Coffee

I have no idea what changed – or, indeed, if anything changed at all – but my last two attempts yielded much better results, using the default method.

Life is too short NOT to do all that you can to ensure a superior cof

I know I badmouthed the World Aeropress Championship recipes, but the 2017 from Paulina Miczka is now my gospel

brewing a nice cup of cof, how pleasant honestly

Behold how good and how pleasant it is

Btw guess what I’m doing right now

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cof check

Still sipping hot coffee I made 2 hours ago thanks to a yeti mug.

a cute and nice mug

we don't talk much about here about how we take our cof. i'm forcing myself to drink it black because i'm trying to eliminate sugar as best i can, and i don't like any other sweeteners, natural or otherwise. no cream/milk/soy/oat/almond etc

cream/sugar for you guys?

the only time i have milk is if i'm ordering a flat white or a machiatto. at home it is always, always black.

do you sweeten your espresso drinks TH?

the only time i have milk is if i'm ordering a flat white or a machiatto. at home it is always, always black.

Substitute cappuccino for flat white and this is me.

do you sweeten your espresso drinks TH?

if i'm at a snooty 3rd-wave coffee shop, no. if i'm at a caff, yes.

i take my coffee w a fairly good glug of cream - most often no sugar, but sometimes just a touch of sugar if it’s not a very nice batch of beans

lattes though, i hardly ever have sugar unless it’s a little raw sugar sprinkled on top

sometimes half n half sometimes black sometimes a lil sugar depending

if you can get just the right amount of sugar where it brings out the natural sweetness of the brew without tasting like sugar thats very nice

almost never drink espresso drinks

For hot coffee, I always drink it black. If its iced or cold brew, I usually add whole milk.

Same here. Black if hot, tiny splash of whole milk and a tsp of simple syrup if iced.

milk in coffee is weird to me, gotta be that half + half

*unless steamed milk

Anything from 1% to whole milk works for me. I'll do half and half if no options but it's a little too rich.

Sometimes when I run out of milk I put cocoa powder and sugar in my coffee, it's delicious, like a dark chocolate mocha

coffee

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, August 22, 2020 5:29 AM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

yooooo

Sometimes I drink too much coffee just because it's there and it's something to have, and then I wind up getting irritable. I had to really practice mindfulness today when I started getting edgy, that I shouldn't drink more and try to focus on regulating my mood instead. It worked but it took a few hours for the already excess caffeine to leave my system.

I will say that the AeroPress is my preferred method when I am camping.

I have been thinking about the few months when we used an old school percolator, kind of want to get a small one to make cups in the afternoon.

Oh, and a good shop finally opened near me, and they make a decent Americano, which I'm so excited about.

My capresso infinity is dead/dying after 14 years ;_;

pour out some grinds homies

nooooo

;_;

rip. we are here for u in this difficult time

I am a bit lost without it. I have a decent mill grinder for backup but it's so hard for me to figure out how much to grind, how long to grind, etc. I used to just turn the dial to 5 and I knew that was a full press pot.

thank you for your support veg

<3

2020, man

otm

it died grinding some excellent Kenya Spikes AB from Heart Coffee Roasters. I think that's how it would have wanted to go.

damn rip

everyone else: hug your capresso infinitys tonight

Sunbeam Cafe Series here - definitely recommend when the healing starts. Sorry for your loss man alive (I've always adored your display name too).

I mean, idk maybe I should try to fix it - it still kind of goes but the motor is kind of whirring up and down inconsistently and the grind is coming out with lots of bean pieces. Maybe there's still something that can be done.

Sounds like something might be stuck between the burrs, forcing them apart. Are you comfortable with disassembly and cleaning?

If it doesn't require me to purchase any additional tools I'd give it a shot. Otherwise not worth it.

Youtube videos look pretty easy - you might need an old toothbrush though.

My Capresso grinder is still going strong even as usage has gone from weekends only to every day since March. It must be going on 7 or 8 years. Knock on wood.

Oh yeah you can put another 100k miles on it easy. Mine (assuming it can't be fixed, which I'm not assuming) lasted 14 years of daily use and I did basically nothing to maintain it. I barely even clean it.

yeah we have had ours for at least 15+ years

drinking less coffee these days, as I don't have to be awake or anything

My Capresso works again! It was just clogged!

HOORAY

YES

the miracle of the grinder. Hanukkapresso.