Everything to do with Coffee

[BenoitOWN]

I do and follow Morgan drink coffee too.

[bellicose]

I accidentally stumbled on Hames Joffman while trying to watch James. I was so confused.

[BLachance75]

Anyone watch James Hoffman on YouTube?

It's pretty entertaining in its extremity of coffee machines and techniques.

He has an excellent mix of knowledge and entertainment in his videos. For pure laughs check out Hames Joffman

[Spider!]

Hah, made me want to try one for a minute.

[bellicose]

Yep. Love the bripe episode.

[Spider!]

Anyone watch James Hoffman on YouTube?

It's pretty entertaining in it's extremity of coffee machines and techniques.

[BrickHaus]

I got this cheapy coffee mill months ago at World Market. I have been avoiding using it just because it seemed like it wouldnt work that good with real use.

Well it does take a few minutes to bust up q couple if cups, but the grind is so much more consistent than my electric spinny blade style grinder.

Ive been running my BenoitOWN coffee through it. Today is Ethiopia Hararra. Its so delightful and Id say maybe floral.

[JonM]

My wife happened to snag a Philips 3200 series on a freecycle site. I can't believe someone would just give away a $600 coffee machine, but that's what they did. They say they just got tired of cleaning it. It makes absolutely amazing coffee too (for that much money, it had better). I've been enjoying rich freshly ground coffee every morning ever since. Frankly, it's better than the stuff I've had from some coffee shops - certainly better than the stuff I've gotten from places like Starbucks. My Keurig and even my French press have been collecting dust ever since.

[BrickHaus]

My lovely wife got me a pure over coffee maker and matching cup for Christmas. This makes a really good cup of joe. It does let a bit of sediment through, but the shape of the cup helps keep you from drinking em.

[Long Beard]

Anyone have or have used a Karmira. It's one device I haven't got my hands on. I'd rather not pay 100's for it.

[flyweightnate]

The single origin tends to be better - the Ethiopia has been my go-to for a short espresso. Indonesia and Columbia are pretty good, as well. But I get my ground coffee at Aldi, so YMMV.

The "robust" versions - the 10s and up on their "intensity scale" - are Starbucks style. Burned and bitter.

[flyweightnate]

Early Christmas present... can confirm, it's fun to watch and makes good coffee. Just a hair more robust than a pour-over through a paper filter, and minimal sediment.

[flyweightnate]

That it does... my wife has the Vertuo at school, and I have the original at home. (The beauty of Dallas... people like George Clooney but don't know they don't like espresso, so there's a bloated secondhand market for these things!)

Some of the Vertuo machines have a way to adjust settings through the buttons - like trigger programming an old Angel. Maybe you can find a way to get the little pods (altissio?) to make a crema.

[BLachance75]

flyweightnate mentioned the Vertuo pods. I picked up a Vertuo 'round head' recently and have been ordering a variety of pods. Anyone have recommendations? So far I'm honing in on Stormio or Odacio as my daily, though I've yet to start trying americanos with the espresso pods.

It's a neat little system. The foam is gives everything a creamy mouth feel, which is nice, but it lacks the flavor of real crema. From memory, the original Nespresso pods make a significantly better espresso.

I have the original Nespresso machine. I've tried a lot of different pods and they all seem to taste the same, kind of average. There are a few that were downright terrible. Maybe they are better with milk. for the most part I've only tried them as espresso shots. I haven't used it much in the past year.

From watching videos on the Vertuo machine it looks interesting.

[Long Beard]

I just bought a vintage Brevettato dual spout moka/espresso pot.