My teeth are bound to be as yellow as TP's in under 2 yrs. 3 cups a day son. Abd 2 of them are just bc I like the taste and 4 minute buzz I get.
had a delicious cup of Bi-Lo brand coffee this morning. I added honey to take the edge off. Nothing tastes better than free coffee at work.
Just skimmed through the thread but noticed a lot of machines posted. SIAP but if you aren't using a french press or similar type brewer, you are not a coffee snob and just throwing your money away if you buy expensive blends.
Haven't gotten through this whole thread yet....but I am s growing coffee snob. At home use an aeropress and usually brew kona or costa rican. Went to Kona in November and got some fresh stuff from royal kona. Green well farms special roast is the best I've tasted. Non Kona I get from sleepymonk.com. Northwest distributor. Very good stuff. Btw...I only drink coffee black now. Especially if it is quality stuff...I don't want to Tate anything but the coffee.
Yeah this is me too. When I was still working as an Intel Analyst in Afghanistan I was drinking 3 or 4 of these a day everyday. I can't do that much anymore. I actually get the chance to sleep nowadays
I got a waterpik and a sensodyne to overcome this issue. Works very well. Has never experienced a Technivorm.
Btw....the personal cup stuff at barnie's coffee is absolutely money as far as coffee shops go. Pour over drip method there works very well too.
great scene. Super I just got back from the Dominican Republic and bought every kind of coffee because I had no fucking clue what was good or not. But I will say it taste a lot better black than my duncan doughnuts which I love
The best coffee I ever had was in Cuba. People talk about the cigars, but the coffee is why we need to lift the embargo. I have craved it since I left.
Color me intrigued. I don't know why I've never looked deeper into the art of coffee brewing. I've been buying whole bean from my local grocer, grinding, and brewing in a drip pot for years. Apparently, my coffee is shit. So, TMB experts, let's say I want to get into using a French Press machine, purchase a quality grinder, and acquire some choice beans. What kind of start-up cost am I looking at and do you have any recs? Is it possible for like $100 just to dip my toes in a little? Would I be doing myself a disservice by not going all out? TIA.
A level or three above me, since I was too lazy to brew my coffee this morning and have a cup of quick chek coffee in my hands. On a 1-10, you're probably about a 3 and I'm probably about a 1.
I'm a coffee snob until I see the four 12 oz bags of Eight O'Clock Coffee for $11 deals on Amazon, then I just say fuck it, so cheap and way better than Folgers
Just had one of those cheap coffee that I could feel coming on in class so much that after I went to a 3rd floor bathroom with no foot traffic to unleash the beast. #crappycoffeeincheapconviencestore
Yeah man, easily. a French Press is like $20 & a grind is about the same. Then buy some quality beans. I try to buy bags from my local n'hood shop. It is kind of expensive ($14/lb) but pretty damn good.
Freezing them isn't suppose to do anything. Whole beans keep longer than ground beans....that is why it is better to grind right before brewing. I think beans are suppose to stay good in an air tight container for 3 months, just in a bag for like 2 weeks. Real Coffee snobs say ground coffee is only good for 24hrs before it is worthless.
Freezing doesn't do anything if I remember from my starbucks days. The "key" is to keep the beans out of the light. When you see places have beans exposed to light it is suppose to be like exposing beer to light.
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I don't consider myself a coffee snob, as close as I get is brewing everyday starbucks house grounds with deer park spring water... no tap, iodine 131 and shit.
Uh. Ground coffee is only good for a couple hours at most. You want to have a roast date on your beans, and use them within 2 weeks. So buy accordingly. Putting your beans in the fridge is what grandma does. It is idiotic. Considering a good and consistent brew requires a burr grinder for consistent grounds, and consistent water temp at 200 degrees, peeps need to remember you want a room temp ground. So if you're chewing up fridge beans the water hitting your grounds at 200 degrees (thank you Technovorm) will instantly drop several degrees. Then you're not releasing the fucking love.
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What do you guys think about the Aeropress? I was thinking of getting one or should I just get a French press?
I would simply get a french press. as you'll see from the brewing guide below, it still is going to require you buy a good grinder. this way you get a consistent grind.
I gave up caffeine recently and the headaches were no fucking joke. I would like to add it was well worth it. Pretty good feeling to not be rising and falling due to a drug.
Thanks, I realize that my grinder sucks and will have to invest in a new one. *sigh*. My gf has french press she says she'll give to me. I read that even the Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz uses a press for coffee. http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/thestew/2009/03/starbucks-ceo-comes-to-chicago-for-coffee-talk.html
yeah. it is a preferred method. I will use my Technovorm for morning coffee. Evening I will usually french press -- a Bodum Presso which is thermal/double walled so it doesn't cool so quickly. just make sure your water comes to a boil, then take it off the heating element. Then grind your beans, scoop them in, and by the time you finish that, your water should be at 200 degrees optimum temp.
I tried the cold brew method the other day. I followed the instructions to add your standard amt of coffee to cold water and leave it in the fridge overnight (french press), but either it didn't sit long enough or I need to put more coffee in. Didn't like the idea b/c the press isn't sealed. I do see that Bodum has a new unit for this method; comes with airtight lid. This method is suppose to have a lot of flavor and should be sweeter b/c there's no heat to destroy essential oils. Mine was too watery but it was noticeably sweeter. Could probably drink it black, which I can never do otherwise. /coolstarrybra
my buddy does cold press, but it's another method so he extracts the coffee in a concentrated form. he then will heat up water and add the concentrate. It is pretty good and zaps all the acidity. But I like the acidity levels in certain beans so it isn't for me. And yeah, you'll find yourself using more grounds than you think, but I usually always use more. In my technovorm, to get a good brew I am doing about 14 teaspoons for 10 cups.