what is that man doing to his coffee maker

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big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

some of the camping coffee bags in this style are pretty alright. kinda expensive compared to grinding beans at home but i usually have some in the cupboard because taking my aeropress camping is more hassle than i want

# ¿ Apr 3, 2021 22:41

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 23:15

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

Bhodi posted:

didn't see anyone mention it yet but coffee crazy youtube personality james hoffmann did a series on the aeropress recently, the tl;drs that I remember from his testing are

pre-rinsing your filter doesn't change the flavor

pre-heating the aeropress doesn't change the flavor because it's well insulated there's less than a degree of temp drop

pushing through the hiss versus until the hiss doesn't change the flavor

inverted versus standard doesn't change the flavor but he personally finds inverted scary because presumably the plunger fell out once and near-boiling water and coffee grounds went everywhere and now he's traumatized

pushing water through too fast causes channels to form and all the water will run through those channels and the coffee will taste underextracted, thin or sour so take your time, ~20s+

there's a temperature hump where if brewed coffee will taste bitter. it's higher for dark roast and lower for light and it's between 80-90C so best brews are either higher or lower than that, he prefers going higher like 95ish but that's why both the aeropress directions and world championships prefer lower

steeping for ~2m pays huge flavor dividends but has big diminishing returns after that to the point that 3m+ steeps all taste the same (not bad, just wastes time)

swirl once after steeping and wait 30s to get the coffee to settle to the bottom

finding the right grind is important, aeropress prefers on the finer end and it varies widely per bean (obviously) so after adjusting for water temp start adjusting the grind, bitter = make larger, sour/thin = make smaller

afternoon aeropress using these hot tips and a larger quantity than usual of inferior beans. it's pretty good

think i'm going to clean the chemex with my brewing cleaner later too

# ¿ Apr 29, 2021 13:50

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

not been drinking much coffee lately, dug out the aeropress and the good beans today to get back in the saddle

# ¿ May 8, 2023 15:18

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

got up super late today, but not too late for coffee

# ¿ Jun 17, 2023 15:11

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

drank like eight cups of coffee today, still tired

# ¿ Jun 29, 2023 19:26

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

it was training workshop coffee, i.e. very bad

# ¿ Jun 29, 2023 19:27

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

HamAdams posted:

ran out of coffee, pray for me in these desperate times

# ¿ Jul 1, 2023 17:45

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

Silver Alicorn posted:

I have poured a cup of coffe.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2023 17:52

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

anyone else drinking a coffee rn?

# ¿ Jul 17, 2023 16:02

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

# ¿ Jul 17, 2023 16:18

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

saturday evening coffees

# ¿ Sep 9, 2023 17:27

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

graph posted:

it's time to drink coffee

# ¿ Sep 17, 2023 13:50

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

it's a change of pace for me today with a rare moka pot coffee

# ¿ Oct 3, 2023 07:34

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

woah this cup is strong

# ¿ Oct 3, 2023 08:15

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

I was late for the bus and had to abandon my coffee half finished

# ¿ Oct 5, 2023 18:02

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

Silver Alicorn posted:

I just had a cup of coffee.

same, with some banana bread i made

# ¿ Oct 14, 2023 10:37

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

made some welsh cakes today, a great accompaniment to a saturday afternoon coffee

# ¿ Oct 21, 2023 13:29

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

it's coffee time

# ¿ Oct 23, 2023 12:56

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

drinking the risky late afternoon coffee

# ¿ Nov 5, 2023 16:38

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

my coffee nerd colleague recommended me a local roasters and I went to their café and had a drat fine coffee

currently considering a coffee bean subscription from them or another local place

# ¿ Dec 9, 2023 13:48

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

now it's time for coffee though

# ¿ Dec 9, 2023 13:54

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

had to go in to the bad office today, got myself a bad office coffee. they have a new machine but tastes like the same old beans

# ¿ Dec 12, 2023 16:44

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

Cat Face Joe posted:

went to this yemeni coffee place. it's got cardamom in it. still forming an opinion

cardamom can occasionally be a nice addition to a coffee imo, but not every day or even every week

# ¿ Dec 15, 2023 20:43

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

lazy Sunday coffee

# ¿ Dec 17, 2023 15:59

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

for every coffee you don't drink, i'll drink three

# ¿ Dec 23, 2023 22:00

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

I had coffee today, and I also had coffee yesterday

# ¿ Dec 26, 2023 19:12

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

having my second coffee of the year, hope you're all well caffeinated today

# ¿ Jan 1, 2024 17:53

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

psiox posted:

oh dope, what ratios do you use? i need to use my chemex more (i think i get intimidated by the prospect of cleaning it)

i usually just rinse with some hot water after use and every now and then soak it in a cleaner like pbw to get it nice and shiny. i can live with a little coffee residue building up between soaks, because it is pretty annoying to properly clean otherwise

# ¿ Jan 2, 2024 02:06

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

my partner knitted a chemex chosy, got to try it out today

# ¿ Jan 19, 2024 15:38

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

all beans are beautiful

# ¿ Jan 29, 2024 02:22

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

well-read undead posted:

moving from a glass french press to a double walled metal one was a game changer for me. easier to clean, keeps coffee piping hot forever

I think the glass ones look nicer but I have also moved to double walled metal and it is better

# ¿ Jan 31, 2024 23:18

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

my partner decided she doesn't want to make coffee in the mornings when she's up first so she got a drip machine with a timer and built in grinder so you put in beans and water the night before and schedule it for the morning

to keep up appearances I made sure to :qq:

about our other nicer grinder and carefully weighing beans:water ratios and expert pourover technique but it's all a sham really because it's coffee and it's hot and it's there when you wake up and nobody is too good for that

# ¿ Mar 13, 2024 06:56

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

new beans today, can't wait to make morning coffee

# ¿ Mar 13, 2024 19:17

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

pro combo

# ¿ Mar 30, 2024 02:07

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

a little sunday afternoon coffee

# ¿ Apr 21, 2024 16:12

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 23:15

big scary monsters: Sep 2, 2011; -~Ｓｋｕｌｌｗａｖｅ~-

I'm in great need of coffee this morning. had the first half of the chemex hot, made the second half into iced coffee

# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 07:32

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