Hello out there, fellow caffeinated Lemmings!

Got anything new in your brew?

Did you make a mess-o of your espresso?

Did you French pull instead of French press?

Tell us about it for those valuable Internet points!

  • Sunny' 🌻@slrpnk.net
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    4 months ago

    Got the aeropress about a month ago and have not used anything since. Freaking love the results and how easy going it is! Next on the list is a new grinder, but unsure to go handgrinder or electrical.

    Been using local coffee, labelled as French Roasted Coffee, it’s pretty nice.

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      4 months ago

      There are some great hand grinders available now compared to a decade ago. To get a remotely acceptable electric grinder you would need to spend around $150 or so for something like the Baratza Encore. For that same money you can get a really good hand grinder from 1zpresso or Kingrind which will produce more consistent grinds and fairly quickly.

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    4 months ago

    Opened a Single Origin Costa Rica from whole foods. 26 Grind on Encore ESP, did both aeropress and V60. It’s a nice light roast, but nothing amazing.

  • albert@lemmy.sysctl.io
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    4 months ago

    Espresso using some older beans. Tastes alright. Made using a Z1presso grinder (145 grind setting), and a 9barista stove top espresso machine :)

    Also recently bought a shaker for N2 cartridges to make nitro-brew at home. Really good when it gets hot outside.

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    4 months ago

    I just opened a bag of washed light roast Arabica Typica from Dalat, Veitnam. Used a V60 to brew it and a Fellow Opus to grind it.

    Quite nice. Floral and fruity not bitterness or excess sourness. Very happy considering the relatively low cost.

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    4 months ago

    It’s my second week drinking that Four Sisters Donut Shop Blend from Grocery Outlet, and… It’s okay…

    It’s not completely awful, and it’s definitely functionally caffeinated, but without a paper filter it’s bitter.

    With a filter, it does have a sweetness and fruity acidity that’s nice.

    As if it’s made as a filter coffee, which sounds weird, but I suppose it must be possible.

    Speaking of paper filters, I started using a mesh filter in my aeropress, and… The result tastes very similar to my French press…

    I got a pack of two mesh filters: One 250 microns, the other 200 microns, and the 200 micron filter doesn’t let any fines through at all.

    I am alternating days between the two, and I have to say the paper filter in the Aeropress makes a huge improvement in smoothness and taste.

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    4 months ago

    Heating up around here so I’m onto to cold brew. Basically a fine mesh strainer cup in a jar that I let sit overnight. 40 grams lasts 2 days.

    Give it a good shake when I make it. Roughly 18 hours steep then it’s good to go the next day, nice and cold out of the fridge.

    If I’m fasting I have it with just an ice block, but if I’m not ill have it with oat milk in a tall glass, maybe 80 coffee, 20 oat milk. good shit!

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      4 months ago

      There’s supposed to be a heat wave here next week, so I might have to start my own experiment with cold brew too…