I honestly have gotten lazy in my old age. A few years ago, I went out onto the SCAA website and looked at SCAA approved machines. I have the Ninja that was newly approved at the time. It allows me to brew a cup and a time or a pot or somewhere in between. I rarely make more than just that one cup at a time,even if I do it several times in a day. that way it is fresh.
Now the SCAA approval only accounts for making a pot, not a cup, but I figure…
@Cerridwyn I was really trying to figure out why the SCA would have any opinion on coffee makers.
I have learned today. An organization I didn’t know existed, a world competition I didn’t realize had enough competitors to exist, and another TLD I wasn’t aware of.
When I first started my education as a nurse, I was already a geek. So I had a lot of trouble when I was asked what ROM means. I kept saying read only memory. But in a healthcare context, it is range of motion.
At one point it was referred to as the Specialty Coffee Association of America. But when several like agencies from various areas came together they dropped the of America, ofc
French press of any type using 29g of coarse grind to a liter of boiling water. I like a blend of full city and french roast. Experiment to get the right balance of flavor and buzz, then store the creation in a big Mason jar. Try to use a scale for consistency and value. But I’ll drink whatever is offered or sold, fancy or weird. Navy trained.
Ordered exactly 5 years ago today, and in daily use since its arrival:
At the time I had a Technivorm Moccamaster on backorder. I love the MM coffeemakers, but I needed one short enough to fit in the space, with a thermal carafe and a somewhat reasonable price. I found the right one on sale, but I would have to wait a couple of months for it.
And a week later, Meh had a coffeemaker for sale.
In these two ways, it’s actually pretty similar to the Technivorm Moccamaster, although the Motif has 1460 watts of power, where as the Technivorm is only has 1400. Oh, another difference? The Technivorm Moccamaster is $300+. We’re selling this one for $49. Not a bad deal at all.
While I had my doubts about the comparison with the MM, I decided to give it a try. I was surprised when it actually made great coffee (and I am picky) like a MM. When my back-ordered Technivorm finally arrived about 2 months later, I tested it and then put it back in the box, where it remains. I will take it out when the Motif finally dies.
Of course, you can’t find a Motif anywhere now, unless there is a forgotten one somewhere in a back corner of the Meh warehouse.
@Cerridwyn@jouest Yes, I have a plan to set up a spice rack on that wall there but I keep putting it off. The Kinders blend (regular - just salt, garlic, black pepper &sunflower oil) is my favorite seasoning, though - it’s so great!
@Cerridwyn@jouest@Kyeh It is so nice to see something “normal” that makes me feel like my kitchen life is OK too. So many of these damn pretty people with shiny empty countertops with nothing actually usable when you need it (they have food brought in or else they have household staff to clean and put away everything after each meal.) Sorry I actually make most of my own food and yes there is LOTs of stuff on the counter. The haters call it “clutter.” I call it “shut the F up it’s the way I live!”
EDIT hey I think I have same timer that’s on the back of the stove, with the guy in the white jacket.
@Cerridwyn@jouest@pmarin Thanks for saying that - I definitely have clutter but I’m with you, those empty countertops just look alien to me. I had to have that little chef timer even though I don’t really use it - he’s just so charming.
@jouest there are so many pour overs these days. Years ago, LA Coffee Club sponsored a tasting event that was not tasting many coffees, but tasting one coffee brewed many ways. It was pretty cool.
What I remember included:
Aeropress
Hario drip
Some sort of bee dripper, I forget the name
Chemex
French press
Clever dripper
I know there were like 3 more, i think there were 10 total.
And one other time, in Seattle, was at a place you could buy a coffee fight. 3 different brew techniques, 3 different coffees maximized for the technique. 10/10 would do again
I remember about 20 years ago I brought a new Saeco Superautomatic to a friends house where I was staying while working in Silicon Valley. Me and two friends kept playing with it all night trying different buttons and ways to make espresso. My wife says we were all bouncing off the walls by the end of the evening.
No no no no no no no no no no no… No coffee for me in this house. Yuck.
When my friend was here she put a filter in a small colander I had, balanced the colander on a big cup, and coffee crap in the filter and poured hot water from the microwave over that. At least I think that is what she did as I didn’t watch. There was a lot of muttering that I didn’t have a coffee maker machine.
@jouest I ask her if she is related to McGyver… Even if that is/was true I don’t think that would have stopped all the dark comments, prior to her first cup of coffee of the day about the absolute inhumanity of me not owning a coffee maker though. Fortunately there were no weapons in the apartment outside of kitchen knives and she probably didn’t want to have to clean up the blood. I wasn’t totally inhumane though. I offered her hot chocolate and reminded her chocolate had caffeine in it.
@jouest@Kidsandliz In college I would make ‘caveman coffee’ which was basically boil about 12oz water in a 1qt saucepan, put in coarse ground coffee until it boils, let it settle the bottom and decant into a cup. Sure you’d get some grounds, which added to the cruchy texture. It would be like Yuban or Folgers. I don’t think there was much else. This was in the 1980s before most of this country understood really good coffee (most of the rest of the world already did – as I learned when traveling in Europe or Asia.)
I have a plain jane Mr Coffee… and a Keurig single cup pour over. My usual M.O. is to start the Keurig and while that 2 minutes is happening I fill the Mr Coffee pot with filtered water, pour it in the reservoir and then throw a filter and 3 (large) scoops of coffee into the holder. Press the start and strong brew buttons on the Mr C and the Keurig should be about done with my first cup of the day…
Did I mention I like coffee…
I have a Mr. Coffee single serve brewer. It’s been discontinued as of 2018. When my last one broke, it took a miserable month and a half to find a replacement, and I haven’t seen one since.
@Kyeh No. It’s not a pod system. Good 'ol drip brewer for me. In about four minutes I’ve got the exact amount of coffee at the exact temperature I want.
The Mr. Coffee Pour! Brew! Go! model BVMC-MLGR . I paid like twelve bucks for the first one, forty for it’s replacement. There’s one listed on Amazon right now for seventy-five.
@Nate311 Oh, okay. I saw that the other model # had some problem which is why they discontinued it. I do hate it when something I like gets discontinued for apparently no reason.
Does espresso count as coffee in this house? I have a Breville Barista Pro. It’s not a cheap machine but is rather considered entry level by espresso machine standard
@gsrivast@jouest has it’s place and if you make it well, it is so yummy
had my first (of 2) god shots many years ago with a single origin espresso at a shop in San Jose California. They were the biggest assholes I have ever seen in a coffee shop, but damn the boss there was a truely master roaster and they pulled super great shots.
If I had more more money and a coffee room, i would have a leverl espresso machine. They are super awesome and if you have the strength and the patience they really score. They can be less expensive, by a smidge, but there is truely an art to their use
@Cerridwyn@gsrivast@jouest Interesting story. I’ve decided by brother-in-law in an asshole (kind-of suspected it all along but had a recent spat which is unfortunate) but he makes really good coffee! Roasted at home every few days. Weighed to the gram, timed to the second, temperature checked constantly. A little bit anal if you ask me (which I guess goes with the asshole thing). But yeah it’s damn good. He introduced me to a new trendy thing called a “cortado” (actually an old thing most people never heard of) which is basically a stronger cappuccino with only a small amount of milk+foam.
Keurig here. Wasn’t my idea, but a gift. I had been using a Black & Decker Cup At A Time for years and was perfectly happy with that. It was cheap to purchase. It used ground coffee, which I did myself since I bought roasted beans, and filter papers. No plastic waste.
Then the Keurig moved in and the B&D CAAT got put away sommers (I’m not exactly sure where now). I now spend more for coffee and create more waste in the process.
I drank it barefoot for years, but now am civilized to the point where I put half and half (two Land O’ Lakes creamers – more plastic waste), but no sugar. At least one cup/day, sometimes 2, sometimes more.
When I have a cup somewhere other than home, I notice the difference in water quality right away as a rule. We have a very deep well (~500ft) Public water, which I’m not used to, tastes bad plain, and worse in coffee.
@Jackinga I had one of those black and deckers a very long time ago, came with 2 travel mugs. Used it a long time. Moved to what was almost like using a tea bag, came from Gloria Jeans if anyone remembers them.
I have done siphon (love it, too much work), french press (I like it but a lot of real research into how to maximize the good benefit of coffee while minimizing the bad effects say to always use a paper filter, so I changed directions.) I still have several french presses. My small glass one I use to make cold foam, it’s just the right size. My travel mugs are in the cupboard, and I have divested myself of all but 1 regular press. I have several pour over set ups from an old school hario to some that i have kick started down through the years. While i have much more time, I am much more lazy.
@jouest If you really want to get closer to nature, buy some raw coffee beans, plant 'em, then eat shoots and leaves. Seriously, though, back in the B&D CAAT days, I would frequently eat a bean or two.
@Jackinga@jouest You can actually grow coffee in california, well parts of it. there was a movement a few years ago. horribly expensive but they did it
@jtcrawford25 I actually traveled with a pretty awesome french press mug from bodum for a long time. they eventually cracked, but I loved them. Bought several as gifts for fellow coffee whores of both genders.
@jtcrawford25 when I’m traveling I get coffee exclusively from the scariest gas station available. if I’m not paying through a hole in some plexiglass I might as well go to Starbucks.
@jouest@jtcrawford25 I remember hearing that some truck stop coffee was not that bad. After a couple of trips across the country I can attest this is NOT true – truck stop coffee is always bad. I gave up on that after enough regrettable experiences. I usually use a Nespresso in the camper in the morning if I have power, then later in the day might use a can or bottle of cold-brew. (though not all at once on advice of cardiologist; some of the cold-brews are like 200mg of caffeine, don’t want to do that all at once).
EDIT I think the main reason for bad truck stop coffee in 40oz containers is that you can drink it all (who can drink that much bad coffee?) and then later on since you don’t want to stop, you can pee into the same cup and dump it out next time you stop. True story is that I once was in stopped traffic on ice on Cheyenne pass on I-80 in Winter. There was no-where to pull off and if I tried I started sliding sideways on the ice so got back in the straight flow quickly. But I really needed to pee so the “straight flow” went into an coffee cup. Apparently this is routine for truckers but it was my first time.
I have a cuisinart grind and brew, a keurig, a nespresso creatista plus, and one of those cold brew spinner things from here… but how do I make my coffee? With Maxim mocha gold instant coffee.
I still use the keurig to make the hot water for it though.
One cup at a time using a Kyocera hand cranked grinder with ceramic burr for the beans, 12 oz of water heated in the microwave to 180 degrees, brewed in an Aeropress.
If I’m using a tea bag, I heat water in my electric kettle, then pour it into the mug. If I’m using loose tea, I’ll either pour the water into a prepped teapot or into one of these handy single-cup brewing cups before I strain it into my mug. It’s sort of the tea equivalent of a French press. My house remains uncontaminated by coffee.
@pmarin I think there’s way too much My[whatever] around, and I blame Microsoft. I really truly hate it when a company names their phone app “My[something]” and thereby makes it difficult for me to want to use it. (Google could score some major Android usability points by allowing me to rename icons on the phone, so that I could get rid of junk like “MyChart” and “MyHEB” and replace them with names that would let me find them intuitively.)
@pmarin@werehatrack
I hate it too - to me it sounds like kindergarten talk. “MySpace!”
And in Microsoft all the My Files and My Photos and all that crap. So juvenile.
@earlyre@jouest I use the refillable pods and a paper filter, works pretty well. Since my pod machine is off brand it’s not particular about what kind of pods I use. I’m still using my bulk bag of Starbucks pumpkin spice from last fall. Don’t judge.
Had a Delonghi fancy cappuccino maker and never used it. Had a Mr Coffee for years. It finally went, got another it lasted a month, gotta another one it lasted another month, then a third and it went out too! Got refunds for all three.
Been using a Bunn ever since.
Moccamaster CDT Grand, Chemex, Clever, Astra Pro with a rotary pump are the standard go-to methods/machines. Also have a few French presses, aeropress, portable espresso, and a siphon that I pull out on special occasions, plus more I’m sure I’m forgetting.
I affectionately refer to the corner of my basement where I do all my roasting as the “Roasting Dungeon”. I keep all my roasting supplies and green coffee down there, as well as a partially disassembled project two-group commercial espresso machine, you know, for reasons. Everyone has one, right? The siphon lives down there as well.
Aside from that we have a “coffee station” in the kitchen, that is basically a small stand-alone cabinet base. On top this houses the Astra Pro, our grinder, and electric kettle for pourovers or teas, and in the storage underneath are the aeropress and portable espresso. The Moccamaster lives on the kitchen counter, and we have floating shelves in the kitchen for the Clever, V60, French presses, Chemex, etc and all the filters. I could probably run a decent sized coffee shop out of our kitchen, but it’s just me and the wife that drink coffee at home.
@Cerridwyn@jouest LOL! Please tell that to my wife. She doesn’t always appreciate the rabbit hole giant cave I’ve gone down with regards to coffee equipment, but she sure doesn’t complain about having fresh roasted coffee around!
LOL
my jam, teehee
I honestly have gotten lazy in my old age. A few years ago, I went out onto the SCAA website and looked at SCAA approved machines. I have the Ninja that was newly approved at the time. It allows me to brew a cup and a time or a pot or somewhere in between. I rarely make more than just that one cup at a time,even if I do it several times in a day. that way it is fresh.
Now the SCAA approval only accounts for making a pot, not a cup, but I figure…
https://sca.coffee/certified-home-brewer
@Cerridwyn you really showed your work on this one!
@Cerridwyn I was really trying to figure out why the SCA would have any opinion on coffee makers.
I have learned today. An organization I didn’t know existed, a world competition I didn’t realize had enough competitors to exist, and another TLD I wasn’t aware of.
@xobzoo too many acronyms mean the same thing
When I first started my education as a nurse, I was already a geek. So I had a lot of trouble when I was asked what ROM means. I kept saying read only memory. But in a healthcare context, it is range of motion.
At one point it was referred to as the Specialty Coffee Association of America. But when several like agencies from various areas came together they dropped the of America, ofc
@Cerridwyn @xobzoo Is my knockoff Keurig on the list? It’s chef-something so it must be good.
@sammydog01 @xobzoo
/showme ROFLMAOWTIME
@Cerridwyn for some reason I read it as SCCA sports car club of America. So I was really surprised that they had an opinion!
PS
If i didn’t have 2 of the one I have (Had one at work too) I think this is probably what I would go with today
https://www.cafeappliances.com/grind-brew-coffee-maker
because well, it’s pretty too
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@Cerridwyn That IS pretty!
@Kyeh that’s the first time I think I have ever seen an SCAa approved coffee maker that grinds
French press of any type using 29g of coarse grind to a liter of boiling water. I like a blend of full city and french roast. Experiment to get the right balance of flavor and buzz, then store the creation in a big Mason jar. Try to use a scale for consistency and value. But I’ll drink whatever is offered or sold, fancy or weird. Navy trained.
@howdylewis scribbles notes
Ordered exactly 5 years ago today, and in daily use since its arrival:
At the time I had a Technivorm Moccamaster on backorder. I love the MM coffeemakers, but I needed one short enough to fit in the space, with a thermal carafe and a somewhat reasonable price. I found the right one on sale, but I would have to wait a couple of months for it.
And a week later, Meh had a coffeemaker for sale.
While I had my doubts about the comparison with the MM, I decided to give it a try. I was surprised when it actually made great coffee (and I am picky) like a MM. When my back-ordered Technivorm finally arrived about 2 months later, I tested it and then put it back in the box, where it remains. I will take it out when the Motif finally dies.
Of course, you can’t find a Motif anywhere now, unless there is a forgotten one somewhere in a back corner of the Meh warehouse.
@rockblossom legit!
@jouest @rockblossom Yes, got one of those too. One of the least-Meh-ish deals ever. i.e. pretty damn good!
@jouest @pmarin @rockblossom Agreed, it was a very good coffee maker. I gave it to my daughter when I bought a MM last year during Prime…
Weird machines? What, like using a Sybian to grind your beans?
(Sorry)
I just use a French Press. But I do have a hand crank grinder in the office so I don’t wake my coworkers when I want to make a cup
@OnionSoup as they say…
…bruh.
@jouest @OnionSoup I feel it best to not ask any further questions.
@OnionSoup Oh man. I looked that up. Can’t say I didn’t learn anything new today.
Low tech, but it’s fine for me.
@Kyeh I see you, Penzey’s…
@jouest @Kyeh hehe
@Cerridwyn @jouest Yes, I have a plan to set up a spice rack on that wall there but I keep putting it off. The Kinders blend (regular - just salt, garlic, black pepper &sunflower oil) is my favorite seasoning, though - it’s so great!
@Cerridwyn @jouest @Kyeh It is so nice to see something “normal” that makes me feel like my kitchen life is OK too. So many of these damn pretty people with shiny empty countertops with nothing actually usable when you need it (they have food brought in or else they have household staff to clean and put away everything after each meal.) Sorry I actually make most of my own food and yes there is LOTs of stuff on the counter. The haters call it “clutter.” I call it “shut the F up it’s the way I live!”
EDIT hey I think I have same timer that’s on the back of the stove, with the guy in the white jacket.
@Cerridwyn @jouest @pmarin
Thanks for saying that - I definitely have clutter but I’m with you, those empty countertops just look alien to me. I had to have that little chef timer even though I don’t really use it - he’s just so charming.
@Cerridwyn @jouest @Kyeh @pmarin
It’s a kitchen counter.
And I want a high score…
@Cerridwyn @jouest @macromeh @pmarin
Huh?
@Cerridwyn @jouest @Kyeh @pmarin
I’m pretty sure a counter is for counting…
@Cerridwyn @jouest @macromeh @pmarin
Here’s my counter-argument: http://languageofcarpentry.com/language-of-carpentry/2021/1/3/why-do-we-say-countertops
@Cerridwyn @jouest @Kyeh @pmarin
So, you agree?
(More items present means a higher count on the counter and a better score. Q.E.D.)
@Cerridwyn @jouest @macromeh @pmarin My score is phenomenally high, then!
Oh btw if you drink too much coffee a chemex pourover thing is PERFECT for being just enough of a pain in the ass not to overdo it.
(Once woke up in a pile of used K-cups with all my work done. Never again)
@jouest there are so many pour overs these days. Years ago, LA Coffee Club sponsored a tasting event that was not tasting many coffees, but tasting one coffee brewed many ways. It was pretty cool.
What I remember included:
Aeropress
Hario drip
Some sort of bee dripper, I forget the name
Chemex
French press
Clever dripper
I know there were like 3 more, i think there were 10 total.
And one other time, in Seattle, was at a place you could buy a coffee fight. 3 different brew techniques, 3 different coffees maximized for the technique. 10/10 would do again
@jouest
“Once woke up in a pile of used K-cups with all my work done. Never again”
Same!
I’m never doing all my work again either
@Cerridwyn @jouest @OnionSoup Did you mean coffee flight or coffee fight? Either one might be appropriate.
I remember about 20 years ago I brought a new Saeco Superautomatic to a friends house where I was staying while working in Silicon Valley. Me and two friends kept playing with it all night trying different buttons and ways to make espresso. My wife says we were all bouncing off the walls by the end of the evening.
@jouest @OnionSoup @pmarin lol flight. Pardon the rented fingers. I think I might need to trade them in for some new ones
@Cerridwyn @jouest @OnionSoup @pmarin
/showme coffee fight
No no no no no no no no no no no… No coffee for me in this house. Yuck.
When my friend was here she put a filter in a small colander I had, balanced the colander on a big cup, and coffee crap in the filter and poured hot water from the microwave over that. At least I think that is what she did as I didn’t watch. There was a lot of muttering that I didn’t have a coffee maker machine.
@Kidsandliz mcgyver theme plays (not spell checking mcgyver)
@jouest I ask her if she is related to McGyver… Even if that is/was true I don’t think that would have stopped all the dark comments, prior to her first cup of coffee of the day about the absolute inhumanity of me not owning a coffee maker though. Fortunately there were no weapons in the apartment outside of kitchen knives and she probably didn’t want to have to clean up the blood. I wasn’t totally inhumane though. I offered her hot chocolate and reminded her chocolate had caffeine in it.
@jouest @Kidsandliz In college I would make ‘caveman coffee’ which was basically boil about 12oz water in a 1qt saucepan, put in coarse ground coffee until it boils, let it settle the bottom and decant into a cup. Sure you’d get some grounds, which added to the cruchy texture. It would be like Yuban or Folgers. I don’t think there was much else. This was in the 1980s before most of this country understood really good coffee (most of the rest of the world already did – as I learned when traveling in Europe or Asia.)
I have a plain jane Mr Coffee… and a Keurig single cup pour over. My usual M.O. is to start the Keurig and while that 2 minutes is happening I fill the Mr Coffee pot with filtered water, pour it in the reservoir and then throw a filter and 3 (large) scoops of coffee into the holder. Press the start and strong brew buttons on the Mr C and the Keurig should be about done with my first cup of the day…
Did I mention I like coffee…
@chienfou me too but i am a serious snob. hope you buy local
I have a Mr. Coffee single serve brewer. It’s been discontinued as of 2018. When my last one broke, it took a miserable month and a half to find a replacement, and I haven’t seen one since.
@Nate311 Is it Model BVMC-KG1?
@Kyeh No. It’s not a pod system. Good 'ol drip brewer for me. In about four minutes I’ve got the exact amount of coffee at the exact temperature I want.
The Mr. Coffee Pour! Brew! Go! model BVMC-MLGR . I paid like twelve bucks for the first one, forty for it’s replacement. There’s one listed on Amazon right now for seventy-five.
@Nate311 Oh, okay. I saw that the other model # had some problem which is why they discontinued it. I do hate it when something I like gets discontinued for apparently no reason.
Does espresso count as coffee in this house? I have a Breville Barista Pro. It’s not a cheap machine but is rather considered entry level by espresso machine standard
@gsrivast some would say espresso is the ONLY coffee. you know, like French soldiers in WW2 maybe. but yeah, either way.
@gsrivast @jouest has it’s place and if you make it well, it is so yummy
had my first (of 2) god shots many years ago with a single origin espresso at a shop in San Jose California. They were the biggest assholes I have ever seen in a coffee shop, but damn the boss there was a truely master roaster and they pulled super great shots.
If I had more more money and a coffee room, i would have a leverl espresso machine. They are super awesome and if you have the strength and the patience they really score. They can be less expensive, by a smidge, but there is truely an art to their use
KRULL! A SKULL! BRETT HULL! AWESOME!
@Cerridwyn @gsrivast @jouest Interesting story. I’ve decided by brother-in-law in an asshole (kind-of suspected it all along but had a recent spat which is unfortunate) but he makes really good coffee! Roasted at home every few days. Weighed to the gram, timed to the second, temperature checked constantly. A little bit anal if you ask me (which I guess goes with the asshole thing). But yeah it’s damn good. He introduced me to a new trendy thing called a “cortado” (actually an old thing most people never heard of) which is basically a stronger cappuccino with only a small amount of milk+foam.
@gsrivast @jouest @pmarin yep, what’s old is new kinda thing, and they can be yummy
For regular coffee we have a Cuisinart 14 cup machine, and for espresso we have a Breville machine. The Breville is the one we use most.
Keurig here. Wasn’t my idea, but a gift. I had been using a Black & Decker Cup At A Time for years and was perfectly happy with that. It was cheap to purchase. It used ground coffee, which I did myself since I bought roasted beans, and filter papers. No plastic waste.
Then the Keurig moved in and the B&D CAAT got put away sommers (I’m not exactly sure where now). I now spend more for coffee and create more waste in the process.
I drank it barefoot for years, but now am civilized to the point where I put half and half (two Land O’ Lakes creamers – more plastic waste), but no sugar. At least one cup/day, sometimes 2, sometimes more.
When I have a cup somewhere other than home, I notice the difference in water quality right away as a rule. We have a very deep well (~500ft) Public water, which I’m not used to, tastes bad plain, and worse in coffee.
@Jackinga all this plastic waste is why I drink coffee right from the teat whenever possible.
@Jackinga I had one of those black and deckers a very long time ago, came with 2 travel mugs. Used it a long time. Moved to what was almost like using a tea bag, came from Gloria Jeans if anyone remembers them.
I have done siphon (love it, too much work), french press (I like it but a lot of real research into how to maximize the good benefit of coffee while minimizing the bad effects say to always use a paper filter, so I changed directions.) I still have several french presses. My small glass one I use to make cold foam, it’s just the right size. My travel mugs are in the cupboard, and I have divested myself of all but 1 regular press. I have several pour over set ups from an old school hario to some that i have kick started down through the years. While i have much more time, I am much more lazy.
Meanwhile, Time for another cup
@jouest If you really want to get closer to nature, buy some raw coffee beans, plant 'em, then eat shoots and leaves. Seriously, though, back in the B&D CAAT days, I would frequently eat a bean or two.
@Jackinga @jouest You can actually grow coffee in california, well parts of it. there was a movement a few years ago. horribly expensive but they did it
https://frinjcoffee.com/
@Jackinga I vaguely remember eating chocolate covered coffee beans for a minute there. what a time to be alive.
Good option for travel: aeropress. I travel with it and a collapsible kettle.
@jtcrawford25 I actually traveled with a pretty awesome french press mug from bodum for a long time. they eventually cracked, but I loved them. Bought several as gifts for fellow coffee whores of both genders.
Loved the double entendre too
https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_3ac93e39-7a9c-4e55-8b07-099c886fbaa7?wid=488&hei=488&fmt=pjpeg
LEGOS! EGGOS! STRATEGO! AWESOME!
@jtcrawford25 when I’m traveling I get coffee exclusively from the scariest gas station available. if I’m not paying through a hole in some plexiglass I might as well go to Starbucks.
@jouest @jtcrawford25 I remember hearing that some truck stop coffee was not that bad. After a couple of trips across the country I can attest this is NOT true – truck stop coffee is always bad. I gave up on that after enough regrettable experiences. I usually use a Nespresso in the camper in the morning if I have power, then later in the day might use a can or bottle of cold-brew. (though not all at once on advice of cardiologist; some of the cold-brews are like 200mg of caffeine, don’t want to do that all at once).
EDIT I think the main reason for bad truck stop coffee in 40oz containers is that you can drink it all (who can drink that much bad coffee?) and then later on since you don’t want to stop, you can pee into the same cup and dump it out next time you stop. True story is that I once was in stopped traffic on ice on Cheyenne pass on I-80 in Winter. There was no-where to pull off and if I tried I started sliding sideways on the ice so got back in the straight flow quickly. But I really needed to pee so the “straight flow” went into an coffee cup. Apparently this is routine for truckers but it was my first time.
I have a cuisinart grind and brew, a keurig, a nespresso creatista plus, and one of those cold brew spinner things from here… but how do I make my coffee? With Maxim mocha gold instant coffee.
I still use the keurig to make the hot water for it though.
@kalma gags
@kalma like Jiffy Lube. Nice.
One cup at a time using a Kyocera hand cranked grinder with ceramic burr for the beans, 12 oz of water heated in the microwave to 180 degrees, brewed in an Aeropress.
@macromeh I use an electric grinder but a hand cranked microwave
If I’m using a tea bag, I heat water in my electric kettle, then pour it into the mug. If I’m using loose tea, I’ll either pour the water into a prepped teapot or into one of these handy single-cup brewing cups before I strain it into my mug. It’s sort of the tea equivalent of a French press. My house remains uncontaminated by coffee.
@lisagd why’s it look like a Saw trap, though.
There is no “my coffee”. There never was.
@werehatrack never too late
@jouest @werehatrack https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/9-reasons-why-the-right-amount-of-coffee-is-good-for-you
@Cerridwyn @jouest I should prefer not to.
@werehatrack MyCoffee is what MyPillow guy drinks on the way to MyBankruptcy court.
@pmarin I think there’s way too much My[whatever] around, and I blame Microsoft. I really truly hate it when a company names their phone app “My[something]” and thereby makes it difficult for me to want to use it. (Google could score some major Android usability points by allowing me to rename icons on the phone, so that I could get rid of junk like “MyChart” and “MyHEB” and replace them with names that would let me find them intuitively.)
@pmarin @werehatrack
I hate it too - to me it sounds like kindergarten talk. “MySpace!”
And in Microsoft all the My Files and My Photos and all that crap. So juvenile.
I have one of these Single cup makers:
https://hamiltonbeach.com/the-scoop-single-serve-coffee-maker-49981
had it for many years now.
2 years ago I bought this one for when the Hamilton Beach eventually dies. ( still in the box never opened)
I’ll consider a Keurig once the new pods and machines come out. (no plastic cups, just a puck of compressed grounds in a biodegradable wrapping)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/keurig-reimagines-single-serve-coffee-with-the-unveil-of-its-next-generation-coffee-and-brewer-innovation-302087411.html
@earlyre ooh I might recommission my Keurig for that
@jouest unfortunately it doesn’t appear the new pods will be compatible with the old machines. you’ll need a new one.
@earlyre oh that makes sense. never mind. I’ll just chew on the pods then.
@earlyre @jouest I use the refillable pods and a paper filter, works pretty well. Since my pod machine is off brand it’s not particular about what kind of pods I use. I’m still using my bulk bag of Starbucks pumpkin spice from last fall. Don’t judge.
French press mostly, Mocca Master (Technivorm) when I want a pot. Sometimes pour-over…
Had a Delonghi fancy cappuccino maker and never used it. Had a Mr Coffee for years. It finally went, got another it lasted a month, gotta another one it lasted another month, then a third and it went out too! Got refunds for all three.
Been using a Bunn ever since.
I still have a few of these around somewhere but I use them as spare parts for the tea version (which I still love even if it’s a pain in the ass).
Moccamaster CDT Grand, Chemex, Clever, Astra Pro with a rotary pump are the standard go-to methods/machines. Also have a few French presses, aeropress, portable espresso, and a siphon that I pull out on special occasions, plus more I’m sure I’m forgetting.
@bigcurmudgeon do you have, like…a coffee lab or something to hold all this stuff??
@bigcurmudgeon
@jouest Well…when you put it that way…
I affectionately refer to the corner of my basement where I do all my roasting as the “Roasting Dungeon”. I keep all my roasting supplies and green coffee down there, as well as a partially disassembled project two-group commercial espresso machine, you know, for reasons. Everyone has one, right? The siphon lives down there as well.
Aside from that we have a “coffee station” in the kitchen, that is basically a small stand-alone cabinet base. On top this houses the Astra Pro, our grinder, and electric kettle for pourovers or teas, and in the storage underneath are the aeropress and portable espresso. The Moccamaster lives on the kitchen counter, and we have floating shelves in the kitchen for the Clever, V60, French presses, Chemex, etc and all the filters. I could probably run a decent sized coffee shop out of our kitchen, but it’s just me and the wife that drink coffee at home.
I have a sickness, ok?
@bigcurmudgeon @jouest nope you don’t have a sickness, you’re a rockstar
@bigcurmudgeon @Cerridwyn seconded
@Cerridwyn @jouest LOL! Please tell that to my wife. She doesn’t always appreciate the
rabbit holegiant cave I’ve gone down with regards to coffee equipment, but she sure doesn’t complain about having fresh roasted coffee around!