$$$$$$ Coffee!!!

[Brent.ff]

Originally posted by nagooro
What are you guys using for brewing and grinding? I just recently bought an aeropress, looking for a grinder now, possibly a baratza encore...?

I have a hario skerton...good match for the aeropress (if you dont mind a bit of physical activity)

[Minimalist]

My secret shame is in buying an Aeropress app last year, this madness has to stop. Calgary needs a coffee festival.

[nagooro]

Originally posted by Brent.ff


I have a hario skerton...good match for the aeropress (if you dont mind a bit of physical activity)

Was initially going to get the hario as well, but thinking long term, if I had to make multiple cups of coffee I'd prob wish I had something electric.

How long does it take you to grind enough for a cup of coffee?

[RealJimmyJames]

Hand grinding isn't some huge exertion. Takes like fifteen seconds to grind one cup worth of beans. And without the super annoying sound that many electric grinders have.

[silvia_s13]

I use the Hario ceramic acrylic box hand grinder and a Bonavita porcelain dripper.

[msommers]

Gaboo just get an automatic burr grinder lol

[ExtraSlow]

Opened this today. Smells good, but I have a hard time explaining "how" it tastes.

[sl888]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
Opened this today. Smells good, but I have a hard time explaining "how" it tastes.

Soooo good! I definitely prefer it as an espresso rather than with milk. I find it's too sweet with the latter.

Transcend has geisha beans! Dona Daisy Geisha from Costa Rica. It's selling for $40 for 8oz. Monogram said they'll have it within the next few weeks. I just ordered mine online from Transcend because I just can't wait that long.

[2Legit2Quit]

Anyone know of any places in town that sell mamalahoa estate beans?

[XylathaneGTR]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow

Top tip, the cute baristas are pretty bored later in the afternoon. Either that or I'm putting out the right pheromones this week . . .

If you're talkin' the one in BVS, those hoes will talk best friends with anyone, man. One gave me the finger guns when I made an order...

...not that I mind.

[ExtraSlow]

Don't bring me down.

[Strider]

Picked up an Aeropress this weekend, first thing I tried was some JJ Bean Eastside espresso beans that I had at home at a 1:16 ratio - inverted method. Found the result was rather weak.

I need a recommendation for a tried and true combo of local beans and brew method/ratio that I can use to calibrate or decide that the Aeropress isn't right for me.

[sneek]

Originally posted by Strider
Picked up an Aeropress this weekend, first thing I tried was some JJ Bean Eastside espresso beans that I had at home at a 1:16 ratio - inverted method. Found the result was rather weak.

I need a recommendation for a tried and true combo of local beans and brew method/ratio that I can use to calibrate or decide that the Aeropress isn't right for me.

I never had much luck doing espresso with an AeroPress. The best I found was making a bit of a puck with a metal porto style filter on one end and a paper filter on the other end. It still wasn't quite as good as a proper espresso machine though.

[Thaco]

i am not a coffee person, but i bought this for my wife for xmas (she was killin me with the starbucks bill, this thing will pay for its self in a couple months) she's really enjoying it, it works quite well, reusable filter so no pods and crap, has a power frother, and we dont drink a lot of coffee so a single serve is perfect.

[Strider]

Originally posted by sneek
I never had much luck doing espresso with an AeroPress. The best I found was making a bit of a puck with a metal porto style filter on one end and a paper filter on the other end. It still wasn't quite as good as a proper espresso machine though.

I'm not trying to replicate an espresso, that just happened to be the beans I had on hand for my espresso machine at home.

I'm up to 20g of beans to 250ml of water to get to a strength I like with espresso beans, have to play around more with the grind... but I don't want to waste a lot of single origin beans experimenting and deciding it's just not gonna work for me.

[sl888]

Originally posted by sneek

I never had much luck doing espresso with an AeroPress. The best I found was making a bit of a puck with a metal porto style filter on one end and a paper filter on the other end. It still wasn't quite as good as a proper espresso machine though.

The AP is not an espresso brewer.

Strider - what's still not working for ya? 20g of beans to 250ml of water is fairly strong. How old is the JJ Bean espresso beans? Water temp? Coffee grind size?
Have a look at the bottom of this page:
https://aerobie.com/aeropress/world-...-championship/
It lists the top 3 recipes from every World AeroPress Championship.

I broke my Hario water dripper, V60 and Chemex within the last 2 weeks.

[Strider]

Originally posted by sl888
Strider - what's still not working for ya? 20g of beans to 250ml of water is fairly strong. How old is the JJ Bean espresso beans? Water temp? Coffee grind size?
Have a look at the bottom of this page:
https://aerobie.com/aeropress/world-...-championship/
It lists the top 3 recipes from every World AeroPress Championship.

I broke my Hario water dripper, V60 and Chemex within the last 2 weeks.

I'm still finding it tasting a bit diluted... I need to pin down a couple variables (beans and dose) so I can mess around with grind size and time.

My JJ Beans were roasted in early-Dec, but now I'm onto a bag of Rosso two wheel espresso beans roasted in mid-Dec. Water I'm using just off the boil. Grind size I'm using a Hario mini and trying to work off of descriptions like "size of sea salt" that I see in some Aeropress guides. Not sure if I'm getting a lot of fines, but I get quite a bit of resistance plunging already - so hesitating to go finer (but I probably will).

Thanks for the link - I was looking at the WAC website and they only listed one recipe. First thing I noticed from that site:

Filip’s recipe: 
Inverted method
Dry coffee: 35 grams

If I'm using that much beans for a cup, I may as well give up and go to Analog for my afternoon coffee.


Kalita Wave next? would take some talent to break one of those

[sneek]

Originally posted by Strider


I'm not trying to replicate an espresso, that just happened to be the beans I had on hand for my espresso machine at home.

Ahh my bad, I have seen and tried replicating espresso with my AP. I thought that was why you were using espresso beans.

https://www.homegrounds.co/how-to-ma...ress-espresso/

[spikerS]

Discovered this a little more than a year ago, and it got my attention. Wanted to get it, but was pretty much impossible to get in Canada.

Found them this morning, and I jumped all over it. OXX BOXX rugged coffee maker.




Perfect for me to bring to jobsites, and uses standard K-cups!

They even blew the damn thing up, and it still worked LOL

Only thing that could make this better for me, is if it had the option to have an on board rechargeable battery, or the ability to use different batteries from tool manufacturers.

[Mitsu3000gt]

What would be the advantage of that compared to brewing some fresh ground coffee in the morning and keeping it in a good thermos? Looks neat though.