ive been thinking abt this for a while now: a comm for caffeinated drinks. im a big coffee drinker and rlly enjoy the process of brewing. this could be for tea too, and energy drinks ig. theres a lot of knowledge in brewing coffee (and im sure its the same for tea). im a bit of a novice, but i have a decent amount of experience to share involving espresso, cold brew, pour-overs, water hardness and temperature, grind size, bean selection, etc. we can also recommend each other gear. my first post would be talking abt my manual espresso machine that i highly recommend for quality espresso on a budget

as im already on the mod team, i could mod this comm, and im sure i could find other users passionate abt coffee or tea to deputize

  • dannoffs [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    I’m a coffee roaster and have been in the speciality coffee industry for over 10 years, I’d definetly be down to participate.

  • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    I do love coffee… (and some kinds of tea)

    Is it necessary for this to be its own comm? maybe not. but it would be fun and that’s reason enough right? I could mod as well tho I don’t have a strong desire either way

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    9 months ago

    i reckon food doesn’t get a huge amount of traffic currently, so might be easier to work/allow coffee and tea consumption and equipment discussion there?

    like i get that discussing my baratza encore grinder and asking for reccs on a better one to blow my money on might not be strictly about food, but maybe we allow it?

    just a tradeoff between having small comms that get drowned out vs diluting the comm topic too much i guess

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    9 months ago

    I quit drinking alcohol in November, but I def like drinking coffee, etc.,probably one of my last remaining “vices” (not a judgement I just have mh issued and had to give up substances.) maybe if there was a comm for something like this I wouldn’t feel so alone on the wagon.