Coffee

ah the morning and evening drugs the perfect balance the yin and the yang

The afternoon bowel movement

i just looked at the stars while drinking that good beer, all wearing a bath robe my friends' three year old gave me for xmas (the secret is that they gave it to me but its cool he can get the credit)

sometimes u just got to accept what the universe is offering u know

univ: u like that bath robe?

me: yeah dude, can u believe a child thought of that, what a cool kid

univ: he had nothing to do with it man he's three

me: whatever, thanks for the robe man it fits great

univ: u know it

*french press*

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lag∞n
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haha gotta have that cof

haha gotta have that cof
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“Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self.”
-- Terry Pratchett

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants."
-- President Thomas Jefferson

― lag∞n, Friday, February 26, 2016 10:48 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

My costco stopped carrying my starbucks via and I ran out of them, so I bought some Irving Farm coffee beans AT THE FUCKING AIRPORT on the way home from a work trip which is the lamest thing ever. Anyway it wasn't that good, nothing special.

lmao xp

Mail ordering beans is surprisingly cost effective. Fresh roasted from Intelligentsia or similar costs less per pound than buying from Whole Foods or the local shops/roasters I've found, plus they're almost always fresher. When I get Intelligentsia, the roasted on date is usually the day before I order and they arrive two days after that via Priority Mail.

I was trying to search for this but couldn't find anything - is there any real evidence that beans roasted x days before grinding and brewing are better and that there's a rapid decline at some point?

Like with espresso everyone claims that ~4-10 days is imperative, but having access to beans that freshly roasted is new and I still see a lot of European espresso brands selling bagged beans roasted months ago or even ground espresso.

enjoying some of this. your basic dark roast, nothing exciting, but it was free.

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Here's where I buy my beans:
https://andersonscoffee.com/

They are quite good, fairly inexpensive, and also do mail order.

guy at a local coffee shop told me espresso beans aren't good for aeropress, that i want, what, a non-espresso roast i guess? it was busy and loud and i didn't get all the info. dammit!

Espresso beans are generally just a kind of blend (rather than single source or whatever) from what I understand, most shops I've looked at list multiple forms of brewing instruction for 'espresso beans' - pourover, Aeropress, etc.

"Espresso beans" doesn't even really mean anything. There's "espresso roast" which is basically just a dark roast. Espresso can be a blend or single origin though and pretty much anywhere from medium to dark roast.

*can be made with

basically just means that the roaster, when roasting/picking beans/sticking his nose into a freshly pulled shot while inhaling deeply and gazing into the sunset as his beard glistens, was aiming for something that tasted best when it was extracted quickly under high pressure. It'll prob taste just fine brewed in another way, but that isn't what it was blended/roasted/chosen for. No big deal, but not arbitrary either. This, of course, assumes that the roaster is someone whose palette you trust or agree with, or if you think having a palette is a real thing in the first place.

Here's an interview with a roaster if you can handle a person saying things like "espresso is such a violent thing" http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/02/espresso-blend-how-it-is-created-how-to-blend-espresso-coffee-beans-for-macchiato-latte-sightglass-san-francisco.html

got some great Guatemalan yday from a local mainstay called Elixr, v complex and bright w interesting melony fruity flavors, not at all the nutty chocolate whatever I usu expect from central/south american beanz

evry1 come over I'll make you a cuppa coff

happy to come over but not sure where you're, uh, localized

I think I've had something called Elixir before, from uhhh, Counter Culture possibly? They have stylish packaging & also sell a blend called Hologram??

no wait I just googled and you appear to be in philly, way the fuck outta here. it's probably still cold where y'all are!!

I don't think so; it's a local roaster.

"Founded in 2010, We are continually engaged in perfecting the sourcing, roasting, preparation, and delivery of the most delicious coffee we can find. We specialize in lighter roasted unique and exquisite coffees. Our coffees wont taste dark or ashy; instead they favor tea and juice like qualities."

http://www.elixrcoffee.com/

so up my alley

wow reading this thread while drinking the coffee I just made... is like a totally different experience.

drinkin some cof :)

bout to make a mug

of coffee

i just got some cof at the deli

i wanna buy a dripper for work (currently using a single serving size french press) but not one that looks like a piece of laboratory equipment just like white plastic

You can get a Hario V60 in white plastic.

recommend white ceramic

ceramic is the way to go

I have both ceramic and plastic drippers and have never noticed much difference (other than the plastic is more convenient for travel).

ceramic is just a more baller material

makes a nice *clink* when you gently place it atop your mug

tho i guess u cld argue it maintains more consistent brew temp, u cn scald it before hand and itll stay warm and so forth

which i do of course

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love that cool cof ceramic clink

i personally dislike ceramic

not a fan of plastic coming anywhere near my coffee

with plastic ur always concerned about w/e leaches out of the plastic at boiling temps

tru u get stage four cancer after one week iirc

i read the sweethome article on the auto cof

programmable cof when u wake up sounds p sweet

plastic also traps old aromas in a way that glass & ceramic don't

you ever smell like a plastic travel coffee mug? it is a gross stale coffee smell. drip machines smell the same way