Given the choice and an optimal morning, whole bean all the way. Even though I have an electric grinder, I’ve got a hand grinder that’s quiet, fun to use and does a great job before the water is even hot.
But I keep ground on hand for lazy days and a jar of instant bustelo for a really quick hit (especially for an iced coffee). The pod is the least desirable option, but if that’s all that’s around I’m not going to say no. It’s a lifesaver in an office - although next time I have to go to the office if I have room in my luggage it would be fun to pack some beans, grinder, and aeropress just to be that guy and make the pod people jealous. And bring extra beans to earn a few favors.
if you show up and bring quality implements to make quality coffee in the office, what might result is to get a lot of people begging you to do it all the time
And then perhaps they will guilt or shame you or try to to nudge you to do it more often
Why bring out the greed in public?
You already know you have superior coffee in that private pleasure of one’s own mind kind of way
@f00l the office is many states away, in the Northeast. I’ve been once in almost 5 years, and was there for two days. So I’m not at all worried about being expected to do it regularly. The kitchen is the fanciest I’ve ever seen, with one of those refrigerators that’s made to look exactly like the rest of the cabinets. But they have pod coffee. It reminds me of Quentin Tarantino’s wife in Pulp Fiction.
If I go in and make great coffee for myself and the few people I’m working with, maybe they’ll fly me out a little more often. Or at least think about the best coffee they had in the office while they’re thinking about who gets a bonus or a raise
If I had the chance, I’d cook them a pot of gumbo, too.
@macromeh depends on your definition of pre ground. If you’re saying pre ground as in the state the bean is in before it is ground, well that’s rather redundant which I’m sure is your point. If you look at it as pre-ground, as in we have ground it for your previously, then that is what I suppose they were getting at. Personally, I feel the verbiage should state, whole bean or ground, so that confusion might be avoided.
@tricityladytn it definitely has its place. In the summertime and in a hurry, instant bustelo mixed strong in a tall parade cup is the start of a solid iced coffee that comes together in about a minute.
@f00l@tweezak yes I have enjoyed the surprises including hot honey.
Also last week my brother-in-law gifted me some organic Honduras he was roasting on his porch when we got there at 7000ft outside of Boulder CO
@tweezak I know a guy A 1/2 pound roast typically takes about 30 minutes-ish with roast and cooling. And if the weather is nice I’ll typically do back to back roasts. Sometimes three. I have to feed the masses
I don’t go there; that’s above my sophistication level.
I drink mostly instant coffee, so I could be in the “pre-brewed versus fresh-brewed” discussion.
(Don’t judge me. I’m content with it. It’s caffeine.)
@chienfou@phendrick Heh, I’ve been known to share coffee from time to time I often get the question, ‘how should I make it?’. I don’t care. It’s coffee… heh. Make it how you like it There is no right or wrong if you like it
When I was in college instant was a thing; I think it was Taster’s Choice. When I had my own apartment I started doing “caveman coffee” where you put. Coarse-ground coffee into a pot and boiled it, then let it settle and decant. I can still feel the extra fine grounds in my teeth.
@Fuzzalini I too had a period of “Melancoffee” that lasted about 2-3 years… I didn’t want to take Prilosec (a new product at the time), every day just to enjoy my caffeine addiction. Then my father-in-law introduced me to Folgers Simply Smooth. Lots of us swear by it: it does NOT upset your stomach like regular coffee… I now buy it on Amazon in bulk with S&S to save $. Hope that helps.
Pre-ground is fine. Whole bean only tastes better to me if it’s used within a few days of being roasted and I don’t have the time to go buy coffee that often.
Given the choice and an optimal morning, whole bean all the way. Even though I have an electric grinder, I’ve got a hand grinder that’s quiet, fun to use and does a great job before the water is even hot.
But I keep ground on hand for lazy days and a jar of instant bustelo for a really quick hit (especially for an iced coffee). The pod is the least desirable option, but if that’s all that’s around I’m not going to say no. It’s a lifesaver in an office - although next time I have to go to the office if I have room in my luggage it would be fun to pack some beans, grinder, and aeropress just to be that guy and make the pod people jealous. And bring extra beans to earn a few favors.
Were those beans? Or were they beans?
@djslack
if you show up and bring quality implements to make quality coffee in the office, what might result is to get a lot of people begging you to do it all the time
And then perhaps they will guilt or shame you or try to to nudge you to do it more often
Why bring out the greed in public?
You already know you have superior coffee in that private pleasure of one’s own mind kind of way
@f00l the office is many states away, in the Northeast. I’ve been once in almost 5 years, and was there for two days. So I’m not at all worried about being expected to do it regularly. The kitchen is the fanciest I’ve ever seen, with one of those refrigerators that’s made to look exactly like the rest of the cabinets. But they have pod coffee. It reminds me of Quentin Tarantino’s wife in Pulp Fiction.
If I go in and make great coffee for myself and the few people I’m working with, maybe they’ll fly me out a little more often. Or at least think about the best coffee they had in the office while they’re thinking about who gets a bonus or a raise
If I had the chance, I’d cook them a pot of gumbo, too.
@djslack
Yeah you can afford to be the nice guy.
Since you’re five states away, they can’t punish you for not turning that into servitude
Whole bean, always!
@sillyheathen
Aren’t whole bean and pre-ground the same thing?
@macromeh depends on your definition of pre ground. If you’re saying pre ground as in the state the bean is in before it is ground, well that’s rather redundant which I’m sure is your point. If you look at it as pre-ground, as in we have ground it for your previously, then that is what I suppose they were getting at. Personally, I feel the verbiage should state, whole bean or ground, so that confusion might be avoided.
@sillyheathen 100%, on all counts.
Whole bean, manual grinder, glass Aeropress. Light roast beans from near and across the country. Occasionally international.
Café Bustelo Instant Espresso.
@tricityladytn it definitely has its place. In the summertime and in a hurry, instant bustelo mixed strong in a tall parade cup is the start of a solid iced coffee that comes together in about a minute.
Does anyone here roast their own beans? I’m curious how long it takes and if it’s worth the wait.
@tweezak
Have you been a beneficiary of the not so secret coffee club here?
@f00l @tweezak yes I have enjoyed the surprises including hot honey.
Also last week my brother-in-law gifted me some organic Honduras he was roasting on his porch when we got there at 7000ft outside of Boulder CO
@tweezak I know a guy
A 1/2 pound roast typically takes about 30 minutes-ish with roast and cooling. And if the weather is nice I’ll typically do back to back roasts. Sometimes three. I have to feed the masses 
I don’t go there; that’s above my sophistication level.
I drink mostly instant coffee, so I could be in the “pre-brewed versus fresh-brewed” discussion.
(Don’t judge me. I’m content with it. It’s caffeine.)
@phendrick
Taste is highly subjective. You do you…
@chienfou @phendrick Heh, I’ve been known to share coffee from time to time
I often get the question, ‘how should I make it?’. I don’t care. It’s coffee… heh. Make it how you like it 
There is no right or wrong if you like it 
@capnjb
Exactly!
@capnjb @chienfou @phendrick as long as you use it while it’s fresh!
When I was in college instant was a thing; I think it was Taster’s Choice. When I had my own apartment I started doing “caveman coffee” where you put. Coarse-ground coffee into a pot and boiled it, then let it settle and decant. I can still feel the extra fine grounds in my teeth.
Coffee eats the insides of my stomach. Or at least that’s how it feels.
@Fuzzalini I too had a period of “Melancoffee” that lasted about 2-3 years… I didn’t want to take Prilosec (a new product at the time), every day just to enjoy my caffeine addiction. Then my father-in-law introduced me to Folgers Simply Smooth. Lots of us swear by it: it does NOT upset your stomach like regular coffee…
I now buy it on Amazon in bulk with S&S to save $. Hope that helps.
Pre-ground is fine. Whole bean only tastes better to me if it’s used within a few days of being roasted and I don’t have the time to go buy coffee that often.
Whatever, just give me coffee
I love the Lite Brown stuff that comes for the Coco plant.