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nakkers said:
This thread did not disappoint. Thank you all for your contributions!


I have a French press and I tried to grind some beans in a magic bullet blender and wasn’t impressed.

I did a quick Amazon purchase of a coffee grinder and going to give it another shot. If not, the dance between Kuerig and a traditional pot of Kirkland medium roast swill will suit me fine until………this thread pops back up and I go down a rabbit hole.


To the post of cold brew, it might be an experiment to try but, I’ve had some cold brew concoctions and never been impressed.

Hot cuppa Joe, and I’m on go!


What do the folks of GTAM recommend for bean choice for regular mornings? Not the special brew meant to impress the neighbours.
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Manual coffee grinder is miles ahead of a magic bullet. Hook it up to a drill and spin it slow if you don't want morning exercise. If you want an electric grinder, burr is the way to go. The cheap ones sound like a skil saw in your kitchen.

For beans, try to find ones with a roasted on date instead of a best before date. Best before date is typically a year after roasting. Ideally, you use the beans within a month of roasting. For daily brew, I use beans from costco (flavour profile is personal so what I like may not be what you like). Ok flavour, great value. If I'm feeling flush, I buy beans from roasters and you can get magically different flavour profiles (some are so far from what canadians consider coffee that they turn off many people).
 
JC99 said:
Little known fact, lighter roasted beans have more caffeine in them by volume but by weight light and dark roasts are practically the same level of caffeine. So you don't need the treacly black stuff for a jolt in the morning.
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I can fall asleep while drinking coffee, so if I do get a "jolt" I don't really notice it........or have developed a tolerance. I DO love the taste and the morning ritual, though. Fresh ground 'n brewed and **** posting on GTAM with the news on the TV in the background.
 
Coffee is very important over here , Jura S eight super automatic , makes a fantastic Americano and with a button wife gets a cappuccino’s, we use Lavazza creamy beans exclusively, after decades we agree on a bean.
I keep a Nespresso on the boat , tbe aluminum pods don’t get buggered in the humidity . Our office has both high volume urns and a nice Rocket apartmento for those that need it .


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As others said, French press or moka pot using beans you grind would be pretty easy and would get you miles ahead of pre-ground stuff out of most drip machines. My wife's not really a coffee enthusiast but found both those methods to be pretty approachable. Initially she played around a bit with ratios and grind sizes, but then found some beans she liked and kept it consistent.

I personally do pourover, but would say it's a bit less approachable. While it is "just" grinding beans and pouring hot water over them, you can start chasing things like temperature, grind uniformity, agitation, filter speeds, water chemistry, etc. I started with just a Hario V60 and a bad Hario hand grinder quite a while back, but over time made upgrades to the kettle and grinder to increase control and amassed a collection of drippers as I got more into it. Future upgrades would probably be getting more into water chemistry and maybe one day another grinder.
 
Relax said:
An Italian friend swore by her Bialetti Moka pot, and gave me one as a gift along with a bag of Moak Gusto Bar. It was so good, I could drink it black when normally I put enough to sugar and cream to make it taste like ice cream. Pain to clean, though, and the last time I used it not realizing it would be the last, it wasn't cleaned thoroughly and now there's stains in the actual aluminum pot, with signs of the anodizing wearing off. I scrubbed and cleaned as best I could, but there are still some small stains. When I made a pot, it had a sour taste. Made another with just water and same thing, so it's the pot or maybe the rubber seal. A new one isn't that much, but I'd hate to do another one in.
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Moka pot for me at home most days. Dealing with the grinds is easier if you use it a few times a day, the puck just pops out with a tap against the rim of the compost bin. Leaving them overnight makes the puck harder to pop out without making a mess.

The Italian way is to never, ever, ever wash them with soap. Just rinse and wipe, the boiling and steam will sanitise it all anyway. The prevailing wisdom is they taste better and better over time. Washing someone's moka with soap would be like washing someone's carefully seasoned cast iron pan with caustic soap and a scrub brush, a major no no.

Coffee nerds will say that's wrong, but coffee nerds also complain about Italian espresso, which is perfect and simple and unpretentious, and wank over the sourest garbage like beer nerds wank over IPA's that taste like they were brewed with pine needles. I'd take a simple shot of espresso from a metro station in Rome over some beans that an ocelot crapped out poured over a frozen stone at a temperature set to the hundredths of a degree after being tamped by a robot and tickled with ostrich feathers via a contraption that looks like a high school chemistry lab. James Hoffmann can kiss my arse.

(I kid, of course, James Hoffmann is entertaining and seems like a nice fellow, but my gosh the coffee nerd world can get pretty far up its own butt at times...)
 
Instant with hot water. Add cream to taste.
I used to care about flavor now it's just for fuel.
 
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My justification for the Jura machine , it’s completely programable so I have a sturdier grind and longer press through than my wife , we each have a button with our name on it . We can use the same beans and both get what we want . Yes it’s a little over the top , but when it’s one cup in the morning , it’s a simple pleasure that starts my day in the right direction.


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I have peed on the side of every 400 series hyway in Ontario, taking an xxl tims along would then include looking for a place to take a dump. I dont know how you guys can put that much coffee in your system at once .
 
There was a time that the family was spending a collective fortune at Tim's for that **** they call coffee.

We bought a Keurig to help control spending but all that coffee was equally bad and still expensive overall. Keurig's give me the jeebs and if I am offered a coffee from one my standard answer is "thank you, I am trying to quit".

I did way too much research and landed on a Philips system. The initial one we bought (Talea Giro Plus) worked for years. Well worth the investment. Only thing it ever needed was regular cleaning, descaling and lubrication. I replaced the grind stone once and that was pretty straight forward. About 4 years ago we replaced it with another Philips product - the 4300 and is a workhorse in the house and would not hesitate to buy another.

The trick is finding a bean you like. In our house it's Kimbo or Cimo. Both are interchangeable and bloody delightful. Most in the house drink it black. Returning visitors look forward to our coffee.

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Soulcatcher668 said:
That could get you beaten in some circles.... lol

I'm a french press guy.... mostly because I am too lazy to do a proper pourover or mess with an aeropress.

Matching how you grind your coffee with your preparation method make a big difference.
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When I'm camping with Squeeze and our campervan I use an Aeropress. On moto camping trips I've made coffee by just throwing grounds into boiling water. After boiling long enough remove from heat, let the grounds sink and then pour off fine coffee.
 
timtune said:
When I'm camping with Squeeze and our campervan I use an Aeropress. On moto camping trips I've made coffee by just throwing grounds into boiling water. After boiling long enough remove from heat, let the grounds sink and then pour off fine coffee.
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For moto camping, a few drip filters don't take up much space and saves picking grinds out of your teeth.
 
I knew the extremes would bring a chuckle.

The boss reminded me after the Amazon purchase of a proper bean grinder that the French press was donated to the thrift shop and need to pick up another one. 😆
 
nakkers said:
I knew the extremes would bring a chuckle.

The boss reminded me after the Amazon purchase of a proper bean grinder that the French press was donated to the thrift shop and need to pick up another one. 😆
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Go to the thrift shop and you might be able to buy yours back.

FWIW, I had a glass one before but my current one is double wall stainless. It is nice to be able to bang out the grinds without worrying about shattering the vessel. I don't remember what happened to the glass one. I assume my wife broke it.
 
GreyGhost said:
Go to the thrift shop and you might be able to buy yours back.

FWIW, I had a glass one before but my current one is double wall stainless. It is nice to be able to bang out the grinds without worrying about shattering the vessel. I don't remember what happened to the glass one. I assume my wife broke it.
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It’s kind of a sport in this house to donate items and then purchase them back. 😆
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