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coolTLname
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SweeTLemonS[TPR]
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On February 16 2015 06:49 coolTLname wrote: heard good things about bulletproof coffee. Still don't drink coffee. ;o Rofl... they put butter in it. Bulletproof anything is synonymous with stupid. On December 31 2014 22:57 nunez wrote: ran out of finely ground for french press, used 'ground for boiling' instead, worked just as fine. what a scam! You use a very coarse grind and infuse the coffee for an extended period of time with a French Press based on everything I've read. It's because of the lack of a filter to keep the grinds out. On September 03 2013 22:14 Chef wrote: I use a moka pot as well. Of all brewing methods it tastes the best. Mine is this brand and look (image from google). It's very important to let these dry out after you clean them, or you will get mineral buildup at the bottom (which while not bad for you looks gross and might worry people). French press looks cool for guests, but it is a pain to clean because you have to take it all apart, and it doesn't really have a better flavour than if you just made your coffee in a measuring cup. When I am too lazy to spend time cleaning either the moka pot or the french press, I just use a measuring cup and pour it through a metal mesh filter. I've found 5 minutes steeping time works. Moka pot I start it at medium heat for 4 minutes and then turn it up a bit to finish it off. I've never had a cup of drip coffee that compared to either method. I just bought a Moka pot and totally fucked up the brew. It uses a lot of coffee too, which made it all the more displeasing. I'm going to give it another go tonight, I think (I drink coffee very late because I have shitloads of work to do every day, so I don't sleep). I bought an Aeropress too, and I'm so pleased with the quality that I get from it. It's definitely the best coffee I've had to date, with the exception of the coffee I had in France. I don't know what they did to that stuff, but it was so damn good. I have a Breville Smart Grinder Pro (an upgrade from the smart grinder, which allows for a wider variety of grinds, and has some other adjustment things on there to allow for incredibly fine grinds). I grind it at a 12 with the burrs set at 2, so it's an espresso grind, but not nearly as fine as it could be. I haven't weighed everything out, but I use the inversion method of brewing since it's so much simpler than the standard method. The stopper is at the bottom of the 4, grounds to the top of the 3 line or so, and then I fill the water to just above the 3, let it drain through the grounds, fill it to the bottom of the 1, stir, and then press it. Fantastic flavors, so far. I used Peet's Ethiopian, and some medium roast too, but I don't remember the type now. At coffee shops, I am a big fan of espresso, and I don't own a machine yet, so I don't brew my own (though I plan to purchase one by the end of the year). The real reason I came here was to ask what beans everyone buys. I'm looking for something relatively cheap for mass consumption, but still tasting decent (I do not expect incredible quality out of them, but I want something that tastes better than, say, Maxwell House). Has anyone tried the Behmor Brazen brewer? | ||
xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
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SweeTLemonS[TPR]
11739 Posts
On that topic, I just brewed a pretty good cup in the aeropress, having changed my method since I've failed to replicate the taste from the first night. I started out with 105 g (over poured just a touch) of water at 205° F. Added 17 g of coffee, about the same coarseness as a drip brew, and then added another 100 g of water. I stirred one time around the cylinder, let it steep for about 30 seconds, then plunged, taking about 45 s. It's the best cup I've made in the past two days. | ||
Bigtony
United States1606 Posts
On January 02 2014 14:36 FractalsOnFire wrote: No adjustable grind setting? Oh no wait they added it in at the 600k mark (WTF? That should be standard jesus). The lack of degassing time is fine if its a lighter filter roast. Could easily get away with that. Then again that brings into question how the roaster will actually roast. I wasn't too keen on the idea at first and I'm still not sold. I doubt any of my coffee loving friends would get one either. I would like to play with one to see if it is any good though. Scrolled back a page to check out this like. Sounds extremely cool until you get to the comments page and realize that everybody has been scammed. They took in 600k USD from kickstarted and another 1.3 million euros and they havent even produced a prototype. the original design is completely scrapped. RIP. On the actual topic: I use a keurig with costco medium roast when I'm in a rush (or starbucks blonde when they are on sale) or a pour-over when I have the time. 2% milk, no sugar is my go to but sweetened condensed milk in super strong coffee is a nice treat. | ||
SweeTLemonS[TPR]
11739 Posts
Another thing about you if you're like me is that you're not about to drop $260 on one of these things to make some cold brew coffee. You might even be too cheap to spend $20 on one of these because you already have four coffee makers at your house. If you have either an Aeropress or a French Press, instead of buying a cold brewer or going to a coffee shop every day, you might follow Coffeegeek's method for iced Aeropress coffee. You'll notice something distinctly not cold about the brew when you make it this way, though. What you get is a watery cup of hot coffee because half the ice melts as you're pressing it, and the coffee stays plenty hot, so you have to add another handful of ice to actually make the coffee cold, and you melt half of that ice in the process, leaving you with a flavorless mess. Furthermore, brewing hot coffee and pouring it over ice does not create the same flavor that a cold brew creates, and watering down a good cup of coffee seems like a waste of good coffee to me. This is the method with which I made my first batch of cold brew Aeropress coffee yesterday (kind of also today though). Inverted Aeropress 32 g of coffee 260 g/mL of ice water Placed the Aeropress in the refrigerator and left it for about 20-23 hours (I think I put it in at 15:00 yesterday, but it could have been earlier, and I drank it around 14:00 today). That's about 13g of coffee to 100mL of water, so the coffee had an insanely intense flavor at first. The coffee weight was decided based on how much old coffee I had left, since I wasn't willing to test this with the freshly roasted options that I currently have available to me. And the water volume was a matter of how much would fit into the Aeropress with that much coffee in there. It was on the bitter side before adding some extra water and ice, but I don't know how much of that should be attributed to using old coffee. I probably used a 50/50 ratio of water to coffee (I think I pressed about 2 oz and then added 2 oz, and a handful of ice), but I didn't measure to know for certain. I put in 25 mL of creamer, which was about 5 mL more than I wanted, but it didn't overpower the coffee until about halfway through the drink. At that point, I added the rest of the coffee to balance the cup. So if I had to guess, I would say I had a ratio of slightly under 260 mL of coffee (subtracting whatever unknown amount of water remained in the grounds from the brew water) with another 60ish mL of water added to a cup full of ice. Coffeegeek used 20 g to 100 mL of coffee, but I think that's due in large part to the fact that they're making hot brewed ice coffee, and not cold brew coffee. Most of the guides that I've read give inexact measurements like 1/3 of a cup of coffee grounds (how course? No one knows!) to twelve ounces of water. I think 10-15 g of coffee per 100 mL of water is a good place to start. In their cold drip brew guide, Coffeegeek uses 12g of coffee/120mL of water (or 1g/10mL). Given the type of flavor that you'll get out of cold brew coffee anyway, I would err on the stronger side, and then bypass brew to even out the taste. Also, you'll get more volume out of a stronger initial brew, and you can probably keep the coffee for a day or two without losing much, and thus you'll only have to do this a couple of times a week. So maybe one or two of you will find this useful and save $5 a day brewing your own cold brew coffee instead of buying a cup at your local café. | ||
ThomasjServo
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ShoCkeyy
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Spoilered due to large images. + Show Spoiler + First, prepare all the items. Second, insert how strong you want the caffeine to be. I usually use about 5 - 8 teaspoons depending on the time of day. Two tablespoons of sugar. Let some of the first coffee drip into the sugar cup and let the rest of the coffee pour into another cup Stir up the sugar and coffee so you can get a nice sweet flavor - this also helps create whats called "espumita/foam". As soon as the coffee is done and you're done stirring the sugar, you pour in the coffee into the sugar, it creates this in the end. Depending if you want the coffee to be sweet or not, is if you stir it while together. The final result! | ||
SweeTLemonS[TPR]
11739 Posts
Also, as I don't have nearly $1000 to spend on a top-notch espresso machine, does anyone have recommendations for a lower end one, under say, $200? I am not looking to make amazing espresso, but I am looking to make lattes and cappucinos, and I don't think you need pristine espresso for that. Also, what about coffee mugs? I'm basically looking for something really classic looking, sharp, and plain like this, but not at $26/mug. That's fucking ridiculous. | ||
ahw
Canada1099 Posts
pretty content with this one, i got it on sale for a bit cheaper but its pretty decent. makes a good shot. | ||
Half the Sky
Germany9029 Posts
On June 25 2015 01:26 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote: Damn that looks good, shoCkeyy. How does that thing work for foaming milk? Also, as I don't have nearly $1000 to spend on a top-notch espresso machine, does anyone have recommendations for a lower end one, under say, $200? I am not looking to make amazing espresso, but I am looking to make lattes and cappucinos, and I don't think you need pristine espresso for that. Also, what about coffee mugs? I'm basically looking for something really classic looking, sharp, and plain like this, but not at $26/mug. That's fucking ridiculous. I'm actually in the same boat here - I am looking for a decent cappuccino/espresso maker but most I'm seeing are just ridiculously expensive >_< | ||
SweeTLemonS[TPR]
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ShoCkeyy
7814 Posts
On June 25 2015 01:26 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote: Damn that looks good, shoCkeyy. How does that thing work for foaming milk? Also, as I don't have nearly $1000 to spend on a top-notch espresso machine, does anyone have recommendations for a lower end one, under say, $200? I am not looking to make amazing espresso, but I am looking to make lattes and cappucinos, and I don't think you need pristine espresso for that. Also, what about coffee mugs? I'm basically looking for something really classic looking, sharp, and plain like this, but not at $26/mug. That's fucking ridiculous. Works great for Milk, also, for a good espresso maker, Bed Bath & Beyond have quite a few that are cheap, and if you get the 20% discount on an item they always send out, it makes it even cheaper. | ||
coffeenerd1
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