been ordering beans from Olympia Coffee Co the last couple months
― silby, Thursday, 28 May 2020 03:11 (three years ago) link
In crucial coffee news, I realized the only problem I had with my morning coffee ritual was that I didn't get to sit there enjoying it longer, so I've moved from ersatz Aeropress espresso lungo to Americano. (72g water pressed, then maybe 3x added.) I was worried that it might taste thin, but that hasn't been a problem at all.
― lukas, Friday, 29 May 2020 02:04 (three years ago) link
what a great beverage!
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Friday, 29 May 2020 10:57 (three years ago) link
do people rate james hoffmann's youtube videos on coffee
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Friday, 29 May 2020 12:04 (three years ago) link
all the coffee people I know do
― coptic feels (seandalai), Sunday, 31 May 2020 12:48 (three years ago) link
name a good burr grinder
― contorted filbert (harbl), Friday, 5 June 2020 02:23 (three years ago) link
I love my Breville Smart Grinder Pro.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 5 June 2020 02:40 (three years ago) link
Hario Skerton is a nice hand grinder
― lukas, Friday, 5 June 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
capresso infinity is one of the devices ive owned that i liked the most, i say that knowing that the knob did break in half after a couple years and no replacements were available but dont worry i glued it back together, the core mechanism of the device ie the grinder still looks like its got 300k miles left on it tho
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 03:07 (three years ago) link
I've had mine for about 14 years and never needed to have it repaired or serviced in any way.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 04:09 (three years ago) link
there u go
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
applying too much force to the knob might suggest you're overindulging in the cof
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Friday, 5 June 2020 04:41 (three years ago) link
it does have that mildly annoying tic where the grinds drawer thingy slides out ever so slightly from the vibrations and then a little bit of grinds falls behind it. Otherwise it's the best.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link
thats the only thing that annoys meit needs a latch!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 June 2020 05:05 (three years ago) link
+ obligatory knob joke
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 June 2020 05:06 (three years ago) link
i've got a bodum bistro burr grinder and it really doesn't get it quite fine enough for my aeropress but it's close enough for me to have gotten used to and adjust for
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 5 June 2020 08:22 (three years ago) link
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Friday, June 5, 2020 12:41 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i only drink the perfect amount...
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
do you think Trump would use the word 'delicious' a lot if he was president of coffee
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Friday, 5 June 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
*were
thats the only thing that annoys me
it needs a latch!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, June 5, 2020 12:05 AM (eleven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
There are certain special products that just get away with their flaws. I felt the same way about the Pavoni when I had it running - there were all kinds of things about it that were a complete pain in the ass, but it made the best fucking coffee so I put up with it.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 16:12 (three years ago) link
there was a lady always hanging around my local brooklyn deli asking people to buy her delicious coffees
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
asking people to buy them *for* her or *from* her?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
for her, and then if no one wld shed often just take one from the self service station and run out, the people at the store wld be like hey (cant remember her name my friends and i called her delicious coffee) cmon again
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
If someone randomly asked me to buy them a "delicious coffee" I don't think I could help but oblige
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
i def bought her a number of delicious coffees over the years
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
i've subscribed to Counter Culture's 2-bags every 2-weeks delivery service for several years now. it's run by some good friends of ours from back in the day in DC.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 5 June 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
about a year ago I was on a business trip in Leicester and walked into this place for a cup of coffee:
http://www.leicestercoffeehouse.co.uk/
The cof was UTTERLY AMAZING and on the strength of that, and the fact that the dog in their logo refers to an actual dog who hangs lazily around inside the coffee shop, and the fact that they do free shipping, I've been getting a kilo of whole bean cof delivered to my house every month.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 5 June 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
nice, they shd have pics of the dog on their site thi
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
i am going to switch to back low tech method because i'm not commuting for a while and i don't need as much coffee as i used to. not sure if that's a result of getting more sleep for the past few months, but more than a cup makes me feel yucky now. i think i'm ready to enjoy coffee again.
― contorted filbert (harbl), Friday, 5 June 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
do it!
https://www.instagram.com/leicestercoffee/?hl=en
^ many doggie fotoz here
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 5 June 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
Hey Karl what coff do ya'll recommend from Counter Culture, we are espresso/capp drinkers. I currently order locally from Harrar, which I love, but maybe want to mix it up a bit.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 5 June 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
thank u xp
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
any canadians aboot? i've been using https://buycoffeecanada.com/ and it's good. Roasted when ordered. A little cheaper than the best stuff at the supermarkets around here (Justus).
I'm pretty new at coffee (i used to just be able to be awake) and I'm not sure what it is about pricier beans ($20/pound) tending to taste nicer? I don't have a vocabulary for it and I'm not bothered enough to buy it all of the time. Know what i mean?
― maffew12, Friday, 5 June 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
There tends to be more care in the roast process, in bean selection, and in culling out the bad ones for one thing. Also I do find single origins tend to be a little tastier than blends for whatever reason, like they just have more distinct flavors to them.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
I mean like a lot of products, there's plenty of overpriced bullshit out there, but there are also certain aspects of creating good quality that just cost more in time, labor, inputs, etc. The same way you're just not going to get a really good bottle of wine for $4.00, because it's just not possible to do the minimum it takes to make really good wine and sell at $4.00 without taking a huge loss.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
for me one of the things that good coffee tends to have when brewed well is distinct flavors across the register particularly if it has that high note and then some other complimentary stuff like earthiness on the low end etc
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
does Trump drink coff?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
he drinks covfefe iirc
― contorted filbert (harbl), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:34 (three years ago) link
he drinks 100% Arabica fair trade, single origin cof like you might find at cosco
― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Friday, 5 June 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
he drinks diet coke out of a bucket
― j., Friday, 5 June 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
I am now truly wondering what guy's liquid of choice is.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:13 (three years ago) link
oh so it is diet coke alright
LAME
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:15 (three years ago) link
The Coca Cola company is not happy with me--that's okay, I'll still keep drinking that garbage.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2012
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:24 (three years ago) link
another one that's very dril-like
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
haaaaha
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:39 (three years ago) link
That’s long been my favorite tweet.
― treeship., Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:40 (three years ago) link
For cheap coffee, fyi, i recommend Melitta European Roast. Yr welcome
― treeship., Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, June 5, 2020 12:56 PM (nine hours ago)
we're on a subscription that sends us 2 different bags every 2 weeks, so i've had almost all of them many times. but despite drinking tons of them, i think i'm a very poor judge of what's good, and why. also note that i'm not a regular espresso/capp drinker - most of the time i'm just drinking black coffee.
having said all that, i think my favorite is maybe their Haru. but maybe i just really like coffee from Kenya.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 6 June 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
ty, will check out
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 6 June 2020 12:20 (three years ago) link
Paying for my sins this morning, the sin of not making cold brew last night when I meant to. Then I would have clinking icy delicious cold cof instead of this hot glass of it's 84 degrees out why am I doing this?
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Saturday, 6 June 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link