Everything to do with Coffee

[Grendel]

Hi all, I am a coffee drinker (also corrupted my wife over the last few years). I have been drinking coffee for around 40 years and I have never followed the fads. I have no interest in Espresso, Cappuccino, Latte', Turkish,...etc (tried them all and just like a simple cup of black coffee). I like light - medium roast freshly ground with water filtered through it so I get a dark tinted drink that is still hot. I like the convenience of a drip coffee maker but have gotten tired of the drip coffee makers lasting only a few months before something goes haywire. Any of you coffee addicts have any advice on a simple drip coffee maker that will last through multiple pots a day, that I will not have to repurchase for quite a while?

[BrickHaus]

How do you like that thing? I've been thinking about getting one.

I love it. I use mine for a lot of stuff, but its my go to for most of my coffee needs. I have a stainless steel micro filter called the altra filter. This catches just about all sediment.

I usually make coffee out of my aeropress if Im just going for a hot cup, but Ill press all of my water through the grounds making more of an americano than anything else.its a lot of work, but its hard to beat the taste.

I also use it to filter my cold press. I make cold press in french presses. After a day of brew time, I french press them, then I run that through my aeropress for a final filter. The altra filter usually catches about 1/8" thick puck of gelato looking sediment out of my french cold presses. Yet it doesnt rob oils out of the coffee like a paper media filter would.

Id argue that my staresso mini makes a better espresso shot, but the staresso cant make a 30 oz cup either, so I try not to compare them to eachother much.

[BenoitOWN]

It’s my go to brewer after my espresso machine.

[boarder2k7]

aero pressed cup

How do you like that thing? I've been thinking about getting one.

[shadow191]

When I first started WFH, I started taking more time and steaming milk and so on but after a couple of months, that got old so back to just straight double espressos. Have a Breville with build in grinder that I picked up maybe 7 years ago after blowing up 2 cheap Cuisinarts in less than a year. This thing is still going strong.

I still care about getting decent beans though.

Have a french press I never use also. For work, I traveled a bit and never could stand the Keurig or Nespresso machines in hotels - if I had to choose, I prefer the Nespresso but both are pretty lacking. Same for Keurig in office, tried a lot of different types and none of them tasted good.

Tried a moka pot once while on vacation in Tunisia at my Airbnb. Took me a while to figure out hot to get it all going especially on an unfamiliar gas stove but made a decent cup.

NECRO!

Anyone else experience a coffee consumption sine wave? I got real fancy with my shit earlier on in quarantine, but now I've been drinking pre-ground drip Aldi coffee and thinking nothing of it. Also I am drinking way too much fkn coffee.

[Challenger007]

Cool! I think it was a great gift. Of course, a person who does not care about coffee will not be interested. But I myself would not have been from such a gift.

[BrickHaus]

I had to share this.

So my wife got me an Onyx Coffee Advent Calendar for my birthday. Its basically 25 days of coffee, a different coffee every day. And 2 ounces of beans per batch.
this gets me one large aero pressed cup, and one espresso shot of each new flavor daily.

I believe it was $150 for the box but Ive had a few coffees that had me rolling my eyes into my head as I drank em.

I have Been taking pictures of my espresso shots for my coffee nut friend, and I added a couple to this folder.

If you guys care, Ill add them all.

[BrickHaus]

I got an all glass Cory siphon coffee pot still in the box. The family I bought the house from left it buried deep in a cupboard. Its kindq tough to get right ( well it was on my electric stove) I havent tried it on the newer gas stove. But mqn it makes a nice cup when it works.

[Siress]

I've not heard of a 'siphon coffee pot' before. Is it like a percolator? edit: Found a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJdoFZDwPMU Pretty cool!

[Canuck]

A little late but we picked up this vintage siphon coffee pot at a local vintage shop last year. Makes an excellent brew.

[BLachance75]

I went about 6 months without having coffee after I started working from home. I stopped for no reason in particular and started up again for no reason. When I started drinking it again I was having a k cup and adding in an espresso shot from my nespresso machine. I recently got some beans from Benoit on here and have been making cold brew with it.

[Hobbes]

I went from grinding fancy beans and a french press to getting a jug of the store brand dark roast run through a $10 drip.

[Jonnydread]

NECRO!

Anyone else experience a coffee consumption sine wave? I got real fancy with my shit earlier on in quarantine, but now I've been drinking pre-ground drip Aldi coffee and thinking nothing of it. Also I am drinking way too much fkn coffee.

[BrickHaus]

Finally, a topic I feel knowledgeable enough about to talk about.

im a total coffee whore. I have a cabinet full of coffee paraphernalia including an aero press, og Cory vacuume pot, percolator, 3 French presses, a staresso mini, and a drip pot.

I've been huge on my aero press for years. Yes its a bit 9f elbow grease every morning for a cup, but its a great cup with out any oils missing. (I use an altra stainless filter).

I recently got the staresso mini from indigogo and love it.. you can find a similar product on Amazon from staresso, but its not called the mini. Its essentially a pocket sized hand pump espresso maker that takes grounds or a nespresso pod. I got this unit for camping mainly, but since COVID we no longer have coffee pots at work, so its gotten a ton of use.

My ultimate love though, is my homemade cold press. i have developed a pretty great brew method, and my cold press is hard to beat. Start with my 3 French presses. (Gotta brew in glass for taste) fill each with 6 scoops from my coffee scoop. Add water, cover the tops, and let sit on the counter for 24 hours. After 24 hours use the French press plunger to press the coffee raft to the bottom. I then take my empty aero press with stainless filter, and I strain my cold brew through the filter one last time. The altra filter catches that gritty hairy stuff the French press leaves behind.

The result is a smooth oily cold press that'll make your taste buds dance, your heart race,, and clean your b -bole out.

I usually just cut mine with a lil water for an americano. My wife takes it a step further.

We also have a royal brew nitro keg. (lets you charge a keg with whip it canisters). I put my cold press in her keg and she has nitro cold press drinks with a little vanilla almond milk in them. Essentially a vanilla nitro latte. I've sipped them and they are a delight.

My go to coffee is Cameron's intense French. (Local to me) but i love trying many brands.

[Rainmaker]

I put a pinch of Cayenne pepper in my coffee this morning, just to try something new. Pretty good actually!