Coffee Thread
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Khane
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Lleauaric
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Aeropress is awesome. Love it. Best cup of coffee you can reasonably brew at home.
when I want Expresso with it, I use about 20gs for of coffee for every 100ml of water (I found the KImbro coffee works great). I grind it very fine. I use two filters doubled up at the bottom and then 1 filter on top of the grounds, tamped down and packed with a dowel as much as I can. I pretty much need full force to push the coffee through but it creates a ton of pressure and I can usually get about 1/4" of crema.
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get the metal s filter if you want oils/crema for the aeropress, the reviews are old, they're on version 2 and super sturdy now.
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Mrs. Gravy
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I enjoy coffee but am not in the elite category of drinkers like many of you. I usually drink single origin and dark but I actually bought a flavored ground and I really like it; I still have to mix it half and half with the dark roast though...
Kauai Coffee - vanilla macadamia nut. It is good Saturday morning coffee. Merica!
That is all.
Kauai Coffee - vanilla macadamia nut. It is good Saturday morning coffee. Merica!
That is all.
My mother in law was fully titillated over the magnifica when she came in for thanksgiving and wouldn't shut up about it, gave her the spare.
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don francisco kona blend is touted pretty well, i had their beans too, i favor more don pablo (different roasters), it is a Kona Blend, and i do NOT know the ratio of Kona to other beans, but at least it's all 100% arabica, I've been told the smell is amazing.
I'm not much of a "smeller"/aroma guy so i guess when i vacationed in Hawaii and had Kona coffee all day, it really wasn't special to me at all really.
Mrs. Gravy
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Normally, I would agree in re flavors, for some reason, this one is pretty tasty...but only when mixed with dark roast 100%. Otherwise it would be too much. At least for me.
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Just bought: Amazon.com: Moccamaster KBT 10-Cup Coffee Brewer with Thermal Carafe, Polished Silver: Drip Coffeemakers: Kitchen & Dining
Extremely happy with it. Easily the best drip brewer I've ever owned.
Extremely happy with it. Easily the best drip brewer I've ever owned.
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edko
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I've picked up a few bags here and there from our local coffee roasting place Baby's Coffee Home
The Cuban and Hemingway varieties will pop your eyeballs. Breakfast blend is on the lighter side but has a nice, easy drinkability. Recommend stopping at their store if you ever drive down the Keys.
Not a huge aficionado but I liked catching up in this thread very much.
The Cuban and Hemingway varieties will pop your eyeballs. Breakfast blend is on the lighter side but has a nice, easy drinkability. Recommend stopping at their store if you ever drive down the Keys.
Not a huge aficionado but I liked catching up in this thread very much.
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sure depending on how much you want to spend, on the cheap a manual burr grinder they're as good as any prograde rancilo or barataz, it just takes a long ass time to manual crank it, but you can adjust your grind size from large to espresso/turkish fine.
Why does grind size matter? you control the flow with grind size, too large a grind and water just flows right through, too fine and you end up with immersion basically french press.
if you don't want to hand grind (trust me, it gets old after a few days), you can either get a 6.5mm socket, put a dab of gorilla glue on it and hammer it in, then attach a drill when you grind, instand $500 grinder, you just have a drill on your kitchen counter. (this is what i did recently, my grinder died, and i've done this to more expensive hario grinders, its just that these new sliver ones are really cheap and great)
Find a good burr grinder, they'll range from $50 to astronomical, and if you're going for a burr grinder.
A basic one to start out is the Krups one for under 40bucks
Whats a step up?, the bodum for that you get a conical burr grinder and an anti static glas container so your coffee grounds don't jump everywhere, it can of course get more expensive from then on, but thats only really for espresso territory, where you need ultra fine adjustments. (or you prefer more features like bigger hopper or a dosser)
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