Best way to brew coffee

[Anonymous No.15024929]

There is no better way to make a smooth strong cup of coffee than a French Press. It’s literally a god tier method.

[Anonymous No.15025002]

Agreed. It's all I drink.

[Anonymous No.15025004]

>>15024929
I always break the thing pushing down too hard.

[Anonymous No.15025011]

>>15025004
Retard

[Anonymous No.15025017]

As long as you serve the coffee with fairy bread

[Anonymous No.15025018]

>>15024929
I like Mokapot

[Anonymous No.15025019]

I like french press as much as the next hipster, but it ain't exactly what I'd call a smooth brew.

[Anonymous No.15025021]

>>15025004
What? I've had the same cafetiere for about 10 years and I've never had to replace a single part. Are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.15025024]

>>15025021
Apparently. Also think I just put too much coffee in so it won't compress.

[Anonymous No.15025027]

>>15025024
It's not supposed to compress.
You don't push the plunger down with any effort, you rest your arm on it with just enough weight to lower it over ten seconds.

[Anonymous No.15025029]

>>15025019
I'm with this anon. I find french press to brew a fuller bodied coffee, but not smoother

[Anonymous No.15025136]

>>15024929
Moka pot is better. I only use my press to whip up hot milk.

[Anonymous No.15025177]

>>15025019
>>15025029
It's definitely smoother, has all those coffee oils

[Anonymous No.15025181]

>>15025177
Yeah that's what makes it oily and acerbic. Not smooth at all.

[Anonymous No.15025198]

>>15024929

[Anonymous No.15025199]

Press is the best method.

>>15025004
Change your grind size. Might be too fine.

[Anonymous No.15025209]

Moka is hard but I owould love to learn it.
My grandfather had a few around his house, I might ask him for some tips later.

[Anonymous No.15025327]

>>15025209
How is moka hard? Maybe I am not on that level of expertise but not a lot more to adjust other that temperature and the coffee itself

[Anonymous No.15025348]

>>15025024
It’s all about steeping the grounds with hot water for thirty seconds. Use half of the water to do it. Wait thirty seconds. Stir for ten seconds and fill with the rest of the water. Wait four mins and press. If it doesn’t press easily your grind is too fine.

[Anonymous No.15025355]

>>15024929
I don't drink coffee but have a moka pot and french press so I can make some for guests. I like the fact that it is timeless and I can have this for my whole life and it won't end up looking dated like a standard coffee maker would

[Anonymous No.15025360]

>>15025198
he cute

[Anonymous No.15025368]

>>15025209
>hard
This is all you need:
https://youtu.be/rpyBYuu-wJI

[Anonymous No.15025387]

>>15025209
Moka takes a few tries to figure out the right temperature on your stove, as that (and maybe grind size) are really the only things you can change. After that first phase, it's as easy as brewing coffee gets. Thing is, most idiots try once, end up with overextracted shitty coffee and never touch it again. Fuck those guys, am I right?

[Anonymous No.15025405]

>>15024929
Aeropress is better, you resort to french when you need to make more than one cup.

And all of that is assuming you aren't able to do pour-over, which has the best of both worlds.

[Anonymous No.15025441]

>>15025181
Nah coffee is already acerbic, that has more to do with the heat, but you're not getting a smooth brew if you filter all the oils out

If you want something smoother try cold brew

[Anonymous No.15025448]

>>15025405
Who drinks a single cup of coffee? I drink an entire carafe this size myself

[Anonymous No.15025456]

>>15025387
Not true at all from my experience.
I never got consistent or good results from manipulating just temperature. I could not avoid a burnt, over-extracted taste no matter how low or slow I brewed a moka.

After years of experience, I found the best improvement to moka coffee flavor was to stop the brew early. And nobody provides that advice whatsoever. I had to find that out on my own. The only other person I've seen say it, is James Hoffman.
I still consider mokapot a lazy and shitty way of making coffee. Being just seconds late on stopping the brew ruins the taste of the cup, forcing you to stay in the kitchen and not work on other things for up to 6 or 7 minutes. And the coffee is still murky and not smooth, which isn't bad but some don't prefer that. If I were smart I would have given up a long time ago like all those "idiots" you mentioned.

[Anonymous No.15025458]

>>15025441
French press is more acerbic than other methods.
It is the least smooth coffee making method aside from maybe cowboy coffee.

[Anonymous No.15025461]

>>15025456
Were you pre-heating the water or just pouring cold water into the pot?
And roughly half the moka pot instructions I've ever read online said to pull the pot early or otherwise cut the brew short by running the pot under cold water. No idea how you've never seen this before.

[Anonymous No.15025527]

>>15025458
Nod really, at least it is less acerbic than drip coffee IMO

You aren't supposed to pour boiling water into the thing, if you are that would explain why you think it is acerbic. Usually I boil then add some ice to cool it down a bit. You need a coarse grind as well.

[Anonymous No.15025708]

Honestly I've been making cold brew and then just heating it up. I get all the lowered acidity but still get hot coffee

[Anonymous No.15026077]

>tfw three french presses a day

I tried quitting coffee and lost about 50 IQ

[Anonymous No.15026097]

>>15025527
I'm convinced you don't know what smooth or acerbic mean. Your tastebuds are completely alien.

[Anonymous No.15026122]

>>15025017
Is that just white bread with shitty sprinkles on top?

[Anonymous No.15026128]

>>15026122
There's also some butter to keep the sprinkles on.

[Anonymous No.15026250]

>>15026077
This
I cut down my coffee intake for a few years after drinking way too much once. Started back up at my old level and am way more productive, alert, and happy. I forgot how good it really can be.

[Anonymous No.15026386]

>>15025405
seconding aeropress. Better tasting brew IMO, cleanup is dummy simple, and great for travel/camping

[Anonymous No.15026418]

Chemex

[Anonymous No.15026594]

V60 or Aeropress. Aeropress is better with a metal filter. Don't forget freshly ground beans,
Never use preground.

[Anonymous No.15026613]

>>15026594
>Never use preground.
duh

A quality burr grinder is more important than the brew method.

[Anonymous No.15026756]

>>15024929
i have that exact same press

[Anonymous No.15026785]

>coffee

[Anonymous No.15026790]

I prefer KCUPs takes 20 seconds and I have a cup of coffee.

[Anonymous No.15027022]

>>15026097
I just assume you're a dumbfuck troll, probably someone who doesn't even drink IPA

[Anonymous No.15027024]

there's a reason why every barista worth their weight makes coffee via V60 unless asked otherwise

[Anonymous No.15027074]

>>15024929
I use a French press if I have the day off and want several cups of coffee.
If it's just one cup before work I use a Kähler Baristo, which I would not recommend spending money on.