[Toshi]

Huh, ok. I'll try it straight but will definitely dick around with adding butter or coconut/MCT oil, too, if that lines up with fasting/non-fasting periods of time. I shall avoid sugar at all costs.

So @Pesqueeb has a whole duplicate coffee making setup at work. The rest of you just do drip coffee from a work machine, bring in your own homebrew in a thermos, go without after the morning, what? Given that for the foreseeable future I don't see myself eating or drinking anything with calories before about 10 AM on most every day this is a pressing question.

 

[jonKranked]

Oh no.....I drink coffee like a 13 year old girl. Varying degrees of milk, our trip to Yurp got me to cut back significantly on milk, but every drink I make gets a big, single spoonful of teh beetus.

see, i prefer my espresso straight and don't like lattes/cappuccinos, but i do like a cortado.

 

[jonKranked]

So @Pesqueeb has a whole duplicate coffee making setup at work. The rest of you just do drip coffee from a work machine, bring in your own homebrew in a thermos, go without after the morning, what? Given that for the foreseeable future I don't see myself eating or drinking anything with calories before about 10 AM on most every day this is a pressing question.

home:

presso, single cup drip maker, various french presses. burr grinder (electric)

work:
aeropress, burr grinder (manual)

 

[jonKranked]

i used to have a coffee siphon, it made a great - and i mean GREAT - cup of coffee, but i almost never used it because of the amount of effort it required.

 

[StiHacka]

Step 1: get the Aeropress
Step 2: get some ground Bustelo in the grocery store
Step 3: drink the shit. Figure out how dense / diabeetical you like it. Get some fancier ground espresso beans if you desire.

After a few weeks, you'll be in a much better position to decide how you want to spend your $ on your new found addiction.

 

[Toshi]

Step 1: get the Aeropress
Step 2: get some ground Bustelo in the grocery store
Step 3: drink the shit. Figure out how dense / diabeetical you like it. Get some fancier ground espresso beans if you desire.

After a few weeks, you'll be in a much better position to decide how you want to spend your $ on your new found addiction.

Already have a burr grinder (2 actually! but one is to be returned) en route. I'm going to start simple with a Hario V60 but with beans that I grind, and work up from there.

 

[jonKranked]

pour over is a good place to start. it's easy enough to make a good cup, but if you wanna really nerd out with it you can.

 

[Nick]

I have an aeropress and drip at home, as well as a cold brew setup gifted from stoney. The drip or press get used everyday based on how much coffee I'm making.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Black and strong, usually Peets Major Dickason, buy it ground, make in a Bodum French press. water 185 °F or nearabouts, steep for three to five minutes.

Espresso's OK, also black...

No adulterants...

 

[OGRipper]

buy it ground

For the benefit of the n00b(s) here, grinding fresh really makes a big difference. Like I said earlier, it's a balance between fussiness and convenience, but personally I'd rather brew fresh ground in an auto drip than press pre-ground.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

For the benefit of the n00b(s) here, grinding fresh really makes a big difference. Like I said earlier, it's a balance between fussiness and convenience, but personally I'd rather brew fresh ground in an auto drip than press pre-ground.

Kinda. Hilarie uses coffee from local vendor A, which we grind and prepare in an auto drip, I drifted into my method from not liking her selection and from preparing coffee on the road during various journeys. I probably ought to buy a hand operated grinder...

 

[Westy]

I love coffee and have tried all the different ways of making it. You can control how certain flavors come out but at the end of the day it is all subjective, what is different isn't always better, with a few exceptions.

-Buy decent but not crazy expensive beans.
- Grind them yourself, it doesn't fucking matter how.
- Brew with whatever, just nothing that heats the carafe
-poop

 

[Pesqueeb]

i used to have a coffee siphon,

I've always wanted one of these for weekend coffee. Just because they please me aesthetically, regardless of coffee output.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

The other thing that I note about coffee is that anything can become boring. I swap out blends when buying to avoid that to some extent. I may dig out a grinder and try going back to that for a while based on this conversation...

 

[Toshi]

Thoughts after the first full 2.5 cup equivalents or so:

- slightly bitter taste, kind of like beer, but not overpowering
- I like the smooth mouth feel part
- really nasty when the cup goes cold
- fresh grounds smell good
- caffeine makes it worth it (and the health benefits!)

So I’m supposed to run some Grindz cleaner fake beans through once or twice per months? Otherwise don’t touch the burrs?

 

[SkaredShtles]

So I’m supposed to run some Grindz cleaner fake beans through once or twice per months? Otherwise don’t touch the burrs?

FTS. I will occasionally use the compressor to "clean" the grinder, but that happens like once a year. Maybe.

 

[Toshi]

FTS. I will occasionally use the compressor to "clean" the grinder, but that happens like once a year. Maybe.

Eh, it’s cheap and easy enough that I think I will be a good boy and do this. No rancid oil residue for me, please!

 

[SkaredShtles]

Eh, it’s cheap and easy enough that I think I will be a good boy and do this. No rancid oil residue for me, please!

You've been reading too much.

 

[Toshi]

You've been reading too much.

Sí. This is what I do.

 

[Pesqueeb]

So I’m supposed to run some Grindz cleaner fake beans through once or twice per months? Otherwise don’t touch the burrs?

Eh.....I take ours apart and brush it out real good with a nylon brush every new bag of beans, works out to once a week-ish. That's about it. It doesn't need to be surgery clean.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Sí. This is what I do.

We have noted. Your apparent compulsiveness is astounding, amigo!

 

[Toshi]

We have noted. Your apparent compulsiveness is astounding, amigo!

I prefer to think of it as an ability to change my viewpoint in response to contrary data.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I prefer to think of it as an ability to change my viewpoint in response to contrary data.

Or, you have the attention span of a goldfish.

 

[Toshi]

Or, you have the attention span of a goldfish.

But it’s not that simple as I have long running topics about which I perseverate, too. (And am good in several domains that require years of focused study, namely music, science, and medicine.)

I just want the world to speed up a bit in general.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I just want the world to speed up a bit in general.

Have you considered amphetamine? Two for one if you factor in weight loss!

 

[Toshi]

Tomorrow morning's experiment shall be the French press:

Craft Coffee - Brew Better Coffee, Pay Grocery Store Prices

Brew better coffee, but pay grocery store prices. Delivery is fast and free.

www.craftcoffee.com

Encore shall be set to 28 if I remember (at 25 now, was at 15 for the Hario):

Baratza | Coffee & Espresso Grinders

Every great cup of coffee starts with the grind. Upgrade your mornings with freshly-roasted coffee and the exacting precision of a Baratza burr grinder.

www.baratza.com

 

[SkaredShtles]

Tomorrow morning's experiment shall be the French press:

Craft Coffee - Brew Better Coffee, Pay Grocery Store Prices

Brew better coffee, but pay grocery store prices. Delivery is fast and free.

www.craftcoffee.com

Encore shall be set to 28 if I remember (at 25 now, was at 15 for the Hario):

Baratza | Coffee & Espresso Grinders

Every great cup of coffee starts with the grind. Upgrade your mornings with freshly-roasted coffee and the exacting precision of a Baratza burr grinder.

www.baratza.com

Lol. I grind at '9' for our regular drip coffee...

 

[Westy]

I seem to be rather tolerant to caffeine and not very dependent on it. My 23 And Me analysis says I process it quickly, whatever. The ability of a beverage to schedule dumps is priceless.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Lol. I grind at '9' for our regular drip coffee...

Mine goes to 11...

I purchased a hand grinder, haven't used it yet.

 

[jonKranked]

really nasty when the cup goes cold

same thing as when beer gets warm, you're drinking it too slowly

 

[jonKranked]

surgery clean

i go down that rabbit hole plenty at work

 

[Pesqueeb]

i go down that rabbit hole plenty at work

Do you autoclave your grinder?

 

[jonKranked]

Do you autoclave your grinder?

fuck no man. i just shake the dust out

 

[Pesqueeb]

fuck no man. i just shake the dust out

I feel like if I had access to an autoclave I'd probably abuse the privilege.

 

[jonKranked]

I feel like if I had access to an autoclave I'd probably abuse the privilege.

have you ever operated one?

 

[Pesqueeb]

have you ever operated one?

Nope!

 

[jonKranked]

Nope!

yea, because unless your job required you to do so, you wouldn't want to after the first time.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Nope!

So you'd abuse the privilege AND the autoclave.

 

[Pesqueeb]

So you'd abuse the privilege AND the autoclave.

Most likely!

 

[Pesqueeb]

yea, because unless your job required you to do so, you wouldn't want to after the first time.

Yeah, but I could just throw random shit in there while I was using it for work, if I had one.