Coffee

the nice thing about espresso shots is that places give you a little piece of chocolate or a lemon rind or w/e, very nice

All the places around me give you a little cup of Topo Chico to cleanse your palette post cof, it's nice.

my place serves espresso with a little moist towlette on the saucer, for your butt

no thats to clense yr palette

oh

lol tracer

wipe yr palette down bro

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/gorgeous-shot-of-an-espresso-being-poured-from-the-mach-1774825130

I don’t even drink coffee but after seeing an espresso shot get pulled through a naked portafilter on an espresso machine, it’s the only thing I want in my life. Watching the water swish through the finely ground coffee beans and then seeing it seep through each hole and then finally getting being allowed to witness how the various flows group together to form that golden brown liquid of the gods. Man oh man, it’s like being around to see a superweapon charging up.
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, May 4, 2016 10:07 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hellooo i took a video of this 7 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjvPKCMkW1Y

nice

How anal is the ILX cof brigade about bean age? Espresso beans are 'good' from 3-10 days, pourover within a week or two, etc. if you listen to the coffee version of audiophile forums.

I'm getting lazy, esp. now that I've embraced the Chemex and I'm pretty sure that I can't tell much of a difference between one week and one month on beans, if not longer.

i've gotten so nihilistic i'm using a keurig now

i buy em fresh then drink em baby!

we buy fresh from a roaster almost weekly

after asking that I just realized that my beans in the kitchen are all very recent (or were frozen within 2-3 days of roasting when I get a giant bag) since I've gone Chemex over espresso. 2 x 35-40g/daily runs through a bag at a rapid pace vs the 1-2 x 18g semi-daily (since some days I didn't have time to wait for the machine to heat and all that).

peak bean time is 3 days after roasting until 14 days after according to the training i had from the "head of coffee quality" or whatever when i worked at a small coffee chain

I def think that old coffee doesn't taste as good. cause like im not that picky and will keep drinking cof that is like a month past roasting or whatever

It seems like lighter roasts don't keep as long. There seems to be a drop off after a few weeks. My brother who's a coffee buyer came to town a few weeks ago and left behind several freshly-roasted bags he had gotten as samples. Unfortunately I don't go through it fast enough, since I only make coffee at home on weekends, so I had to freeze a bunch of it and hope it will still be good later.

ugh i was a month and a half behind on this thread but now i am caught up and i have so much to say

just made some gr8 japanese style iced cof this morn w/ my kalita wave and some ethiopian, it's v blueberry and great, def livin that #sweetcoflyfe rn. still haven't fucked w/ cold brew bcz it takes so much cof and the japanese method tastes so great, why bother?

my bf has gone cof crazy, loves variety, and insists that we keep at least 2 (but usu 3) diff cofs in the house at all times, rn we got 2 great local blends and the aforementioned ethio, totally not complaining

my new work sitch = no kitchen, so my aeropress has become unwieldy now that i have to go a bit of a distance to the bathroom to clean it out :( it's enough of a PITA that i just never use my aeropress @ work anymore. they have a keurig machine and i tried to do some research on decent kcups for when i'm lazy, but everyone's unianimous top pick (green mtn kenyan aa) has been reformulated and like sucks now or something. i just picked up a contigo so i can make cof at home and bring it, or get it to go from a cof shop and throw it in my bag

also i work near not one but two count em two great 3rd wave cof shops now. one has SPARKLING ICED COFFEE, i have not tried this yet and it sounds disgusting but i am too intrigued not to try it

that guy on the sump coffee webpage looks so much like this dude i hooked up w/ in durham once that i had to watch the video to see if it was him or not and i still wasn't sure til his name popped up, wasn't him but def wdn't mind making him some cof in the morning iykwim ayooooo ;) ;) ;)

late great: i have that same bonavita adjustable temp gooseneck and i looooove it, so great for both cof + tea

milo z: don't want to burst yr bub but freezing cof is nagl and will fuck yr beans up :( http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2010/09/should-you-freeze-your-coffee-beans.html

nomar: those torani syrups are excellent for when you have really fucking terrible office cof like i used to; i got the 750ml coffee shop sized bottles and the little plastic pump and it was perfect. the salted caramel + a splash of whole milk or half n half is great

three word username: don't u ever raise yr voice @ my grrl rrrobyn ever again

stevie drink the sparkling cof #!!!

im gonna

http://www.home-barista.com/store-coffee-in-freezer.html

I use a chamber vacuum to seal the coffee in 8-12oz portions and defrost still in the bag. Totes indistinguishable, I've never understood what serious eats did differently - might have been a lack of vacuum sealing or something.

hmmmm the plot thickens

is that beer tap-poured nitro cof any good? still haven't had the local place's

just noticed my place is advertising "sparkling cascara"

reader, i chickened out

Espresso and tonic is apparently starting to become popular.

Some fancy places pour you sparkling water to chase your espresso shot but I haven't seen them combined.

http://i.imgur.com/Ug0tXOJ.jpg

RIP ;_;

Affogato my cof ppls

Is the cof

a as impt as the icecream
b less impt than the icecream
c more impt than the icecream
d wasted in an affogato

nb if u vote d u may be coffee ppls but u aint my coffee ppls

either a or b, i wd say ice cream slightly more impt but good coffee also impt

tho i wd also say that most expresso tastes m/l the same to me (that is: gross) so ymmv

so ymmy

a. a really good creamy homemade/homestyle vanilla is sooooo dope with good espresso

is that beer tap-poured nitro cof any good? still haven't had the local place's
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 16 May 2016 00:34

just a fad that allows for artisanal/organic overcharging. it has the advantage of being cold w/out ice watering it down, but cold-brew already does that. no noticeable taste difference either

seems like one of those things where a coffee shop moves into a space that used to be a bar and is like 'hmm what if we ran cof through the tap'

well, what i've seen is cold brewed nitrogenated. so that makes it inherently more expensive. had it a couple times and i kinda love it. as with nitro-beer, nitro gives a lighter texture, not supposed to be a flavor thing, imho

never noticed coffee having a texture other than liquid

i guess it gives it a head like beer. still seems like a gimmick. they should start stamping the foam lol

I love nitrogenated guinness! Xp

Maybe the nitrogenation causes the caff to get absorbed more quickly like beer and alk

is it like silkier? saw this at my #1 cof shop today but didn't get it

abt to go to #2 cof shop to try SPARKLING COF

nitro-muddling is fun and i really dig left hand's milk stout nitro but i've not gotten around to nitro coffee

should remedy this soon tho

that left hand stout is good

I made bread replacing all the water with a Left Hand milk stout (don't know if it was nitro), it was delicious.

just got SPARKLING ICED AMERICANO

do not ever get this, this tastes like fucking cardboard, oh my god

:(

tbh the local place with nitro cold cof is a bar, so I could imagine my need to repeatedly pour beverages down my throat while at the bar would benefit from having a cof every couple drinks

xp

we're gettin' one of those bonavita kettles too. next payday.

nitro coffee basically has the "mouthfeel" (gross terrible word) of guinness

that was exactly what i was thinking, but didn't have the nerve to say it. but Stevie said "silky" upthread a bit, which i like