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Was making coffee and considering throwing out my K-cup coffee maker because I almost exclusively use a French press now, and got curious what other people did
Hell yeah! When I have the time l'll grind some beans by hands (which smells amazing!) then use a french press. Then I'll heat and steam some milk to go with it.
Unfortunately I don't always have the time and then I'll drink the sad, bitter filter coffee they have at work. It's kinda gross, but the energy boost is still nice.
Black with honey and coconut sugar. It’s incredible everyone should try it
ooooh my mom's been really into coconut sugar lately too for some reason.
Any specific ratio or anything ?
I do like a few squeezes of honey and then 3.5 spoons of coconut sugar and I’ve found that’s a great combo
French press daily sounds great! I always take too much time cleaning it. What's your cleaning routine? Do you grind daily?
I have a single cup pour over. Make 2 cups of coffee (30g) in a thermos and then drink it for a while
I have a relatively nice grinder and an aeropress. I've used traditional presses, moka pots, a v60, and so on but I definitely prefer the aeropress. It's extremely easy and consistent. Once you have your recipe dialed there's almost nothing you can do to fuck it up so I just never get any astringency or acidity.
That said the grinder is definitely more important than the brew method. If you have $70 to spend; get a $65 grinder and get a $5 press or v60 at a thrift shop. You definitely want an electric grinder with nice ceramic burrs if you can afford it.
I used a hand grinder for years. A very nice and accurate one. The idea of using a hand grinder + moka pot was very romantic to me, but in practice it's a huge pain in the ass and the coffee will never come out as good as a silly looking plastic aeropress.
Putting two spoons of ground down coffee in the turkish thingy (cesva or someshit?) on top of tap water, sometimes with a bit of cinnamon,, and let it sit on small heat until foam forms (50 50 i fuck up and it starts boiling, but whatevs, it doesn't immidiately goes mega bad).
I use coffee grounds in a Keurig adapter doohickey in my hand-me-down single cup coffee maker.
I'm sure there are better ways of making tastier coffee, but I'm very corn syrup damaged so I think the effort would be wasted on me since I'd be dumping creamer on it anyways.
I got a bean-to-brew machine and reprogrammed the volumes so you can brew a lungo. After about two I'm finally ready to shoulder the burden of consciousness for another day.
Most of the time it's trash motel coffee, at home i have an espresso maker and make lungos.
During spring and summer I usually make cold brew once a week, but once it gets colder I drink either filter or aeropress coffee, depending on how much of a rush I'm in.
At home, I grind from whole bean with a Baratza Encore. Pretty decent conical burr grinder for the money.
Aeropress: Daily driver at home. Easy brew and clean up with minimal waste. There's a technique for brewing with the press upside down that outputs a pretty great cup.
French Press: If I'm brewing for myself and others or feel like having a coffee with a more full body, I'll use this.
Chemex: This used to be my daily driver. It outputs a clean cup of coffee, but I haven't used it much since I got the Aeropress. Easy to brew, but it uses a really big filter.
I'd like an espresso machine, but I don't have the counter space or money for it.
I've just got a lil stove top percolator, makes about 3 cups and that's more than enough. I don't drink much coffee at home, gets me all jitters up and nothing to do with it usually. At work I plow through that stuff. I buy like, pretty good beans. I dunno much about coffee.
standard american brew machine. I'd like to be able to use my percolator again sometime soon but I have an induction stove now and it doesn't work anymore
For me it's whole beans (light roast). I like the Aeropress, but I use a 1-cup Bialetti moka pot 90% of the time because it uses less coffee and the result is still pretty good. In the mornings I usually add a splash of milk and after lunch no milk. I never use sugar or any other sweeteners.
Whole bean, dark roast, grind it immediately before brewing (medium-fine). 1 TBSP per cup. Mainstream coffee maker. Double filter with paper and mesh.
Also, occassionally cold brew.
Yes, by a few different methods:
Filtered drip from the machine for the morning coffee to go or when I don’t want to put thought into it. It makes serviceable but not great coffee.
Chemex pour over. This is a tricksy method as I’ve made some absolutely brilliant cups of coffee with it, but also some very meh cups, and there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it.
Aeropress. My preferred “proper” way to make a cup these days. Straightforward method, consistent, works with just about every variety/origin/processing type of bean. Only shortcoming is it’s not efficient for making large amounts of coffee.
Moka pot aka the fauxpresso machine. The one that gets used the least, nice for certain varieties but too fussy for regular use.
Espresso machine
I usually make about 650 ml a little over 3 cups. In my Chemex when I have time in my preset coffee maker when I don't.
I bought at walmart a 7 dollar tiny coffee maker that only has an on/off switch and if I'm gonna be home for multiple cups I just pour additional water in the tank after I pour a cup out.
My coffee maker is broken so I have to boil up the ground coffee on my stove, it gets the job done.
Usually take some preground coffee and put it in a coffee maker. If have time though I usually have some coffee beans that I'll grind for something a bit fresher. I also prep some cold brew overnight during the summer mostly.
I've also tried doing a Turkish style coffee. Its coffee grounds in water which you then put over a flame until just before it starts boiling, which you then drink with the grounds still in the coffee. I've been able to get it to work a couple times although l don't have a cezve.
Cheap Aldi Fair Trade whole beans into decent hand grinder set at "good soil fine" (I have a Timemore Chestnut C2, but others would likely be just as good), throw it into a Clever Dripper with whatever filters were cheapest when I last needed a box, fill w/ ~350mL of boiling water, let it sit for 6 minutes, stir, drain into my cup with w/e sweetner is at hand.
mortar and pestle for grinding then french press, idgaf
hoxhaist-primitivist or something on the coffee making alignment chart
Yes. Just use a simple drip and have a grinder for fresh grounds each day. Have a metal reusable filter I wash out so I don't have to waste paper.
Pour over with Chinese knock offs of the medium-nice gear. I think I spent $12 total for a nice carafe and ceramic dripper. Got a decent burr grinder on Craigslist for $50.
I just weigh and grind the beans and pour hot water on them while doing some morning exercises. Takes up very little space and it's just as easy to make 800 ml as 200 ml.
I occasionally do immersion, usually just with a big jar and then pour it over my dripper setup. It's possible to make several liters at a time this way for socialist events. Can have a ton of nice coffee for like $5 whereas a cafe would charge you $30.
I might grab a French press so I can do the same process a little faster. Still gonna pour it through a paper filter though. My understanding of the "is coffee good for you or bad for you?" science is that paper filters make a big difference in making coffee not show up on the "bad for you" spectrum.
I use a phin for single serve, but if my partner wants coffee too, I'll use a french press.
