/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.4383027]

>tfw first time making french press coffee after a long time of drip

Good lord this is strong full mud from the heavens. What is your favourite way of making coffee?

[Anonymous No.4383032]

Instant.

[Anonymous No.4383034]

French press is so very 90s. If I'm drinking coffee from a mug like I do in the morning, I prefer paper filter so I can taste the coffee and not the mud. Chemex or V60 are both great.

If I wanted thick full bodied coffee, I'd go outside, walk a block, and order an espresso. In fact, that's my after lunch routine.

[Anonymous No.4383037]

>>4383027
This way is the best. If you really taste the 'mud' you need to add more water

[Anonymous No.4383055]

Espresso coffee is really the only way I will drink coffee

[Anonymous No.4383065]

Turkish style, ain't getting stronger than that

[Anonymous No.4383079]

I recently started using a french press. I'm NEVER going back to keurig. It's so friggen strong.

[Anonymous No.4383107]

French press at home, espresso in cafés

[Anonymous No.4383117]

>>4383079
>keurig and french press

Aim high, /ck/

[Anonymous No.4383128]

I use a french press, but it's a bitch to clean properly, looking for a new way that still makes GOAT coffee.

[Anonymous No.4383135]

>>4383128
Do you use a proper coarse grind? Mine just taking a quick rinse and it's clean.

[Anonymous No.4383138]

>>4383135
I use pre ground during the week as i've not got much time in the morning and it gets everywhere.

[Anonymous No.4383151]

>>4383138
Some brands sell coarse pre-ground, that should solve your problem. Filtergrind is hell for a French press.

[Anonymous No.4383156]

>>4383128
what the fuck are you talking about? Just empty the grounds with water and reuse. I haven't cleaned mine since I started using it, and I use it multiple times a day.

[Anonymous No.4383167]

>>4383156

If he's using coffee with too fine of a grind then the grounds get stuck in the filter screen and they are very difficult to wash out.

[Anonymous No.4383174]

>>4383151
i havent seen coarse ground for sale like that but any place that ive been to that you can buy coffee at has a machine for grinding right there. i just get whatever beans i want and set the grind to coarse and then ive got coffee for the next few days

[Anonymous No.4383186]

Is there any other way?

[Anonymous No.4383211]

>>4383174
>not grinding at home
enjoy your stale coffee

[Anonymous No.4383320]

>>4383186
That's nice as well. It's like a strange espresso french press hybrid. Hard to place.

[Anonymous No.4383366]

>>4383186
I tried coffee made this way on Easter and it was great. Thinking about buying one. Is it a bitch to prepare compared to am machine or French press?

[Anonymous No.4383380]

>>4383366
Not so much. It can be at first... and there's always the risk you'll do it incorrectly and it will explode (yes; this happens). My sister destroyed two stove hoods when I was a kid because she's a tard. Not literally, of course, just that she's hot and thinking is not what hot girls are supposed to do.
Anyway, I've been making coffee/other stuff this way since I was seven years old or so. I'd prepare the pot for my parents and they had a separate, smaller pot for me so that I could have "coffee" with them, too, even though I've always liked the taste of coffee. They thought it was bad for kids, so no coffee until I was like nine or ten.
Pic related: it's what I brewed in the smaller pot.
Basically, if a seven-year-old can do it, so can you.

[Anonymous No.4383384]

I want to get a french press but I'm a cheap fag. I went to my sears and saw the one in OPs for around $50, then some other ones for $15 but those look like thermos and they have a wire mesh filter inside, would those suffice?

[Anonymous No.4383395]

>>4383211

Store ground won't go stale for a few days if you keep it in an airtight bag and make sure to force all air out when you close it. Just be sure to buy bulk and only get what you know you will use in the next week or so.

Pre-ground is filth though, I agree

[Anonymous No.4383398]

I wouldn't bother with those stove things unless you really like espresso. Invest in a grinder and use filters.

[Anonymous No.4383428]

>>4383398
you best mean gold filters because paper no flavour no how

[Anonymous No.4383429]

>>4383384
A proper Bodum is worth investing in and often just a bit cheaper online. They're like the gold standard of french presses.

[Anonymous No.4383537]

>2013
>not using an aeropress

[Anonymous No.4383541]

>>4383537
>getting merchantiled into buying their custom little filters for life

[Anonymous No.4383561]

pan coffee is best coffee
heat water in pan until it simmers
take off heat, IMMEDIATELY dunk in ground coffee
stir vigorously for about a minute
dump into pot
let settle
drink

[Anonymous No.4383576]

>>4383537
>being that faggot that spams MUH AEROPRESS every coffee thread

[Anonymous No.4383604]

>>4383380
>Barley coffee

Not even once

[Anonymous No.4383623]

I prepare mine using a steam engine.

[Anonymous No.4383640]

>>4383604
Not even roasted barley mixed with roasted coffee for a lighter?

[Anonymous No.4383683]

I used to do french press every morning. I picked up a bodum from a goodwill for like 2 bucks. They aren't any harder to clean than a regular coffee maker. Just throw the spent grounds in the trash, and rinse out the glass, mesh, and other components in the sink and leave to dry.

It is a huge difference compared to drip coffee. Especially with good coffee that you grind at home. You can actually taste the different notes of the kind of coffee, the experience is very similar to developing a palette for fine wines.

But this was back when buying whole bean coffee was cheap. My grocery store would often have 2 for 1 sales on good, whole bean, single origin coffees for $7.99.

Now i just use Folgers dark roast on my cheapo mr. Coffee coffee maker

[Anonymous No.4383705]

>>4383683
> It is a huge difference compared to drip coffee
in the exact same way that people with all their limbs are better athletes than cripples are

[Anonymous No.4383710]

Am i making my french press wrong? I want it to be strong and bitter but it always just tastes like normal coffee.

Should I let it sit longer or something?

[Anonymous No.4383725]

>>4383705
More like in the way that whether you have Down's Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, you're still a retard.

[Anonymous No.4383754]

I know it's not eaxactly the main topic of this thread, but do you guys have any good bean recommendations?

[Anonymous No.4383756]

>>4383754
Cannellini.
Now back to the topic of coffee, thanks.

[Anonymous No.4383767]

>>4383754
Bush's baked beans for me

[Anonymous No.4383768]

>>4383756
t-thanks

[Anonymous No.4383806]

Ording Frappichinos from star bucks

[Anonymous No.4383810]

Mostly I use my Aeropress but I use a french press for company or when I'll be sitting outside a while.

[Anonymous No.4383876]

>>4383380
How the hell do you even blow one of these up? I really can't think a way to do it.

[Anonymous No.4383911]

Is the Aeropress welcome here?

[Anonymous No.4383952]

>instant coffee
>1 tsp sugar
>0% milk
>90% disgust

druggies gonna drug.

[Anonymous No.4383959]

>>4383876
Over packing it with grounds and over-filling with water. The pressure valve will not get a chance to properly function and the grounds get in the screw-threads, disallowing for a tight seal. Like a bullet in a gun, the pressure builds just beneath the moka head until... BOOM! and it shoots upwards, spewing hot coffee everywhere, making a dent in your stove hood, stains on the wall and annoying the upstairs neighbours.

[Anonymous No.4383962]

I only ever drink instant, what is french press

[Anonymous No.4383966]

french press
water cooled slightly after boiling
fresh ground with hario mini-mill
roasted a day or two before
micro-lot green beans from Sweetmaria's

[Anonymous No.4384007]

>>4383186
I have something like this but I find that it takes too much coffee to make a cup, Is this normal ?

Would it be chaper to use a french press ?

[Anonymous No.4384018]

>>4384007
The servings it makes are 90ml size. The press makes servings in 200-240ml size. The moka uses more grounds per cup, but the same amount per serving IE to yield 200-240ml of pressed coffee, you'd need 14-20g of ground coffee and to yield 90ml of moka-brewed coffee, you'd need 14-20g of ground coffee. It brews a more concentrated cup, is all.

[Anonymous No.4384029]

Strong sweet turkish coffee is the best option since I don't have any other brewing method than a small pot.

[Anonymous No.4384057]

>>4383754
David Lynch Signature Cup Organic Espresso Roast

[Anonymous No.4384067]

>>4384029
You can also make Eastern-and-Northern European-style egg coffee.
Basically: mix a half cup of course-ground coffee, a half cup of water and an egg together.
In a large sauce pan, heat five cups of water to a simmer.
Pour all the coffee/egg mixture into the simmering water.
Simmer 3 minutes then remove from the heat.
Pour in a quarter cup of cold water while stirring.
Wait for the egg and grounds to settle to the pan bottom, then strain off into a serving pot.
Yields about 4 cups of strong coffee. I know this as Hungarian, but it seems other people think it Scandi. I dunno who originated it, but it's a decent brew regardless.

[Anonymous No.4384078]

>>4384067
I'm from Sweden and I've never heard of it, so it's probably not scandinavian. Seems interesting though, will definitely try it.

[Anonymous No.4384085]

>>4384067
>egg coffee

[Anonymous No.4384102]

>>4384078
I'm from Italy, though my maternal grandmother was AustroItalian of Hungarian background. I've always known it as Hungarian coffee. Fast-forward two decades and I'm living in the US where people seem to think it's Swedish, Norwegian, Danish or Finnish. I know Finns aren't technically Scandi, but they're more culturally similar to you guys than to, say, Estonians or Russians.

[Anonymous No.4384118]

>>4384102
The only result I get searching it at swedish is about a polish restaurant serving it. So it seems pretty weird how it's seen as a scandinavian tradition in the midwest in the US.

[Anonymous No.4384156]

>>4384118
Like I said, I know it as Hungarian. Not surprised it comes up in reference to a Polish restaurant as Polish and Hungarian cuisine and culture share a lot between them despite the linguistic barrier. Certainly not as much as Poles and Lithuanians or Hungarians and Austrians, but still a considerable amount. Americans have a tendency of applying things from one cuisine or culture to another one entirely for some reason. Then again, Poles think Italy is Walachia (Romania) and we (Italians) think maize is Turkish, so it happens to other cultures, too.

[Anonymous No.4384208]

>>4383027
Pretty much as close to as close as you can get to espresso without the $500 machine

[Anonymous No.4384212]

>>4383366
Not really
The only thing really is that you'll want to have a decent burr grinder and not a bladed one
But it's really easy from start to finish
Cleaning is also really easy. All you really have to do is rinse it out with water.

[Anonymous No.4384245]

>>4384208
Still makes good coffee imo

[Anonymous No.4384422]

>ITT plebs that don't know shit about good coffee

filterless vacuum, faggots

[Anonymous No.4384447]

>>4384422
what does the vacuum part do?

[Anonymous No.4384469]

>>4384422
There's a filter right there in that pic. I'm looking at it. Also, flat bottomed? Really? No. It should be, basically, a chemistry boiling flask fitted with a tube and another boiling flask inside its neck, the second boiling flask having its bottom removed so as to be open at the top.
With a flat bottom, heat doesn't move throughout it as effortlessly as it would with a round, boiling-flask-style bottom.
Also: no. It brews a great cup, sure, but being glass and all... they're not the most sturdy thing to have about.

[Anonymous No.4384480]

>>4384422
Had one for a while. Too damn tedious to deal with, and not well-suited for making quantities of coffee less than the full capacity. I'll take the mud, thanks.

[Anonymous No.4384486]

>>4383186
I take one of these bastards with me everytime i go camping. You can set it on/by a fire or embers , but i use a tiny propane stove

[Anonymous No.4384514]

does every thread we have need to turn into food hipsterism. cringeworthy.

[Anonymous No.4384519]

>>4384514
>saying cringeworthy and not skande

Listen to this pyeongmin. Do you even speech 2.0?

[Anonymous No.4384847]

Last night I had an unusual, and great cup of coffee.

A few days ago I grinded up a bag of beans in my cheap electric burr grinder. It doesn't do a very good job, and leaves a lot of dust along the rim of the plastic container where it spits the grinds in.

I collected this dust into a small jar until I had five or six tablespoons of it. It's very fine, almost like flour.

Now, I also have this fine mesh filter thing that came with a Brookstone portable pour-over coffee set. It fits right on top of a coffee cup.

I put the filter over one cup of coffee, and added 2 tablespoons of the fine coffee grounds, and poured water straight from the electric kettle into the filter, slowly. It quickly clogged, and I filled it the rest of the way to the top.

In a minute or so, I came back and saw the liquid had dripped completely into the cup.

The coffee was amazingly full bodied, not bitter at all, and had an almost oily mouth feel. It was amazing.

The grounds looked kind of like chocolate-y silt after the water passed through.

[Anonymous No.4384874]

>>4384422
Can... Can you smoke it?

[Anonymous No.4384908]

I got this a while back from a junk store. Is it the bottom to a vacuum coffee pot?

[Anonymous No.4384911]

>>4384908
What game is that?

[Anonymous No.4384910]

tukish/greek/cowboy coffee

[Anonymous No.4384917]

>>4384911
It's a SNES powerpak.

[Anonymous No.4384923]

>>4384908

I bought one of those at the goodwill years ago. I couldn't figure out what it was and eventually broke it. May it forever remain a mystery to you too.

[Anonymous No.4384936]

>strong full mud
The grind for a french is a little coarser than for drip. If you want it stronger, use more coffee.

[Anonymous No.4384962]

cold drip coffee is god tier

[Anonymous No.4387258]

I think the metal plungers are shit, plastic rimmed filters superior, and of course, the cut of the coffee.

If you damn well insist the pleb coffee grounder must grind the bean rough enough you got no problem.

[Anonymous No.4389270]

>>4383027
Too much shit to clean/10

[Anonymous No.4389274]

>>4384102
Funny.
In Denmark it's perceived as being Italian.

[Anonymous No.4389315]

>>4389270
>step one: rinse with water
>step two: there is no step two

how lazy can you get?

[Anonymous No.4389355]

>>4383911
I use one, but it requires quite a large amount of ground coffee.

[Anonymous No.4389366]

>>4383027
Aeropress master race

[Anonymous No.4389379]

>>4389274
We have a type of 'egg coffee,' sort of. It's a Neapolitan thing. Basically, yolk is beaten with sugar until it turns pale yellow in colour, then a drop or two of fresh, still hot moka-brewed coffee is added and beaten a bit more until it creates a foam and the sugar crystals are no longer visible, adding more coffee a drop at a time as necessary until the effect is achieved.
The egg foam is divided equally amongst several demitasse, then the cups are filled with the rest of the brewed coffee. This creates a faux crema.
It's more for serving the coffee than it is for brewing it.

[Anonymous No.4389389]

>>4389379
Derp, forgot pic.

[Anonymous No.4389402]

>>4389389
Here's the yolk before being beaten with the sugar.

[Anonymous No.4390659]

>>4389379
Yeah I make a ghetto version of that with Nescafe added into the egg yolk before adding the coffee.

[Anonymous No.4390670]

I use a french press and love it, you've gotta grind it yourself though. No point if you're not using whole bean.

OP's picture appears to be a fench press full of delicious imperial stout though, not sure what's up with that.

[Anonymous No.4390687]

>>4390670
Those Bodum glasses are really neat, though.
I've had several, but they break like a motherfucker, which is a shame, because they're hella good.

[Anonymous No.4390762]

I have a plastic bodum press with a plastic filter and it's only sort of ok. The coffee always winds up getting ground in it and if I'm lucky enough only some silt gets through.

Do the glass ones work better?
Could I be doing anything wrong?

I'm using a cheap Hamilton beach coffee grinder set to coarse. I'd rather buy a cheap shit one now and save up for a nice one down the road.
As for beans I just buy Peets or Trader Joe's Dark Sumatra.

[Anonymous No.4390787]

>Mom buys me some 150 dollar tea kettle from Teavana for christmas
>In Feb with a little left over money I buy a french press
>It makes really good coffee
>Realize I can also use it to brew my tea
>It does it better then my kettle
>Almost never use my kettle and feel bad about it

Damn it Mom.. I didn't even ask for anything..

[Anonymous No.4390810]

I usually use the Thermal Technivorm Moccamaster since it has a temperature of 206F coming out the spout. The grinder I use is a Breville Smart Grinder. I measure 35 to 38 grams of coffee grounds to the maximum amount of 10 cups capable with each cup being 6oz.

[Anonymous No.4390860]

>>4390762
I've never owned a French press that didn't let silt get through the filter.
Some allow less through, some more.
It's just the shit you deal with if you like French press, I think.

You could try experimenting with the coarseness of the coffee grounds, I guess.