I hate coffee

i retired my aeropress btw its swissgold from here on

neato!! I was afraid you wouldn't like it. I think both have their uses. find that grind size is croosh to swissgold - right now I'm working through a bag of terrible, coarsely ground coffee that someone gave me, and the coffee is so weak - it's cause the grounds are so coarse that the water just passes through in like 30 seconds

this ethiopian yirgacheffe I picked up yesterday is so dope I'm so happy wahahahaha

i do like it, its as good as the aeropress but easier to clean/operate so pretty much im just lazy. what grind do u find works best, i've using medium

I use medium-fine, a good way to judge is to time how long it takes for the water to 'clear' - around 3-4 minutes is good I think

http://www.porlex.co.jp/1-coffee1.htm

wish I could read all this japanese

i got a new kind of coffee i've never gotten before today. whole foods "island blend." because i get those 24 oz bags for 10.99, i feel they are the best value. still french pressing & using cheap blade grinder.

also i just realized we had that whole paper vs. metal filter talk a month ago. my brain is deteriorating.

i got a hand crank burr grinder--i can detect a slight taste difference but im not sure its worth it vs the convenience of the blade grinder

i like the process tho

feel like it would be a terrible waste if dayo and harbl were radio hosts and they only talked about coffee

what kind did you get max

hario slim

dont get me wrong i like the coffee from the hand grinder more, its just that the blade grinder is so easy

thats the one I have, I like it a lot

I read that williams and sonoma started carrying hario's line of coffee equipment, no longer makes me feel 'cool' to have one tho, probably will switch to something more exotic yamean

i might buy one of those lil animals that poops out the good coffee

i am also still cheap blade grinding and french pressing, thought i kinda want a drip w/ a stainless carafe so that i can make more coffee and keep it warm.
got a giant bag of fair trade organic sumatran at bj's that was such a good deal it makes me worried i'm going to be stuck w/ 3 lbs of really shitty coffee.

my coava disk filter arrived but I discovered that my 4 year old aeropress is giving up the ghost

the rubber plunger is all grodey and won't seal

discovered that the new aeropresses are made out of copolyester and not BPA containing polycarbonate like my old aeropress

guess it's time to get a replacement

i am happy with island blend. i usually get the super dark roasts, this one's kinda medium

is there a such thing as an insulated stainless steel french press?
i feel like i have gotten my coffee recipe down pat, but i want it to stay hot longer. i need the container to be like one of those decanters for a drip pot, but allow me to do the french press thang. is there another method that would allow me to achieve delicious coffee that stays hot longer?

dyao posted upthread (or was it the other coffee thread) the columbia press

dang, $$

http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/cafe-bustelo.jpg

there is a company called tiamo that makes an affordable columbia press but I can't find any info about them on the internet : /

also a double-walled press but it's just as expensive :/

http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Bistro-Insulated-34-Ounce-Double-Wall/dp/B000VE3GJM

Awful lot of coffee lovers for an i hate coffee thread.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/science/earth/10coffee.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

:(

it's ok we will just have to drink less coffee at a slower rate

Yesterday someone gave me a fancy Krups burr grinder that she's owned for years and wasn't using. I feel exceedingly fancy today and my coffee tastes KICK-ASS compared to yest when I was forced to put beans in my food processor for lack of any other processing options.

http://coava.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/disk-coffee-filter

attn: dayo

I've been using that! also bought a grinder that wasn't too expensive. the coava is nice, does a reasonably good job of keeping sediment out of my aeropress pushes.

http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Bistro-Electric-Coffee-Grinder/dp/B0043095WW

don't think it does espresso-quality grinding but I only ever use it for my swissgold and aeropress so it's fine for me

i thot u didnt like the aeropress!

I start out every day with a cup but if I want a pickmeup at noon I'll 'press

i love it but i make americanos w/ it

i need to buy a brush so i can clean out my chemex and start using it again

yeah i'm liking the coava disk. i also got a hario kettle which seems to make a difference somehow, maybe its the controlled pour. i kinda want one of those hario burr grinders and then i'm done buying coffee contraptions

i have a bialetti moka too but haven't tried it yet :/

i got the disk solely so i don't have periodic anxiety attacks about running out of the paper filters

So what would you recommend for someone who wants to get a press but is totally new to the whole thing. I drink reg old filter coffee now but think I'm ready for the next step. Recs here pls. Nothing too complicated.

moka doesnt really compare to aeropress ime, except as an exercise in authenticity

get a french press, erica

just one of the regular old bodum ones--great coffee, easy to figure out, not too ambitious or nerdy

the moka is also harder to "get right" than the aeropress (ime)... i havent tried mine since i got the burr grinder, maybe ill bust it out and give it another shot tonight

dude WHAT

aeropress = same price as bodum, makes coffee that is like 1000000 times better; way easier to clean

though perhaps others possess less of a propensity for allowing their uncleaned plunger pot to sit there at the back of the counter for like a week

max do u find the hario slim to be too small, seems like its made for single cup rather than pot grinding

dude WHAT

aeropress = same price as bodum, makes coffee that is like 1000000 times better; way easier to clean

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, September 26, 2011 12:22 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

aeropress makes "espressos" and americanos vs. "regular coffee" and is also impossibly nerdy

max do u find the hario slim to be too small, seems like its made for single cup rather than pot grinding

― am0n, Monday, September 26, 2011 12:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i think you basically get one (10/12oz) cup out of it... i only ever make one cup at a time so it hasnt bothered me yet, but i basically fill the thing up to get there. maybe you could squeeze like 16oz of coffee out of it if you wanted