Coffee - how do you drink it and why?

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by EvoFire

I envy that setup even though I have no idea how to use any of it.

Been avoiding this thread and I gave in.

Pretty sure you have a $20K machine somewhere in the back.

[EvoFire]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

Pretty sure you have a $20K machine somewhere in the back.

I use a $30 aeropress and get my beans pregrinded from JJ or I use the illy canned stuff from costco. Super cheap haha. Blew my load on the car.

[MG1]

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heal...s-good-for-you

[Hehe]

I recently acquired a Force Tamper. God... what a tool.

Once properly adjusted/fine-tuned, it eliminates all guesswork on tamping. Perfectly equal every time. Pricy little tool... but the consistency is incredible.

[$_$]

just bought a moka pot today and tested it out, it's pretty good but i still have to figure out my timing/heat and also play around with the grind size

[SkinnyPupp]

Originally Posted by $_$

just bought a moka pot today and tested it out, it's pretty good but i still have to figure out my timing/heat and also play around with the grind size

You're in luck, Hoffman just posted a Moka pot method

YouTube

He just did a 4 part series on the brewer if you want to geek out

[hud 91gt]

Those are called Moka Pots? I’ve been calling them rocket coffee from the sound. Hahah.

[bcrdukes]

It's named after the Yemeni city, Mocha in relation to its coffee culture and history.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Was cleaning my machine earlier and wanted to share my setup.

[SkinnyPupp]

Anyone a fan of anaerobic process coffee? Trying my first brew, a Columbian natural process, and it's.. Kind of weird. Very strong lemon sharpness, and floral. It's not really sour like under brewed coffee, but sour sour... I don't know if I like it or hate it, but I guess I will after I go through 200g of it

I will try a lighter ratio next time

[danned]

mcdonald coffee sticker is gone

[EvoFire]

^ Noticed that on the weekend. They've fully transitioned to the points program on the app.

[ilovebacon]

Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG

Was cleaning my machine earlier and wanted to share my setup.

I thought owning a nespresso machine was cool, you have a legit coffee machine

[bcrdukes]

...Coffee machine.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Originally Posted by ilovebacon

I thought owning a nespresso machine was cool, you have a legit coffee machine

I started off with the Nespresso Inissia and the Aeroccino. Then my brother gave me a Breville Barista Express and then I ended up with this Lelit Victoria + Eureka Specialita.

Went down quite the rabbit hole in a spam of 3 months.

[roastpuff]

Lelit owners unite!

[Badhobz]

Wtf are those fancy things. I use this awesome thing.

[TOS'd]

My coffee comes from a $20,000 Mastrena machine from my local starbucks.

[68style]

I've never even had a cup of coffee in my entire life

[SkinnyPupp]

You guys are a bunch of plebs.. You need to spend at least $30K for even remotely drinkable coffee

[Hehe]

After more than half a year of waiting... new toy is here and I'm officially done with my set.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Anyone have a super automatic for the morning when they're too tired to function and do the whole process?

Exploring different options. Picked up a Philips 3200 LatteGo from Amazon to try since a lot of people on RFD got one during the last sale. It's pretty ass so far out of the box and apparently you need to burn through a few dozen drinks for the machine to "self-calibrate". Not worth my time and it's going back.

Stumbled upon this Terra Kaffe TK-02. Design looks nice and some interesting features. It can go up to 16g dosage, has a smart scale built-in, etc. Apparently designed in-house compared to their TK-01, which supposedly was an Aliexpress special. Too bad it's in pre-order stage so no reviews online.

https://www.terrakaffe.com/products/tk-02

https://ammunitiongroup.com/projects_pt/terra-kaffe/

[bcrdukes]

Having not owned a super automatic before, I'm afraid I can't answer your question, but if I could chime in and offer a different perspective, every morning and afternoon I look forward to turning my machine on, purging it, let it heat up, flush the grouphead, dose, grind, tamp, pull a cooling flush, and lock in the portafilter for a pull of the lever to watch the espresso pour out of the portafilter. Never has a super automatic come into mind where I'm too tired to make a coffee. My alternative to that is instant coffee.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Yeah, that's a different way of looking at things.

I don't sleep much as I'm a night owl (roughly four-five hours a night). Mornings can be a little tough some days, so I can't be bothered to go through the whole process and just skip the coffee until noon. The most obvious solution to all my problems is to sleep earlier, but I'm not ready for that just yet

The girlfriend still uses a Nespresso which I could use (and have thought of), but I've been spoiled by the taste from my current machine that it tastes so watered down. Pods are also so expensive for what you get compared to whole beans.

I was thinking a super automatic would be a good compromise between taste and convenience for me and she could eventually migrate off of the Nespresso at the same time.

[Badhobz]

BEST COFFEE IS VIETNAMESE COFFEE!!! (w/ condensed milk)

im looking at you giant can of Trung Nguyen for 20 bucks