| Vancouver Off-Topic / Current Events The off-topic forum for Vancouver, funnies, non-auto centered discussions, WORK SAFE. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. Please refer to sticky thread in this forum. |
 | | 
07-31-2023, 10:43 AM
|
#726 | | SFICC-03*
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: richmond
Posts: 8,400
Thanked 2,872 Times in 1,155 Posts
Failed 153 Times in 76 Posts
|
if you're going to grind them all at once anyway, why not just buy a $100 grinder that's far better than yours and use it every time to grind the entire bag if you hate grinding so much? better than having to drive out somewhere to do it every few weeks.
or if you always buy your bag from the same place then just ask them to grind it for you after you purchase it?
| 
|  | |
07-31-2023, 10:53 AM
|
#727 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 4,194
Thanked 3,027 Times in 1,395 Posts
Failed 58 Times in 33 Posts
|
I had been buying the illy cans from Costco, and I ran out and I couldn't find them last time. So I bought JJ bean where they would grind for me, but the prices are a little higher than I would like now (inflation) so I am thinking of getting the big costco bags and those should last me about 3 months at a time. I don't mind going out to get them grinded once a month than having another largish appliance at home.
| 
| | |
07-31-2023, 11:41 AM
|
#728 | | Say! Say! Say!
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Japan
Posts: 15,438
Thanked 3,336 Times in 1,465 Posts
Failed 240 Times in 64 Posts
|
I don't know of any place that would grind beans you bring in. Just seems like a liability waiting to happen.
Almost all roasters sell pre-grinded stuff, but it won't be as cheap as your Costco bags.
I suddenly remembered how Superstore used to have that machine that would grind beans you buy from the bulk section, lol.
I would really recommend you buy a grinder and just bust it out every couple of months. Just keep in mind that the beans found on retail shelves are generally darker roasts, so you'll probably need to clean the grinder more often.
__________________ Quote: | Owner of Vansterdam's 420th thanks. OH YEAUHHH. | Quote:
Originally Posted by 89blkcivic  Did I tell you guys black is my favourite colour? My Ridgeline is black. My Honda Fit is black. Wish my dick was black........ LOL. | | |
| | |
07-31-2023, 11:56 AM
|
#729 | | Performance Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Richmond
Posts: 16,662
Thanked 17,342 Times in 5,803 Posts
Failed 291 Times in 187 Posts
|
I’m sorry Evofire, I couldn’t resist:  | |
| | |
07-31-2023, 12:36 PM
|
#730 | | SFICC-03*
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: richmond
Posts: 8,400
Thanked 2,872 Times in 1,155 Posts
Failed 153 Times in 76 Posts
|
yeah those costco beans are pretty oily, if i were a coffee shop i wouldnt want those through my $5000 mahlkonig gunking up the burrs. if you dont care about grind quality and want to take it to a grocery store then i don't see why you wouldn't just use your own crappy grinder that you already have.
| |
| | |
07-31-2023, 01:00 PM
|
#731 | | RS Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: GTA
Posts: 29,844
Thanked 11,520 Times in 4,710 Posts
Failed 440 Times in 282 Posts
|
I stopped drinking coffee entirely due to inflation.
For sale
1 x Rocket Giotto Evoluzione v2. Recent maintenance overhaul from Rocket Canada. Comes with factory portafilter, single, double, and blank baskets. Currently plumbed into soft water system. Can be reverted back to reservoir draw for new owner (takes 30 seconds.) $5000 obo
1 x Ponte Vecchio Export lever machine. In excellent condition. Piston and seals all intact and no leaks. Pulls amazing shots. $2500 obo
1 x Olympia Cremina (2022 model) Brand new in box in original shipping crate - $10,000 obo
1 x Baratza Vario grinder (Gen 1) - New ceramic burs less than 30 lbs of coffee. $1500 obo
1 x Quamar M80E espresso grinder in orange. Well maintained with 57mm ceramic burrs (recently replace.) Likely 30lbs of coffee run through. $1500 obo
Bunch of other accessories also avaialble such as cups, tampers, tamping mats etc. All prices adjusted for inflation. My loss is your gain.
PM is key
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS I literally do not plan on buying another vehicle in my lifetime, assuming it doesn't get written off. | | |
| | |
07-31-2023, 01:20 PM
|
#732 | | SFICC-03*
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: richmond
Posts: 8,400
Thanked 2,872 Times in 1,155 Posts
Failed 153 Times in 76 Posts
|
hmm do you have a nespresso for sale?
| |
| | |
07-31-2023, 02:10 PM
|
#733 | | Say! Say! Say!
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Japan
Posts: 15,438
Thanked 3,336 Times in 1,465 Posts
Failed 240 Times in 64 Posts
|
For a second I thought all coffee prices shot up.
Thank god my Argo Equilibrium is still $80 for 5lbs.
__________________ Quote: | Owner of Vansterdam's 420th thanks. OH YEAUHHH. | Quote:
Originally Posted by 89blkcivic Did I tell you guys black is my favourite colour? My Ridgeline is black. My Honda Fit is black. Wish my dick was black........ LOL. | | |
| | |
07-31-2023, 03:49 PM
|
#734 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 53,428
Thanked 24,451 Times in 8,507 Posts
Failed 1,535 Times in 683 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by bcrdukes I stopped drinking coffee entirely due to inflation.
For sale
1 x Rocket Giotto Evoluzione v2. Recent maintenance overhaul from Rocket Canada. Comes with factory portafilter, single, double, and blank baskets. Currently plumbed into soft water system. Can be reverted back to reservoir draw for new owner (takes 30 seconds.) $5000 obo
1 x Ponte Vecchio Export lever machine. In excellent condition. Piston and seals all intact and no leaks. Pulls amazing shots. $2500 obo
1 x Olympia Cremina (2022 model) Brand new in box in original shipping crate - $10,000 obo
1 x Baratza Vario grinder (Gen 1) - New ceramic burs less than 30 lbs of coffee. $1500 obo
1 x Quamar M80E espresso grinder in orange. Well maintained with 57mm ceramic burrs (recently replace.) Likely 30lbs of coffee run through. $1500 obo
Bunch of other accessories also avaialble such as cups, tampers, tamping mats etc. All prices adjusted for inflation. My loss is your gain.
PM is key |  | |
| | |
07-31-2023, 05:39 PM
|
#735 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 2,915
Thanked 1,300 Times in 538 Posts
Failed 28 Times in 12 Posts
|
You forgot to list your reno that was centered around your coffee station
| |
| | |
07-31-2023, 05:51 PM
|
#736 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Ricemond
Posts: 9,182
Thanked 10,688 Times in 3,835 Posts
Failed 478 Times in 242 Posts
|
holy shit Duke's coffee getup is worth more than all my shitty appliances combined.
| |
| | |
07-31-2023, 08:25 PM
|
#737 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: YVR/TPE
Posts: 4,802
Thanked 2,887 Times in 1,240 Posts
Failed 626 Times in 198 Posts
|
Bahaha... with gears like that, it's kinda hard to believe that you are getting out of the coffee scene due to "inflation".
Last time I checked, a pound of good single origin can be had for less than $30... even some fancy Panama Geisha is no more than $200.
Sounds to me like an upgrade is in the plan... what are you moving up to? Leva X? Kees Idrocompresso?! 
__________________
Nothing for now
| |
| | |
08-01-2023, 01:11 AM
|
#738 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,516
Thanked 2,571 Times in 591 Posts
Failed 96 Times in 25 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by EvoFire Before I get crucified for it. Coffee does matter, but in the face of convenience and requirements of two kids, this makes more sense. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG I don't know of any place that would grind beans you bring in. Just seems like a liability waiting to happen.
I suddenly remembered how Superstore used to have that machine that would grind beans you buy from the bulk section, lol.
| Price smart foods richmond has a grinder and I think I saw one at safeway.
For instant coffee, I use a 10 y/o Tassimo machine and have a jar of UCC 117 coffee at my work desk. Those Japanese pour-overs that drape over the cup caught my eye too so I'll wait for it to go on sale.
Nescafe intense is by far the best flavor of instant aside from UCC.
Shoppers and Superstore carry presidents choice tassimo pucks, including cappuccino with the separate milk pucks but I'm worried that one day they'll stop selling it. I feel like I bought into the Betamax of coffee machines
__________________ If it ain't a Type R it ain't a tyte car '18 Mk7.5 Golf (5MT)
'99 Volvo S70 T5 (5MT)
8th May 2021 - 30th Sept 2023 (sold)
'99 SAAB 9-3 (3DR) (5MT) (sold)
'02 SAAB 9-5 Aero (5MT) (sold)
27th Sept 2015 - 17th Sept 2017
'03 Corolla (4AT)
2009-2020 (sold)
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ | |
| | |
08-01-2023, 05:30 AM
|
#739 | | RS Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: GTA
Posts: 29,844
Thanked 11,520 Times in 4,710 Posts
Failed 440 Times in 282 Posts
|
Switching to a Nespresso. Everything's gotta go!
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS I literally do not plan on buying another vehicle in my lifetime, assuming it doesn't get written off. | | |
| | |
08-01-2023, 06:53 AM
|
#740 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 3,007
Thanked 2,847 Times in 1,222 Posts
Failed 62 Times in 24 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by EvoFire I had been buying the illy cans from Costco, and I ran out and I couldn't find them last time. So I bought JJ bean where they would grind for me, but the prices are a little higher than I would like now (inflation) so I am thinking of getting the big costco bags and those should last me about 3 months at a time. I don't mind going out to get them grinded once a month than having another largish appliance at home. | You ever tried the grinder at Costco over by the food court? Would that work for you?
__________________
Current: 2019 Acura RDX
Gone: 2007 Acura TSX, 2008 Mazda 3 GT, 2003 Mazda Miata LS, 2008 Mazda Miata GT PRHT, 2003 Mazda Protege 5
| |
| | |
08-01-2023, 07:57 AM
|
#741 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Ricemond
Posts: 9,182
Thanked 10,688 Times in 3,835 Posts
Failed 478 Times in 242 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by bcrdukes Switching to a Nespresso. Everything's gotta go! |  you'll be like wtf is this shit? cat piss!? | |
| | |
08-01-2023, 08:01 AM
|
#742 | | RS Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: GTA
Posts: 29,844
Thanked 11,520 Times in 4,710 Posts
Failed 440 Times in 282 Posts
|
Inflation's a bitch. Do what you gotta do.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS I literally do not plan on buying another vehicle in my lifetime, assuming it doesn't get written off. | | |
| | |
08-01-2023, 08:09 AM
|
#743 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Ricemond
Posts: 9,182
Thanked 10,688 Times in 3,835 Posts
Failed 478 Times in 242 Posts
|
a&w keeps advertising that their coffee is good; i should go try it. But me not being a huge coffee drinker, i probably cant even tell whats good vs whats bad.
I think Vietnamese coffee is good. Cafe du mond (i like the dui part) or trung nguguguguyen coffee.
| |
| | |
08-01-2023, 08:29 AM
|
#744 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 37,729
Thanked 15,060 Times in 6,020 Posts
Failed 2,068 Times in 693 Posts
|
Imo in terms of actual coffee there’s Starbucks, and then everything else in the fast food world is at least a tier below
Had Tim hortons for the first time in probably years on Sunday. Don’t know how you even call it Coffee lol
__________________
Dank memes cant melt steel beams
| |
| | |
08-01-2023, 09:05 AM
|
#745 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Ricemond
Posts: 9,182
Thanked 10,688 Times in 3,835 Posts
Failed 478 Times in 242 Posts
|
are you being a starfucks snob!?!!? psssshhhhh.... get a load of this guy......
thats like saying you prefer something other than basic transportation. Like how dare you like a car more sensible than a corolla or a civic!?
ELITIST SWINE !
| |
| | |
08-01-2023, 09:15 AM
|
#746 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 4,194
Thanked 3,027 Times in 1,395 Posts
Failed 58 Times in 33 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by supafamous You ever tried the grinder at Costco over by the food court? Would that work for you? | They have a grinder? I didn't know that, I'll take a look next time.
| |
| | |
08-01-2023, 09:18 AM
|
#747 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Ricemond
Posts: 9,182
Thanked 10,688 Times in 3,835 Posts
Failed 478 Times in 242 Posts
|
^ha! you wish you were on grinder   | |
| | |
08-01-2023, 09:25 AM
|
#748 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 4,194
Thanked 3,027 Times in 1,395 Posts
Failed 58 Times in 33 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Hondaracer Imo in terms of actual coffee there’s Starbucks, and then everything else in the fast food world is at least a tier below
Had Tim hortons for the first time in probably years on Sunday. Don’t know how you even call it Coffee lol | Timmy's coffee is like trash water. I don't know how they can sell that stuff, and my mom likes it too. Everytime I see my mom drinking Timmy's I give her a hard time.
If you go to Timmy's, get a steeped tea. Their tea is much better.
| |
| | |
08-01-2023, 10:14 AM
|
#749 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 37,729
Thanked 15,060 Times in 6,020 Posts
Failed 2,068 Times in 693 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by EvoFire They have a grinder? I didn't know that, I'll take a look next time. | I have a feeling those grinders are gone now, probably since Covid.
For Starbucks I feel like their Pike Place is legitimately good coffee and a fine option if I’m not near a “real” coffee shop lol
One thing I always do when travelling in order to find good coffee is look up reviews for places on google and find a place that does Latte art. Generally, if they are doing latte art, they have decent coffee in my experience
__________________
Dank memes cant melt steel beams
| |
| | |
08-01-2023, 10:28 AM
|
#750 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 3,688
Thanked 627 Times in 358 Posts
Failed 20 Times in 17 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Badhobz a&w keeps advertising that their coffee is good; i should go try it. But me not being a huge coffee drinker, i probably cant even tell whats good vs whats bad.
I think Vietnamese coffee is good. Cafe du mond (i like the dui part) or trung nguguguguyen coffee. | It's terrible. But you should still try and see for yourself Quote:
Originally Posted by Hondaracer I have a feeling those grinders are gone now, probably since Covid.
For Starbucks I feel like their Pike Place is legitimately good coffee and a fine option if I’m not near a “real” coffee shop lol
One thing I always do when travelling in order to find good coffee is look up reviews for places on google and find a place that does Latte art. Generally, if they are doing latte art, they have decent coffee in my experience | Costco on Brighton has it right at the exit. There's 2 of them, but last time I went, 1 was down.
| |
| | | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:55 AM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
