$$$$$$ Coffee!!!

[Mitsu3000gt]

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Not sure. By no means is their coffee good but for $1 it's not awful!

I agree, McDonalds probably has the best chain coffee. I've never found it offensive.

[ExtraSlow]

And Macdonald's has the best cups.

[ZenOps]

Espresso is most defined by a fine grind, packed tight and then put under higher pressure water (nearly steam) as opposed to coarse ground drip regular coffee.

The beans are sometimes the exact same, with maybe slightly longer roasting on espresso.

[phreezee]

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Wasn't there something with McDonalds buying Tim's old coffee supplies though? I heard they swooped in the last minute and contracted the Tim's coffee supply because they were lazy with the renewal but I don't remember exactly.

Probably a dirty rumour Tim's started because McDonalds was stealing their market share.

[vengie]

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And Macdonald's has the best cups.

YAAAASSSS!!!! I thought I was the only cup nazi out there. Best insulated cups in the game

[ExtraSlow]

Been experimenting with other cheap beans. Some Costa Rica big mountain stuff was decent. Tasted slightly burnt, and it wasn't a dark roast.
Some coop Sumatra too. I like Sumatra because it's where orangutans live and it's next door to the island 9f Java and Java is a nickname for coffee.

But overall I still like the Ethiopia coop coffee best of all. Drinking a cup right now.

[TYMSMNY]

Got some beans delivered from Montreal, Saint Henri. Godshot and Holycow.

Went through some Godshot and having a hard time dialing in the 30-40 seconds pulls. Still too "sour". Any recommendations.

[davidI]

A buddy of mine in San Francisco has the Profitec Pro 800. Obviously he has a pimp grinder and only the finest beans to match. Best coffee I've ever had and 6 weeks later I'm still dreaming about that coffee and trying to justify dropping $3k on a machine for home!

https://clivecoffee.com/product/prof...resso-machine/

[speedog]

I am such a monster...

[RX_EVOLV]

Just picked up a Kitchen Aid Siphon coffee maker, the only electric Siphon maker out there, and it's making some really really good coffee. Now I'm on the hunt for good coffee beans to perfect the brew.

Otherwise I'm a huge Nespresso guy. At least 2 pods (vertuoline) and stock almost every single flavor at home.

[Strider]

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Got some beans delivered from Montreal, Saint Henri. Godshot and Holycow.

Went through some Godshot and having a hard time dialing in the 30-40 seconds pulls. Still too "sour". Any recommendations.

Sourness is usually too low shot temp for the roast, or underextraction.
Try increasing your brew temp, if you don't have a PID controlled machine there's different ways to do this depending on the type of machine you have - search "temperature surf"
Also try adjusting your dose and grind, try reducing your dose and grinding finer to increase extraction. Best if you have a scale to measure out your beans and yield for consistency.

[TYMSMNY]

I'm going to try and reduce the dose and grind finer. Yeah, I read up on underextraction. my machine I don't think is PID controlled, might have to go fancier now. I'll try it first thing again in the morning... my puck is getting smaller and smaller haha.

[ExtraSlow]

Rocking doi Chang beans today. Still not measuring the dosage or water or anything.

[ExtraSlow]

I see there's a Nespresso thread now. Does that mean this thread can be for less fancy folks? Picked up a big bag if cheap beans.

[Strider]

I've been ordering from Rave Coffee for a little while now. Still loving the Ethiopia Adado Natural and a few of the other single origins.
Lately, I've noticed that the roast has been a bit uneven, lots of pale beans in the bag and I'm getting more broken bean fragments.

Thought I'd try someplace new, but I refuse to pay $20+ for a 3/4lb bag which limits my options... so we'll see how this goes:

[adamc]

I was (and still am) a single origin, fair trade, hipster coffee snob. Grinding with a conical cone grinder, measuring temp. extraction time, weight, etc.

HOWEVER, Nespresso systems make a damn tasty espresso shot to dump steamed milk & foam on and run out the door with. I'm definitely partially converted.

[sl888]

Anyone here interested in ordering from April Coffee Roasters in Copenhagen? They are releasing some Geisha beans on the 16th that I really wanna try.
https://www.aprilcoffeeroasters.com
Shipping starts at $20 for anything under 1kg and then jumps to $50. Hoping to find a few people to split on shipping cause I know these Geisha beans will be expensive.

[adamc]

I bought this stuff on a whim yesterday, while walking through Chinatown. Anyone have any tips on how to many a good Viet Iced Coffee? My first attempt the coffee came out pretty quickly through the filter. I used 1 tbsp coffee in the filter and 1 tbsp condensed milk. *very* sweet but delicious all the same


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[sl888]

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Anyone here interested in ordering from April Coffee Roasters in Copenhagen? They are releasing some Geisha beans on the 16th that I really wanna try.
https://www.aprilcoffeeroasters.com
Shipping starts at $20 for anything under 1kg and then jumps to $50. Hoping to find a few people to split on shipping cause I know these Geisha beans will be expensive.

Price released...fuck these beans are gonna be pricey. No one interested in anything from them?

[adamc]

Better come hand delivered by a tall blonde danish girl for $45 bucks + shipping /pound