14070041
Its a meme.

[Anonymous No.14078264]

>>14078178
i hope you bought that moka just for social interactions, you cant really underfill your moka pot and 6 cups portion will blow your head off if you try to drink it by yourself.
and for V60 check out James Hoffmans video, works well!
good luck and have patience

[Anonymous No.14078271]

>>14070041
bullshit. i used a french press for years and after trying the aeropress once i never went back.
sure the pressure is tiny compared to a real espresso machine, but to say it has no effect over the pure-steeping of a french press is just nonsense.
also, an aeropress costs like £25, which is well within the price range of a french press, not 3x the cost as you said.
face it, the french press is nothing more than a tea pot with a built in filter.
also, aeropress is way easier to clean and hasn't got any metal shit to get gunked up and stanky

[Anonymous No.14078313]

Why does the $20 aeropress cause so much drama?

[Anonymous No.14078322]

>>14078313
no idea. the thing is fucking great.
people need to just accept it and move on

[Anonymous No.14078328]

Why do people steep around 2 minutes in an aeropress and 5 minutes in a french press if they are the same?

[Anonymous No.14078334]

>>14078328
Because they're probably (or at least they should be) using a coarser grind for the french press.

[Anonymous No.14078349]

>>14078334
Good point

[Anonymous No.14078374]

>>14078328
i use fine (espresso) ground in my aeropress, and just let it bloom for 30 seconds before pressing.
i use the inverted method btw.
people who say that it's no different to a french press are talking utter crap.
try brewing in a french press for 30 seconds and getting a rich lungo style coffee out of it. lmao. jokers here

[Anonymous No.14078401]

>>14078328
>>14078374
"The same" used colloquially is probably synonymous with similar. They both use pressure, but I'm guessing the aeropress applies a lot more and because of the shorter brew time is a much more integral part of the process. The pressure step in the french press has more to do with separation of the liquid/grounds than extraction. In the end they share a similarity or two but aren't very similar at all I guess. Its definitely wrong to say they are the same.

[Anonymous No.14078413]

>>14078401
>They both use pressure
A french press doesn't use pressure at all. It's just got built in strainer that presses the grounds to the bottom of the vessel, and really it's no different to brewing coffee in a tea pot.
I really prefer to call it a Cafetiere for that reason, because the 'press' is misleading.

[Anonymous No.14078437]

>>14077666
citation needed.

>>14077664
it would depend on the type of plastic being used, even food-grade stable plastics will leech somewhat when exposed to heat. i would err on the side of caution and use ceramic, metal or glass. if you really want plastic, don't buy cheap knockoffs on amazon because who knows what they're made of.

[Anonymous No.14078450]

>>14077293
What is the harm you are worried about?

[Anonymous No.14078458]

>>14078328
Turbulence. Should use a similar, quite fine grind for each. The aeropress forces the water to move past the grounds. This causes a huge spike in extraction from the grounds the water moves past. This is also why a v60 will take a coarser grind than a french press.

[Anonymous No.14078504]

>>14078413
You're not supposed to press the plunger to the bottom. You're just pushing up the silt that sunk to the bottom back up and making the coffee muddy and silty.

[Anonymous No.14078508]

>>14078504
That's got absolutely nothing to do with what I am talking about.

[Anonymous No.14078535]

>>14077664
>>14077666
just look it up, they are a reputable brand

[Anonymous No.14078550]

>>14078044
The Aeropress is great, the only thing to have in mind is that it's small. I get around ~230 ml.

[Anonymous No.14078632]

>>14078508
You did reveal yourself as someone who has no idea how to use a french press

[Anonymous No.14078654]

>>14078632
You revealed yourself as someone who has no reading comprehension or understanding of what is even being discussed.

[Anonymous No.14078695]

So for you aeropress users, do you brew all the water you're going to consume at once or brew a concentrated portion and cut with water?
I've been using the inverted method and steeping with 50g water then adding 200 after it's done brewing.
I'm still new so I don't know every nuance with the aeropress, does it even matter?

[Anonymous No.14078751]

So I no nothing about coffee but I use a moka pot someone gave me
Buy beans from a local old dude
How much of a pleb am I

[Anonymous No.14078793]

>>14078695
I make a lungo style.
>Invert method, plunger just up to the 1.
>Enough just-boiled water to wet the grounds
>leave for 30 seconds to 'bloom'
>fill with the rest of water
>put on the lid, invert and press
not including boiling the water, it takes barely 1 minute altogether.

[Anonymous No.14078797]

>>14078751
moka is nice. on par with the aeropress imo for affordable home coffee makers.

[Anonymous No.14078861]

>>14078793
>blooming immersion brews
huh?

[Anonymous No.14078881]

>>14078861
did you even read what i said? there is basically no brew involved.
just a 30 second bloom, add the rest of the water, then invert and press.

[Anonymous No.14078900]

>>14078881
Yes, you said bloom. Why not just dump all the water in at once?

[Anonymous No.14078984]

>>14078900
>Why not just dump all the water in at once?
Because then you would be brewing the coffee.
The purpose of the bloom is to heat the grounds, to ready them for when the remaining 3/4 of the water is pressed through them.
That's just how I like to use my aeropress. Everybody has a different method, and that's one of the great things about it.

[Anonymous No.14079011]

>>14078900
Because the CO2 gas trapped inside the coffee beans get released rapidly when you first wet them with water. If you don't let them "bloom" and give time to escape, they will cling to the coffee ground and interfere with coffee flavors extracting into the water.

[Anonymous No.14079136]

>>14078984
>Because then you would be brewing the coffee.
You're brewing the coffee when you "bloom" as well.
>The purpose of the bloom is to heat the grounds
No it isn't. In fact, blooming leads to overall lower brew temps. Blooming is to allow CO2 to escape early during pour over brews, so that suspended particles don't get missed by the brew water. Even then, blooming lighter coffee may be needless.

>>14079011
>Because the CO2 gas trapped inside the coffee beans get released rapidly when you first wet them with water
Correct. This will happen with any amount of water, especially in an immersion brew. For instance, when cupping, there is no bloom used - because it would not add anything.
>If you don't let them "bloom" and give time to escape, they will cling to the coffee ground
What the hell is "they" here?

For immersion brewing, blooming is redundant. It confers no advantage.

[Anonymous No.14079157]

>>14079136
>What the hell is "they" here?
The CO2 gas bubbles

>With all this gas fleeing the beans, there's a potential problem—in order for the water to properly extract the coffee's flavorful contents, it first has to get into the beans, which it can't easily do when CO2 is rapidly bubbling out.
https://www.seriouseats.com/2018/07/the-hows-and-whys-of-blooming-coffee.html

[Anonymous No.14079163]

Somebody give me some coffee recommendations for my V60. I don't know brands but tend to lean towards medium roasts

[Anonymous No.14079175]

>>14079157
>The CO2 gas bubbles
You're kidding right? Will they escape with 50g of bloom water? What about 200g? You see the point here right? They will escape ANYWAY. If you dump your water into an immersion brewer all at once, they will escape at the same rate - maybe even faster - and you will have the same brew time without them. Blooming does nothing of value for immersion brewing.

[Anonymous No.14079213]

>>14079175
Enjoy breaking up your massive crust over and over again from all the coffee grounds still packed full of CO2 rising up to the top.

[Anonymous No.14079219]

>>14079213
Crust still extracts. Have you ever seen a cupping?

Stir once after 30s if a crust bothers you. Or get married to a bloom that you don't need to do. Up to you.

[Anonymous No.14079222]

i do a quick bloom with my aeropress, it improves the flavour noticeable, but apparently i'm wrong and shouldn't bother because some anon who never even tasted my coffee said so

[Anonymous No.14079246]

>>14079222
It likely just extends your brew time and increases agitation.

[Anonymous No.14079267]

ITT presslets. I'll be over in /tea/ until the next thread.

[Anonymous No.14079328]

>>14079222
oh look, it's one of the best roasters in the world who uses this method in his world renowned cafe... but he's not BLOOMING??!?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggCK_oOS_08

[Anonymous No.14079346]

>>14079328
I'll give his recipe a whirl but he hasn't tried my coffee either so doesn't really change anything, I know what works for me.
Also, prizes for making coffee is pure fucking cringelarp tbph.

[Anonymous No.14079367]

>>14079346
Sure, prizes etc are dumb. But consistently beating your peers in competition means something.

Everyone always thinks their coffee is the greatest... until they taste something better. Especially when they taste it side by side with the better coffee.

Fun sidenote: I just made a brew with my aeropress as if it were a pour over brewer.

12:168 brew ratio, boiling water, fine grind (12.5 on the 3fe dial on me EK43, burrs touching at 1, espresso grind around 4.5)
30s bloom, little swirl. 3:1 bloom.
Then poured the rest in fairly slowly, trying to control agitation, took about 20 seconds.
Then I let it sit until it was all filtered through - took about 5 minutes.
Best cup I've made recently. Super sweet and balanced.

[Anonymous No.14079372]

I'm sick of my blade grinder, how do I buy a decent burr grinder that will last me a long time and isn't overpriced because of reddit?
I went on amazon and the $20 handheld cheapo chinese manual grinder is now twice the price from 2 years ago.

[Anonymous No.14079378]

>>14079372
Those are trash anyway. My recommendation is the bodum bistro on sale. I've seen it as low as 60CAD, and it's pretty dang comparable to an Encore.

[Anonymous No.14079490]

>>14079378
I keep seeing bad reviews all indicating that the drive gears are plastic and shatter after a year of use and that nothing sits flush so grounds will get on your counter and make a mess.

[Anonymous No.14079509]

>>14079490
I have a friend who has had one for around 8 years now. He had the plastic burr carrier get burnt out by some "white coffee" basically under roasted stuff (way before first crack). The company sent him a new one for free - this was 3 years or so after he bought it.

For 60CAD you could buy 3 and still save money over an encore. Encores have the same plastic burr carrier system as well, so you're not really getting anything better there.

[Anonymous No.14079518]

Can anyone recommend a goose neck kettle or if I even need one? Planning on getting a chemex

[Anonymous No.14079524]

>>14079509
Did he have the normal or premium one?
Because the basic one is $50 where I live.

[Anonymous No.14079533]

>>14079524
He has the premium. But the premium one only adds a timer and a glass grounds catcher - not really that important.

I would snap one up for that price.

[Anonymous No.14079623]

>>14079524
Are these fake burr or real burr grinders?

[Anonymous No.14079669]

>>14079623
What's a fake burr?

[Anonymous No.14079713]

https://www.amazon.com/CoffeeSock-Reusable-Filters-Hario-v60-02/dp/B00GMM9YHK

Do you guys recommend these over a paper filter?

[Anonymous No.14079725]

>>14079713
They're good to have handy for when amazon jacks the price up on filters. More than usable.

[Anonymous No.14079919]

>>14079372
Comandante mk3

250 bucks but will last you a lifetime and looks great
Also grinds great beans, not the best for espresso but there are specific burrs better suited for them I believe

[Anonymous No.14079936]

>>14079518
$50 on Amazon

Actually now that I look it's $100 which is double the price I paid for it, damn coronavirus. It's normally 50 ish though and it's a great electric kettle. If you don't need or want an electric kettle any plain old $15 gooseneck one will work

[Anonymous No.14080274]

>>14079623
They are real burr

[Anonymous No.14080291]

>>14079936
It rusts.

[Anonymous No.14080307]

>>14072426
taste?

[Anonymous No.14080640]

>>14080291
I've had mine for nearly a decade and it has never rusted

[Anonymous No.14080738]

>>14079936
Ah I just started looking recently. Can I use a normal water heater in the meantime?

[Anonymous No.14081387]

>>14080640
Either they've cheaped out on steel over the years, or theres a fuckton of fakes out.

https://www.amazon.com/Bonavita-BV382510V-Variable-Temperature-Gooseneck/dp/B005YR0F40

[Anonymous No.14081758]

What's your excuse for not owning a Victoria Arduino Black Eagle?

[Anonymous No.14082938]

Coof

[Anonymous No.14082949]

>>14069538
it's not integrated. there are two seperate reservoirs. it has a 19 bar pump

[Anonymous No.14083010]

got a skerton pro and some local beans and had the best coffee ive ever made today :)

[Anonymous No.14083020]

>>14077293
Just do your french press and pass it through some filter.

[Anonymous No.14083563]

>>14080738
Of course

[Anonymous No.14083567]

>>14083010
That's good to hear anon

[Anonymous No.14084433]

>>14081758
Linea PB will get the job done just as well for much cheaper, and more reliably. VA machines always look dated as well

[Anonymous No.14085623]

>>14083010
Had a skerton before, upgrade your grinder, you'll go even further.

[Anonymous No.14085640]

Are there any good reusable coffee filters? I use the paper ones in my Hario pourover, also in my drip machine. Even though they're cheap, I was just wondering if there's any kind of like, cloth reusable ones to buy. Or if they're worth buying. I figure they'd be sort of like a cheese-cloth like material.

[Anonymous No.14085665]

>>14085640
You can get cloth ones, yeah. They are a pain. You can rinse your v60 filters and reuse them a few times.

[Anonymous No.14085680]

>>14085665
Paper is easier that's for sure, but what would really be so much of a pain about a cloth filter? It seems like it would be just as easy to clean. Invert over a trash can and the the grounds fall out, then rinse and dry. Maybe once a week throw it in the laundry.

Speaking of grounds, is there any good way to reuse them either? Can you use them in mulch or something?

[Anonymous No.14085717]

>>14085680
You have to keep it wet or it deteriorates quickly. Used grounds are great for the garden

[Anonymous No.14085945]

>>14063894

kek

[Anonymous No.14087211]

Do roasters get offended if you ask them to pre-grind?

[Anonymous No.14087214]

>>14064596
I ordered the Niche grinder with some of my trumpbux.

[Anonymous No.14087218]

>>14087211
I genuinely thought you were talking about women for a second

Roasters ≈ "roasties"

I forgot which board I was on

And I assume you know what grind means in that context

[Anonymous No.14087336]

>>14087211
Why would roasters get mad at your beans going stale faster? They're banking on repeat business.

[Anonymous No.14087486]

>>14087211
mine never did. I usually get one bag grounded and one whole, since he clearly has a better grinder than i do and i know i'll go thru the first bag very quickly

[Anonymous No.14088364]

>>14085623
Have any recommendations?

[Anonymous No.14088374]

>>14087211
seeing as the place here has a big grinder behind the counter, i'm guessing no

[Anonymous No.14089284]

If i use pic related, would it be possible to create a coffee syrup sort of thing and store it in a fridge for a week and have it be somewhat fresh?

I was thinking about creating super thick and concentrated syrup with lotta sugar in it and then just pour that into milk glass with some ice in it and have that as refreshing coffee drink in the summer on hot days. It sounds delicious in my head, but I'm not sure if the coffeine holds up in these conditions or if the taste goes stale after few days.

[Anonymous No.14089634]

>>14089284
Ide say worth a shot.

[Anonymous No.14090435]

I like coffee

[Anonymous No.14091571]

Coof

[Anonymous No.14092667]

>>14087211
No

[Anonymous No.14093501]

>>14060963
If I want to have a roaster with a 2.5kg/5kg limit, am I stuck with a drum roaster?
What is the best fluid bed roasting equivalent?

[Anonymous No.14093519]

>>14063894
>I just love the ambiance of Starbucks stores.
>What do you mean cafés? They're stores.

[Anonymous No.14093633]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-Fslq1PEMf8
FUCK WHY I CAN'T I REPLICATE THIS SHIT! I'VE TRYING FOR THE LAST MONTH AT LEAST TWICE DAILY!!!
I was able to do this with a steam wand, when I was working at a cafe a few years ago.
THE FUCKING GUY EVEN DID IT WITH INSTANT COFFEE!

[Anonymous No.14093669]

anyone tried this? has cbd in it. might be nice for a little post dinner

[Anonymous No.14093681]

Are there any fully automatic coffee machines with grinder that are even remotely halfway decent?
I've been tasked with finding one for my parents after they vehemently refused all my attempts to get them to brew proper coffee. Anything more than placing a cup under it and pressing a button is too much for my father apparently. Tried to get him to use the old Technovrom I bought like a decade ago and never used much but even just transfering the coffee ground from a dedicated grinder into the filter is too much for the fucker.

[Anonymous No.14093692]

>>14083020
i did this and by the time the coffee was filtered it was cold. would not recommend. i'd sooner just put up with the silt at the end of the cup.

[Anonymous No.14093706]

Anyone else experimented in post fermentation? I've tried soaking my Arabic beans in a concoction of white dog fecal matter, decaying apples, fermented cider with cinnamon crackers for 2 weeks then I even bake for 12h on 104 celsius

[Anonymous No.14093711]

>>14093706
have you tried vaginal yeast?

[Anonymous No.14093717]

>>14076202
It's called a job

[Anonymous No.14093908]

question:
I've tried 4 espresso machines so far, and they all limit the capacity of how much grounds I can pack in there. I'm trying to find a home machine where I can pack 16-32 grams

[Anonymous No.14093961]

>>14090435
that looks like a really bad pourover. drawdown too slow - must be ground too finely or could just be because its a shitty metal filter
also why is her pouring biased to one side of the brewer?

[Anonymous No.14093966]

>>14093908
32g ? What the fuck are you trying to do with your espresso machine

[Anonymous No.14094001]

>>14093966
pull two 16g shots, of course.

[Anonymous No.14094337]

>>14094001
why not just pull 2 shots then
if youve tried 4 machines I'd assume that you're pretty well off so you probably have a good machine + grinder and pulling 2 shots will not be that much of a hassle for you

[Anonymous No.14095511]

>had Guatemalan coffee
>very fresh fruity after taste

Surprised tbqh. I thought outside of East Africa, only Costa Rica did super fruity coffee well.

[Anonymous No.14095791]

>>14093908
22g baskets are about as big as they come

[Anonymous No.14096721]

Why aren't you doing experimental roasts right now?

[Anonymous No.14097016]

>>14096721
Why aren't you?


>Brazil Ruby Semi-washed

>Farm: Sta. Edwireges Farm

>Producer: Edna Maria Felicio

>City: Monsenhor Paulo

>Altitude: 960-1000m

>Farm Info:

>Producer since 1990, dedicated to the farm, with several plantations on her property, being: Bourbon, Ruby, Mundo Novo/19, Yellow Catuai and the very rare Maragogipe. This producer makes great drying control, does not use pesticides in the crop, maintaining the good quality of the soil, as well as preserving local fauna and flora with a legal reserve maintained with in the property.

>Tasting Notes:

>Sweet, creamy, peanut butter cup, long after taste.

[Anonymous No.14097287]

will /ck/ berate me for putting an absurd amount of sugar and cream in my coffee?

[Anonymous No.14097428]

>>14097287
Yes dumbass stop doing that

[Anonymous No.14097777]

>>14097016
I told my assistant to buy up all beans from that farm for the next five years so that you can't have any.

[Anonymous No.14097898]

>>14097777
Oh no.

[Anonymous No.14098031]

>>14097016
Try taking your sample interval to 0.5s - might help with that ROR jank

[Anonymous No.14098949]

>>14098031
I can try. I was reading on homebarista about some guy who tuned his air roaster pid with navy beans in the chamber so he wasn't wasting coffee.

>Bourbon, Ruby, Mundo Novo/19, Yellow Catuai and the very rare Maragogipe.

Ethiopian koke honey or that brazil maragogipe once I've got a free jar?

[Anonymous No.14099506]

>>14065126
I like to put nutella in mine

[Anonymous No.14100243]

currently sipping on cafe bustelo espresso brewed in a moka machine. 3 shots with choccy milks. it's pretty dope desu.

[Anonymous No.14100250]

>specialty coffee descriptions
>tasting notes
>muh fruity
>where it's grown
>farm or cooperative
>farmers' names
>optimized for espresso or filter
>masl

>won't tell you if it's light roast or burnt to shit

Why do they do this? How can I glean whether it's bitter as fuck or not?

[Anonymous No.14100347]

Anyone else drink instant coffee? I like the taste of it just as much as regular coffee and it's cheap and fast. I have never even owned a coffee maker.

[Anonymous No.14100355]

Yeah Starbucks is always a nice place to sit even if the coffee is dogshit. It's all we had on my campus and I'd meet up with friends there everyday. Good times. Today I'm drinking some Ethiopian I roasted a few days ago. Made in a v60. It's one of the fruity ones, always enjoyable. If you guys don't roast, please consider. It's intimidating because people get autistic with it but I've been roasting with heatgun/dogbowl for a few weeks and I've gotten plenty consistency without any of the ridiculousness that a lot of people do. Saving a lot of money, having fun, and drinking great coffee. It's a win boys

[Anonymous No.14100441]

>>14100355
>paying actual money for the worst disgusting overpriced burned coffee

[Anonymous No.14100879]

any good guides or purchase lists for home espresso?
Silvia and Gaggia immediately come to mind but was wondering if there were other brands above this class

[Anonymous No.14101396]

>>14063758
Nitrous coffee sounds tempting

[Anonymous No.14101421]

>>14100347
Is there any instant coffee that tastes chocolatey if not which beans should I get?

[Anonymous No.14101439]

>>14100355
>>14100441
I actually like the nitro cold brew that came out last year

[Anonymous No.14101545]

>>14101421
Brazilian beans, natural process.

[Anonymous No.14101674]

>>14098949
I'm not a fan of Brazilian coffees, so I'd do the Ethiopian.

>>14100250
Most should be fairly light roasted, especially if they say they are roasted for filter. But you do have to take a risk finding out for sure I guess.

>>14100879
Breville 920xl is the best bang for buck by a mile. Flair for manual. Silvia is overpriced for what it is.

[Anonymous No.14101681]

anyone here ever try kopi luwak?

[Anonymous No.14101695]

What's the best type of water for drip? Tap, filtered tap or bottled?

[Anonymous No.14101705]

>>14101695
None of those. Get distilled water, add epsom and bicarbonate.

https://www.baristahustle.com/blog/diy-water-recipes-redux/

[Anonymous No.14101727]

>>14101674
>Breville 920xl
appears to be a very nice machine (dual boiler, proper temp control, pressure gauge) although I don't know much about Breville reputation and quality history. Can you speak to part quality/serviceability?

[Anonymous No.14101734]

How does everyone feel about Death Brew Coffee?

[Anonymous No.14101996]

>>14101734
it's a meme.

[Anonymous No.14102157]

What is a reasonable price for an espresso machine? seems like around 700$ but I've seen some hand pump ones can cost under 200$


>>14062007
damn that's cool

[Anonymous No.14102446]

>>14102157
The age old saying is if it can hit 9bars, you can pack 14 grams in, and hit it with 200+ degree water, you can make espresso. I like my flair. The robot is cool, but you can't even fit an acaia lunar under it. Espressoforge is a meme, but you can use vst baskets so thats pretty cool. You pair a flair with a good hand grinder (kinu, helor, commandante) and a kettle, you have everything to figure out if you actually want to fuck with espresso for under $500, and flairs seem to keep their value pretty well so you can flip it a year later for a minimal loss.

[Anonymous No.14102498]

>>14063894
Wine aunt is right. They're stylish, also soulless.

[Anonymous No.14102593]

Just tried this for a persona 5 coffee to complement the curry recipe online
(https://pixelatedprovisions.com/2017/06/20/persona-5-curry/))
If anyone has suggestions please feel free to add
>1 teaspoon Salvadorian coffee
>1/2 Mexican vanilla extract
>1/2 teaspoon Clover honey

[Anonymous No.14102707]

>>14083071

[Anonymous No.14102924]

>>14060963
Went from daily drinking for last 10 years. Loved macchiatos, cappuccinos, flat whites and good black drips and pour-overs.

Gave up coffee for Lent and kept it going thru Corona because I really don't miss coffee at all. Wtf is wrong with me?

[Anonymous No.14102934]

>>14065347
>2020
>not cracking whippits at 6 AM after railing 3 lines of the finest colombian "beans" and surrendering to the wahwahwahwahwahwahwahwah

[Anonymous No.14102936]

>>14063894
Starbucks are unironically wholesome and convenient low-key spots to meet friends, family, or groupmates in if you live in a pleasant suburban town free of urban trash. But the urban locations are full of homeless and all-day loitering creeps and the employees seem dirtier

[Anonymous No.14102945]

>>14062007
for aesthetics? makes ceiling look cool. and i think they stole this idea from hipster coffee shops. i know blue bottle had similar contraptions on the walls and ceiling like 10 years ago

[Anonymous No.14103296]

Would you wear the V60 t-shirt?

[Anonymous No.14103401]

>>14060963
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe or Sumatran Mendheling in a fucking Farberware drip machine with a metal filter. I use a Cuisinart grinder. It takes just shy of 9 mins to brew the pot. Great flavors. I ain't got time to be autistic about my coffee.

[Anonymous No.14103463]

am I retarded? the best coffee I've ever had at home is Seattle's best medium roast through a drip machine

[Anonymous No.14103549]

>>14101727
Not on par with more expensive Italian stuff. But doesn't need to be. The parts that matter are good. Who cares if some tubes are plastic? I changed the pressure on my opv myself. Most of build quality shit is a meme unless you expect it to last 100 years. I think they are rated for like 15k cappuccinos or something. Very high end capability, medium tier parts. A gs3 might last longer, but it's not as good, and you could replace the 920xl 5 times and still come out less expensive.

[Anonymous No.14103551]

>>14103463
No, you just haven't had very good coffee. Most coffee is not very good at all.

[Anonymous No.14103706]

Is Timemore C2 good?

[Anonymous No.14103731]

>>14065097
Cassia is bad for your liver. Get some Ceylon cinnamon/canela.

[Anonymous No.14103902]

>>14103706
For filter yeah. Not enough adjustment for espresso but you could try to make it stepless.

[Anonymous No.14103934]

>>14076202
>not wanting to be the guy with huge muscles from lifting beans all day
fucking loser

[Anonymous No.14103940]

>>14097287
Enjoy your diabetes faggot

[Anonymous No.14103943]

>>14103296
The aesthetic looks a nice

[Anonymous No.14104181]

How's my foam looking? I used a bellman steamer.

Anyone care to share images of their home espresso setups?

[Anonymous No.14104348]

Latest purchase. Very enjoyable coffee tbqh.

[Anonymous No.14104583]

Next step to graduate to after Moka pot and a cheap hand grinder?
Grind size is all over the place and coffee can come our pretty bitter sometimes with the exact same procedure.
Pic related

[Anonymous No.14104598]

>>14104583
Baratza Encore or Wilfa Svart grinder. Get a French Press or Aeropress if you want convenience, Hario V60 if you have time and patience.

[Anonymous No.14105180]

So why are espresso so extraordinarily more expensive than other coffee machines? What is it about espresso that bumps the price up to $3,000 for a coffee machine?

[Anonymous No.14105201]

>>14097428
i wont
>>14103940
i will

[Anonymous No.14105238]

>>14081758
because a strada is prettier

[Anonymous No.14105300]

>>14105180
You don't really want a cheap steam boiler building up pressure on your counter. Only has to fail once to fuck up your week. Those $3000 machines will still be running in 30 years, with minimal maintenance. You can still buy cremina's from 40 years ago and pull fantastic shots the day you get it.

[Anonymous No.14105432]

>>14063758
it was bullshit before but especially bullshit when the fucking drip coffees showed up

[Anonymous No.14105456]

>>14104598
>graduate to after a Moka pot
>French Press
fucking hell french press users are really delusional

[Anonymous No.14105474]

>>14062156
>thinking french press uses any pressure at all
>thinking that steeping for 10 seconds in a french press will get you anything remotely drinkable
more french press delusions

[Anonymous No.14105525]

Is the French Press the worst coffee brewing method out there? I have literally never had a good cup of coffee from a French press.

[Anonymous No.14105622]

aeropress or v60? i'm leaning toward the v60 cause it's cheaper desu

[Anonymous No.14105655]

>>14105622
i prefer a nice lungo style from my aeropress, but it depends how you like your coffee tbph. both are good methods.

[Anonymous No.14105667]

>>14105525
It's nothing more than a funny-shaped teapot with a built in strainer, what do you expect?
Brewing coffee by steeping is the lowest effort, worst result method possible, hands down.

[Anonymous No.14105735]

>>14105622
v60.

[Anonymous No.14105740]

>>14105667
>>14105525
You're just doing it wrong. It's fine, and very forgiving. Probably percolator is the worst, then moka, then chemex

>>14105622
If you have a good kettle, v60. If not, aeropress. Aeropress filters are so cheap that it will end up cheaper in the long run.

[Anonymous No.14105790]

>>14105740
I use James Hoffmann's method and it's still shit
Just face it kid French press is the worst

[Anonymous No.14105817]

>>14105790
Grind finer. It's practically impossible to screw up. The Hoffmann method is essentially just cupping - you know, the standard method for brewing coffees for sensory evaluation. I prefer paper filtration, but french press can make excellent coffee that only really lacks in the filtration department.

[Anonymous No.14105909]

>>14103551
this coffee genuinely tastes great to me though

[Anonymous No.14106100]

>>14105817
>fine ground
>french press
opinion discarded

[Anonymous No.14106210]

>>14106100
They said finer, not fine ground. I've noticed with Hoffman method that too course and you'll get a sour cup. Too fine and no matter how short you brew its bitter and burnt tasting. I find percolator setting at grocery store grinders work best.

[Anonymous No.14106283]

>>14106100
>>14106210
I said finer, and I do mean fine ground.

https://www.scottrao.com/blog/2017/9/26/immersion-percolation-and-grinding-a-quiz-and-contest

Press is very very low agitation, so it extracts slowly. Low agitation brews will start to hit an extraction plateau around 3 minutes, after which extraction really only progresses at a crawl. Because of this, you want to grind fine to get good extraction. Also, because there is no flow through the coffee mass, there is no chance for channeling due to a grind that is too fine, like in a typical pour over brew. Only the external 100um of a coffee particle is really properly extracted, so grinding coarse just means a ton of wasted coffee. French press is the finest I grind next to espresso. Around 11 o clock on my ek43 dial.

[Anonymous No.14106526]

What's wrong with a nanopresso?

[Anonymous No.14106538]

>>14106526
It looks like a Tenga

[Anonymous No.14106560]

>>14060963
>>what are you drinking
costco guatamalan. whole bean. medium-dark roast. 3oz/12cups autodrip.
>>do you like it
7.5. nice aroma, good bitterness. not bad for the value.
>>getting anymore
probably going back to peets bigdick. little more expensive per pound also from costco but i like the full dark roast.

[Anonymous No.14106668]

So I'm interested in espresso, but I'm not confident enough to shell out hundreds of dollars for a machine. Still fairly new to coffee. Is there any kind of device for ~50 bux that makes at least halfway decent espresso?

[Anonymous No.14106695]

>>14106668
No, but you can make fake espresso with a moka pot

[Anonymous No.14106702]

>>14106695
this, or an aeropress

[Anonymous No.14106720]

>>14106695
>fake espresso
What do you mean by fake?

[Anonymous No.14106727]

>>14106720
it's a short, strong coffee, but not a true espresso because it's only made with a fraction of the pressure in a real espresso machine.

[Anonymous No.14106746]

>>14106668
Use this: >>14106526

[Anonymous No.14107395]

>>14079378
>>14079509
what does he use it for? i have one these and a chemex and I am curious to see what grind size people use.

[Anonymous No.14107449]

>>14105909
White owls were great before I started smoking Illusiones.

[Anonymous No.14107607]

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>>14107601
>>14107601