|
KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:high quality beans are cheaper than the shop down the road I admit i'm a coffee pleb
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2021 23:45
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 6, 2024 20:35 |
|
|
Instant coffee is fine. If you've got a local Asian grocery, there are a ton of varieties out of Japan and Taiwan (and I'm sure other places). It's not as good as fresh-ground, fresh-roasted beans lovingly brewed in a vacuum coffee machine... But it's fine, and also not six dollars a cup.
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2021 23:54
|
|
|
I bought an $80 coffee grinder at the start of the pandemic and I thought I was being a little spendy at the time but holy crap has that thing paid for itself a million times over. I buy whole beans at Costco and can dial in whatever type of grind I want depending on if I'm doing a usual pot or a pour-over and everything is fresh and delicious.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 00:00
|
|
|
I've actually been going and getting coffee out more since my county got above 70% vaxxed. It's very BMW but after doing so much work from home in a tiny apartment that 10 minute walk to a place with people in it just feels really nice.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 00:05
|
|
|
SpartanIvy posted:I bought an $80 coffee grinder at the start of the pandemic and I thought I was being a little spendy at the time but holy crap has that thing paid for itself a million times over. I buy whole beans at Costco and can dial in whatever type of grind I want depending on if I'm doing a usual pot or a pour-over and everything is fresh and delicious. A burr grinder and french press can make pretty serviceable coffee out of just about any fresh beans. Highly recommended.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 00:08
|
|
|
Soylent Pudding posted:I've actually been going and getting coffee out more since my county got above 70% vaxxed. It's very BMW but after doing so much work from home in a tiny apartment that 10 minute walk to a place with people in it just feels really nice.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 00:38
|
|
|
E: nevermind.
Volmarias fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Sep 16, 2021 |
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 00:52
|
|
|
Couldn’t you just go for a walk? Do you need a treat at th end?
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 00:56
|
|
|
The thing that started this conversation was someone posting in a Reddit thread that they spent too much on coffee. If you like your daily coffee from your local shop and just consider it a reasonable entertainment expense, more power to you; there are certainly many more expensive/less healthy vices.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 01:09
|
|
|
CharlestheHammer posted:Couldn’t you just go for a walk? Do you need a treat at th end? That sounds snarky but I'm being sincere, if Volmarias is more likely to actually leave his gooncave specifically to get coffee than to just take a random walk, then it's a good thing overall. (assuming he's not spending $3600 on coffee and his family is dying) Of course the flip side is having the self awareness to recognize that the amount of money spent on treats should stay reasonable relative to your budget, which a lot of people don't have. The redditor who was spending $400/mo on coffee thinks that's too much for them & is looking for alternatives so I can't be too hard on them either. e: coffee redditor posted:You hit it on the nose. The social interaction is what helps get me going. I live in the suburbs so there isn't a good spot to talk to strangers without it being a trip to do something. That's why I considered the park or hiking. Just need some social interaction. Bonus for coffee is you're a customer so people tend to be kinder. The place I go to allows dogs so they get a chance to say hi to the works and they love getting the morning sniffs on the drive. Haifisch fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Sep 16, 2021 |
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 01:09
|
|
|
Dude and his wife are drinking coffee in the evening, that's BWL no matter how you slice it
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 01:45
|
|
|
Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Do you pay capital gains on credit card cash advance profits? Aside from all the other reasons this is a terrible idea, I have a feeling this person doesnt know that interest starts on cash advances the second you withdraw the money, and always (always?) at a higher APR.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 01:46
|
|
|
BMan posted:Dude and his wife are drinking coffee in the evening, that's BWL no matter how you slice it I too have never heard of Europeans
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 01:46
|
|
|
kw0134 posted:I feel like too many people call things BWM when the alternative is a nervous breakdown from living a financially optimized ascetic lifestyle. People call things BWM when the people talking about them say they're spending "too much money" on or they demonstrate that they are spending money they don't have on unnecessary things. Some people can get 4 coffees a day and it isn't the slightest bit BWM. But those people aren't house poor and barely making ends meet where a couple hundred bucks a month is something they are agonizing over enough to post online about.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 02:20
|
|
|
kw0134 posted:I feel like too many people call things BWM when the alternative is a nervous breakdown from living a financially optimized ascetic lifestyle. Precisely. The dude is inverse BWM. It’s probably more awkward with money.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 02:30
|
|
|
BWM is just a morality test. $400/month on coffee? GWM. $400/month on Funkopops? BWM. $400/month on anime larping costumes? SWL.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 02:37
|
|
|
Residency Evil posted:$400/month on anime larping costumes? SWL. Scoring With Lolitas?
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 05:05
|
|
|
Guinness posted:Scoring With Lolitas? This isn’t the Epstein thread.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 05:09
|
|
|
Yo friends I may be bad with money otherwise but as a former barista of 5+ years I will say this: you will never beat a stainless steel French press filled with any loving coffee you want and an electric kettle to boil the water to 97C for total coffee value. Period. Time? Clear winner. Energy used? Blows em all away. Flavor? Fabulous. Comical expulsions of hot grounds and liquid when you over fill it and push the screen down too early? Whenever you need to lighten your day and or scald the gently caress out of yourself.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 05:39
|
|
|
Fasdar posted:Yo friends I may be bad with money otherwise but as a former barista of 5+ years I will say this: you will never beat a stainless steel French press filled with any loving coffee you want and an electric kettle to boil the water to 97C for total coffee value. Period. Time? Clear winner. Energy used? Blows em all away. Flavor? Fabulous. Comical expulsions of hot grounds and liquid when you over fill it and push the screen down too early? Whenever you need to lighten your day and or scald the gently caress out of yourself. Former barista confirming my trash taste in coffee.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 05:46
|
|
|
French press is perfect for someone who thinks getting hot water and coffee grounds everywhere is an essential part of making coffee. That being said, it is easy and gently caress it, it was going to smell like coffee everywhere anyways. Signed, sadly also a former barista and current tea drinker
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 06:20
|
|
|
drk posted:French press is perfect for someone who thinks getting hot water and coffee grounds everywhere is an essential part of making coffee. That being said, it is easy and gently caress it, it was going to smell like coffee everywhere anyways. I don’t know how you think French press coffee is made but I imagine it’s the wrong way.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 06:26
|
|
|
Isn't French press bad for you because it leaves in all the delicious coffee oils that wreck you and makes it so delicious? Just a heads up for people who care about their cholesterol levels, maybe use a filter. Easiest way I've found is putting ground coffee in a Mason jar of water and letting it cold brew in the fridge a couple days, then filtering it before drinking.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 06:52
|
|
|
moana posted:Isn't French press bad for you because it leaves in all the delicious coffee oils that wreck you and makes it so delicious? Just a heads up for people who care about their cholesterol levels, maybe use a filter. Easiest way I've found is putting ground coffee in a Mason jar of water and letting it cold brew in the fridge a couple days, then filtering it before drinking. Unless you have a problem with your cholesterol then you don’t need to worry.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 06:56
|
|
|
moana posted:Isn't French press bad for you because it leaves in all the delicious coffee oils that wreck you and makes it so delicious? Just a heads up for people who care about their cholesterol levels, maybe use a filter. Easiest way I've found is putting ground coffee in a Mason jar of water and letting it cold brew in the fridge a couple days, then filtering it before drinking.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 07:01
|
|
i like nice words
|
And everyone should get tested for cholesterol because you can seem healthy as anything and still have high cholesterol levels.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 07:02
|
|
|
Anne Whateley posted:Easier to put the grounds in a bag beforehand, then just pull it out. Look for reusable nut milk bags (sorry)
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 07:03
|
|
|
moana posted:And everyone should get tested for cholesterol because you can seem healthy as anything and still have high cholesterol levels. I get blood work done every year because I’m so fat but miraculously I have ok cholesterol and am not diabetic or pre-diabetic. My blood pressure is usually OK when they check it too. I just started an intermittent fasting diet because despite all that I am almost the fattest I have ever been and I do not believe it to be healthy and do not want to face the day when they tell me there is a problem other than needing to lose weight.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 07:16
|
|
|
moana posted:Isn't French press bad for you because it leaves in all the delicious coffee oils that wreck you and makes it so delicious? Just a heads up for people who care about their cholesterol levels, maybe use a filter. Easiest way I've found is putting ground coffee in a Mason jar of water and letting it cold brew in the fridge a couple days, then filtering it before drinking. I never had heard of this and sure enough it is a thing due to the way the liver processes the oils left in suspension in the French Press or Turkish methods. Thanks for the information.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 08:14
|
|
|
Ok I get the french press makes good coffee but how do you clean it? Everyone is all “oh it’s so easy” while I’m trying to fish out grounds from the bottom of a long glass cylinder, or knock them off a mesh thing with a million tiny catches, or else I’m putting loads of coffee grounds down my sink which is not good for plumbing. What is the secret? Is there some trick I don’t know about?
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 08:45
|
|
|
Just get a stove top bialetti, drink the whole thing and elevate yourself to a higher state of consciousness.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 08:49
|
|
|
Switchback posted:Ok I get the french press makes good coffee but how do you clean it? Everyone is all “oh it’s so easy” while I’m trying to fish out grounds from the bottom of a long glass cylinder, or knock them off a mesh thing with a million tiny catches, or else I’m putting loads of coffee grounds down my sink which is not good for plumbing. What is the secret? Is there some trick I don’t know about? For the grounds in the press, just add in a little bit of water, swirl it around, and dump it right in the compost bucket, ideally. The tablespoon or less of grounds stuck to the screen aren't a concern for modern plumbing, especially if you have a disposal. Hell I think the only real place you have concerns are older buildings with narrower pipes. When I worked in shops where we had terrible plumbing we'd use a silicon frosting spatula/spoon thing to remove the grounds into our organic waste before rinsing the remainder. Also get a stainless steel one. The glass ones are pretty but short lived.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 09:04
|
|
|
moana posted:Isn't French press bad for you because it leaves in all the delicious coffee oils that wreck you and makes it so delicious? Just a heads up for people who care about their cholesterol levels, maybe use a filter. Easiest way I've found is putting ground coffee in a Mason jar of water and letting it cold brew in the fridge a couple days, then filtering it before drinking. I've honestly never heard of this, and there's very little oil in brewed coffee. I've tested it for nutritional facts panels several times and there's always essentially zero grams of fat. Food scientist in the coffee industry here. Also I've worked on several cold brew projects and what I've found works best is: 2 parts water to 1 part coffee by volume, let steep for 20 hours at room temperature, and strain. Grind coffee to 925 microns if you can dial that in. Switchback posted:Ok I get the french press makes good coffee but how do you clean it? Everyone is all “oh it’s so easy” while I’m trying to fish out grounds from the bottom of a long glass cylinder, or knock them off a mesh thing with a million tiny catches, or else I’m putting loads of coffee grounds down my sink which is not good for plumbing. What is the secret? Is there some trick I don’t know about? Put a mesh strainer in the sink, add water, swish around, dump in mesh strainer. Compost grounds if you can. The mesh plunger unscrews apart and all of it can go in a dishwasher.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 10:02
|
|
|
It's the cafestol. Espresso ftw https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1816604 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0963996920302325 
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 10:19
|
|
|
Beans, Water, Milk: I admit i'm a coffee pleb
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 10:22
|
|
|
If you're drinking seven cups a day then maybe you should switch to decaf
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 10:45
|
|
|
Not seeing any cold brew live here. I order this packs at a time: https://www.gradyscoldbrew.com/ 1 pack cold brews me a jug that is 3 16oz of coffee , so it gets me 3 days of coffee. All I need right there, I’m not a coffee expert but tastes fine to me. I also am not a big fan of hot drinks, so in my wheel house preference wise as well.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 11:48
|
|
|
Duckman2008 posted:Not seeing any cold brew live here. I order this packs at a time: I'm kinda confused by which pack you're talking about, so I'm having trouble deciding how BWM this product is.
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 12:06
|
|
|
Just use a $10 drip machine
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 12:11
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 6, 2024 20:35 |
|
|
Powerful Two-Hander posted:Just get a stove top bialetti, drink the whole thing and elevate yourself to a higher state of consciousness. All drip/press coffee just tastes so weak compared to the stuff I make on my stove with one of these. Moka supremacy 4 lyfe 
|
|
#
?
Sep 16, 2021 12:20
|
|
