Coffee

NO coffee since my ablation for atrial fibbing in august -- EXCEPT for a 10-day burst at the start of the year to get two big long complex drafts of pieces (one on terry riley, one on the fall) finished and in to their deadlines (the riley requires much more work inc being much shorter lol)

during the full drought i was back in hospital for a week post-ablation with atrial flutter in september, this is now controlled by meds and not life-threatening but also an indication the ablation didn't really work (it's pooooossible the symptoms were exacerbated by the wine i drank at a birthday picnic but i choose not to confront this issue, also it's not like a drink that much or that cutting down on red wine at picnics is anything like as tough as cutting out coffee) (also red wine is good for the heart, observe the french, voila)

during the 10-day burst i was pleased to note i was not getting palps or other amplified symptoms -- to start i felt p good in fact, focused and un-achey etc. toward the end i was getting the usual morning sliuggishness and coming off caffeine i got the usual headaches, which have only just now dissipated tbrr.

my conclusion is that coffee actually has little unacceptable impact on my heart symptoms -- my main consultant agrees but he is VERY relaxed and laissez faire and dare i say it dodgy abt self-medication via non-pharmaceutical means viz alcohol and weed lol (i have not gone down these routes in any sustained sense). basically my beta blockers leave me a bit tired, and coffeee counters this at point of consumption but then leaves me even more tired later plus less likely to sleep soundly. off it i sleep well.

in general feel like if coffee is fucking w yr sleep u gotta get off it or drink less sleep is so important

i know for a lot of ppl it irritates their anxiety which is also bad

besides that its a blessing of course

place enough grounds in yrou palm to create a vision of yrou successful mountain - sniff- add three more grounds - done

I haven't gotten myself a bag of fancy-pants single-origin coffee in a really long time, been just drinking Starbucks Via at home and Keurig at work. Literally nowhere in my neighborhood sells good whole bean coffee. Thinking I should order one next time we do fresh direct.

i gave up getting nice coffee for the house because I'm never up in enough time during the week and I'm enough of a douche to care about the coffee not tasting as good in the weeks following it being roasted

so i just have tim horton's as i arrive at my office

I def favor the convenience of Via on weekdays while trying to get the kids to school, and the freeness of keurig at work, but I'd like a nicer cup on weekends at least.

da good bean r good def havent had them for a while due to my location sniff

My local stores' idea of "good" coffee is like "GOWANUS GOLD GENERIC DARK ROAST 100% GROUND COFFEE"

I have a cold brew bucket contraption that allows me to make a batch of fancy coffee and use it intermittently for a few weeks to supplement the daily French press coffee

It makes having a fancy cup much easier!

I have found the best way to make coffee in the office is using a black plastic filter cone (cost: GBP2.00), filter papers (GBP1.00 for a pack of 40) and whatever bulk ground coffee the company buys. Better flavour than a cafetiere, miles easier to clean, and no-one else is likely to use/break/steal it.

is Death Wish Coffee a british cherished tradition? It was in the Britty area at Hannaford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kOn9uk-Amo&list
me irl

oops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kOn9uk-Amo

i bought a burr grinder and this is its "espresso" ground >:(

https://i.ibb.co/ScQJYsV/braun-kg7070-espresso-ground.jpg

should i return it? do i need to buy a "sifter"?

it's a braun kg7070

get thee a Capresso

After being without a coffee grinder for a lil while, I realized the other day that a blender works perfectly fine -- maybe not for evenly ground espresso, but for drip or french press or whatever

this is what its coarsest grind looks like... barf

https://i.ibb.co/2tbKbPQ/braun-kg7070-coarse-ground.jpg

yeah that's horrible, return it

capresso burr grinder or death

those are the choices

keep the braun as a spice grinder, that what we use ours for.

My wife got me (us) a Stumptown Coffee subscription before the lockdown started, and its been a godsend. A little pricey but still less than I used to spend getting my coffee in a shop every morning.

some nice cof

We have been using this little milk delivery company that brings us ronnybrook milk and yogurt and good eggs every week for a reasonable price, and they have their own label of coffee that's $11/lb and good enough, so I've just been drinking that.

Last few times I bought fancier coffee I was sort of let down - one was Counter Culture and one was Partners

I've been very impressed with the quality of the Stumptown shipments we've received. And you usually get it within a few days of the roast date.

people in this thread doing some .... stumping ... for stumptown coffee. should rename the thread "this thread is like stumptown for stumptown coffee"

I don’t mind seeing a little as we have near 0% stumptown infiltration locally

been brewing up a big bag of Kirkland Colombian blend here, folks

Need to make a run to the place that roasts a lot of varieties nearby, but only if I break out the presses and not just drip

I got my first coffeeshop cap since COVID the other day - I had to get it through the window from outside and it felt slightly illicit and was very satisfying to drink. I kind of wish I had one right now even though it's after midnight.

kirkland colombian is good. Hmmm,,,stumptown is kind of pricey. considering getting a bag as a splurge the next time I go home but good coffee is kind of wasted on me.

who are those sickos who make the canned coffee that's carbonated like mineral water and it has like.. lemon in it?

it was just such an odd tangent off of what I'd expect from coffee in a can that I want to try it again

I was just skimming this thread and I am surprised, yet again, that most people sip their coffee.

I really don't like how it's called "cupping" coffee.

sickos!

i got an iced white americano the other day from a cafe doing window service and the staff there decided to top up the cup not with water but with..... sparkling water

it tasted like ass

we're moving into the fourth wave of coffee, where it's formulated to be genuinely revolting

you're not a real coffee fan unless you praise it

It's the neurotic American drive for novelty and innovation. I feel like we had basically gotten things right in the last 5-10 years, but now we're getting away from that and into all this nitro bullshit, coffee sodas, weird flavorings, bulletproof, etc.

when i took the coffee back they apologised. it was a genuine mistake. it's wild how just the presence of bubbles seems to create a whole actual TASTE (a bad taste)

I like nitro cold brew. not really a big cold brew fan in general because of the mouthfeel of a cold brew coffee (it's probably the same as hot coffee but the temperature difference makes me experience the two differently).

yes carbonation + cof = bad

nitro is like a pint of Guinness crossed with a coffee

some people drink espresso and tonic

they give you a little thing of soda water with espresso in italy sometimes? or is that tonic?

espresso served with a soda water back is common in these parts

not mixed together though, ffs

i support the cofant garde

I agree Stumptown is pricey, but I usually only drink one 10 oz mug's worth a day, so I don't go through it that fast.

counter culture prob my fave of the big 3rd wave companies

i have to shout my local, out of logan utah, cafe ibis. if you are ever in utah look for the ibis.