― james, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Helen Fordsdale, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Naturally, I got hooked on the sauce (my form: white chocolate mocha) for a while, but I quit right around the WTC tragedy. There was no need to make myself more tense, when I was already too tense.
I do think the smell of coffee is far, far better than the taste, though.
― Brian MacDonald, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mike Hanle y, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Maria, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Lived ontop of a coffee shop for awhile and the smell in the morning of four pots brewing at once was amazing.
― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 23 May 2003 01:49 (twenty years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 23 May 2003 02:05 (twenty years ago) link
I feel like a douche ordering breves and even more of a couche since no one here knows what they are or how to make them. But they are so yum that I don't mind my true doucheness shining through.
― Abbott, Friday, 28 September 2007 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
hoochie coochie
― carne asada, Friday, 28 September 2007 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
fat
― Abbott, Friday, 28 September 2007 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
oh wow this is the 3rd thread this week where i've written what i wrote 6 years ago and been shocked! now i LOVE turkish coffee and real coffee without lots of syrups and crap in it!
― Maria, Friday, 28 September 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i like this essay. bring on the 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine.
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 23 November 2007 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
that is good. she never quite says it, but i like the idea of coffee as being partially responsible for the enlightenment.
― negotiable, Friday, 23 November 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
It is difficult, at best, to get a good cup of coffee in San Francisco. Why this is, I have no idea.
― libcrypt, Sunday, 25 November 2007 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Hypercoffee
So far, the Clover is still something of a cult object, with just over 200 machines scattered around the world. But it might soon become a common sight: Starbucks has just bought two.Designed by three Stanford graduates, it lets the user program every feature of the brewing process, including temperature, water dose and extraction time. (It even has an Ethernet connection that can feed a complete record of its configurations to a Web database.) Not only is each cup brewed to order, but the way each cup is brewed can be tailored to a particular bean — light or dark roast, acidic or sweet, and so on.The Clover works something like an inverted French press: coffee grounds go into a brew chamber, hot water shoots in and a powerful piston slowly lifts and plunges a filter, forcing the coffee out through a nozzle in the front. The final step, when a cake of spent grounds rises majestically to the top, is so titillating to coffee fanatics that one of them posted a clip of it on YouTube.“There is some gee-whizness to it,” said Doug Zell, a founder of Intelligentsia. “But hopefully the focus goes back to the cup of coffee.”
Designed by three Stanford graduates, it lets the user program every feature of the brewing process, including temperature, water dose and extraction time. (It even has an Ethernet connection that can feed a complete record of its configurations to a Web database.) Not only is each cup brewed to order, but the way each cup is brewed can be tailored to a particular bean — light or dark roast, acidic or sweet, and so on.
The Clover works something like an inverted French press: coffee grounds go into a brew chamber, hot water shoots in and a powerful piston slowly lifts and plunges a filter, forcing the coffee out through a nozzle in the front. The final step, when a cake of spent grounds rises majestically to the top, is so titillating to coffee fanatics that one of them posted a clip of it on YouTube.
“There is some gee-whizness to it,” said Doug Zell, a founder of Intelligentsia. “But hopefully the focus goes back to the cup of coffee.”
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 January 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
In the grand tradition of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_room_coffee_pot">Trojan Room coffee pot</a>.
In the meantime, coffee? Yes please!
― j.lu, Thursday, 24 January 2008 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link
this shit is not good for you
― and what, Thursday, 24 January 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
but it's the future! of shit that's not good for you
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 24 January 2008 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
(It even has an Ethernet connection that can feed a complete record of its configurations to a Web database.)
Oh ffs.
― stevienixed, Thursday, 24 January 2008 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
They can take my coffee away...when they pry my cold dead fingers off the cup.
― j.lu, Thursday, 24 January 2008 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Hahaha the last sentence on the first para made me think somehow the last automatic step the machine did was upload a video of itself to Youtube.
― Abbott, Friday, 25 January 2008 00:55 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.discostyle.com/discochart/191-200/192b.jpg
― deej, Friday, 25 January 2008 01:00 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.discostyle.com/discochart/191-200/192.jpg
^^^^^^great album
Oh, man, I would pay nearly anything for a coffeemaker that was constantly uploading pictures of itself to its MySpace page and stuff
― nabisco, Friday, 25 January 2008 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link
"got wasteed with the toaster last nite, LOL, i was still makin irish coffee in the morning . man im so bord now, why is the water hear so HARD"
― nabisco, Friday, 25 January 2008 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
BREWMACHINE'S BLOG
MADE COFFEE
Category: Dining Current mood: Silly
I made the coffee. I made it. I shot the water into it. Now it is coffee. This was 121º F. It is coffee now. I made the coffee. See my Flicker account.
<link to video>
― Abbott, Friday, 25 January 2008 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link
How do I shot water
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 January 2008 02:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Okay, I'm DESPERATE. I want a proper cappuccino/caffe latte maker. So I need a cappuccino machine, right? Anyone have any ideas on which one to get? I don't want one which uses Nespresso (fuck that). Pads are alright but a bonus, not the main thing.
*sigh*
― stevienixed, Thursday, 13 March 2008 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, I crossposted this shit. And YES I know I said that it's bad for my migraine. but fuck it, I'm craving for lattes. BIG TIME.
It really depends how high your standards are. Do you want really good quality espresso or is it more just that you want your caffiene with some frothy milk.
If the former is really important to you, you're going to have to lay out hundreds of dollars. The cheapest non-pod machines that meet espresso snob standards are the La Pavoni Europiccola and the Rancilio Silvia, and they both run in the $500-700 range. And the Pavoni is STILL not easy to froth milk with, although you can learn to do it (don't know how the Silvia is).
The Nespresso machines are actually considered very good and much cheaper so you might want to re-think it - although otoh the coffee pods are much more expensive than buying your own coffee so it's kind of like the printer/ink thing in the long run. You'll get a more consistent result (and less work and mess) without having to grind and tamp yourself. I'd re-consider it unless you have some kind of ethical problem with the Nestle corporation.
Espresso drinks are not easy to do right, but they are a wonderful thing. This site is a pretty good comprehensive guide:
http://coffeegeek.com/
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 March 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I have an 8-cup Pavoni. I can't quite get a pro-style cappuccino out of it, let alone three or four, and I've been told that it's because the little thing just doesn't produce the amount of steam you need. The drinks I make are just as tasty and satisfying though, just not as impressive-looking.
Those machines you see in Grumpy or Joe or wherever often cost anywhere from $8000-$15000.
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 March 2008 19:04 (sixteen years ago) link
A waaaaaay cheaper option: I really love my bialetti stovetop espresso maker. it is not up to fancy espresso machine standards, but it makes lovely lattes for me. and they now have a model (Brikka) that supposedly forms a real crema. http://www.bialettishop.com/index.html
― mizzell, Thursday, 13 March 2008 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I really love my bialetti stovetop espresso maker that's all ya need
― carne asada, Thursday, 13 March 2008 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Bah, those are American products righht? I live in shitty Belgium. Still, maybe I'll get that Nespresso machine. I noticed a very nice DeLonghi machine. Hmm....
― stevienixed, Thursday, 13 March 2008 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.vandenborre.be/WEB/images/products/300/252174_0.jpg
*drool*
― stevienixed, Thursday, 13 March 2008 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm sure Italian espresso makers are available in Belgium.
Stovetop machines are a totally different animal. However, they do not froth milk so you can't make a cappucino or latte with one.
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link
a *real* espresso machine forces the water through a very tightly packed coffee *cake* at very high pressure, and thus it extracts the oils differently. You can't get that effect with a stovetop machine, however you can still get coffee that's quite tasty in its own way.
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, I think there are also separate milk frothing devices if you want to make a cap with a stovetop espresso machine. Might be a cheaper way to go, although I can't vouch for the effectiveness of those frothers.
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i need to make another batch of cold brew.
― Jordan, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
How do I founding frothers?
― Michael White, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe here:
http://www.wholelattelove.com
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
er, nevermind that. Here are a few, anyway:
http://www.espressozone.com/milk-frothers.html?gclid=CLS8qZiRi5ICFRIrHgodpnLd9Q
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Has anybody used the stovetop machines with extra little valves? I think the idea is to increase the pressure of the steam enough to come closer to real espresso (though its still going to be a more bitter if the temperature is higher, no?). I gave up on the stovetop a few years in favor of a press, but might be interested if you can really get something closer to cheap home espresso without the foolishness of expensive home machines.
― Jacob, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll probably get that Delonghi one which works with Nespresso. Can't be bothered with learning all the different things. It makes lattes. It makes cappuccinos. Fine with me. Alas it'll be in a couple of months, cause I don't want my mommy milk drinking baby to wake up at 5 am ready for a scream cause of all that caffeine I pumped into her stomach. (Not that she doesn't do that now, but it's not cause of caffeine...)
― stevienixed, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, sounds like your best bet.
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
the stovetop frothers work pretty well and it is a good morning workout for the forearms
― mizzell, Thursday, 13 March 2008 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
pavoni is the business
― Ed, Thursday, 13 March 2008 23:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Yay aeropress!
― Paul in Santa Cruz, Friday, 14 March 2008 01:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I misheard "the ideal copy" as "the ideal coffee" on Wire's "Ambitious" which is answered in the song with phrases like "H2O." Not that Wire would've sold out, but that could've been the basis for an awesome coffee commercial in the '80s.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 16:46 (one month ago) link
which terrible prepackaged coffee brand of the 80s would it be for, is the question
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 17:25 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9avjD9ugXc
i want a stovetop percolator now :\
― 龜, Thursday, 21 March 2024 02:00 (one month ago) link
My parents had a glass percolator, and in addition to the problems mentioned in the video, they would sometimes start a pot and forget to watch it, so it perked for 5-10 or even more minutes after it was done.
― nickn, Thursday, 21 March 2024 06:59 (one month ago) link
Such 60s/70s nostalgia on the glass and steel stovetop percs, before my time but would like to try
― calstars, Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:54 (one month ago) link
I think my mom used her steel stovetop perc well into the 90s. My grandparents definitely did; they died knowing no other coffee prep.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:31 (one month ago) link
it's after noon, time to switch from coffee to fake coffee.
― default damager (lukas), Thursday, 28 March 2024 19:51 (one month ago) link
i drank an afternoon coffee today, as a treat
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 March 2024 19:56 (one month ago) link
fancy
― calstars, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:29 (one month ago) link
thats right
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:31 (one month ago) link
There's unfinished coffee in the cafetiere in front of me, it's 8.30pm, do I microwave and consume n.b. am also on the beers
― imago, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:34 (one month ago) link
let's fuckin do this
― imago, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:38 (one month ago) link
also cooking orzo. champion of the fuckin world
― imago, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:40 (one month ago) link
coffee + beers is a low key speedball
― calstars, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:43 (one month ago) link
Found a can of cafe du Monde in my cabinet, made some strong brew, that is some good sh1t
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 21:30 (yesterday) link
has some chicory or something, yeah?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 22:11 (yesterday) link
I guessThe ground was pretty coarse so I put 1 1/3 servings in and yup dark af
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 22:30 (yesterday) link
I drank a coffee at 5pm and now it is 4am and I'm lying awake buzzing. I need to be up at 7. That is all.
― fly fishing by j.r. ewing (Matt #2), Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:47 (fifteen hours ago) link
My golden rule is as much coffee in the morning as I want, but the after-lunch espresso is always the last of the day
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 9 May 2024 03:00 (fifteen hours ago) link
I do last sip has to be before 3pm and no more than 3 cups
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 9 May 2024 03:34 (fourteen hours ago) link
Same here, except I'm back in London for a couple of weeks and hadn't had a coffee since May 1st as I refuse to buy anything from St@rbucks et al. I let my standards slip! Thus I got 2 hours sleep. A lesson learned the hard way.
― fly fishing by j.r. ewing (Matt #2), Thursday, 9 May 2024 06:59 (eleven hours ago) link
I got an espresso machine for free after a couple of friends replaced theirs. It makes very good coffee but has two problems: 1. most of the water does not make it to the cup 2. the coffee is not piping hot. According to the couple, the water leaks through the ventilator and I would need to dismantle and clean all the tubes inside. I tried descaling, and I think the machine wants tabs, so I'll try tabs. If I run water before making the coffee, the temperature is fine. Since I'm likely to do more harm than good by opening it and since I had it for free, I could show it to a professional, but I also welcome free advice from a community for whom coffee is pretty important :)
― Nabozo, Thursday, 9 May 2024 15:15 (three hours ago) link
Same rules as Zelda and Man Alive btw
― Nabozo, Thursday, 9 May 2024 15:17 (three hours ago) link
my cutoff is 2pm and no more than 2 cups. Unless... I have coffee really late, like almost right before bed. Then, I can get away with it.
― beard papa, Thursday, 9 May 2024 15:22 (three hours ago) link
I have a second cup at 3. Sometimes makes me sleepy fsr
― calstars, Thursday, 9 May 2024 16:40 (one hour ago) link
Coffee in the morning. Kinda fucks me up when I drink it in the afternoon.
― default damager (lukas), Thursday, 9 May 2024 16:54 (one hour ago) link
A cup after dinner is nice, at a restaurant or Thanksgiving dinner
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 9 May 2024 17:31 (fifty-four minutes ago) link
I'll also have a half-caff sometimes if I'm out and about
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 9 May 2024 17:32 (fifty-three minutes ago) link
I slam an instant one before going out to party at 8pm
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 9 May 2024 17:33 (fifty-two minutes ago) link
― calstars, Thursday, 9 May 2024 18:01 (twenty-four minutes ago) link