Coffee

the auto chemex exists but they are ridiculous expensive

https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/chemex-reg-otto-6-cup-coffee-maker-in-black-silver/1047449343

and 6 cups is not enough for me

barista brain team unite

geeze, burr grinder plus Gaggia Classic takes me literally 2 minutes to grind, pack and shoot a doppio espresso about 3/4 as good as I get in a cafe. All I have to do is flip the switch to warm the boiler 5 minutes beforehand, then I can make as many cups as I like. Clean it out every fortnight or so. I have no idea why people bother with anything else.

don’t care for espresso

Top it up with hot water, voilà Americano; with milk, latte or (shudder) cappuccino

don’t care for americano

cof or gtfo

i don't mind espresso but in the AM i just want a cof

what if i got a chemex and a programmable electric kettle, just pour and go, a compromise

i'm not that worried about the time to drip it's just the time to heat the water. i don't want the kettle whistling while i'm in the shower. i take long showers.

was just daydreaming about sitting outside at cafe olimpico in montreal and sipping a cof

This is a bad thread to read at night. I just want a coffee now.

you think that’s bad, i had the same daydream last weekend and started looking up next-day airfare to montreal

I think being a barista when i was younger ruined me for caring about whether it's espresso or coffee or an americano etc. When you end up drinking your mistakes it all just becomes a big pint glass of whatever.

I thought that was a metaphor at first

Ha!

that post had levels

new borad description pls

chemex confessions

only use it on days off and weekends - workdays i just stop by peets

tho when my workday was 12-8 pm i used it every day

it is slow as fuck

I have to admit I'd like on ethat roasts the beans using atomic radiation

I tried Silkly Black Folgers - not bad for cheap as shit coffee

i haven't cleaned my chemex in ~13 months, am i going to be ok

You don’t have to clean them

spent all morning in a fog, only just realized i hadn't had any cof

you don't have to clean chemex? wow revelation. tho idk why i thought i needed to clean it when i already never clean my moka pot

i clean my chemex

feel like the flavor gradually gets nasty as it gets dirtier ... maybe that’s just my imaginatiln

you gotta work through that phase and into the next where you really get that flavor locked in

cw is that you dont clean a moka but idk i think all that does is make every cup taste the same -- defeats the purpose of trying out different beans and such

i don't think i have time for chemex in the morning

I set up the filter and grinds at bedtime, and have a gooseneck electric kettle that boils in about 3 minutes. If, like me, you think the bloom is 80% BS, you can do a pourover for 3-4 cups in 2 minutes. Click on kettle, shower, pour over, dress, set down with coffee.

set sit

I clean wine decanters with oxyclean, so I assume this would be a good method for a chemex.

If you like Chemex coffee but are worried about time or technique, get a cheap Bonavita machine and replace the basket/carafe with the Chemex. I initially really wanted one of those Ratio Eight fancy Chemexes but I can't figure out that it would do anything more than my current setup already does.

2 minutes? feel like it takes me 10

https://i.imgur.com/eAc700O.gif

wire cutter says the oxo https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-coffee-maker/ @harbl

guys plz clean yr coffee devices

citric acid ftw

I've been drinking this stuff from Costco, pretty good for <$10/lb

https://www.costco.com/Ruta-Maya-Organic-Medium-Roast-Whole-Bean-Coffee-5-lb.product.100041370.html

Is that new, I haven't seen it before.

They've been rotating the coffees at my location a lot, they had this one a while back and then stopped carrying it and now are carrying it again.

timed my chemex pour this morning. it was eight minutes for four cups

wonder if i’m doing something wrong

Eight minutes is way longer than necessary, you probably need to tweak your grind size

is it? but i’m using four cups of water.

it tastes good!

Well if it tastes good who cares, go with god, I don’t know anything really.

do u have a burr grinder

yes

set one tick toward coarse from medium so it’s a little smaller than rock salt m

4 cups water, 60 grams beans