[jonKranked]

Which doesn't work worth a damn.

You sound cranky. Are there kids on your lawn?

 

[slyfink]

yes. get one. i replaced my french press with an aeropress, haven't looked back.

Yep. Aeropress rules. $25. Simply incapable of being a bad choice.

so I got one this morning. tried to make an espresso with it when I got to work, and was pretty unimpressed. it was super sour. did a bit of research, so this afternoon I loosened the grind, did the upside down technique, used hotter water, and let it steep 30 or so seconds. much better. actually very good. but definitely not an espresso.

I just got an email from the owner of the espresso machine I'd been using saying he can't use it at his new office, so do I want it. d'oh!

 

[jonKranked]

so I got one this morning. tried to make an espresso with it when I got to work, and was pretty unimpressed. it was super sour. did a bit of research, so this afternoon I loosened the grind, did the upside down technique, used hotter water, and let it steep 30 or so seconds. much better. actually very good. but definitely not an espresso.

I just got an email from the owner of the espresso machine I'd been using saying he can't use it at his new office, so do I want it. d'oh!

yea idk where the espresso nonsense comes from, but it makes a damn strong regular cup of coffee

 

[StiHacka]

yea idk where the espresso nonsense comes from, but it makes a damn strong regular cup of coffee

I found Cafe Bustelo to work well in Aeropress but I am total coffee barbarian.

 

[slyfink]

I found Cafe Bustelo to work well in Aeropress but I am total coffee barbarian.

I buy a pound of fresh roasted coffee from Vancouver roaster once a week (49th parallell - Epic Espresso). It's roasted on Tuesdays and gets here on Thursday afternoon. I usually go through about 2/3 lb in the week at home, and bring the rest to work when I pick up a fresh batch. So generally the coffee is never more than 3 weeks "out of roast". I prefer the "bright and acidic" flavour profile to the "strong-robust-tar" taste profile. you can think of it in beer terms: I like craft brewed IPAs, whereas the average bulk coffee tastes kind of like coors-lime to me....

 

[Jm_]

Fuck coffee.




I am however, not opposed to buying stock in the coffee industry. It's brilliant.

 

[jonKranked]

Fuck coffee.

kill list

 

[DirtyMike]

Got caught in a storm yesterday, made a fire. I was warm while waiting out the storm.



Learn how to make a fire, smoke is minimal.

 

[MikeD]

so I got one this morning. tried to make an espresso with it when I got to work, and was pretty unimpressed. it was super sour. did a bit of research, so this afternoon I loosened the grind, did the upside down technique, used hotter water, and let it steep 30 or so seconds. much better. actually very good. but definitely not an espresso.

I just got an email from the owner of the espresso machine I'd been using saying he can't use it at his new office, so do I want it. d'oh!

It's not an espresso maker, so I wouldn't expect espresso from it.