/CG/ Coffee General Thread

[Anonymous No.14855100]

What's in your cup this morning?

[Anonymous No.14855109]

what's an easy way to make coffee with an electric kettle

[Anonymous No.14855113]

>>14855100
condensed milk and two shots of espresso. hot vietnamese coffee.

[Anonymous No.14855122]

>>14855113
based. Bought chicory coffee awhile ago to make vietnamese coffee. Was good

[Anonymous No.14855124]

>>14855100
Folgers in a really nice pour-over.
Forgot to get coffee when I was at the store.
Actually, pretty decent.

[Anonymous No.14855140]

>>14855109
Cold brew, desu. Dilute it with hot water and you have a pretty decent hot cup of coffee.

[Anonymous No.14855149]

>>14855124
Got some free maxwell house and did the same. Wasn't the best, but definitely drinkable.

[Anonymous No.14855195]

>>14855149
Gotta do what you gotta do.
I drank Folgers drip for years when I visited my grandparents so I'm somewhat used to it.
Now I kind of miss it, so probably some nostalgia there.
Same as drinking Busch Light. I don't know if I really like it, or if I just have fond memories because it was my grandpa's beer of choice.

[Anonymous No.14855208]

>>14855100
Cold brew

[Anonymous No.14855222]

>>14855208
>he doesn't drink Gradys

[Anonymous No.14855326]

>>14855109
pourover
vietnamese
french press

[Anonymous No.14855356]

My work recently announced we'd be working from home basically indefinitely, so they gave everyone a $250 gift card to spend on home office supplies. I used that to get an espresso maker so I've been doing cappuccinos every morning. Excellent way to start the day.

[Anonymous No.14855412]

>>14855100
Never been into coffee drinking much. Pretty much all I can drink is glorified hot chocolates.
Is there somewhere I can get a good cup that can help me appreciate a near-black coffee or am I doomed to suffer the eternal sweettooth?

[Anonymous No.14855422]

>>14855412
Cold brews could get you started on the coffee drinking path. They exhibit sweeter notes than most other brewing methods.

[Anonymous No.14855469]

>>14855412
Find a local roaster and get a brewed cup at their cafe.
If you're lucky they might even have a blend with natural sweet or fruity notes.

[Anonymous No.14855593]

>>14855109
Cupping

[Anonymous No.14855598]

>>14855109
i actually just bought an electric kettle to use my pour over easier

[Anonymous No.14855857]

>>14855598
Good purchase in my opinion. Have had one since forever.
Doesn't take up a burner on my stove when I want to have a coffee or tea while I'm cooking plus the thing takes like a minute.

[Anonymous No.14856023]

Just got this bad boy for my robot.

[Anonymous No.14856030]

The De'Longhi EC155 machine and Akirakoki grinder are what I'm looking at getting. What do you homos have to say about that?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000F49XXG/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0843145RP/ref=ox_sc_act_image_4?smid=ADCNDB3PG4GV0&psc=1

[Anonymous No.14856051]

>>14856030
Good luck.

[Anonymous No.14856057]

i kinda want to get into espresso but that seems like a fools errand

it's relatively expensive no matter what, but my concern is spending hundreds on 'entry level' when by all accounts those machines are compromises, bordering on imitations of actual espresso

so then another part of me wants to go whole hog, maybe try to get a used rancilio silvia on ebay. seems like lots of listing are par for the course for difficult to use luxury goods: used once, put back in the box, left in the garage.

[Anonymous No.14856067]

>>14856030
Just get an electric grinder. Burr grinders are a spook.
Machine looks fine, but couldn't know unless I used it for a few months.

[Anonymous No.14856074]

chemex pour over 15:1 ratio. ethiopean light roast. black.

[Anonymous No.14856084]

>>14856057
>so then another part of me wants to go whole hog, maybe try to get a used rancilio silvia on ebay

[Anonymous No.14856091]

>>14856074
I tried a 10:1 the other day with a darker roast that was pretty good. Obviously it's not the same but light roasts give me indigestion.

[Anonymous No.14856094]

>>14856057
If you're gonna do it then go all in. If you're on the fence then just buy espresso from a cafe.

[Anonymous No.14856096]

>>14855100
Espresso, chocolate syrup and lemon juice.

[Anonymous No.14856097]

>>14856023
You bought a butt plug for your robot?

[Anonymous No.14856105]

>>14855100
Previous thread >>14835704

[Anonymous No.14856139]

>>14856057
A flair and a "good" hand grinder will set you back around $500 minimum. I feel like this would be the true entry point for proper home espresso.
Anything below that isn't really worth it, desu

[Anonymous No.14856237]

>>14856023
i just ordered the robot today, im stoked

[Anonymous No.14856318]

>6 tablespoons and couple teaspoons of preground Starbucks breakfast blend
>18 oz water
>a sugar packet and a splash of milk

[Anonymous No.14856361]

>>14855109
aeropress or french press

[Anonymous No.14856414]

Just found a Hario skerton, second hand, kinda cheap. Shoud I buy it? Would you recommend it?

[Anonymous No.14856428]

>>14856057
get a flair or robot if you don't care about milk drinks. actual espresso machines are toys for retirees, consoomers and latte drinkers. plus a manual lever seems way more fun and lower maintenance. haven't got one myself yet though.
t. sold my $2k espresso setup to some boomer after playing with it for a month.

[Anonymous No.14856439]

>>14856414
no it's fucking SHIT
pony up for a timemore or 1zpresso

[Anonymous No.14856453]

>>14855100
Coffee.

[Anonymous No.14856581]

>>14856414
I have one, fine enough for french ~ drip.

[Anonymous No.14856585]

From the previous thread: manual grinding would be enjoyable if it where something like this sans the fucking price. I've seen cheaper ones working on similar mechanics, but are they any good?

https://youtu.be/wYHa5oHCNcs?t=36

[Anonymous No.14856617]

>>14856139
If you're lucky you can get away with around ~350-400$. I bought the 1zpresso JX-Pro new and a Flair Classic used from Ebay for a total of around 300$. In addition to that I bought the pressure gauge kit from Flair but it's not strictly necessary (but I would strongly recommend it to know what the fuck you are doing).

It's a lot of money but I think that's probably the cheapest "good" set up you can get. The only caveat is whether the 1zpresso will hold up over long-term use but so far it has been excellent.

[Anonymous No.14856859]

>>14856617
I picked up a scratch and dent signature for 150, came free with the upgraded all steel tamper, +PGK for $50 and snagged a kinu m47p when they released. Best $400 you can spend.

[Anonymous No.14857005]

>>14855122
Chicory importer and dealer here ama about the horrible tastes ground root

[Anonymous No.14857018]

>>14856617
Nerd >>14856414
It's ok. Zassenhaus

[Anonymous No.14857618]

i picked this up recently and i'm pretty disappointed desu. it's pretty vegetative and weak

[Anonymous No.14857803]

>>14857618
they are OG.
the coffee is mixed 70/30 with chicory

[Anonymous No.14857841]

>>14856057
its not. If you can find an old saeco vienna plus its a good buy.

espresso machines are like cars. some are works of art some of work horses IMO the ranchilo silvia is an excellent machine. the new brevilles are nice too.

now days, depending on your budget you can obviously buy some super fancy gizmoed out coffee machine but main points i look for are:
ease of use
full-sized porto filter
semi auto function with a manual switch or button so i can pull long shots like 8 10 fl oz for toot sweet americanos
repairability.

or u could just get a meila

[Anonymous No.14857967]

Some Doma coffee roasters' Ethiopian sidama. It's a light roast with apple, pecan.and honeysuckle notes. I did it in a chemex and it's been coming out pretty good. Although since I started trying to get a flat bed extraction as well as stirring it, I'm pretty sure my grinder can't go coarse enough.

[Anonymous No.14858456]

Can someone with a hood hand grinder post their filter after a pour over? Getting insecure about the amount of fines in my cup.

[Anonymous No.14858600]

>>14856414
It's not really.any better than an electric burr grinder around the same price point

[Anonymous No.14858616]

>>14855100

JET ALERT
CAFE BUSTELO
INSTANT SHITTY COFFEE

I don't care, I've had ten thousand cups of coffee in my life. I pour enough milk into my cup of coffee to make it cold enough and pleasant enough to drink and I just fucking drink it in 20 or 30 seconds.

I am not a faggot "coffee connosseiur" asking about the hip and cool ways to have the coffee. I just drink the fucking coffee.

[Anonymous No.14858638]

>>14857618
make a vietnamese coffee with it. That's all I really find it good for. That type of cut coffee was made for Johnny Reb and Jean-Wok Gook, so it was never meant to be tasty.

[Anonymous No.14859066]

Moka or Brikka

You can only choose one

[Anonymous No.14859072]

>>14858600
A Hario Skerton is definitely better than a $50 shitty fake burr electric grinder.

[Anonymous No.14859111]

>>14856414
Depends on how cheaply and whether you need a fine grind or a coarse grind.

>>14859072
I got a conical burr electric grinder for $50. Granted it was on sale because the color is ugly.

[Anonymous No.14859335]

>>14858616
You're allowed to have fun and enjoy things. You don't have to be a contrarian faggot about everything.

[Anonymous No.14859521]

My aunt is learning to roast coffee beans and she gave us some to try. They smell vaguely of burnt toast and yield a beverage that is... drinkable. I cold-brewed some in the French press and sweetened it with honey, so that's what I'm sipping on now. I always saw cold brewing as a slight waste of quality beans, but these certainly are not, so yeah.

[Anonymous No.14860168]

>>14859521
Sounds like she over-roasted and is giving away failed batches. Old roasters' secret. Well, free coffee!

[Anonymous No.14860252]

>>14856096
Is this a real thing?

>>14857005
Is there any way to make it actually taste good?

>>14858616
Jet alert is pretty based, desu. I take it when I run out of other sources of caffeine

[Anonymous No.14860354]

>>14859066
Moka.
Doesn't the Brikka just make foam so you can pretend you have crema?

[Anonymous No.14860664]

>>14860354
it has spring loaded valves in its design to increase its brewing pressures to make something closer to espresso, with crema. Not sure how well they work though.

[Anonymous No.14860730]

>>14858456
My V60 filter with a JX Pro and a light roast at medium-fine. Would be interested in seeing a Comandante's filter.

[Anonymous No.14861001]

>>14860664
That kinda just sounds shitty and worst or ineffective at best.
Heating water to generate pressures above 1atm raises the temp above the boiling point. Moka already brews very hot, adding a pressure valve will make it brew too hot...
Unless it's a weak valve that doesn't do anything.

[Anonymous No.14861055]

Is there a faster way to make fresh coffee other than a french press?It takes so fucking long I'd rather just drink instant

[Anonymous No.14861068]

>>14855100
water. stop putting actual poison in you body.

[Anonymous No.14861147]

>>14861055
french press is literally the slowest method with the worst cleanup so yeah. honestly did you do any research at all or do you just want to be spoonfed?

[Anonymous No.14861150]

>>14861055
Keurig would technically work, but I guess you don't want that.

Ignoring the time it takes to heat water and clean up, aeropress can cut your brew time down to 1 minute. And actually, I'm pretty sure the brew instructions from aero's manufacturer says to just stir for 10 SECONDS and press.
I guess it depends on how much taste you're willing to sacrifice.

[Anonymous No.14861158]

>>14861147
Moka is slower (in terms of just brew time) and has a worse cleanup.
Although, Moka does save time due to starting with cold water.

[Anonymous No.14861172]

>>14861150
for me aeropress takes the same amount of time as v60, around 2:30.
nobody should use the official recipe unless they have the palate of a boomer. the guy uses shitty preground and cold water and then dilutes it. what the fuck.

[Anonymous No.14861177]

>>14861172
That's why boomers love Keurig

[Anonymous No.14861279]

Been using my new moka pot. Definitely better than the drip machine I've been using. Good on beans for a min but I'm getting more anyway because I don't like running low on anything.

[Anonymous No.14861289]

>>14856585
Check the Apex manual grinder, its much cheaper.

[Anonymous No.14861313]

I'm a big fan of the freshly ground whole bean using the drip method of brewing. I like light roast coffees. I can drink a dark roast but some French and Italian roast can taste a little burnt to me.

I like a very basic cup of coffee. Just half and half or whole milk. I love the taste of coffee so much that adding sweetener just ruins it for me.

[Anonymous No.14861321]

>>14861068
How is coffee poison, you toddler-palated retard?

[Anonymous No.14861326]

>>14861158
>Although, Moka does save time due to starting with cold water.
Are you trying to burn your coffee?

[Anonymous No.14861406]

>>14861326
I don't taste a difference starting with hot or cold.
It's a meme as far as I can tell.
Best improvement comes from stopping it early, and that works no matter whether you started with hot or cold.

[Anonymous No.14861498]

>>14855109
French press. Boil the water, wait ten seonds, wet the coffee a little to degass, then wait four minutes and pour the rest.

[Anonymous No.14861607]

>>14855100
1 shot of l'or pod in a nespresso
lavender honey syrup that i made
oatly barista oatmilk
ice

[Anonymous No.14861655]

>>14861172
What should I be doing? Obviously I grind it myself right beforehand, then I wet the filter with hot water, them add the grinds and put hot water in, stir, and press. Is that wrong?

[Anonymous No.14861827]

>>14861655
use off the boil water (by "cold" I meant like 180F), a ratio that doesn't require dilution, and a normal grind setting, not espresso. make 1 cup at a time. use a scale. I mean it's all up to your tastes but the recipe on the box is just odd.
this is what I do.
19-20g medium fine coffee in, start timer, add 30-40ml at 205F and stir like a madman to get everything wet and gassy, top up to 230ml, 5 second stir, use the plunger/inverted method/fellow prismo to stop the drip, steep until 1:30, 5 second stir, press about 30 seconds.
no dilution, use less coffee if it's too strong and a coarser grind if it tastes bitter. bitter tastes are more prominent at higher temps, so just let it cool down a bit. I think this is where his claim that "everyone liked it better at a lower temperature" comes from.

[Anonymous No.14861843]

>>14861289
>Apex manual grinder


Trash grinder from a trash company.

[Anonymous No.14862099]

>friend constantly drinks french press
>only has a manual hario grinder

What's a nice automatic coffee grinder I can get him for his birthday, /ck/?

[Anonymous No.14862207]

>>14862099
Kafatek Monolith Flat MAX
If his birthday isn't anytime soon

[Anonymous No.14862229]

>>14862207
>Monolith Flat MAX is priced at $3250 US dollars + actual shipping.
Anon, I'm not taking out a mortgage for this faggot's birthday.

[Anonymous No.14862267]

>>14862229
get him a subscription to grindr

[Anonymous No.14862278]

>>14862207

No

[Anonymous No.14862552]

I want to buy whole coffee beans but my grinder I got on clearance for like $8 is, unsurprisingly, garbage. Is it actually worth it to spend a bit on a grinder knowing I can get freshly ground coffee from several local grocers anyways?

[Anonymous No.14862598]

>>14862552
Did you read the thread at all?
Save up for a Monolith Flat MAX, you won't regret it.

[Anonymous No.14862633]

Just made a pourover with my monolith. Shit was so cash.
Pic related.

[Anonymous No.14862666]

>>14862552
I don't know.
I've been drinking lavazza coffee pre-ground for a long time, and got a grinder and then tried the same blends freshly ground from whole bean.
Grinding fresh was an improvement, but not as huge as I thought. To use an analogy, if the flavor of my coffee was like a live musical performance, the difference between pre-ground and fresh-grind is that the music is louder (in a good way). What I mean is, the flavor was totally the same, with the same good and bad stuff, but there was MORE of it.

If you can't get the coffee you want pre-ground to a grind-size that fits your brewing methods though, I can see that being a big deal. It would probably be a good idea to get a good grinder then.
I mainly use moka pot, and lavazza's "espresso" pre-ground varieties are a good fit for moka, so it works well. I'll probably keep buying whole bean if I want to try out v60 or french press.
Btw, my grinder is an Encore I got as a gift.

[Anonymous No.14862705]

>>14862552
Yes. Spend $200 on a hand grinder and be happy for years.

[Anonymous No.14862856]

>>14861607
>l'or pod
Haven’t heard of these? How do you like em?

[Anonymous No.14862864]

>>14862633
Jesus christ.
>>14858456
This is what a real grinder looks like.

[Anonymous No.14863153]

>>14862856
comparable quality to nespresso pods but cheaper, like $0.50/ea. Some flavors are meh, I think the green ones were good

[Anonymous No.14863160]

>>14855222
Cool Brew is by far the best cold brew.
unfortunately, it is not widely available

[Anonymous No.14863327]

>>14858456

Kinu m47p at 4.3.2, lazy technique, brazilian yellow bourbon semiwashed roasted to 405 in 11minutes. Cleaned grinder like 3 weeks ago, mostly pulled espresso since.

[Anonymous No.14863450]

>>14863327
how are you liking the slower roasts?

[Anonymous No.14863575]

>>14863450
Way worse. This was creamy peanut butter before, now its roasted peanuts.

[Anonymous No.14863793]

>>14863575
Heat gunner here. I have also noticed that going too slow tastes worse. I have been going really slow from green to yellow, which seems to greatly improve roast evenness though, then getting in there hard and hot from there to first crack. Then I heat slightly less agressively beyond that so I can catch the final roast level more easily. Can a machine or a program even replicate the nuances a human can hear and see? Also I like to take the heat off and keep agitating before I cool. One of the coffees I like to catch right at the tail end of first crack, another one right in the middle of second crack. I let the residual heat finish it up for me for 10-30 seconds. It's not very scientific, but pragmatically, this seems to be a good way to roast.

[Anonymous No.14863962]

>>14857618
You should try this:
http://amzn.com/B07JKNB3C7

Union Coffee & Chicory

>>14857803
CDM sucks ass.

Union is much better.

[Anonymous No.14863971]

>>14863793
You use a heat gun to roast? I'm thinking of getting some green beans to try roasting, it seems like there is quiet a few ways to do it. I would probably be going with pan or popcorn maker at first

[Anonymous No.14864083]

>>14863793
>Can a machine or a program even replicate the nuances a human can hear and see?
yes, but more importantly they can replicate nuances you can't hear or see.

[Anonymous No.14864119]

>>14863971
$20 popper from sweetmarias and they send you 4lbs of beans. Can't be beat. Popper is real moddable too.

[Anonymous No.14864163]

>>14863971
Yeah. It works really well. I clamp the heat gun to a tripod and wear welders gloves so I can two-hand it with a big stainless pot and a whisk. Pot hand tosses, moves closer or further from heat. Whisk hand stirs.

>>14864083
I'm still learning. I think I'm getting really good at it manually. This is a good experience for if I ever get a small commercial roaster some day. I realllly like doing it. I would love to start a roasting business! One thing I think is fun is how different coffees have different characters while roasting them. It's definitely not one size fits all. you just learn after several tries how to coax the best out of a bean. I bet you start to get really critical of people who did a shitty roast after a while. So what are these imperceptible nuances? I am a sponge right now.

[Anonymous No.14864175]

how are Nespresso machines? I'm thinking about buying one.

[Anonymous No.14864298]

>>14864163
>So what are these imperceptible nuances
like the bean temperature and rate of rise. some high end roasters have temperature profiling so you can record and replay your roasts.
I think it's good to at least have a thermometer to see how the roast is going.

[Anonymous No.14864323]

>>14864298
I first started using an infrared thermometer, but I quickly abandoned it as it seemed unnecessary. Or maybe it was just too much information for me to process at the time. I can see the replay function being pretty crucial on a commercial scale, since every bean roasts differently, and if you get one batch just right, you'd want to at least have all of that coffee the same. If I fuck up a roast now I'm only out ten bucks or less. I'll give it another shot, but I don't think it really matters, nor do I think my temp info would translate over to a real machine anyway.

[Anonymous No.14864870]

>>14855100
Water.... then coffee from the local cafe near the train-stop.

[Anonymous No.14864902]

>>14856057
You can make good espresso on a stove witha cheap manual thingy. look on ikea for the parts

[Anonymous No.14864917]

>>14864323
How much is a IR thermometer?

[Anonymous No.14864977]

The K-cups at Aldi are pretty cheap, but not great. Drinking my way through a case of those has been a fucking chore. Grind On makes dirt cheap K-cups that don't taste like they've been filtered through an ashtray. Problem is, they don't taste like much of anything else, either.
The Kaui K-cups smell great in the bag, but aren't really much better tasting than regular Green Mountain.
A splash of whole milk or two packets of half and half is all that a cuppa needs.

[Anonymous No.14864987]

>>14855109
Pour over with a cloth filter

[Anonymous No.14864999]

>>14864977
K-cups? As in coffee capsules? No thanks.

[Anonymous No.14865402]

>>14864902
No you can't.

[Anonymous No.14865597]

>>14864119
I'm in Canada so I don't think it would be as cheap from me to get it shipped from them but I will have a look. What grade are thier beans? I would be fine to cheaper ones for my first try, the only green beans I have access to here are specialty grade, but luckily can get them at cost for about 15cad/kg. That's pretty cheap considering they are the same price roasted for 8oz.

[Anonymous No.14866012]

Why does ground coffee make me poop so much more than instant coffee? I don't want to poop this much.

[Anonymous No.14866035]

>>14855100
double shot (out of milk)

[Anonymous No.14866153]

>>14864175
They're pretty kino. Would recommend for easy, at home espresso.

[Anonymous No.14866770]

for me nothing beats dunk

[Anonymous No.14866822]

>>14864917
I don't know. Twenty bucks? Not sure if I'd trust surface-level temp readings over a thermocouple probe that would more accurately measure the bean heat mass. You'd have to do both side by side and compare.

[Anonymous No.14866823]

Water or Whiskey. Sometimes both.

[Anonymous No.14866854]

God I hate coffee culture.

People 'needing' their coffee every day are weak retards. It's addictive mudwater.

[Anonymous No.14866873]

>>14866854
see:
>>14866081
>>14866633
and seethe, you fat fuck

[Anonymous No.14866911]

>>14866873
Coffee is the biggest fad industry known to man.

[Anonymous No.14866925]

>>14866911
>has been drank for 500 years by almost everyone across the globe
>fad
I'm sure your diet coke and mountain dew are a much better, non-fad choice.

[Anonymous No.14866928]

>>14855208
this shit is like crack. i've yet to find better mass-produced cold brew. i'll drink a whole bottle in a span of 8 hours.

[Anonymous No.14866935]

>>14866911
A fad that started in the 15th century, ya?

[Anonymous No.14867128]

>>14866911
the cafe industry maybe. since it's just coffee they need to do meme bullshit to compete and get the youth hooked.
coffee in general, nah. people still drink dark moka java blends from the 1500s and think the E61 grouphead is a good design.

[Anonymous No.14867236]

>>14867128
>>14866925
>>14866935
Just because it's been around for a centuries it absolutely does not mean that 'everyone across the globe' drank it.

Before Starbucks, people bought their coffee in a tin and didn't fucking talk about it. They didn't walk around with coffee cups and there were no coffee shops.

Coffee has become an absolute obsession in the past few decades and it makes me sick. Drinking coffee has essentially turned into a personality trait.

[Anonymous No.14867246]

>>14867236
>there were no coffee shops
Wow, you americans really don't learn history, holy fuck.

[Anonymous No.14867294]

>>14867236
>does not mean that 'everyone across the globe'
are you a chinaman or something? coffee has been all over the western world for centuries now.
>there were no coffee shops.
coffeeshops were a staple of the enlightenment.
>Drinking coffee has essentially turned into a personality trait.
people on 4chan say this about every hobby/interest they don't like or don't understand, like they think contrarianism is a personality trait.
>>14867246
obsessed.

[Anonymous No.14867351]

>>14855109
coffee gator, i love mine, its just a metal press but it makes 2 perfect cups every time and is indestructible

[Anonymous No.14867396]

>>14867351
Good thing I'm indestructible.

[Anonymous No.14867457]

Is lemon juice in coffee considered taboo?

[Anonymous No.14867551]

>>14867457
I needed something sweet to go with a cigar a few nights ago so I put some swiss miss in a single estate brazilian pourover. Go nuts.

[Anonymous No.14867557]

>>14867457
Essentially anything other than milk in coffee is considered taboo if you want to talk from the more extreme enthusiast perspective. Some coffees naturally have a citrusy acidity about them though and it's something desired to many, so you probably don't have bad taste.

[Anonymous No.14867563]

>>14867457
it is extremely taboo. your family will disown you and your friends will stop talking to you.

[Anonymous No.14867577]

>>14855100
just got into this hobby what am i in for? are "notes" like "fruity" or "chocolatey" real or is it just a meme and people forcing themselves to imagine coffee tasting like it? I can't imagine coffee ever tasting fruity or juicy.

[Anonymous No.14867596]

>>14867577
they are definitely real, coffee is the seed of a fruit and it's roasted like cacao.

[Anonymous No.14867602]

>>14867577
It's about trying to best describe the differences between one variety of coffee and others.Of course, if you compare coffee to chocolate, it doesn't taste chocolatey, it tastes like coffee.
If you try different coffees, you'll taste the flavor notes.

Chocolatey types are my favorite, actually.

[Anonymous No.14867679]

>>14867396
Ancient meme

[Anonymous No.14867782]

>>14863575
lol is that the shit i told you to roast.

t. millionaire coffee man

[Anonymous No.14867874]

>>14867782
Yeah its horrible. Just went 50/50 with my much better fruity ethiopian to balance it. It was palatable. Millionaire coffeeman, pick me out a cigar to smoke with my nightcup. My active smoking stash is starting to get to the point where everything is fairly nice so its hard to grab a shitty grilling stick. Bunch of old tatuaje monsters, some fuentes that have been sitting around for a while, some event only and special release LFDs. Make my life easier.

[Anonymous No.14868355]

>mfw Kroger-brand k-cups are God-tier

[Anonymous No.14868414]

>>14855598
I just get a cup's worth of hot water from my Keurig and us that. It's fast, easy, and convenient.

[Anonymous No.14868825]

Found a calaveras 2018 LE. Shits cash.

[Anonymous No.14869422]

>>14867874
>>14868825
Dude stop trying to kill the thread by sucking up to another dude who claims to be rich by showing off your tobacco penis collection.

[Anonymous No.14869431]

I only drink tea but I have nothing really against coffee but I don't drink it. How would I get into drinking coffee? I probably get a black coffee from McD's when I need to drive long-distances and am drowsy less like 3 times a year. What are the main differences between the two from a health perspective?

[Anonymous No.14869440]

>>14869431
I think they're about the same. Mildly beneficial if you don't put sugar in them.

[Anonymous No.14869542]

is costco coffee good for you

[Anonymous No.14869558]

>>14869431
Getting into coffee has a much higher cost of entry when you want to hit the good stuff which I'd imagine you'd want since you already have a developed palate. The brewing system (v60, mokapot, french press, etc) isn't expensive at entry level and the coffee cost isn't high either, but you do need to invest in a good grinder which can start you at >$80 or >$160 if you plan to move to espresso later.
I'd recommend a solid grinder, a Hario v60 with Hario filters and a cheap scale (AMIR is good) to start. Use Hoffmann's pour over guide and give it a go on some recently-roasted beans from a local cafe.

[Anonymous No.14869606]

>>14861055
Moka takes literally less than a minute

[Anonymous No.14869623]

>>14866928
I drank like 32 oz's and had the runs so bad

[Anonymous No.14869713]

>>14861055
Pour-over takes 5 minutes start to finish including clean-up. Fuck French Press.

[Anonymous No.14869777]

>>14869422
Yeah lets talk about costco beans instead.

[Anonymous No.14869780]

>>14869713
yeah with your expensive 400 dollar grinder and 200 dollar kettle. fuck that.

[Anonymous No.14869790]

What's a decent instant that doesn't taste like acid?
Pic is fucking rancid

[Anonymous No.14869818]

>>14867551
I read this as Swiss cheese. Swiss miss is just hot cocoa powder? Doesn't sound very weird at all. Adding cheese to coffee though, that's interesting. If one can add butter, why not cheese?

[Anonymous No.14869829]

>>14869818
>I read this as Swiss cheese
That's because you're an illiterate retard.

[Anonymous No.14869901]

>>14869829
Just call it hot cocoa powder if that's what it is. Not everyone has been fed enough American branding to know what "Swiss Miss(®)" is.

[Anonymous No.14869982]

Picco latte please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVeNTofDB2k

[Anonymous No.14870150]

>>14856057
If you have a roster nearby that will do small batches of fresh grind, then all you really need is a good mechanical press, like a Flair (don't get ROK it sucks) which will cost like 300$. Not an optimal solution in terms of convenience, but good results for the fraction of a proper machine.

[Anonymous No.14870173]

Yer ma

[Anonymous No.14870306]

>>14869606
What moka takes less than a minute? A 2oz?
It takes 6 minutes.

[Anonymous No.14870740]

just drank pic related. It's my third cup and I don't deserve anymore of my good coffee after the second cup.

[Anonymous No.14870981]

Milk based drinks that don't require a steaming?

[Anonymous No.14871024]

>>14866928
Tahu is smart.

[Anonymous No.14871025]

>>14870981
Coffee w/ milk

[Anonymous No.14871181]

Baratza good to go for first electric grinder that isnt shit/somewhat good?

[Anonymous No.14871239]

>drawdown takes upwards of 10 minutes
>Coffee tastes great anyway
AAAAAHHHH WHY IS THIS HAPPENING

[Anonymous No.14871313]

>>14871181
just get a nice hand grinder while you save up for a Monolith Flat MAX
t. former owner of a sette 270 and encore

[Anonymous No.14871321]

>>14870981
Milk w/ coffee

[Anonymous No.14871336]

>>14871313
>Monolith Flat MAX
>$3250
also not planning on doing espresso with this. Just morning coffee. Looking at Encore

[Anonymous No.14871583]

>>14871336
Its good enough grinder if you don't plan to espresso.

[Anonymous No.14872250]

>>14856023
Hows the k-pro?
Threadly reminder. Dont get the basic Jx, shell out more for the pro

[Anonymous No.14872342]

it's getting cold which means it's time to mix cinnamon into my coffee

[Anonymous No.14872586]

>>14871239
Rao has like a 6-7 min drawdown in his latest technique video.

>>14869901
Its not GOOD cocoa powder. 95% sugar.

[Anonymous No.14872626]

>>14855100
made for bbc

[Anonymous No.14872695]

>>14872250
Not him, but I've been using the K-plus for a week or so and love it. Grinding in the 5-6 range for aeropress/v60. Build and grind quality are good and it is a pleasure to use. Didn't really care about the grind adjustment ring but it's pretty nice actually. The coffee tastes good, no real complaints.
Downside is it's kinda ugly with the comic sans numbers, giant logos and woodgrain vinyl.
JX-pro looks nicer, is cheaper, and adjusts in 12.5 micron steps vs 22 microns on the K-pro/plus. I had to have that magnetic cup though, otherwise I would've gone for the JX-pro over the K-pro. I assume the grind quality would be about the same.

[Anonymous No.14873193]

>>14872626

[Anonymous No.14874604]

>>14873193
Kek

[Anonymous No.14874720]

I drink a 6 cup moka pot every day, current vermont coffee's downtown blend is my bean of choice.

[op No.14874838]

>>14856023
did you stick it up your ass

[Anonymous No.14875586]

Coof

[Anonymous No.14875624]

Honduras or Colombia?
Which country produces better coffee beans?

[Anonymous No.14875632]

>>14875624
Colombia

[Anonymous No.14875732]

>>14867577
get some african beans and see for yourself

[Anonymous No.14876161]

>>14872250
It's JE-Plus (mainly an espresso grinder)
I haven't been using it for too long but so far it's very good. The grind quality and adjustments are top notch.
I read multiple reviews/impressions before buying it and the consensus seemed to be that it's one of the best manual espresso grinders on the market right now.

[Anonymous No.14876375]

>>14856139
If I buy a Flair with a gauge and a portafilter, and a Kinu M47, will I best set for a decade or so with decent homemade espresso?

>>14856428
What's wrong with using the Flair with milk drinks?

[Anonymous No.14876459]

>>14876375
Thats my exact setup + the dumb smart profiler shit Ive tossed at it. I'll pull the last 15g of this ethiopian in a few. You'll love it. Food safe ptfe grease (superlube) will keep you from replacing the orings too frequently.

>milk drinks

+ a bellman steamer if you want to go balls out on milk. Should also work fine for a decade if you keep the orings supple.

[Anonymous No.14876508]

>>14876459
Thanks anon. I love espresso but don't have a lot of money to pony up on a machine, but this price point is reachable for me. Will a heated milk + french press also work while I don't have a steamer yet?

[Anonymous No.14876624]

i have a problem where when i wake up i immediately have to drink caffeine or ill fall back asleep, so i usually sleep with a 2 liter of mountain dew code red next to my bed. The problem is the sugar has been giving me stomach aches and i have to take antacids all the time which give me diarrhea.

So yeah i want to figure out a way to drink cold coffee without it tasting like ass and preferably have it right next to my bed so i can drink it as soon as my alarm clock goes off? Is there are specific brand of canned or bottled coffee that is good for this? Oh yeah i forgot to mention I am lactose intolerant so starbucks shots are out of the question because theyre loaded with milk?

[Anonymous No.14876767]

>>14876508
Ye, hot milk and a few pumps in the French press will make good steamed milk. It’s easy to go overboard and get too frothy tho

[Anonymous No.14876783]

>>14876508

100%. Hoffgay has a video about bootleg milk drinks on youtube, so check that out.

Fruity, sweet, tart cherries from this homeroast ethiopian honey. Tiny kick of acidity in the aftertaste, but the dark cherry lingers. I may have to try blending something chocolatey with this next time. Body isn't quite where I'd like it, but I'm grinding coarser than usual and these beans are nearing 3 weeks old.

[Anonymous No.14876972]

>>14876624
>i usually sleep with a 2 liter of mountain dew code red next to my bed
messes me up that people like you exist

[Anonymous No.14876998]

for me it's guatemala, the best coffee origin.

[Anonymous No.14878030]

>>14875732
i ordered some ethiopian shit. Here's to hoping after using grocery beans and not being impressed.

[Anonymous No.14878054]

Dumb question but if I mix decaf with my regular coffee before brewing will that make it less caffeinated?

[Anonymous No.14878210]

>>14878054
dumb question

[Anonymous No.14878256]

>>14878054
Well, you will be getting less caffeine per gram.

[Anonymous No.14878380]

>>14878054
no the caffeine spontaneously appears back in the moment it touches regular coffee

[Anonymous No.14878425]

Bros, I cant really tell the difference between good or bad coffee. We have fancy coffee machine at work, but now with the plague at home I only have access to instant coffee. I honestly cannot tell the difference. If anything, I think the coffee at home tastes better.
I drink it black, with only a tiny bit of milk to add body.
Am I retarded?

Also, coffee fucks me up and makes my poop wet.

[Anonymous No.14878581]

>>14878425
The machines at your work aren't as "fancy" as you might think, perhaps?
Have you tried brewing your own? You can try out the aeropress and preground coffee for very little effort.
Or you can get a good grinder and try v60 or french press. Grinding fresh is going to have more flavor too.

Of course, your results with any of these methods will only be as good as what coffee you put in, and your procedure for brewing with them. But I think it should be easy to get results that are better than instant coffee.

Also,
>I drink it black, with only a tiny bit of milk
Are you a jorunalist? Politician maybe?

[Anonymous No.14878598]

>>14878425
get an aeropress and a bag of single origin from a local shop, you'll know the difference

[Anonymous No.14879919]

Has anyone tried Jameson Cold Brew? It's a blend of Jameson whiskey and coffee.

http://jamesonwhiskey.com/en-US/ourwhiskeys/cold-brew

[Anonymous No.14881408]

>>14870740

I used Taster's Choice for a long time and then tried this during the whipped coffee fad. I actually think this is much better.

[Anonymous No.14881410]

I just make greek frappes with nescafe clasico. Thats what ive been drinking for the past half a year.

[Anonymous No.14881414]

>>14876624

You sound really unhealthy in general. I would look at your eating and life habits before anything else. Of course, knowing people and 4chan folks in general, you won't do shit.

High Brew Coffee sells relatively cheap (for the US market) canned coffee you could try. I think Trader Joe's has their own brand of canned coffee too.

There are cheap programmable drip machines you could set up right by your bed. Can wake up to the smell of coffee - it's nice.

[Anonymous No.14881449]

What the heck are the different Nespresso machines and which ones should I get and also what flavors are nice

[Anonymous No.14881515]

can anyone recommend me some beans for each these notes?
>blueberry
>strawberry
>chocolate

[Anonymous No.14881822]

Some local stuff made via moka pot. Haven't used my coffee maker in a while because nobody else drinks it in my house so i always end up w/ the perfect amount now. Good on coffee for a while but stocking up in a week.

[Anonymous No.14882948]

I'm too much of a brainlet to use a moka pot. I can't get a steady stream to come out, it just shoots some water up and the rest falls down again. I've tried playing with different temps but nothing works and I end up with coffee in the lower part where the water originally was sitting

[Anonymous No.14882963]

>>14882948
End result is all the coffee just falling back down into this part

[Anonymous No.14883010]

>>14882963
Can I see the bottom of the top assembly?

[Anonymous No.14883063]

>>14882948
>>14882963
Something's wrong.
You're not tamping, right? Don't tamp w/ moka pot.
Maybe the gasket's not working, and pressure is escaping?
Maybe instead of pulling from the bottom, some steam from the top of the reservoir is getting in to the basket?
Do you "knock" the basket to empty grounds out of it? You might have damaged it and it might not be keeping the steam in to push the water up the funnel.

Also, you heat isn't too high or low right? I always use it on medium heat.

[Anonymous No.14883168]

>>14855100
mocha and beignets

[Anonymous No.14883463]

>>14883168
Black, tarlike coffee. Tasted like gravel.

7/10, will do for the rest of my life

[Anonymous No.14883797]

>>14881515
"notes" are a meme. you can make water taste like that if you imagine hard enough.

[Anonymous No.14884085]

>>14869542
This stuff is my usual cup of joe, and actually decent. I recently switched to a Dunkin Donuts medium roast for a change of pace and it's sludge in comparison.

[Anonymous No.14884549]

>>14881515
You wont have coffees that will taste like blueberries. You may taste something close to blueberry acidity/sweetness or smell something like blueberries, but it wont be like eating real blueberries, you're drinking coffee. People need to understand that about "notes". Some ethiopians(not yirgacheffe) and many kenyans have what you're looking for, medium roast if you want chocolate.

[Anonymous No.14884583]

>>14855100
My best friend got me on this from kicking horse. It's my go-to cup every single morning in a French press.

[Anonymous No.14884732]

>>14884549
>not yirgacheffe
fuck, i just ordered this as my first "real" foray into coffee. is it shit?

[Anonymous No.14884757]

>>14879919
>Has anyone tried Jameson Cold Brew? It's a blend of Jameson whiskey and coffee.
I have seen that, but who drinks coffee at night or whiskey in the morning?

[Anonymous No.14884762]

>>14879919
>Has anyone tried Jameson Cold Brew? It's a blend of Jameson whiskey and coffee.
Why not just mix half decent whiskey with half decent iced coffee?

[Anonymous No.14884793]

>>14884549
>>14884732
>not yirgacheffe
damn same I just ordered this
i've had Burundi that tasted just like blueberries so idk what you mean, if it has "notes" wouldn't it correspondingly remind you of these flavors?

[Anonymous No.14884797]

>>14855109
put instant coffee into a mug
pour boiled water on it
add a bit of creme

[Anonymous No.14884968]

>>14855208
I just started making cold brew ice cappuccino in my ninja blender.

4 cups of ice cubes blended to snow
1/2 of cold brew
3 tbsp monk fruit sweetener

[Anonymous No.14885178]

>>14861055
Make huge batches in advance. I make about 2-3 cups of cold brew coffee every week just by sticking a cup of ground beans in a glass jar, filling it with water, and leaving it overnight. Cold brew's super strong so you can dilute that to 6-12 cups easily depending on how much caffeine you want.

[Anonymous No.14885831]

Just got Colombian coffee beans from a local roaster and they smell like berry. I mean they smell so good but is this normal for speciality coffee?

[Anonymous No.14886156]

>>14882948
>>14882963
Show the parts right before you start the heat. I want to see the water and valve on the bottom, the coffee in the filter and the gasket below the top part.

[Anonymous No.14886250]

>>14855100
Normal espresso, no sugar.
I literally drank it from the same cup you have in that picture lol

[Anonymous No.14886501]

Ground, drip, coffee keeps giving me heart burn. Instant coffee I'm fine with. Why? What do?

[Anonymous No.14886526]

Aldi brand whole bean morning blend coffee made with a Mr. Coffee

[Anonymous No.14886530]

>>14856057
Rancilio silvia is a solid choice, another one is a gaggia classic, but only the latest 2019 model, or a model made before 2010, if you buy the latter, and want milk, then swap the steam wand with a rancilio steam wand, can usually buy them pre modded to fit a gaggia.

I wouldn't buy anything cheaper than either of these, the gaggia probs cheaper than rancilio

[Anonymous No.14886564]

>>14884549
>Not yirgacheffe

Nigga please, there are plenty of types of yirgacheffes with similar notes to that which he is describing, yirgacheffe is just a region, you can have many different beans from there with different flavours, also a lot of it is down to the roaster

[Anonymous No.14886649]

I run a coffee roasting company
Ama

[Anonymous No.14886652]

>>14886649
what's a good asking price for a 2012 Honda CBR1000RR?

[Anonymous No.14886661]

>>14886652
6k

[Anonymous No.14886700]

What region of the world has coffee you like? I like the beans from Indonesia

[Anonymous No.14886714]

>>14886661
nice, got a buyer bringing 7k tomorrow

[Anonymous No.14886769]

>>14884732
>>14884793
>>14886564
It's not shit, it's just that many of the beans that come from there and what roasters(for me in europe) usually do with them emphasize more tea like style(earl grey, jasmine, floral, peaches). Im sure you can find some blueberry note yirgacheffe but it's not what you usually get when you blind buy yirgacheffe.

[Anonymous No.14886785]

Just ordered a Baratza Encore, Fellow Stagg EKG, and a V60. Howd I do as my first jump into coffee?

Also cya Kcups.

[Anonymous No.14886816]

Is Chemex the best way to make coffee?
I want to make at least 4 8 oz cups at a time so Aeropress is out. I could get a big Moka pot too, or do pourover, but I'm not sure what the advantages and disadvantages of each are

[Anonymous No.14886835]

>>14886816
Chemex is a pour over, you're using a paper filter to pour over, it just drips through into the nice chemex decanter and you get a few cups out of it.
There is no "best way" to make a coffee, personally I'm a big fan of the often dismissed, cafetiere, the paper filters have a tendency to hold back some of the subtle flavours, in exchange however, you get the cleanest cup possible. It's all personal taste, and while i do enjoy both, i like cafetiere overall, plus you can get an insulated one to keep it hot for a few hours and just keep topping yourself up.
Alternatively there's always the option of an espresso machine, but I'm guessing you prefer filter style from your question

[Anonymous No.14886842]

>>14886785
>all this branded trash
>first jump into coffee
you did shit. taking advice from this retarded autism general was your first mistake. go and buy a jar of nescafe like everyone else and shut the fuck up

[Anonymous No.14886851]

>>14886835
I have an Breville Duo-temp pro, but it takes too long to make myself Lattes every morning. Id prefer to make the bulk of my coffee with something a little more time efficient
I got a Chemex but the coffee isn't too special so I might return it

[Anonymous No.14886866]

>>14886842
Tf is your problem cunt

>>14886785
I've got no experience with that kettle or the baratza, but I'm sure they're good, enjoy the v60
Most important part is using the right coffee, try a bunch of roasters and see what you like, if you've got any local roasters then go visit, have a chat

[Anonymous No.14886876]

>>14885831
Yes.

[Anonymous No.14886877]

>>14886866
Thanks anon. Just moved so I am looking for some good roasters currently. Do you know if any subscription services worth it like mistobox or similar?

[Anonymous No.14886879]

Is this OXO grinder a good buy? I need a grinder that can do many different grinds from espresso to course and this seems pretty good for the price

[Anonymous No.14886882]

>>14886851
Well chemex's are good, but it's just a filter, it's an expensive drip. It'll give you the same sort of coffee as a cheap v60, not to be condescending but are you making it properly?

Pre wet the paper, use water just off the boil 93-95celsius, correctly ground coffee for filter (in between espresso and cafetiere)

And if not, maybe try different coffee? I have totally different favourite coffees depending on brew method, the stuff i drink as a flat white from an espresso machine is totally different roast and origin to the stuff i like in filter

[Anonymous No.14886883]

>>14886785
Should have spent more on the grinder and less on the kettle. Not that the stagg is bad but it's hardly the most important tool foe good coffee.

[Anonymous No.14886885]

>>14886649
Do your parents know you are gay?

[Anonymous No.14886895]

>>14886877
I'm not familiar with that subscription in particular, I'm based in the UK. Lots of roasters run subs for their customers, can usually do one to try something new each time, however obviously it limits you to the one roaster, i personally wouldn't bother, I'd just buy a bit from a roaster and see how it goes, if you've got any small roasters locally, don't be afraid to ask their advice or recommendations

[Anonymous No.14886898]

>>14886883
Im not planning on doing espresso for now so I figure the grinder is good enough for morning coffee.

[Anonymous No.14886900]

>>14886885
No, and neither does my girlfriend

[Anonymous No.14887589]

Colombia or Papa New Guinea?

[Anonymous No.14887611]

>>14861827
Just tried this recipe you posted. It's definitely a richer cup, I can taste that. But too strong for me so I'll have to make it coarser than I used with the original recipe (I wasn't using espresso in the first place)

[Anonymous No.14887695]

make oat milk lattes with aeropress

[Anonymous No.14888043]

I just put milk and a little bit of cream, sometimes a bit of cinnamon. I'm a simple man
[spoiler] Pls don't bully

[Anonymous No.14888325]

>tried fruity coffee for the first time
what the fuck this makes no sense

[Anonymous No.14888333]

>>14888325
It really do be like that sometimes

[Anonymous No.14888449]

>>14888325
How do you know if it's citrusy or sour?

[Anonymous No.14888551]

>>14887589
Don't know about PNG but Colombia is pretty good. Has a berry flavor and smells really nice.

[Anonymous No.14888588]

>>14886785
Based and staggpilled. Good purchases. You're a lazy piece of shit for not getting a hand grinder, but your morning sips will be significantly better than gaycups.

>>14886842
t. millionaire coffee guy

>>14886879
No.

>>14888449
Drink more.

[Anonymous No.14888895]

>>14888588
I have a shitty hand grinder that I have been using but its time to upgrade since I have found I don't use it before work simply because of time.

[Anonymous No.14888916]

>>14888551
You can't just fucking say >colombia has berry flavour
You know you can get many different coffees from many different regions of colombia

[Anonymous No.14889195]

>>14888916
I was talking about Colombia Huila.

[Anonymous No.14890067]

>>14886649
How do you source your beans?

[Anonymous No.14890138]

>>14890067
Better question is how does he order the correct amount?

[Anonymous No.14890187]

Is a breville pro espresso machine a good choice for under 1000? I already have a pretty good grinder so the grinder on top is worthless to me

[Anonymous No.14890618]

>>14886785
Great first setup. An easy upgrade from this is to get the M2 burrs from Baratza https://www.baratza.com/shop/cone-burr-2 it's the same one as in the virtuoso and should get fewer fines and faster grinds.

[Anonymous No.14890661]

>>14856030
neither makes espresso. and $52 for a chinese knock off grinder? what a laugh. if you're gonna buy a cheap hand mill for borderline espresso grind then at least go with a hario mini mill which is made in japan and a trusted brand.

[Anonymous No.14890835]

WHATS THIS SHIT I HEAR ABOUT YOU TALKING TRASH ABOUT YIRGACHEFFE

YOU PENCIL NECKED GEEKS BETTER START TALKING

[Anonymous No.14890917]

>>14855100
>are PAWGs good for you???????????????????

[Anonymous No.14891043]

>>14890661
>espresso grind
>hario mini mill

kek

[Anonymous No.14891325]

are manual espresso machines good for starters? my gf is looking for an espresso machine but most of the automatic ones < $600 have poor reviews

[Anonymous No.14891368]

>>14891325
Get a Flair - they have a sale right now. Or try eBay used. Great machines

[Anonymous No.14891371]

>>14890835
beat it kid

[Anonymous No.14891950]

>>14891325
Manual espresso machines are pretty good but you still have to get a good grinder which is not cheap. Just make sure you are willing to get into the whole method of making manual espresso before getting one since it's not as fast and convenient as an automatic machine and not everyone would enjoy the inconvenience. I personally like it and think that it's a great stress relief.

As for what you should get, I would highly recommend Cafelat Robot. Unlike all the other manual espresso machines, it doesn't need to be pre heated and it's really, really well made so it's gonna last. You can also get a pressurized basket for it if you don't have a grinder and just want to use pre ground coffee.

[Anonymous No.14892135]

>>14890067
We work closely with an importer, they do all the quality control and they have buyers that fly out to origin to test everything, we buy a lot of coffees we've had before, when buying something new, we can go to the importers to do cupping, but generally I'm too busy, so we just buy a sack here or there just based on description to see if we like

[Anonymous No.14892205]

>>14890138
It's a bit of a guessing game if I'm honest, we know roughly what we use now, and we have to buy a year in advance for some of our better sellers so we can make sure we actually get it, that's where the guessing comes in, as obviously we don't know how many more commercial customers we'd get, and what beans they'd even want, we generally up the orders each year, but some years we run out, and that's okay, because we can always move people onto another bean, they all understand the nature of the business and that the beans they want aren't always available

[Anonymous No.14892212]

>>14891325
Get a rancilio silvia or a gaggia classic, of gaggia, make sure it's a 2019+ model

[Anonymous No.14892227]

I used to think you were all a bunch of faggots, then I drank a cup of delicious Folgers and realized that you're all a bunch of caffienated faggots.

[Anonymous No.14892347]

Any UK fags itt?

[Anonymous No.14892351]

>>14892205
I suppose it's better to run a little short than to overbuy an unpopular bean. How many years did it take to get good at guessing how much to buy? What do you do during shit harvest years?

[Anonymous No.14892420]

>>14892351
Has taken a while, it's really all guessing since like i said, you might suddenly get 5 new commercial customers, all wanting the same coffee, then suddenly you need more,
>Shit harvest years
Is a pain in the ass, have to try find a bean which has been unaffected, so sometimes different region, or different origin, which tastes similar, it's annoying af, it's not so tragic in blends as you can usually substitute the bean for something similar and it's not as noticeable as single origin. Thankfully our customers are generally very understanding, and understand that this shit happens, and we always have a shit load more types of coffee for them to choose from, so never the end of the world

[Anonymous No.14892450]

>>14892420
Are all of you customers commercial? Like you're doing all private labels, or are you also retailing your own brand? How long does it take you to reformulate a blend to flesh out your lineup when one of your favorite coffees is gone? Do you do it yourself, or do you have roast nerds?

[Anonymous No.14892463]

>>14892450
Most of our business is commercial, we supply coffee shops and that, but we also retail normally, and sell online (we don't supply supermarkets though)

No not private label at all we promote our brand the most we'll do is call something their blend

When a coffee has gone out of a blend it won't take too long, just buy something similar, eg. In our espresso blend, when we ran out of a Guatemalan that is in it, just get another guat with similar tasting notes and roast to a similar degree and its generally close enough, main thing is actually tasting it to make sure

The whole team will taste it and compare and give notes, we don't employ specific tasting nerds

[Anonymous No.14892478]

>>14892463
Sounds like a fun business. Is it still fun for you? Did you start the business yourself? If so, how did you drum up local customers?

[Anonymous No.14892496]

>>14855100
Instant in hot milk.

[Anonymous No.14892535]

>>14892478
It's really fun I absolutely love it most of the time, occasionally it does my head in, but that's because we're so fucking busy.
No i didn't start it, it's my family's business and I'm taking over, parents started it and I've grown up around it, I'm in a very fortunate position to take over it

[Anonymous No.14892548]

>>14855100
I whisk an egg into pretty much every hot beverage I make. Uma delicia.

[Anonymous No.14892690]

>>14892347
Yes, there its lots of us.
I'm drinking Ethiopian koke from yellow bourbon coffe roasters. Getting some beans from pactcoffee.com tonight, code ctg will get a fiver off if you ever buy some from there. From both companies the beans are never roasted more than a couple days before I receive them.

[Anonymous No.14892734]

>>14890618
Wow I didnt know they could be swapped that easy. Thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.14892787]

Just moved to Ireland, any good suppliers here? I know about 3fe and that's about it, any recommendations from them?

[Anonymous No.14892904]

My grinds are starting to become super inconsistent. I am getting superfine grinds no matter what setting I use and it is clogging up my pourover.

I've been using the same Bodum Bistro grinder for the past 8 years. Perhaps the burrs have worn out? Or could this be due to the beans I am using?

[Anonymous No.14893055]

>>14892904
Not sure about your grinder but you could use a sieve to seperate the fines out.

[Anonymous No.14893070]

>>14892904
I'd say you need new burrs

[Anonymous No.14893264]

Ordered a flair, I hope it's better than the robot

[Anonymous No.14893271]

>>14860730
lol it looks exactly the same being brewed as it does coming out

[Anonymous No.14893276]

>>14893271


imagine the smell

[Anonymous No.14893293]

>>14876624
>have to drink caffeine or ill fall back asleep
sounds like health problems, go to a doc, seriously

for caffeine without milk you can take pure caffeine pills. having a small coffee capsule machine beside your bed would be a solution too.

>Is there are specific brand of canned or bottled coffee that is good for this?
No wonder that you have constant stomach aches and heart burns when all you consume is pre-processed stuff with added emulgators and stabilizers.

[Anonymous No.14893295]

>>14892787
i live in the north so i mostly just get stuff from a local roaster
root and branch is really good up here but the price just isn't worth it for me

[Anonymous No.14894471]

>>14891043
That’s why I said borderline. But even then you’d probably still have to use a pressurized basket m unless you use really fresh or oily beans (note the mini mill is actually marketed as a portable espresso capable grinder which grinds finer than the skerton)

[Anonymous No.14894672]

>>14894471
>ACKCHYUALLY marketed as a portable espresso capable grinder

These are all marketed as espresso machines. They are not capable of what they're marketed for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avM-XsaTBIc

[Anonymous No.14894928]

>>14863962
how does Union compare to Community coffee? Big fan of Community

[Anonymous No.14896193]

Anyone tried rook in NJ? I live near them so I was thinking of trying it when I'm back over there

[Anonymous No.14897257]

>>14893264
>I hope it's better than the robot
It's not. The only thing it does better than the robot is portability.

[Anonymous No.14897499]

>>14897257
You get alot of creature comforts built into the price. Dosing cup and funnel, better stock tamper, cheaper upgrade path, fits a lunar underneath etc.

[Anonymous No.14897659]

>>14897499
>Dosing cup and funnel
Not needed for Robot since the basket is pretty big. And the ones included with the Flair are cheap plastic anyway.

>better stock tamper
Arguable.

>cheaper
It is cheaper but it's definitely not better. While the Robot is expensive, you do get your money's worth when it comes to build quality and materials used.

[Anonymous No.14897886]

>>14891950
2nd for good grinder. A good grinder will make the difference regardless of what coffee-making technique you choose.

[Anonymous No.14898253]

I'm going back to instant coffee. I don't get what the fuck I'm doing wrong. It tastes like acid bitter sludge no matter what. The best I've managed is by using a drip method, 93 Celsius, 15:1 ratio, Honduras organic coffee freshly ground. It still tastes shit compared to a good instant coffee brand. I give the fuck up.

[Anonymous No.14898258]

>>14898253
i genuinely don't understand how instant could taste better than even the most poorly prepared fresh coffee to anyone, but do what you enjoy

[Anonymous No.14898456]

Is Baratza Encore the best cheap grinder? Are there any decent ones for less than 140?

[Anonymous No.14898857]

>>14898253
Maybe try a different roaster, if it's really bright light roast then it will be very acidic, and sadly this is becoming popular, most of it is simply under developed and not roasted properly

[Anonymous No.14899467]

>>14897257
>>14897499
>>14897659
The flair just looks better, I don't want to have an autistic shitting lego man living on my counter desu