Mccafe medium roast ground coffee is low key excellence
― calstars, Sunday, 30 May 2021 11:53 (two years ago) link
What is the rationale behind blooming via 1) a tiny bit of water for one minute, then pouring the rest over vs. 2) pouring all the water over and stirring after one minute? I've always done #2 but seems like #1 is how most people suggest.
― ヽ(´ー`)┌ (CompuPost), Sunday, 30 May 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
i dont think it matters
― lag∞n, Sunday, 30 May 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
blooming lets the co2 escape when the hot water hits the grounds (this matters less for old beans), and you won't get proper extraction til the co2 is out.
― wmlynch, Sunday, 30 May 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
xp I have always vouched for McDonald's coffee - my go-to anytime there isn't "good" coffee around.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 31 May 2021 02:54 (two years ago) link
Man alive, suburban coffee cognoscenti
― calstars, Monday, 31 May 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
McDonalds can be a lifesaver in parts of the world that are not coffee-centric
― lukas, Monday, 31 May 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
otm
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 31 May 2021 22:35 (two years ago) link
I can definitely relate to the bottom right before I have my morning coffee. How are you feeling today? 😂 pic.twitter.com/p59T1XFs9Y— Kyle MacLachlan (@Kyle_MacLachlan) August 9, 2021
― cerebral halsey (rip van wanko), Monday, 9 August 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
lol
― calstars, Monday, 9 August 2021 20:18 (two years ago) link
Quit coffee about 6 months ago after being big coffee guy into very small batch new guinea, oaxaca, diff ethiopian women's collective farms etc. w/e and yeah it's had a huge positive impact on my mind and ability to get through the day. It's a shame, but whatever. I have a cup of matcha a couple times a week. Anyway, yeah, quitting coffee and intermittent fasting really cleared up a bunch of diff things that were going on with me
― Bongo Jongus, Monday, 9 August 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
It's kind of crazy how much difference the water quality can make to the taste of coffee. I've always been too cheap to use bottled water to make coffee, but it doesn't make sense to pay good money for beans and then use lousy tap water that ruins the flavor.
― o. nate, Friday, 10 September 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
get a charcoal filter jug thing cheaper than bottled water for sure
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 10 September 2021 22:55 (two years ago) link
ban bottled water too
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 September 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
I absolutely love my tap but the very sporadic “btw you shouldn’t have drank it last week because it had the chlorine of pool water, sorry about the stomach issues” notification makes me question my choices
― mh, Saturday, 11 September 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
The water utility sends us a very smug mailer every year about our water quality with gorgeous photos of our protected watershed and I’m smug as a result and brew my coffee with it right out of the tap
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Saturday, 11 September 2021 05:32 (two years ago) link
I installed a decent inline filter on my cold water line in the kitchen so my whining is mostly unjustified
― mh, Saturday, 11 September 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
I have one of those Brita water pitcher filters. Maybe I should upgrade to a better one. I noticed the taste especially last week because (1) we'd just come back from a vacation in the mountains, where the tap water was very good and (2) there had been a boil water advisory before we got back and as a result I think the water had even more chlorine in it than usual.
― o. nate, Monday, 13 September 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
A couple of months ago I splurged for one of those Fellow digital pour-over kettles. This morning, someone I love very much and forgive accidentally ruined it. I don't know if I can bring myself to outlay that kind of money again. I used the shitty old non-gooseneck electric kettle this morning and tbh I didn't notice much difference in taste, but the speed at which it heated and the ability to hold temp was really nice.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
I like instant coffee
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
It looked really good on the counter and felt really good in my hand. I don't know that it was really worth what I paid for it.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
I like the extra control of pouring from a gooseneck pitcher. I just have a simple metal gooseneck pitcher that doesn't do anything except hold the hot water that I've boiled in my cheapo electric kettle. They seem to be hard to find online but shouldn't go for more than $20.
― o. nate, Friday, 29 October 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
I wonder if American Psycho will place on the film poll
― imago, Friday, 29 October 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
A coffee shop opened around the corner from me. The owner is truly passionate about coffee. The espresso is the best I've had in this town. But sometimes I just want a cup of cof, and dude is obsessed with natural process coffee that tastes like socks. Oh well. I'll enjoy the hell out of the espresso.
― lukas, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
Also the Bonavita electric kettle is $50 and I really doubt you'll notice a huge difference from the Fellow.
― lukas, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link
― calstars, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:38 (two years ago) link
Just out of curiosity how did the person ruin the Fellows kettle? I've been thinking of getting one, too. They have them at Sur La Table now.
― beard papa, Friday, 29 October 2021 23:42 (two years ago) link
blue bottle tastes sour to me, no thanks
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 29 October 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
Yeah it wasn’t good at all! Certainly not worth the $5.50 I paid. I use a drip filter at home and it tasted like that except if I hadn’t used enough grounds
― calstars, Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:24 (two years ago) link
Blue Bottle isn't good. Great example of the power of good branding.
― beard papa, Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:26 (two years ago) link
There's a Blue Bottle at the end of South Park in SF and it's a big hob-nob place for tech knobs.... everyone looks like the theranos lady
― Andy the Grasshopper, Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
Atmosphere in the one I was in was like a funeral parlor with hipster lurkers
― calstars, Saturday, 30 October 2021 01:05 (two years ago) link
xp I know the place. Used to be Jeremy's, who moved out I believe because they got priced out of the area. The place was empty forever, and I rooted for it to stay that way to punish the greedy building owner. But then Nestle Blue Bottle moved in.
― beard papa, Saturday, 30 October 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
― beard papa, Friday, 29 October 2021 23:42 (yesterday) link
Don’t worry, what happened here is not something you are likely to do. She put it on the stove in a moment of what I assume was extreme morning exhaustion.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 30 October 2021 01:46 (two years ago) link
tbf that sounds like something i would do
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 October 2021 02:00 (two years ago) link
It seemed extremely well built. My one complaint was the on/off button was a little wonky and required a certain touch.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 30 October 2021 02:43 (two years ago) link
I'm pretty happy with my Bonavita pourover temp-controlled kettle; definitely a bit cheaper than the Fellows. They don't look too bad, either.
― vcrash, Saturday, 30 October 2021 03:52 (two years ago) link
agreed blue bottle is the worst of the big third wave companies
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 October 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
Thirded. I feel like Stumptown and Counter Culture have gone down somewhat too, although still prefer Stumptown to CC or BB. I've been mostly ordering Tandem lately. I sometimes mix decaf beans into my regular beans now to cut the jitters, although the flavor takes somewhat of a hit. Partners and Grumpy are both solid, although for some reason the Grumpy beans at Whole Foods are often not as recently roasted. Tried some Irving Farm beans recently, not particularly impressed but fine.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 31 October 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link
gf accidentally bought decaf coffee, which we've been drinking all week without realizing. horrible
― flopson, Sunday, 31 October 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
ouch
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 31 October 2021 02:03 (two years ago) link
that is a legit horror story
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 October 2021 03:41 (two years ago) link
― lag∞n, Sunday, 31 October 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
i like counter culture the best of the stumptown intelligentsia blue bottle cc bunch i think tho i havent had it in a while
― lag∞n, Sunday, 31 October 2021 13:57 (two years ago) link
I have a support request in about that Fellow (Stagg EKG) kettle and the finicky power button! It’s great once you actually get the damn thing turned on
― mh, Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
(I would not normally spend that much on a kettle but it was discounted by quite a bit)
― mh, Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
Is there a benefit of using a kettle when you can just boil water in a small pot? Wtf am I missing here
― calstars, Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
i live in the UK so i already have an electric kettle obviously.. getting another one feels a bit redundant/decadent. i feel like as long as you let 30 seconds / 1 minute pass after the boil it’s pretty much the right temperature for a pour-over. a goose-neck would be nice tho
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
calstars i think some of these kettles have temp controls on them for the real finicky types
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
We have a pretty standard Capresso burr grinder. Never had a problem with it, really, except the last batch of beans we used suddenly started to get all static-clingy over everything. (Or the powdery residue did, at least.) Apparently this *can* be a problem with burr grinders, enough so that Cook's Illustrated tried (and failed!) to find a solution.
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/8357-minimizing-static-in-burr-grinders%E2%80%8B
And yet, we'd never had the problem before, and in fact, after we went through that bag of beans and opened another, the problem went away. The roast itself was one of our regular rotation, but we had noticed it tasted a bit darker than usual, which made us wonder: could it, the particular bean or roast, have been what was generating all the static electricity? And if so, why?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link