Coffee

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

https://m.popkey.co/f82b70/GMLJj_s-200x150.gif

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

I wouldn't drink coffee out of a plastic travel mug, but it seems like the few minutes it comes in contact with the cone while it's brewing is not enough to impart a noticeable off flavor or aroma to the finished product. I think the problem with the mug is that you smell it while you're drinking, not that off flavors actually seep back out of the plastic into the coffee.

flavors cld def get into the cof imo better go ceramic to be safe

iirc the rancidity index of a plastic travel mug drastically decreases when used by someone who is not a disgusting savage & knows to rinse his shit out on the daily

i just ambushed you with plastic cup cancer

lol

hahaha

You know who has made great reasonably-priced coffee beans forever? Zabar's. My mom brews their coffee chemex and I always look forward to drinking it at my parents' house.

Love this thread and the different levs of cof appresh itt

i feel less weird itt

i bought some creamer for the cof at work bcz it's too bad to drink str8

here it is

http://naturalbliss.coffee-mate.com/Assets/images/thum_facebook_vanilla.png

it's natural so u know it's good

natty bliss

it's actually milk, cream, and flavor, which I am kind of stoked abt bcz I have long lamented the lack of availability of like just flavored dairy creamer, get this bullshit emulsified vegetable oil tf outta my cof

UPDATE:

It's good!

i need to try that