Coffee

Fixed myself the usual cup of moka this morning, and it's just so much more flavourful than the AeroPress. I'll give it another shot after lunch.

ime you do need to let it steep a good 3 mins or so. And use the scoop they provide - which is a bit more coffee than most people are used to using for 1 cup of coffee.

I did use their scoop, yes, but I only stirred it for 10 seconds before pressing the plunger per AP's instructions, so I'll try your suggestion, thanks.

RN I'm back to using the french press. It's not my favorite way, as I find it a little inconsistent, and I find that when I use enough grinds to get the strength I like it takes on a bit of an earthy/muddy quality. But it's good. I've been using Partners beans I got on sale and they are roughly comparable in quality to Colombe, Stumptown etc, maybe not quite as good but in that tier.

areopress claiming to be espresso is dumb but you can make a nice cup of cof w it

bonavita dripper weekdays, bolsita weekends. French press is just too complicated

when my in-laws are in town i use a cafetière (french press) with a ruff grind and you know what? it’s good

wtf is "complicated" about a french press?

compared to a canvas sock, plenty. Try it out y'all

cowboy coffee or gtfo

lol hadn't seen that before. Boiling the coffee before the sock? Gross! I've been doing the Costa Rica sock method. Coffee into sock and pour water through it, into cup. A little finer grind than for French Press.

I have an infinity grinder! I'm down!

70% chemex
10% aeropress
10% vietnamese cafe style phin
10% cold brew

I steep in Aero for ~1 minute. With my grind (medium-fine) it gets bitter if I do much more. I like to try a lot of new beans, so I adjust my method accordingly. If it's still too weak after a minute, I'll use a finer grind or more beans. Full disclosure, though: I always drink it black, and I generally prefer a lighter roast and more "fruit-forward" tasting beans.

also water temp makes a big difference for me. I'm not too picky about it: 160-180 F is fine, but hotter than that result in bitterness.

love that coffee

I have a decidedly non-fancy, non-gooseneck electric kettle. Ideal temp for me seems to be to let it reach boiling, then open the lid and let steam out for like 2 mins.

I do the same with mine. I don't actually take the temp or anything, but when I first started doing this I used to and that resulted in ideal temperature.

A friend of mine came up with a really finicky Aeropress method that I keep meaning to try: You have to have a steel filter. Put the Aeropress on top of the cup, put the grinds in, pour the water in, let it steep for about 20 secs. Stir it, then put the plunger in as softly as you can and use whatever vacuum has built up to very gently suck the steeping grinds up a centimeter or so, so that water is no longer dripping through the grounds into the cup. Then, you dump whatever is in the cup (this is key), let it sit for a minute or so, then press it. His whole theory is that you want to get rid of that first bit of water that runs through the grounds without properly steeping.

i know it's cliche to be like just make your damn coffee and drink it life is too short for that bullshit but sheesh come on

no that’s pretty much exactly what i do (except i let it sit longer) except for ditching what made it into the cup why because i can’t find it in my heart to lose precious cof

my temp method for the water is to pour the boiling water into the mug, let it sit for...... i dunno, whatever, which not only saps the heat from the water but heats up the mug to keep my coffee hotter longer *taps head *

i know it's cliche to be like just make your damn coffee and drink it life is too short for that bullshit but sheesh come on

Hah, it takes > 5 minutes and I enjoy the ritual. And, coffee is worth the little extra effort it takes to make a proper cup. I only drink a cup in the morning, and an optional post-lunch. That first gulp of morning coffee is pretty much my favorite moment of the day, so I don't mind perfecting it. One reason I started doing it this way was to use my own laziness to cut down on coffee. If I required 3 cups a day this method would not be sustainable and I'd be drinking from a Mr Coffee or whatever.

Tracer, my friend who shared that method with me just told me he now uses one of these and swears by it. My curiosity is piqued!

I've only ever done the inverted method with the Aeropress. The other way frankly looks more difficult to me. I'd be worried about trying to seat the plunger when the tube is already full of hot water and coffee grounds. Even doing the inverted way, I knocked it over once, and hot water and coffee grounds went all over the counter, got inside my electronic scale, which gave me a scare for about a day until it dried out and started working again.

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

https://i.ibb.co/7J5wTGr/0-BFB2114-DE12-4-E8-F-8-F85-D949293-E41-FA.jpg

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

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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.