/ctg/ Coffee Time General

[Anonymous No.18855987]

Thread for discussing coffee and coffee-related topics.
Latte edition

If you're new or confused, start here: https://pastebin.com/UEzwuyLz
If you're old and confused, drinking anything cute lately?

Previous Thread:>>18837436

[Anonymous No.18855997]

>>18855987
Faggot

[Anonymous No.18856013]

gimme medium roasted coffee with tasty words like cocoa, spice, caramel not fruity

I got starbucks guatemala and it's super dark and oily even though it says medium

[Anonymous No.18856044]

i prefer tea

[Anonymous No.18856121]

Aeropress GANG

[Anonymous No.18856141]

>>18856013
>I got starbucks guatemala and it's super dark and oily even though it says medium
You should see their Italian and French roasts, it's like charcoal.

[Anonymous No.18856441]

>>18856013
if you want medium from starbucks, its probably their blonde roast

[Anonymous No.18856545]

How long does manual grinder with stainless steel burr normally last? I bought Chestnut C2 2 years ago and it still works well, but I wonder when I should start saving for better grinder.

[Anonymous No.18856576]

Brehs what does 'natural process' even mean?
How does it taste relative to a normally roasted bean?

[Anonymous No.18856612]

can't wait for my natural process ethiopian to degas

[Anonymous No.18856620]

also, anyone have any yemeni coffee recs

[Anonymous No.18856662]

>>18855670
Oh wow, yeah my beans are a Ethiopian light roast, too, weird.

[Anonymous No.18856669]

>>18856576
Watch all 4 videos in the playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JxPy7ioUe4&list=PLs92Z78bZym7IPfav6Gp_j_9ELgv7Azy4

[Anonymous No.18856675]

Bros I think I fucked up again...

[Anonymous No.18856751]

>>18856545
Just sharpen the blades when that time comes, or buy a replacement blade????

[Anonymous No.18856764]

>>18856751
Yeah just send those c2 burrs in to ssp for resharpening. Dipshit.

[Anonymous No.18856775]

>>18856764
Who are you calling a dipshit, fuckboy? That's what the fuck I told him. Asswipe

[Anonymous No.18856786]

>>18856775
Yeah hansung isn't going to touch burrs out of $60 trash retard.

[Anonymous No.18856802]

>>18856786
Do you suck dick? You type as though you suck dick.

[Anonymous No.18856804]

>>18856675
Try to make yours look more like mine. You'll get there!

[Anonymous No.18856828]

>>18856802
Do you sleep in dirty sheets? It sounds like you sleep in dirty sheets at the drury inn.

[Anonymous No.18856874]

>>18856804
when I pour the bloom I try to keep it to 2g per 1g grounds but I always feel like that's not enough water to "get" everything and that leads to all the grounds washing up on the side of the v60

[Anonymous No.18856883]

>>18856874
How coarse are you grinding? Show a picture of your grounds

[Anonymous No.18856992]

>>18856804
this could be liquidy shit on toilet paper and nobody would ever know

[Anonymous No.18857044]

>>18856751
To be honest, I only want to justify my expense. Q2 heptacore looks very tempting, but if there is no urgency or significant upgrade, then I would keep my money.

[Anonymous No.18857134]

>>18856804
dry filter?

[Anonymous No.18857254]

>>18856874
pour slower.
also 2g water per 1g grounds works better for larger amounts of grounds. you just might need to use more water for smaller amounts of grounds.

[the goffee No.18857281]

hello goffee frens

[Anonymous No.18857445]

Don’t need fancy grinders, fancy scale, fancy beans, fancy kettle, don’t even need to have fresh grounds. It makes some delicious, smooth, and HOT coffee, every time. Simple as.
Stop trying to make coffee like tea.

[Anonymous No.18857469]

>>18855987
Is that from "Is the Order a Rabbit"?

[Anonymous No.18857561]

I boil tap water in a Walmart teapot on my gas stove, then I put 1 tsp of Nescafé Classic Instant Coffee with 2 tsp generic sugar in my Christmas tree print mug, I pour the boiling water in and then add a big splash of Garlick Farms Whole Milk and stir with a stainless steel teaspoon. It’s quick, cheap, tasty and my favorite.

[Anonymous No.18857657]

I think I fucked up. I had picrel for about a year now and recently went on vacation, when I came back I realized I had left some coffee grounds in the tray and they obviously were modly as fuck.
Problem is even the machine itself seems to be a bit moldy, at least the coffee tastes pretty off, probably doesn't help that I was neglecting maintenance even before, I tried using the flush program you usually use to descale a few times and cleaned every bit I could including the brewing unit and while it did help it's still noticeable.
Is there a way to save it or do I have to get rid of it?

[Anonymous No.18857667]

>>18857469
I think it is

>>18857445
>>18857561
>teapot on my gas stove
Use an electric kettle that plugs into the mains...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2v7JaSvI5M

[Anonymous No.18857735]

I just made myself an amazing cappuccino using my poorfag home setup. I'm really tempted to make another one right now.

[Anonymous No.18857876]

>Moka Americano
Damn this shit is good, should I be using boiling water to dilute it or does that fuck up the flavour?

[Anonymous No.18858056]

>>18857281
Good morning
>>18857134
No, I rinse the filter before putting coffee in
>>18857044
Only you know what's best for you.
>>18856992
kek
>>18857445
Go back to bed, boomer
>>18857735
Do it

[Anonymous No.18858127]

>>18858056
>Go back to bed, boomer
No, I had a great cup of freshly perked joe after lunch and I’m ready to keep going through the day.

[Anonymous No.18858148]

>>18858127
D I S G U S T A N G

[Anonymous No.18858162]

>>18858148
Have you ever had percolator coffee, zoom-zoom?

[Anonymous No.18858178]

Day 2 of trying to run filter beans through an espresso machine. I pre-infused for twenty extra seconds for a modest improvement in taste, but it's still pretty sour. I'll probably try it much longer tomorrow just to see what happens, but I'm planning to switch to the phin filter after that.

[Anonymous No.18858188]

>>18858162
Yeah. It's what I used to use as a daily driver.

[Anonymous No.18858215]

>>18858188
And you think it’s disgusting? I get that it’s not as tea-like as other methods, but it’s smooth and rich in a way most other coffees aren’t. I like it a lot more than a moka, for instance.

[Anonymous No.18858239]

>>18858215
Takes too long for too little payoff, in my opinion. I'll drink it if someone else makes it (usually camping) but there's no way I'm making it at home. But, differences make the world go round. Enjoy your cuppa

[Anonymous No.18858253]

>>18858239
Ah, I use an electric one which is far better in my opinion, it’s pretty quick and requires no effort on my end. I get it with the stovetop models.
Picrel is like mine. The first pic I just grabbed off Google.

[Anonymous No.18858345]

I want a way to make good coffee while I'm away from home. Is the aeropress go significantly worse than the regular aeropress in some way other than capacity?

[Anonymous No.18858368]

>>18855987
having my morning coffee and i wanted to let you guys know i had an epiphany that today is a great day and we are all gonna make it

[Anonymous No.18858388]

>>18858345
No? It's the same thing just slightly smaller.
>>18858253
Huh, never knew electric percolator were a thing. Nice!

[Anonymous No.18858398]

>>18857445
Kek what a shitter

[Anonymous No.18858402]

>>18858188
>>18858388
Wow two 88's in a row. Fuck I'm nice with it

[Anonymous No.18858408]

>>18858056
>Do it
I did. It was so good that I felt like I could take a nice comfy nap immediately afterwards, if that makes any sense. If I can get a coffee this good with my ghetto poorfag setup, I don't even think I can imagine how good it can be if I drop a decent amount of dosh.

[Anonymous No.18858452]

Why do I get this weird belt of coffee when making a v60? I had normal beds for a long while, but then this started happening to me a while ago. Gotta be something to do with my swirling but I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I'm doing the hoffmeme single cup method.

[Anonymous No.18858572]

I've been using a Baratza Virtuoso and a v60 for a long while now. Lately it looks like my coffee is draining slower than it used to. I replaced a broken piece of the burr grinder and cleaned it thoroughly, but it's still draining slow for the grind size. It takes about 4-4:30 to drain but I see people saying it should take 2:30-3:30 minutes. Is it the filter or is the grinder producing too many fines?

[Anonymous No.18858649]

>>18857667
Gokushufudou

[Anonymous No.18858683]

>>18858178
>filter beans
kek. Post beans.

[Anonymous No.18858718]

>>18858683

[Anonymous No.18858729]

>>18858718
About as light as my home roasts for espresso. I'm guessing you've got a shitty grinder?

[Anonymous No.18858731]

Anyone given the 1zpresso Y3 a try? I was thinking about buying the picopresso but I got curious about this shit given that it's on the same price range and 1zpresso have good grinders.

[Anonymous No.18858751]

>>18858731
1zpresso was a handheld pod machine brand long before they started knocking off kinu and comandante. Its where the "presso" in their name comes from.

[Anonymous No.18858770]

>>18858729
I actually just got a kingrinder k4, and my machine is a Breville duo temp. I ground them down with the k4 at I think 77 clicks? With that setting, it brewed a 1:2 ratio in about 30 seconds, but it's still quite sour/tart. Not sure if that's intended or if there's some processing there that doesn't suit espresso. Here's the back of the bag.

[Anonymous No.18858801]

>>18858770
You should be able to make something passable with that. Coarsen up, pull a 1:3 in about 20 and see if you can go coarser from there. Might have to fuck with your opv to get it optimal. Light 'filter' roasts are harder to extract, so make it easy. Let water flow throughout that bed.
https://youtu.be/kOSbOZY_tN0

[Anonymous No.18858847]

>>18858731
If they're the same price, go for the Pico. It's an actual espresso maker. The Y3 looks like it uses a weird, proprietary pressurized basket. In fact, it doesn't look like it uses a basket at all, since 1Z calls it a "powder holder," although that might be a translation error.

[Anonymous No.18858854]

>>18858770
Is that 77 clicks on an unpressured or pressurized basket? If it's unpressurized, 77 clicks seems way too coarse. I also have a K4, and I'm on 66 clicks for espresso, but granted I don't use the same machine as you.

[Anonymous No.18858874]

>>18858847
>powder holder
China translates that weirdly all the time. Burrs pop up under "powder knives/blades". Tampers are powder hammers. Its just a weird proprietary 51mm basket. Picopresso is also 51mm, but you can stick in ims/pavoni baskets.

[Anonymous No.18858940]

>>18858801
Very interesting, I'll see if I can give it a shot tomorrow morning!

>>18858854
Yeah, I don't actually know what the pressure on this machine is, I haven't really looked into the specs. It was cheap on sale at HomeGoods, so we bought it.
I suspect that the 54mm basket also has something to do with it. Something something pressure, something something cross-sectional area, something something Bernoulli.

[Anonymous No.18858994]

>>18858452
Idk but you should be embarassed

[Anonymous No.18859008]

>>18858940
I don't mean the pressure of the machine, I mean the actual portafilter basket. If it's a single-walled/unpressurized basket, then you really have to be precise with your grind, and I suspect 77 clicks is entirely too coarse. You should be in the low to mid-60s on a K4.

[Anonymous No.18859023]

>>18858940
This is the basket you should be using.
https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/breville-54mm-double-shot-single-wall-basket
You're probably just getting fucked by a 15bar pump. You said you're able to do 20sec on the preinfusion button? Read this.
https://espressoaf.com/manufacturers/breville/preinfusion.html

[Anonymous No.18859359]

>>18859008
Right, forgot to answer that, sorry. Too busy trying to remember Bernoulli stuff from college... It's an unpressurized single wall.
>>18859023
15 bar? Shit, dude, that's high. I can definitely see that causing trouble.
I don't have a pre-infusion button, just an on/off switch. I just ran it and shut it off before the water made it all the way through a couple of times, hoping to mimic the blooming process that you'd see on other methods. Probably not ideal, but it did help a bit.

[Anonymous No.18859487]

>>18859359
>just an on/off switch
Lol that sucks. You could try this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQgkZiNkNAE

[Anonymous No.18859505]

>>18855987
I'm so poor I can't afford coffee

[Anonymous No.18859718]

Using spring water instead of tap water and my coffee has more interesting body. I'm starting to wonder if the water recipes is a rabbithole worth exploring.

[Anonymous No.18859763]

>>18859505
things will turn around for you. keep going. create opportunities through action. must interact with other people!

[Anonymous No.18859932]

>>18859487
Can't wait to try this and piss off my girlfriend when I make something go pop.
I'll just use it as an excuse to buy a robot.

[Anonymous No.18859952]

>>18859718
It's not much work. Get a filter, check your city's hardness, use the spreadsheet in the paste. You'll need to buy some baking soda and food grade epsom salt

[Anonymous No.18860006]

>>18856121
gang gang.
every person i show mine to is converted. we are the best choice hands down

[Anonymous No.18860012]

>ruins your reputation by making shit coffee fast

[Anonymous No.18860013]

hey cafec anon from last thread, they arrived today and my cup turned out tasty :)

[Anonymous No.18860108]

i put a bunch of cream and milk in my coffee
and a little honey
unless im eating something sweet
then black coffee is the perfect pairing

[Anonymous No.18860128]

>>18860012
What reputation?

[Anonymous No.18860157]

>>18857876
just test it yourself with boiling water and cooler water

[Anonymous No.18860165]

Bripe gang, where we at?

[Anonymous No.18860234]

I got some coffee in the mail it was roasted 4 days ago should I let it off gas any longer before I try a first cup?

[Anonymous No.18860315]

>>18860006
Fuckin rights. Glad to hear it
>>18860165
In the retirement home

[Anonymous No.18860331]

>>18860006
I'm embarrassed making coffee for people in mine because it's something most people haven't seen and people make fun of me a lot so I don't like standing out

[Anonymous No.18860364]

>>18860331
How often are you having people over for coffee?

[Anonymous No.18860367]

>>18860364
Rarely

[Anonymous No.18860396]

>>18856883
Sorry that took so long. The creamer package is there for scale.

>>18857254
I don't have a ton of control with my electric kettle. Is this why everyone gets a gooseneck eventually?

[Anonymous No.18860398]

>>18860013
Good shit pal. Which did you get?

[Anonymous No.18860417]

>>18860234
The lighter the roast the longer the rest supposedly.

[Anonymous No.18860424]

>>18860398
traditional yellow

[Anonymous No.18860443]

>>18860424
Oh thats right. Glad you're liking them(again).

[Anonymous No.18860539]

>>18859763
but I need coffee to tolerate people lol
Thx King, I'll be picking up some coffee tomorrow for my french press.

[Anonymous No.18860678]

For me, it's Robusta.

[Anonymous No.18860701]

where my breville niggas at
>measure 18g of beans
>grind all
>even out
>tamp
>filter
>lock in
>perfect pressure
>perfect time
>perfect weight
it tastes so good cortado style

[Anonymous No.18860706]

>>18860701
Ah yes, the 6-15 bar espresso range.

[Anonymous No.18860722]

>>18860443
If you have recommendation for 4:6 method I'm all ears

[Anonymous No.18860745]

>>18860722
This is the best written writeup I've found. I've never really liked the recipe, but I'm also not brewing dark roasts like it was designed for. He also does weird shit like brewing with distilled to keep from extracting too high with those darker japanese cafe roasts. I'm not sure if he still does that, but its worth keeping in the back of your mind when you start to fuck with water recipes on top.
https://projectbarista.com/4-6-method-recipe/

[Anonymous No.18860766]

>>18859023
>>18859487
I googled the machine specs out of curiosity.
>The espresso machine uses a 15 bar pressure pump to ensure a precise espresso extraction. The device is versatile because it uses a 9 bar pressure pump for that low-pressure pre-infusion so that you can prepare a great-tasting espresso.
I'm gonna try the dimmer thing, that's just stupid.

>>18860701
Right here. We've been discussing it earlier in the thread.

[Anonymous No.18860788]

>>18860745
I meant filters, but I use it for light roasts and it's convenient since the grinder setting is at coarse and if I'm feeling lazy I can just use a french press and not have to adjust my grinder. So far the traditional filter have the same drawdown time as the v60 filters, I'm probably overthinking on the filter though. I'll probably experiment with distilled water + the coffee water recipes.

[Anonymous No.18860802]

>>18860701
>where my breville niggas at
I have a Dual Boiler that I like way more than I expected.

[Anonymous No.18860831]

I bought what is likely the smallest scale available, ostensibly as a "travel scale." It's small almost to the point of being impractical. And to be honest, a regular cheap Chinese scale isn't really travel prohibitive, since they're about the size of a cell phone. For some reason, I really want to keep it even though it's kind of dumb.

[Anonymous No.18860864]

>>18860788
>I meant filters
Honestly just gradually buy a pack of everything cafec makes while you still have some traditionals to try them side by side. You'll figure out what works and it never hurts to have hundreds of spare filters around just in case. Like I said I can use origamis/mediums/abacas fairly interchangeably, but I do weird melodrip+lilydrip brews. I'm using the shitty hario browns as dust filters on my sauerkraut jars.

[Anonymous No.18861256]

>>18859718
Tap water in a lot of places is pretty terrible.

[Anonymous No.18861329]

>>18860831
Based

[Anonymous No.18862124]

So what kind of drink am I supposed to get out of this little thing? I have a 3 cup version and I've noticed that if I let all the water run through the coffee I get a fine cup (~125ml), though nothing I couldn't get much faster and easier out of an Aeropress. But if I cut the brewing process right after liquid reaches the bottom of the spout, I get a much more concentrated, almost creamy cup (~70ml) of coffee. Which is not really espresso-like but definitely more interesting and unique.
Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.18862128]

>>18862124
People generally make smaller more concentrated shots in moka pots and then make milk drinks out of them the way you would with an espresso.

[Anonymous No.18862135]

I recently purchased and aeropress and it changed my life. I wish they mad a glass one.

[Anonymous No.18862151]

>>18862135
With the retards who do inverted method that's a guaranteed lawsuit

[Anonymous No.18862219]

>>18862135
>>18862151
Why not a stainless steel one? Plastic is such a shit material for coffee.

[Anonymous No.18862258]

Drinking the last cup of my favorite Kenyan coffee of 2022 this morning. Farewell, Nyeri Ichuga.

https://youtu.be/d5wAvJMFTc0

[Anonymous No.18862263]

>go to a newly opened local cafe
>ask for a v60 cup
>they say that they're out of paper filters
>asks me to just get an espresso instead
*sigh*

[Anonymous No.18862283]

>go to a newly opened local cafe
>ask for a v60 cup
>they say that they're out of paper filters
>asks me to just get an espresso instead
>pull a v60 filter out of my back pocket and tell her to make me the coffee
>she looks down, then does it
>rings me up and I ask for a discount since it was my filter
>she blushes and does it
>hands me my receipt with her number written on the back
>wink at nobody in particular as I walk out
>everyone claps

[Anonymous No.18862545]

>wake up half alive
>stumble into the kitchen like I just popped Living Dead
>toss the V60 on my mug, long since lost the will to care about the carafe it came with
>throw a paper filter in there, rinse it and use the water to rinse my mug quickly
>grind my beans and brew a pourover
I've become the very thing I hated and swore to destroy, a coffee golem.

[Anonymous No.18862624]

>>18862545
If you can, wait 60-90 minutes between waking up and consuming caffeine. If caffeine is introduced right after waking, the adenosine it antagonizes just builds up and doesn't get bound, which normally causes crashes in the afternoon when the caffeine wears off (which triggers more consumption). If you have caffeine in your system all the way from waking until sleeping, then the adenosine never gets cleared out, and you end up more and more tired when you don't have the caffeine. Thus, golem.

[Anonymous No.18862637]

>>18862283
I actually unironically did this
>We ran out of filters, Jeff is down at the grocery store grabbing more so it'll be like a 20 minute wait! I'm so sorry.
>"uhh, I hope you don't think I'm a psychopath, but"
>reach into my backpack
>pull out a half-used pack of filters, fish one out of the plastic packaging
>he shrugs and makes my cup of coffee
admittedly it was a pretty good cup

[Anonymous No.18862648]

>>18862283
coffee chad

[Anonymous No.18862658]

>>18862624
I only have one cup and I'm usually fine. I think today it was about half an hour before I said fuck it and made a cup.

[Anonymous No.18862746]

>>18860701
breville nigga checking in, i got the 840 cuz you know im about that sperate grind life cuh, shit is gas nigga

[Anonymous No.18862785]

>We ran out of filters, Jeff is down at the grocery store grabbing more so it'll be like a 20 minute wait! I'm so sorry.
>"hold on a sec"
>reach into my front pocket and wink at cute girl behind me
>she pulls me into the bathroom
>walk back out and hand the guy a pair of panties
>he trembles and makes my cup of coffee

[Anonymous No.18862805]

>>18860396
Bit different eh?

[Anonymous No.18862825]

>The power is out, we cant make any espresso, jeff is in the back fixing it, itll be like a 20 minute wait! im so sorry.
>"hold on a sec"
>reach into my coat pocket and wink at cute girl behind me
>pull out generator and tell her to pull the shot
>wink at fat baby crying (he stops)
>she looks down, blushes, mumbles 'need his HWD" then makes the shot
>hands me receipt with her address on it
>wink at nobody in particular as i walk out
>manager claps

[Anonymous No.18862899]

>>18862124
Are you aware of the hoffmeme method?
You can get a large concentrated cup out of it.
>>18862128
Cappuccino in the morning americano in the afternoon. Suck is life with a moka pot.

[Anonymous No.18862913]

>>18862805
Is that... is that an unrinsed filter? Did you put your coffee in a fucking unrinsed filter?
Aieeeee I'm going insane Hoffman save me!

[Anonymous No.18863192]

>>18862913
Just for this picture for you. To show how shit quality of beans you have

[Anonymous No.18863465]

Damn resting your coffee really isn't a meme
The difference between these beans on day 5 vs day 30-whatever is night and day there are completely different flavours in the cup now
Also shill me some good beans from UK roasters bros. I'm getting to the end of this bag of natural ethiopian

[Anonymous No.18863473]

The dimmer works, sorta. The coffee did come out less sour, which is cool. I'll have to experiment with it more over the next few days.

[Anonymous No.18863552]

>>18863465
Tried to tell you tards. Glad someone listened. I don't touch my roasts for 30days, then I sample and decide if I want it now if or if it goes into the deep freeze.

[Anonymous No.18863733]

So I was grinding my beans this morning and I was thinking if the temp you grind your beans at matters. Like let's say you heat up the beans to 100f then grind would that make any difference. Surely there is some autist who has done all of this before right?

[Anonymous No.18863739]

>>18855987
>$17 for a lb of the mid-tier fancy coffee I like
>clearly remember a time where it was only $10
Anons why is it getting so expensive?

[Anonymous No.18863748]

>>18863739
A combination of greed and inflation. And dogshit government policy.

[Anonymous No.18863749]

>>18863739
various geopolitical reasons

[Anonymous No.18863763]

k4tards in shambles.

[Anonymous No.18863768]

>>18863733
It's winter, so I keep my grinder outside (in a tupperware container to protect it from the elements/animals and keep it clean.)
Every morning I wake up and dig it out of the snow and grind my beans outside in a freezing cold grinder - it produces a smoother cup of coffee.
During the summer I just keep it in my fridge.

[Anonymous No.18863885]

>>18862805
I started grinding and pourover like a week or two ago, I cant really tell the difference if I'm to be honest... I guess mine has some lighter colored detritus from the grinder on top?

[Anonymous No.18863894]

>>18863192
Idk who you're replying to dude but it's not the same guy

[Anonymous No.18864139]

>>18863768
why does this make sense to me lol I'm going to start leaving it in the fridge now

[Anonymous No.18864382]

>>18863465
30 days seems extremely long
I normally rest beans for 7 days after I recieve them so typically 9 - 10 days from roast date from a local roaster

[Anonymous No.18864511]

>>18863739
i’m not proud to have bought a half pound of beans for $28 from the starbucks reserve in seattle. but hell i was on vacation

[Anonymous No.18864518]

Can you make Mocha with Nesquik? I don't have anything else on hand.

[Anonymous No.18864550]

>>18864518
You tell us, anon.

[Anonymous No.18864647]

>>18864382
Depends on the roast. Sounds like you're buying firmly medium roasts that settle down after 2ish weeks. Lighter roasts take longer, oily dark roasts off gas and spoil quicker.

[Anonymous No.18864676]

>>18863894
Oops sorry pal
>>18863885
It's called chaff , and you're grinding too coarse in my opinion. What grinder are you using.

[Anonymous No.18864958]

>>18864676
It's a Kinu Phoenix, at around 3-4.

[Anonymous No.18865098]

hhhhnnngggghhhhh
Cofi sexo

[Anonymous No.18865219]

>>18864958
Right about where I'd start my pourovers on a m47p. Just over 4 rotations and see where that got me, then adjust to taste.

[Anonymous No.18865288]

>>18865219
Did you mean 4 notches? Four full 360 degree rotations would unscrew the device

[Anonymous No.18865418]

>>18865288
You need to read your manual pal. Thats the burr gap at four full rotations of 0 to 0. My burrs don't unthread from the axle until past 10 full rotations.
>Your coffee grinder has a stepless adjustment with a fine
thread (M10 x 0.5) and 50 subdivisions.
>For each division, you adjust the grinding distance by 0.01mm.

[Anonymous No.18865508]

>>18855987
niggerfaggot general

[Anonymous No.18865516]

>>18865508
you called?
What, need you dick sucked? That's the other thread >>18861227

[Anonymous No.18865520]

Anon from >>18857044 I found AE deal for Q2 heptacore for 78$ with free shipping. Worth it?

[Anonymous No.18865522]

>>18865516
The teaboys are salty their NYE purchases are still sitting in Guangzhou.

[Anonymous No.18865530]

>>18865520
Just get a k6 for $99 on amazon.

[Anonymous No.18865556]

>>18865530
I've been looking for reviews for K6. Is it that good compared to Q2? Both have heptacore burr but one is far bulkier than the other.

[Anonymous No.18865586]

>>18865556
Its literally a just a 1zpresso K burr in a different body. The only reason to go with a q2 over it is if you absolutely HAD to stick your grinder in an aeropress for whatever dumb travel/hotel dwelling reason.

[Anonymous No.18865593]

Does anyone here use a Picopresso? Does upgrading the basket really make a big difference? I bought a precision basket, but haven't used it, because the stock tamper and funnel don't work with it. And as a follow up question: does the quality of the tamper and funnel matter all that much, or can I get away with buying a cheap Chinese white label one? Most tampers on Amazon are anywhere between $30-$50, but there's one that's just a solid piece of machined aluminum for $7, and considering I only paid $130 for the Pico, I'd rather like to avoid spending more on the accessories than I did on the machine.

[Anonymous No.18865637]

>>18865593
No. Yes, the stock basket is tapered. You want a straight walled basket to promote more even extraction. No, and no. Ideally you find a funnel that leaves no ring of grounds, and one you can tamp through without removing. But it doesn't matter all that much.

[Anonymous No.18865651]

I've got a first gen Rok grinder (not the GC), and it produces too many fines for my liking. Is there anything I can do to fix it, or do I just need a new grinder?

[Anonymous No.18865690]

>>18865651
>Is there anything I can do to fix it, or do I just need a new grinder?
Yes and yes. People used to rip out the cone burr, sand the threads a little, and attach the m2 baratza cone. You might be able to find some useful info in the homebarista threads.
>https://www.home-barista.com/grinders/rok-coffee-grinder-owner-impressions-t37707-120.html#p460356
>https://www.home-barista.com/grinders/rok-grinder-upgrade-to-preciso-burrs-t72451.html

[Anonymous No.18865705]

>>18865690
Thanks

[Anonymous No.18865715]

>>18863552
Yeah, I don't do espresso, so my flavor peaks at 2 days. It's best for about a week and a half, and then the flavor starts to just go away. You guys fell for the stale coffee meme hard. Fuckin Italians, man.

[Anonymous No.18865744]

>>18865715
>my flavor peaks at 2 days
As long as you're happy anon.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03310

[Anonymous No.18865750]

>>18863473
Flow control?

[Anonymous No.18865753]

>>18865750
He's trying to work around a 15 bar breville pump via dimmer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQgkZiNkNAE

[Anonymous No.18865764]

>>18865750
In a roundabout way, yes. I attached the dimmer to the pump. The one that comes with the machine is rated at 15bar (I assume with some kind of pressure release valve, but who knows how well it was calibrated).

[Anonymous No.18865766]

>>18865593
I use the Pico for travelling for work so it's not my every day machine but what I can push out of it with the standard basket and included funnel and miniature tamper is good enough and consistent enough that if it were me I wouldn't get too wrapped around the axle about trying to chase improvement with tools until you're very happy that they're the limiting factor.

[Anonymous No.18865767]

>>18865556
Online reviews are fake. Influencer reviewers come to 4chan and form their opinions from /ctg/ autists, then make a video about it, which filters down to reddit, then normies get it based on reddit, then write pop reviews on consumer websites. This place is 6-12 months ahead of the normiesphere in ALL topics on every board. You must appreciate that every single product, process, or idea is intensively scrutinized (and continuously re-challenged) here by the lens of severe autism, by nerds who literally have nothing better to do. If spergs say the k6 is a good grinder, there's a 99% chance that it is.

[Anonymous No.18865771]

>>18865764
>>18865753
Neato.

[Anonymous No.18865785]

>>18865418
Jesus, so this whole time I've been at 1.5 rotations +/- some change?

[Anonymous No.18865790]

>>18865744
I'm happy as shit. Enjoying your stale battery acid?

[Anonymous No.18865829]

>>18862124
>heat water separatedly to rolling boil point, remove water from fire
>fill lower canister with hot water
>insert canister, insert freshly ground kobee grounds, do not get any on the edges or spilt over(goes without saying but this is a guide for/by retards so...)
>insert top half, give it a couple of twists, grab the lower half with a wet rag(mofo will be HOT) and twist it till it's closed
>return to fire, at max for 15-40s(depends on capacity?)
>once you have the first condensation foam, set the flame immediatedly to the lowest possible to ensure best strenght extraction
>if it clogs, increase the heat
>proceed to cum your brains out while pissing on a hofmeme pirated printed pic

[Anonymous No.18865836]

>>18865790
Yeah turns out first crack grade 0 wuri nats are great when you know how to brew them. You'll get there one day.
>>18865785
Apparently? You'll see kinu grind references as (full rotations,number,tick) So a 4.0.0 would be 4 full rotations. 4.1.3 would be 4 rotations, 1 number, and 3 ticks etc. Some people bitch about having to rezero when they forget their setting but it was never a big deal for me

[Anonymous No.18865853]

>>18865836
Well, guess I have an activity for tomorrow morning. Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.18865884]

>>18865853
Don't get too hung up on the numbers. Just because some asshole(me) tells you X.X.X works for them doesn't mean it will for you. You paid for stepless adjustment, so constantly be nudging that dial between cups and see what you figure out. Also I forgot to mention my "4" starting point was when I was doing big 36g brews. Def go finer for single cups.

[Anonymous No.18865958]

>>18865766
It's my daily driver. I bought it about a month ago as a poorfag/beginner setup. I'm very happy with the results now that it's dialed in, but of course, now I'm wondering if my results are this good with such a cheap setup, how good would it be with some upgrades? The obvious thing would be to buy a new espresso machine, but I don't have four figures for an electric one, and from what I understand, machines like the Flair and Robot might technically be better machines, but they won't necessarily make better espresso.

[Anonymous No.18866070]

>>18865958
You could always commit hard to 51mm. Buy the nicest funnel and tamper you can, then eventually "graduate" up to a pavoni. I've always liked the laube stuff, but normcore might be a better fit pricewise. They don't sell a 51mm funnel yet. You might look into the weber/lyn tumblers.
https://laube.coffee/collections/frontpage/products/copy-of-laube-precision-tamper-51-58mm-for-la-pavoni-millenia-baskets
https://laube.coffee/collections/frontpage/products/laube-tall-funnel-for-51mm-basket-ie-la-pavoni-millenia
https://craiglyn.com/product/blind-tumbler/

[Anonymous No.18866212]

>>18865853
>>18865884
Ok I lied I went ahead and did it now because I couldn't sleep and made a test cup

it's so much better holy shit

[Anonymous No.18866299]

This shit tastes like burnt dirt

[Anonymous No.18866308]

>>18865958
Yeah I remember your posts - what I was trying to get at is, espresso is a hobby and something that you get better at, certain tools and techniques will certainly help with consistency but until you "tune" yourself out as a possible variable, it's hard to know what effect a basket or dosing tool has made vs how much inconsistency you yourself are introducing - I'm not shitting on you or suggesting you're doing anything wrong, but you'll come to realise that the margins are very tight and it takes time to build that "resolution." After a month of getting to know your Pico, there's a pretty good chance that the variation from shot to shot is you more than any of the tools you're using.

Silly example - in my home machine, I'll typically aim for a longer shot, 2.5:1, so 16.5g in, I'll cut it off at 39g and what comes out after I hit the stop button brings it to 41-42g out, targeting 27 seconds. The beans I'm using at the moment, that produces a shot that tastes like slightly boozy raisins and Christmas pudding. If I updose by only 0.5g at the same grind, I'll push out a 2:1 shot in the same time, that tastes like chocolate.

Fine adjustments can create quite large differences even if everything else is the same - not telling you that a decent WDT tool or different baskets aren't worth a look, I'm just suggesting that at this point you might get better value, more learning and more enjoyment out of buying an extra 250g of coffee a week for a month and making more shots

[Anonymous No.18866310]

>>18866299
one of my local coffee shops is trying to market it. i don't understand how people like this shit, the product was literally created as result of a coffee shortage

[Anonymous No.18866323]

>>18866310
I'm going to try it with some milk and sugar like a plebian tomorrow just to try and get my money's worth out of it, the only way I can see people drinking it black is stockholm syndrome

[Anonymous No.18866359]

>>18866308
I think either you misunderstand where I'm coming from, or more likely, I'm miscommunicating my intention. I'm getting great, consistent results with everything stock as is. If I never upgrade anything, I'd be perfectly happy with my current setup and will continue to make great coffee for myself. I'm asking about possible upgrades on baskets, etc not because I'm dissatisfied with my current results, but because I'm excited to find out if I'm getting such good results now, how much better will my coffee get if I upgrade the basket, or eventually upgrade the grinder and machine, etc. I'm excited about falling down the enthusiast rabbit hole. The problem is that currently money is tight, so I can't splurge and buy a thousand dollar machine or something.

[Anonymous No.18866366]

>>18866212
Kek. Glad to help.

[Anonymous No.18866434]

>>18866359
No, that's cool anon - you're falling down a rabbit hole you're going to have a lot of fun with; the Pico is very much capable of producing shots that will let you explore a pretty wide gamut of espresso

[Anonymous No.18866801]

I tried making latte art. The way I figure, anyone can make a heart or fern leaf or whatever. It takes a true artisan to make a Boeing-757.

[Anonymous No.18866859]

>>18866801
nice latte art, bro

[Anonymous No.18866900]

>>18866801
Looks like 737 max8 after MCAS kicked in for a few minutes

[Anonymous No.18866922]

>>18866801

[Anonymous No.18866937]

>>18866922
The sad part is, I added arms/wings because the initial attempt was basically just a dick.

[Anonymous No.18867000]

help square a circle for me. i only got into drinking and fiddling around with coffee last year. before that i only rarely drank it if i needed an energy boost
one of my previous memories of coffeee is using the espresso machine at work to make a giant cup of coffee, just stuff the portafilter and run it until a big ~150 ml cup was full. probably ran for close to a minute. and what i remember of its taste was that it was just pretty sour. based on what i've found out about coffee since indicates that if anything, i should have been getting a bitter flavor because of the long extraction time and amount of liquid. sourness is a sign of underextraction right? so how come it was sour?
best explanation i could think of that maybe i was stuffing too much coffee into the portafilter which made it underextract

[Anonymous No.18867140]

>>18867000
There's a few things it could have been. You stuffed the portafilter so much that it channeled like crazy, giving you an underextracted coffee; your yield was so absurdly high that you diluted it to the point of only leaving sourness or you confused bitterness with sourness, the latter of which is fairly common; or the coffee was ground coarse enough that you didn't get a chance to overextract, which is probably how you would have been able to not choke the machine while over filling the basket. Of those, I suspect it's the first one.

[Anonymous No.18867152]

>>18867140
thank you, all those make sense

[Anonymous No.18867246]

You do drink TWO black coffee every morning, right?

[Anonymous No.18867276]

so my my gaggia classic is short circuiting lmao
only had it for a year, did the whole boiler descale thing, guess i left the boiler in water too long?
wat do

[Anonymous No.18867281]

>>18867276
Perhaps proffer your balls for your gaggia to gag upon?

[Anonymous No.18867284]

>>18867281
ok thanks anon
unzips dick

[Anonymous No.18867287]

>>18866323
>the only way I can see people drinking it black is stockholm syndrome
that's why most people not into speciality coffee drink black coffee
they equate harsh, bitter, unpleasant flavours with "strong" coffee and they make drinking "strong" cofee their entire identity

[Anonymous No.18867295]

UK anons what are you drinking at the moment? I need to order some new beans

[Anonymous No.18867298]

>>18867287
Commodity coffee is truly terrible. I was gifted some bad coffee for Christmas this year. I spat it out. I had forgotten how bad it is. Lacking in any discernible flavors besides roast and staleness. You can never go back once you're spoiled by good coffee.

[Anonymous No.18867301]

>>18867295
https://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/bolivia-22-113
I like these guys a lot, there's no local roasters by me so I'm forced to order online.

[Anonymous No.18867302]

>>18867298
actually if you keep drinking the cheap shit you become accustomed to it and the stale flavor starts going away
and then you have a cup of proper coffee and it's a culinary orgasm

[Anonymous No.18867308]

>>18867276
Should still be within warranty, then?

[Anonymous No.18867316]

>>18867302
If this is so, I'm sure it would take weeks or months to develop an immunity to the nastiness. I've been drinkin' coffee for 25 years. Trying to remember how I dealt with crappy coffee when I was younger. I don't think I ever really got used to it. Kept trying to find better coffee, adding cream and sugar to it to soften the horribleness. You guys might not appreciate how much easier it is nowadays to find good coffee. Used to be that the good stuff was fucking Starbucks.

[Anonymous No.18867318]

>>18867298
i'll admit i honestly don't mind shitty instant coffee if i'm dunking biscuits or something in it, it actually tastes pretty good
but for just straight drinking yeah that stuff's fucking awful

[Anonymous No.18867321]

>>18867318
Instant is a different drink entirely. It's not good, but it's not directly comparable to brewed coffee, really. I don't think it goes stale, either. It's as good/bad as it is when freeze dried.

[Anonymous No.18867327]

>>18867321
i kinda just group anything that's not fresh ground beans into the same category of "i'm not gonna drink that shit" so it's all the same to me in the end
i remember making a moka pot with some shitty comodity pre ground and that was not a pleasant experience

[Anonymous No.18867328]

>>18867287
Hoffmeme made a good video about how "strong" coffee is just burnt to shit and rancid. Imagine burning the fuck out of your food because you want it "strong"

[Anonymous No.18867339]

>>18867328
it's just because no one actually knows what "strong" means. it's such a vague term with no clear definition and everyone has a different idea of "strong" coffee
for some people it's loaded with so much caffeine they'll have the shakes all day
for some it's so bitter they have to choke it down but will do so happily because they perceive anything less than that as not manly enough
just look at how many people hold themselves in such high regard because they drink shitty gas station coffee black and look down on anyone who would want flavour in their cup

[Anonymous No.18867348]

>>18867339
People need to fuck off with the masculine posturing when it comes to food and coffee, why torture your tastebuds to look cool when you actually just look like a pathetic bitch?

[Anonymous No.18867351]

>>18867327
Pre ground and instant coffee are on the same level as heavily processed food for me, you have no idea what they're putting in there

[Anonymous No.18867360]

>>18867287
one time during covid, on a friday when i thought there'd be nobody in the office i brought my grinder and beans to make myself a nice cup of coffee. unexpectedly a coworker showed up, who is pretty vocal about how she hates coffee and only drinks it with lots of milk and sugar.
i let her have mine and she just said "wow this must be weak, if i can easily drink it without milk and sugar".
it's crazy how used to drinking shit coffee people are. it's like the whole world is engaged in some elaborate fraud to pretend to enjoy something shitty, like in that king without clothes story.

[Anonymous No.18867366]

>>18867360
coffee has become a victim of the english language or maybe culturally we just fucked up by allowing "bitter and astringent" to become synonomous with "strong" when it comes to coffee. people taste a bad cup of coffee, wince and don't think "wow this cofee is bad" they think "wow this coffee is strong" and when they add milk and sugar they don't think "i'm masking the awful flavours with good flavours" they think "i'm making it less strong"
it really isn't a joke or elitism when people say "if you like your coffee loaded with milk and sugar you don't like coffee you like milk and sugar" because that really is the only way so many people can enjoy these shitty mass marketed coffees and they don't even realise it

[Anonymous No.18867367]

>>18867360
I'm not convinced it's a good idea to change people's minds. There's only a certain amount of specialty grade coffee grown every year. If people like their shitty coffee, just let 'em, I say. Greedy fuckers are looking for any new justification to raise coffee prices.

[Anonymous No.18867369]

>>18867367
this is a good point

[Anonymous No.18867379]

I have Acid reflux what coffee can I drink to not suffer from this?

[Anonymous No.18867382]

>>18867367
>If people like their shitty coffee, just let 'em, I say. Greedy fuckers are looking for any new justification to raise coffee prices.
Yeah it's not even gatekeeping, people want to stay drinking shitty coffee while Nestle and other megacorps cater to them with ridiculously overpriced machines and coffee. The people who do even the bare minimum of research get the delicious coffee to themselves

[Anonymous No.18867385]

>>18867366
>people taste a bad cup of coffee, wince and don't think "wow this cofee is bad" they think "wow this coffee is strong" and when they add milk and sugar they don't think "i'm masking the awful flavours with good flavours" they think "i'm making it less strong"
so true. i'm also convinced this is the exact mindset

[Anonymous No.18867390]

>>18867369
This is why ostentatious elitism is shit. Reddit, YouTubers, and their ilk. Things get ruined when everybody wants it. Just enjoy things you like without telling a million people about it. Bunch of idiots.

[Anonymous No.18867394]

>>18867385
it is the exact mindset, talk to any random person off the street and they will use those same terms to describe this same scenario. it is 100% a case of people just not fully understanding the words they're using

[Anonymous No.18867492]

>>18867246
what the fuck is two black coffee and who is this retard?

[Anonymous No.18867501]

I'm on haldol so I can't feel my brew but I drink it every day.

[Anonymous No.18867557]

>>18867492
perspicacious

[Anonymous No.18867571]

God I love POUROVER and Winnipeg JETS
>>18866323
Retarded take
>>18867287
Wrong
>>18867298
Based and truth pilled

[Anonymous No.18867597]

>>18867571
>jestsfag calling anyone wrong

[Anonymous No.18867630]

>>18867571
ur based

[Anonymous No.18867632]

Feeling bad because I had a freshly opened bag that I haven't touched for like 15 days. Still tastes good. Sumatra is great, especially with milk

[Anonymous No.18867636]

>>18867632
of course it still tastes good 15 days is nothing
are you motherfuckers drinking 300g bags of coffee in <2 weeks or something?

[Anonymous No.18867639]

>>18867636
Well it's freshly opened bag, but it was roasted Nov 2022...

[Anonymous No.18867641]

>>18867639
advanced resting...

[Anonymous No.18867648]

>>18867641
Ah well it's not like Sumatra can get any stinkier. If it still tastes good all is well

[Anonymous No.18867651]

>>18867000
From your description it sounds like your grind was too coarse. Perhaps you were using mass market ground coffee, rather than a true espresso grind. Also all coffee will be acidic to a degree but from your description it sounds like bad quality coffee or an incompatible roast to the brew method to your palate. You should go with a full flavored dark roast or medium-dark, if you want just a no fuss strong cup.

[Anonymous No.18867673]

>>18867597
Suck me off.
>>18867630
Thanks

[Anonymous No.18867800]

>>18867636
>are you motherfuckers drinking 300g bags of coffee in <2 weeks or something?
I drink a 250g bag in 5-7 days.

[Anonymous No.18867841]

Why isn't this waterproof? Can't leave your flair until you finish drinking the coffee or shit rusts and deforms from the water droplets.

[Anonymous No.18867850]

>>18867636
>are you motherfuckers drinking 300g bags of coffee in <2 weeks or something?
Yeah. I drink espresso, and make one or two a day, and it's 17g of beans a drink, which means a rough average of ~25.5g a day.

[Anonymous No.18868079]

>>18867636
1.3 kg / month

[swaglord No.18868251]

>>18866801

[swaglord No.18868257]

>>18858452
>I'm doing the hoffmeme single cup method.
swirling is making it stick and then youre not hitting it with water again. on your first pour post bloom just pour closer to edge with one of your circles and it'll knock em down. or dont swirl as vigorously or both

[Anonymous No.18868318]

>>18855987
Today I had my coffee brewed with dried banana powder and some banana flavoured cream mixed in

[Anonymous No.18868364]

>>18868251
My La Palma Sidra lot 29 came in today. I'm almost afraid to brew it.

[Anonymous No.18868365]

>>18867636
>are you motherfuckers drinking 300g bags of coffee in <2 weeks or something?
i try not to. i really do.

[Anonymous No.18868420]

Goffee bros...

[Anonymous No.18868490]

>>18868420
hngggggggggggggggggg

[Anonymous No.18868506]

>>18868420
it happened again

[Anonymous No.18868616]

>>18868490
>>18868506
We warned you about the flip bro!
Even though I still do inverted method

[Anonymous No.18868642]

>>18867636
I drink 100g every day.

[Anonymous No.18868653]

>>18868318
God I love anime women. Coffee is good for (you)

[Anonymous No.18868667]

>>18867636
Yeah I do. I drink ~190g a week.
I buy 900g bags and split it into 4 portions of 225g that I freeze.

[Anonymous No.18868694]

Going to make Irish coffee.
Any specific region of beans you guys find works best?

[swaglord No.18868816]

>>18868364
>La Palma Sidra lot 29
i have a tin of this on the way

[Anonymous No.18868821]

>Pourover, filtered spring water
>about 2:45~ brew, decently coarse. 15g Sumatran coffee/250ml water
>16g brown sugar
>80ml~ of maple syrup cream liqueur
More of a Canadian coffee than an Irish one but wow, that's fucking nice.

[Anonymous No.18868840]

>>18868816
I'm going to wug the shit out of this.

[Anonymous No.18868849]

>>18868840
Fuck.

[Anonymous No.18868919]

>>18868849
>$212/KG from Colombia to America
This seems like a joke to me.

[Anonymous No.18868958]

>>18857445
>>18857561

[swaglord No.18868983]

>>18868849
gawd damn how much was that?

[Anonymous No.18868984]

>most latte art is, in fact, made with cappuccino

[Anonymous No.18868997]

>>18868984
No it's made with milk

[Anonymous No.18869029]

>>18868420
Is that a boy (female)

[Anonymous No.18869200]

>>18868919
"Experimental fermentation process nanolot" of a fairly rare varietal from an award winning farm. Shit adds up. I was reading into them. They bought a coffee plantation, stripped out a bunch of plants and redid the whole place as a self sustaining permaculture. Then they went and planted a bunch of sick varietals on top. I guess this is from the "legendary" series from their estates and varietals collection. Here's some cheaper columbian grown java I found that has a pretty good writeup on the farm.
https://forward.coffee/products/la-palma-y-el-tucan-lot-453
>>18868983
$85/125g is what they sold it retail for. I won it from Brian Quan so no clue what they charged him for 25 bags of it. Sey only got 200lbs of it. First cup is incredibly clean and sweet. Way more juicelike than tealike. I just knocked off the ap recipe he used with a switch and sey water.
https://youtu.be/wW2v69IAMoU

[Anonymous No.18869224]

>>18869200
>meme coffee
Fair enough then, I was under the impression they were implying it cost $212 to freight a kg of coffee which seemed absurd to me.

[Anonymous No.18869413]

>>18869224
Nah thats the total cost of coffee+freight. I assume expensive shit like that is flown rather than shipped and trucked which would also add to the price. Alot of good roasters are including their actual cost breakdowns now.

[Anonymous No.18869617]

>>18867636
Reading the replies, how many cups do you guys brew every day? I only make Hoffmeme's aeropress once every morning so an 8oz bag can last at least 3 weeks. I also often skip coffee on weekend to clean up caffeine.

[Anonymous No.18869872]

>>18869617
22g daily + an extra 18g - 22g on weekends

[swaglord No.18869930]

>>18869200
noice. i'm jelly

[Anonymous No.18869949]

>>18869617
I do a BIG batch of 120gs espresso every other day, usually from 2-3 shots per day.

[Anonymous No.18869968]

>>18869617
at least 1, maybe 2, at 18g.

[Anonymous No.18870158]

how easy is it to clean an espro? do I need to take it a part like a regular french press? thinking of upgrading my dollar store french press

[Anonymous No.18870195]

>>18855987

Is kingrinder k2 good? From moka to v60
Thanks my dudes

[Anonymous No.18870229]

>>18857657
descale does nothing to remove moldy particles, it's literally in the name of it, it de scales your lines, what you need is proper cleaning tablets, and realistically a brush, a long spring, and maybe a few screwdrivers and other various tools as you will likely have to open and clear the lines as any water left in there also likely went stagnate.
i am too lazy to help you in my off hours to get you a service manual, but here is the user manual bookmarked to the cleaning section
>https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1976505/Delonghi-Magnifica-S-Smart-Ecam-250-23-Sb.html?page=8#manual

[Anonymous No.18870993]

Coffee at work is a machine with concentrated coffee syrup in it that’s diluted with scalding hot water when you press the button.

[Anonymous No.18871032]

>>18870993
Bring your own grinder, a kettle, and a pourover cone and make coffee at your desk. That'll show 'em.

[Anonymous No.18871177]

>>18869029
does it matter? realistically, on this internet, where our only interaction is our eyes and imagination?

i didnt drink any coffee yesterday, so thats ruled out an addiction, pretty sure im doing this cos i like making stuff that i can eat/drink.

whats some stuff i dont need that maybe i should buy? obscure brew method? stupid accessory? type of bean?

[Anonymous No.18871189]

>>18871032
Do this. I actually found out a coworker was doing his own espresso at home because he caught me during my drawdown.

[Anonymous No.18871195]

>>18868694
sounds like the kind of thing suited to a chocolately house blend than any single bean.

[Anonymous No.18871219]

>>18871189
>he caught me during my drawdown.
and then you both crept into the janitors closet and did the hanky panky?

[Anonymous No.18871393]

>>18870195
Are you going to be brewing both methods regularly? I would spend the extra $30 on a K4, since it'll be much easier to both dial in and regularly change the grind setting using the external dial. I'll admit I don't use a moka pot, so I don't know what the grind is supposed to look like; is it fairly close to an espresso grind, or is it closer to a pour-over grind?

[Anonymous No.18871409]

Espresso noob here. What are the best beans to use for espresso? For regular coffee, I like single origin medium roast Latin American coffees, but should I be going for darker roast blends for espresso? A lot of roasteries have specific espresso blends, are they a good starting point, or should I avoid them?

[Anonymous No.18871460]

>>18871219
no we touched grinders.

[Anonymous No.18871527]

>>18871409
>I like single origin medium roast Latin American coffees
If thats what you enjoy, try it. Stay away from generic/"house" espresso blends, just play around with coffees you find interesting.

[Anonymous No.18871623]

I could use some help lads. I’m following the James Hoffman v60 method, and I have a total brew time of roughly 3 minutes. Yet, my grounds still look like sludge at the end and this doesn’t seem right. Any suggestions? If I grind courser, it extracts way too fast.

[Anonymous No.18871661]

>>18871623
So try grinding only slightly more coarse retard
Do you like the coffee or not? If you do who gives a shit if it takes 3 mins or 2 and a half minutes?
Do you need to be told by a youtuber how many sheets of toilet paper you should be wiping your ass with too?
Experiment on your own and find something you like

[Anonymous No.18871795]

>>18871177
Fair enough
Have you had Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee?

[Anonymous No.18871901]

>>18871460
>then he docked his grinder in my aeropress
>it fit like a glove

[Anonymous No.18871907]

>>18871623
Grind looks too fine. There's no way that doesn't taste dirty. Find a thicker paper. Extend brew time with a longer bloom.

[Anonymous No.18871979]

Is there a good way to make Turkish coffee at home without the little special coffee pot? I don't have enough beans for an espresso or pour-over, and it's too early to go to the store to buy more, and I've always wanted to try Turkish coffee. I saw a Youtube video of a cafe in Turkey where they put the serving mug directly on the stove on the open flame, but I really don't want to find out the hard way whether or not my mugs can survive that level of heat.

[Anonymous No.18871982]

>>18871032
I not only did this, I hand-ground some yirgacheffe, put my V60 on my boss' mug and made him a pourover at his desk.

[Anonymous No.18872015]

>you don't drink espresso

Not gonna moka it

[Anonymous No.18872023]

>>18872015
Forgot picture

[Anonymous No.18872052]

>>18872015
>>18872023
If you're using a moka pot, you're not drinking espresso either.

[Anonymous No.18872126]

K-cup recommendations? I just got some variety but I could never pick a certain one I liked.

[Anonymous No.18872132]

Question, is the kingrinder k2 enough for espresso?
And is the K4/K6 really worth the extra money compared to it?

[Anonymous No.18872154]

>>18872132
No.
Yes.
Cheapest espresso capable kingrinder is k3 (same burrs as k4).

[Anonymous No.18872202]

>>18872154
Thank you anon, might end up getting the K6 because the K4 is out of stock and I want to use it for more than espresso

[Anonymous No.18872219]

>>18871979
Any small saucepan will do, but it's best if you can use a proper briki. The grind should be quite fine, so you might want to look up some details on that.
You could also try cowboy coffee.

[Anonymous No.18872240]

>>18872219
Looking at the method and science behind it, even my smallest saucepan would be way too big. I do have an old milk steaming pitcher I kept from when I worked at Starbucks, so I may put that on the stovetop. Hopefully, worst case scenario is I tarnish the metal or warp it a bit. I have a K4, which I imagine would be capable of grinding Turkish.

[Anonymous No.18872243]

>>18872240
An ibrik/cezve costs like 20 bucks max on amazon

[Anonymous No.18872691]

>>18871409
always use dark roast, always. espresso will come out tasting off and often nasty if done with too light a roast, most places get extra roasted dark, but a general dark roast will be fine.

[Anonymous No.18872706]

>>18872015
>>18872023
>implying that is espresso
the fuck is wrong with your generation?
>>18872126
yeah, toss the crappy kcup machine and get a french press.

[Anonymous No.18872730]

the top of my niche wasn't screwing on well so i lubed it with some 3 in 1. am i going to die?

[Anonymous No.18872779]

>>18872730
Yes.

[Anonymous No.18872807]

>>18872730
Naphtha, petroleum 64742-47-8 <2 Aspiration Toxicity Category 1
you'll be fine since i presume you're an adult weighing over 100 pounds and it was only a little lube instead of the whole tube/can.
that being said, you should look into using foodsafe lubes next time.

[Anonymous No.18872859]

Are you familiar with the Didiesse Frog coffee machine? I tried the espresso from this one and I like it, it seems a cheap and viable solution.

[Anonymous No.18872877]

>>18872859
>pods

[Anonymous No.18872981]

it's cute Cute!

[Anonymous No.18873012]

>>18872981
I agree. Shame it makes shit coffee.

[Anonymous No.18873018]

>>18873012
I politely disagree with your opinion, dear anon.

[Anonymous No.18873066]

What % improvement is there really to be had with a lever machine over a moka for the home cook? Are efforts better spent sourcing beans i.e. getting out of 2nd wave?

[Anonymous No.18873069]

>>18873066
A moka pot will never make espresso no matter what, just very concentrated coffee you could liken to espresso
A lever machine actually makes something you could call espresso

[Anonymous No.18873111]

>>18873069
I understand that, but I don't drink espresso obvs. I'm into working with the variables and get great results from FP and moka.

[Anonymous No.18873120]

>>18873111
Well then I don't really understand your question. It's not a case of a % improvement, that's such a vague thing to ask. Improvement in what?
They're two fundamentally different types of coffee you can't really compare them to each other like that and say that one is qualitatively better than the other

[Anonymous No.18873273]

>>18873066
What shit beans, what shit setup? Stop being vague and just tell us what you're working with.

[Anonymous No.18873324]

>>18873322
>>18873322
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