i bet gareth has spent the night there
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 13:45 (eleven months ago) link
yer millennial coffee is livin' all over me. too bitter! wtf. you want yer coffee to taste like yer IPA is that it? you should add 10 kinds of hops to yer coffee while you are at it. i just want some joe, man. i thought the burnt starbucks roast was always gonna be my least fave thing. i am wrong again.
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 August 2023 14:52 (eight months ago) link
the three places with coffee closest to my store all like it like this. need to start grinding my own beans again like the old days of the pandemic. i was ordering fancy coffee left and right back then.
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 August 2023 14:54 (eight months ago) link
Curious. Around here (Vancouver) both coffee roasting and IPA production have been focused on fruity and funky flavours for a good while now, with bitterness not being a goal in most cases. (Of course there are still many bitter IPAs around but the hip and happening breweries are still doing the hazy/fruity thing).
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 11 August 2023 07:02 (eight months ago) link
my Espro glass french press broke, and I'm once again thrown into the wide world of coffee. I should probably just get an insulated, non-glass Espro instead, but I'm looking at $215 gooseneck kettles and thinking about the pour-over life. how are you all brewing these days?
― rob, Thursday, 5 October 2023 13:39 (six months ago) link
Instant infrequently, and Nespresso and French press everyday.
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Thursday, 5 October 2023 13:45 (six months ago) link
when i still drank coffee i did pourovers straight from thee kettle and it was fine, no need to complicate it imo
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 5 October 2023 13:49 (six months ago) link
I prefer pour-overs myself -- even half-assing it with a Hario dripper and my regular kettle/no scale -- but my partner primarily wants a reliable source of a lot of coffee more or less immediately upon rising (I nearly always get up first), and has generally resisted me making pour-overs our go-to. frankly she'd be fine with a pot of drip that's been cooking into a viscous paste on the warmer for hours
Tracer, did you have a back-up system for house guests or otherwise wanting to make a large volume? this is maybe less of an issue in the UK, now that I think about it
does anyone rep for expensive-ass kettles? all the online snobs recommend the Fellow Stagg, but I could get a less aesthetically appealing Cosori for half the price and a gooseneck kettle has a limited range of functions
― rob, Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:12 (six months ago) link
cheap kettle is fine imo, the nice kettle feature thats better is ability set and hold a temp
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:23 (six months ago) link
no large volume strat but you can make two (or three in a pinch) aeropresses at a time so we just did thatmaybe you want to invest in a TECHNIVORM
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:24 (six months ago) link
you can get an xl french press
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:26 (six months ago) link
https://i.imgflip.com/b6adi.gif
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:27 (six months ago) link
lol
thanks y'all. for now, I went with a replacement french press that won't break as, on further reflection, my main problem is our extremely limited counter space. if we ever get a bigger kitchen I'll get myself a gooseneck kettle and finally become a fancy pour-over man
― rob, Thursday, 5 October 2023 15:41 (six months ago) link
I did pour-over for years (still do occasionally) but now I have this little Bialetti moka pot thing to make Americanos in the morning. No need need for filters, but make sure to put water in there! Otherwise it gets really hot and melts the handle lol
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 October 2023 16:53 (six months ago) link
I do pour-overs for 2 on the mornings when I’m home, but it only makes two 8-9 oz cups. Then about an hour or two later I make another 2 cups. It works fine for me, but my wife sometimes gets impatient for the 2nd cup.
― o. nate, Thursday, 5 October 2023 17:30 (six months ago) link
do you use a Chemex? I did think about the biggest one of those, though ultimately I need something that will keep the coffee hot for an unpredictable number of hours
in retrospect, lockdown would have been an ideal time to have perfected the pour-over life, ah well
― rob, Thursday, 5 October 2023 17:33 (six months ago) link
if you need coffee for multiple hours, wouldn't it taste better to just warm up a cup in the microwave rather than continually heating for a long time?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 5 October 2023 17:36 (six months ago) link
so far, pouring french press brewed coffee into a thermos has worked, but you have a point
― rob, Thursday, 5 October 2023 17:38 (six months ago) link
This might be coffee snobbery but I don't think you're supposed to ever zap in the microwave. Using a thermos rules imho
― a (waterface), Thursday, 5 October 2023 17:54 (six months ago) link
I don’t have a Chemex, I use a Hario V60 but either one would work. A thermos is great for keeping coffee hot.
― o. nate, Thursday, 5 October 2023 17:55 (six months ago) link
use a thermos or just get a huge ass insulated "coffee cup"
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 October 2023 18:09 (six months ago) link
Isn't a Mr. Coffee essentially a pour-over that can keep it warm?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 October 2023 18:11 (six months ago) link
in my experience, not even close
― rob, Thursday, 5 October 2023 18:13 (six months ago) link
give in to TECHNIVORM MOKA
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 5 October 2023 18:19 (six months ago) link
i fucking love brewed coffee. 12 cup pot or gtfo.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 5 October 2023 18:25 (six months ago) link
I remember at my pre-covid office, so many people would auto-pause to get an 'early'cup... that the pot would be empty before it was even finished brewing
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 October 2023 18:30 (six months ago) link
My main concern with the Mr. Coffee is the burner under the carafe that keeps the coffee warm. If you immediately take the brewed coffee and dump it in a thermos, it can be fine. Also in my experience for best results you should brew less than the maximum capacity of the machine, because there’s not enough room for the right amount of grounds.
― o. nate, Thursday, 5 October 2023 18:42 (six months ago) link
map otm
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 5 October 2023 19:00 (six months ago) link
although I guess mine is 9 cup, but it does have an insulated carafehttps://www.oxo.com/barista-brain-9-cup-coffee-maker.html
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 5 October 2023 19:01 (six months ago) link
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, October 5, 2023 2:30 PM (fifty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
jail
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 October 2023 19:26 (six months ago) link
we have a 10-cup Capresso drip w thermal carafe that I love SO much it will be buried with methermal carafe for drip is u&k
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 October 2023 20:20 (six months ago) link
coffee has just been extra comforting this week for some reason
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 15:31 (four months ago) link
breaking coffee news
McDonald's said it is opening a new chain called CosMc's that will focus on coffee and other drinks, a step that is viewed as a challenge to Starbucks and Dunkin' as the fast-food giant seeks to boost afternoon sales.
CosMc's concept is "what would happen if a McDonald's character from the 1980s that was part alien, part surfer, part robot" opened a restaurant in 2023.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-cosmcs-locations-near-me-bolingbrook-illinois-starbucks/
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 23:20 (four months ago) link
hahaha oh my god
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 23:35 (four months ago) link
how long before cosMc has to go back to his home planet i wonder
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 23:36 (four months ago) link
Had the worst coffee ever at Dunkin's the other day - surprised because I remember their coffee being pretty solid (though I only make like two trips at best per year). They put in sugar and cream but didn't bother to stir it (and initially neither did I, I was in a hurry), so I thought that might've been it, but even if it was black, it shouldn't taste so medicine-y. Maybe it was too late in the day at 2pm and the coffee was going bad?
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 23:50 (four months ago) link
i kind of love the consumer products of our twisted era
https://i.imgur.com/zM0tU7i.jpg
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 23:54 (four months ago) link
diabetes in a can
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 23:55 (four months ago) link
the fun thing about dunkin is having absolutely no idea how your coffee will taste each time you go.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 23:57 (four months ago) link
lol, the roulette of coffee
― birdistheword, Thursday, 14 December 2023 00:02 (four months ago) link
Alcoholic coffee drinks make me feel really really shitty.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 14 December 2023 02:01 (four months ago) link
I'll have an Irish coffee once every several years, that's about all I can do
― omar little, Thursday, 14 December 2023 02:29 (four months ago) link
i use my lovely aeropress every day, so i end up with a lot of grounds: if i bin them immediately the bin bag leaks coffeejuice so i dump them in a little tupperware box to dry by the sink before binning them (which is a bit unsightly)
today as an experiment i recycled a whole boxful of grounds, to try and get a second cups-worth from them
result = hmmm, the coffee is weaker (but i can always use three spoons of grounds instead of two), and they're looser packed, so the press pushes the hot water through them much faster, with liquid spillage more likely
spillage of small amounts of used grounds all over my counters is apparently unavoidable, the actual most annoying consequence
― mark s, Thursday, 14 December 2023 10:43 (four months ago) link
x-posts - they opened a DD here but the sizes are UK sizes and it's pour over and not the same at all. They also made roast dinner stuffed donuts which just no please stop this.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 14 December 2023 10:49 (four months ago) link
I'm sure the dunkins booze is disgusting but I'd try it in a heartbeat.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 14 December 2023 10:50 (four months ago) link
mark you could leave the little puck of grounds in the aeropress for a couple of hours and then eject it with extreme prejudice once it's dried out some
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 14 December 2023 10:59 (four months ago) link
and here's a pro-tip, if you tire of sourcing the paper filter discs you could spring for this reasonably priced re-usable metal one
https://www.creamsupplies.co.uk/aeropress-filter-punched-stainless-steel
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 14 December 2023 11:01 (four months ago) link
just don't throw it away by accident. no of course i have never done that*
*reader i have done that
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 14 December 2023 11:02 (four months ago) link
leave the puck in to reuse immediately for a second cup, you mean? yes i could -- i will try that once i use up (or tire of) this box-full of used grounds
my second-cup conclusion re the experiment this morning is that reused grounds be very much tastin like reused grounds: it's coffee but it's not especially delicious
― mark s, Thursday, 14 December 2023 11:07 (four months ago) link
i mean after you’ve pressed your coffee you could leave the puck in there to dry instead of in another container
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 14 December 2023 11:16 (four months ago) link