@f00l I have the non touchscreen version of this I got for the same price on morningsave. It does a good job for good coffee for regular folks (vs coffee experts) but it is quite loud. It’s said it is not going to be suitable for espresso but it does have a range from coarser than I want to finer than I want. Here lately I’m on an Aeropress kick, which takes a good bit of coffee to feed, and it is neat to experiment with different grinds and beans.
So far I haven’t made anything mind blowingly great that made me think I have to make my coffee this way every time. There is a difference between fresh ground and preground coffee, but to me it’s more incremental than fundamental if that makes sense.
All that said it’s a steal for $30 if you don’t already know you need something better. I think MS “regular price” for it is about double that.
@Kyeh i think it is, because you have control over every factor of what goes into it. But I came about it a different way.
My wife used to be a Keurig person, I didn’t care for them too much but they were ok. Then we didn’t use it so we sold it in a garage sale.
Then I wanted coffee. My wife said no coffeemaker, she didn’t want it taking up the counter space. Then she said she would like a French press. I had an electric kettle already so I picked up a French press and would make a press or two on the weekends.
Then after we had COVID my wife didn’t like coffee anymore. So I got an aeropress and started playing with it for myself. I make coffee with it 3-4 days a week. Then got that grinder and right now have two different bags of beans and three or four different ground coffees. So much for that counter space lol.
But I can tweak what I’m doing with the aeropress and figure out what I like. Lighter or darker roasts. Hotter or less hot water (I just stop the kettle early, and I used a thermometer to learn what the water looks like at varying temperatures so I know about when to stop for say 175 degrees, but I’m not anal enough to temp it exactly every time). More or less coffee, coarser or finer if I grind it. More or less time in the press, more or less stirring, faster or slower pressing. Make a concentrate and dilute it in the cup (or add steamed milk) or use 100% brewed coffee. All of these things make differences. If I were better I’d do it scientifically and keep notes, but I just kind of do it by feel and figure out things like I like darker roasts vs lighter, but keeping the water a bit less hot eases up on some of the bitterness. To me it’s fun and it’s still pretty fast.
When the power was out I loved being able to put some water on the gas stove and have the same coffee I would have any other day. And when I travel it’s not much to pack and just use the coffee pot, Keurig, or microwave to get hot water to make my coffee there. So I guess I’ve become an enthusiast.
Now there are certain people who just want to put the coffee in the filter and press start and have a pot in a while. For them it’s not better. So it depends on who you are and what you like. But if you like an excellent cup of coffee to your liking, it’s a good way to get that.
You can totally do it with the bag coffee you already get. I also hear you can rip open k cups and use them in it, seems wasteful but sometimes a good way to get an assortment of coffees for cheap if there’s a sale. Or you can get fresh roasted beans locally, spend hundreds on grinders and scales and adjustable kettles and accessories and go all out with it.
@djslack What I like about a filter and a filter holder is you just pick up the grounds in the filter, (and dump that in the compost) then
rinse the holder, so clean-up is easy. Is the Aeropress messy to clean?
@Kyeh you don’t even pick up the filter. You pop it out with a pressed puck of grounds by taking off the filter holder and pushing the plunger the rest of the way, so if you compost it goes right in there, then a little rinse on the end and you’re good.
@djslack Well, THAT sounds easy! Hmmm. @f00l Huh - I do use “old” coffee…but I don’t do anything else recommended in the “sock” article. Sounds like a lot of work.
@djslack@f00l I was taken to a fancy coffee shop by some relatives in Japan; a beautiful place, all Art Deco and wood, where they used a system involving glass vacuum devices that looked like chemist’s equipment. I wish I could remember what it was called or even what city it was in. Kind of like these:
@djslack@f00l@Kyeh the aeropress is very easy to use and clean up. If you only drink a cup a day it’s very good, I would recommend it. If you don’t care to buy the paper filters or don’t want them to absorb some oils you can get screen filters that will also just wipe clean.
Mine has been on the shelf for a while because… If I’m going to drink coffee that day. I’m going to drink a pot of coffee. It’s not so much a morning ritual as an enjoyable stimulant and meh sold me a decent coffee maker.
Although with wfh there was a period where I made 2-3 cups a day with the aeropress. Which was doable at home.
Which if I’m going to be honest isn’t all drip coffee pour over? Ish?. But it has a button to do an initial wetting and then much goes slower than your basic drip machine.
But I’ve rarely ground my own coffee. I once considered getting green beans, the popcorn machine roasting, grinding etc… I’m just… not a coffee connoisseur/into the ritual. Coffee. Black. Hot.
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Damn I wish I didn’t just buy one a month ago. I’d be all over this one
Now this might temp me.
Even though I hardly ever make coffee at home and so it’s a stupid potential purchase
Hmmm.
Am I stupid or am I stupid?
Which way to go?
@f00l I’ll bet it pops up again. Maybe in your IRK?
@brainmist
You mean …
Am I feeling lucky, punk?
/image Clint Eastwood lucky
This actually looks pretty nice. Too bad I picked up a brim grinder a few months ago.
On some guide to making excellent coffee at home
Like Italian barista level excellent coffee in Little Italy, or in real Italy
The guide mentioned that other than the way the beans were handled
And other than knowing what you are doing, if you were doing espresso
The thing that determine quality is a high-quality grinder
Like go spend $5000 on your grinder and only $800 on your espresso machine
Or something like that
—-
But since my coffee making at home, habits are near zero
I think I can skip the $5000 grinder and just consider the $29 grinder
@f00l I have the non touchscreen version of this I got for the same price on morningsave. It does a good job for good coffee for regular folks (vs coffee experts) but it is quite loud. It’s said it is not going to be suitable for espresso but it does have a range from coarser than I want to finer than I want. Here lately I’m on an Aeropress kick, which takes a good bit of coffee to feed, and it is neat to experiment with different grinds and beans.
So far I haven’t made anything mind blowingly great that made me think I have to make my coffee this way every time. There is a difference between fresh ground and preground coffee, but to me it’s more incremental than fundamental if that makes sense.
All that said it’s a steal for $30 if you don’t already know you need something better. I think MS “regular price” for it is about double that.
@djslack
Yeah I’m a drip (fake chemex) and aeropress fan.
Wish Meh would offer aeropress.
One source about making better coffee than I will ever make:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/making-espresso-at-home/
Tl;dr
conclusion of that article:
forget espresso at home unless you’ve got endless time, $, patience, and fascination w espresso
Just use aeropress
—
The “dirty sock” theory:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/best-coffee-dirty-sock/
/giphy “dirty sock”
@djslack @f00l Do you think Aeorpress is significantly better than drip? I use a Melitta one-cup filter holder for my one 12-oz. mug a day.
@djslack @Kyeh
I made coffee at home so rarely that I don’t think I can comment
Recently, I made some cold press, and it’s waiting in the fridge until it’s being sipped a little here and there
All the coffee, nuts, and all the coffee reviewers seem to think that aeropress wins the day
Unless you have a $2k grinder and a $2k espresso machine and you handle your beans perfectly and you know what you’re doing after years of practice
@djslack @f00l I’m not anywhere near that zealous about coffee! But I might try the Aeropress since it seems simple and not that pricy.
@djslack @Kyeh
I should have said “cold extraction” or “cold brew”. not “cold press”.
I think “cold press” is used for olive oil etc.
@Kyeh i think it is, because you have control over every factor of what goes into it. But I came about it a different way.
My wife used to be a Keurig person, I didn’t care for them too much but they were ok. Then we didn’t use it so we sold it in a garage sale.
Then I wanted coffee. My wife said no coffeemaker, she didn’t want it taking up the counter space. Then she said she would like a French press. I had an electric kettle already so I picked up a French press and would make a press or two on the weekends.
Then after we had COVID my wife didn’t like coffee anymore. So I got an aeropress and started playing with it for myself. I make coffee with it 3-4 days a week. Then got that grinder and right now have two different bags of beans and three or four different ground coffees. So much for that counter space lol.
But I can tweak what I’m doing with the aeropress and figure out what I like. Lighter or darker roasts. Hotter or less hot water (I just stop the kettle early, and I used a thermometer to learn what the water looks like at varying temperatures so I know about when to stop for say 175 degrees, but I’m not anal enough to temp it exactly every time). More or less coffee, coarser or finer if I grind it. More or less time in the press, more or less stirring, faster or slower pressing. Make a concentrate and dilute it in the cup (or add steamed milk) or use 100% brewed coffee. All of these things make differences. If I were better I’d do it scientifically and keep notes, but I just kind of do it by feel and figure out things like I like darker roasts vs lighter, but keeping the water a bit less hot eases up on some of the bitterness. To me it’s fun and it’s still pretty fast.
When the power was out I loved being able to put some water on the gas stove and have the same coffee I would have any other day. And when I travel it’s not much to pack and just use the coffee pot, Keurig, or microwave to get hot water to make my coffee there. So I guess I’ve become an enthusiast.
Now there are certain people who just want to put the coffee in the filter and press start and have a pot in a while. For them it’s not better. So it depends on who you are and what you like. But if you like an excellent cup of coffee to your liking, it’s a good way to get that.
You can totally do it with the bag coffee you already get. I also hear you can rip open k cups and use them in it, seems wasteful but sometimes a good way to get an assortment of coffees for cheap if there’s a sale. Or you can get fresh roasted beans locally, spend hundreds on grinders and scales and adjustable kettles and accessories and go all out with it.
@djslack What I like about a filter and a filter holder is you just pick up the grounds in the filter, (and dump that in the compost) then
rinse the holder, so clean-up is easy. Is the Aeropress messy to clean?
@djslack @Kyeh
Have you read the “dirty sock” article?
: )
@Kyeh you don’t even pick up the filter. You pop it out with a pressed puck of grounds by taking off the filter holder and pushing the plunger the rest of the way, so if you compost it goes right in there, then a little rinse on the end and you’re good.
Will have to go read that article.
@djslack Well, THAT sounds easy! Hmmm.
@f00l Huh - I do use “old” coffee…but I don’t do anything else recommended in the “sock” article. Sounds like a lot of work.
@djslack @f00l I was taken to a fancy coffee shop by some relatives in Japan; a beautiful place, all Art Deco and wood, where they used a system involving glass vacuum devices that looked like chemist’s equipment. I wish I could remember what it was called or even what city it was in. Kind of like these:
@djslack @Kyeh
Ooooh. I saw this setup at a really luxurious private house once.
The owners knew how to use it, but they also had full-time kitchen staff.
A different sort of life …
@djslack @f00l I’ll say!
@djslack @f00l @Kyeh the aeropress is very easy to use and clean up. If you only drink a cup a day it’s very good, I would recommend it. If you don’t care to buy the paper filters or don’t want them to absorb some oils you can get screen filters that will also just wipe clean.
Mine has been on the shelf for a while because… If I’m going to drink coffee that day. I’m going to drink a pot of coffee. It’s not so much a morning ritual as an enjoyable stimulant and meh sold me a decent coffee maker.
Although with wfh there was a period where I made 2-3 cups a day with the aeropress. Which was doable at home.
@djslack @Kyeh @unksol
Does the aeropress come in a “make a full pot” size?
@djslack @f00l @Kyeh
No… I just made multiple between meetings which is why a pot is better for me.
Aeropress has a new clear and XL. This is the review I ran into a few weeks ago.
Some things are better. I’m not trying to make espresso and a larger volume is still needed for me. When it happens.
Meh sold me this.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/motif-elements-pour-over-style-coffee-brewer-with-thermal-carafe
Which if I’m going to be honest isn’t all drip coffee pour over? Ish?. But it has a button to do an initial wetting and then much goes slower than your basic drip machine.
But I’ve rarely ground my own coffee. I once considered getting green beans, the popcorn machine roasting, grinding etc… I’m just… not a coffee connoisseur/into the ritual. Coffee. Black. Hot.