Coffee

[xchen]

Using French press and percolator mostly lately - got a cold brew pot from Hario Mizudashi but tried warming the coffee up and it was too weak, even after a 24 hour brew. Will keep it just for cold coffees from now on. Want to tackle pour overs next, and maybe snag one of those Italian Moka pots.

[Snowy]

@Snowy:

Will see how much interest we gather this week and will get a the bags sent out together (freshly roasted).

For those putting their name down, let me know if filter or espresso (it's fine either way, just want to get the right roast for you).

Fresh Roasted Beans from Sydney

veloaudio - filtered
demonito - filtered

Last call on this, next few days I'll be placing an order…

[mclaincausey]

Cold brew, New Orleans style (1/3:2/3 certified organic Alakef Sumatra:French Roast, chicory) with a little pastured whole milk. No sweetener for me.

[derivative666]

I figured I have zero vices left (dont drink/don't smoke). So I jumped on the coffee bandwagon. Comrades I need to be schooled!

"Obstacles are stepping-stones That guide us to our goals"

[superfuzz]

Anyone have a good iced coffee recipe?

[mclaincausey]

I like cold press.  The recipe I posted a few messages up is an iced cold press, made doing a 24-hour refrigerated soak in a Toddy.

[Snowy]

@derivative666:

I figured I have zero vices left (dont drink/don't smoke). So I jumped on the coffee bandwagon. Comrades I need to be schooled!

http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=614.msg273583#msg273583
should help.

[andersos]

@Snowy:

@Snowy:

Will see how much interest we gather this week and will get a the bags sent out together (freshly roasted).

For those putting their name down, let me know if filter or espresso (it's fine either way, just want to get the right roast for you).

Fresh Roasted Beans from Sydney

veloaudio - filtered
demonito - filtered

Last call on this, next few days I'll be placing an order…

Where are you ordering from?

[Snowy]

It'll be 1 of 3, depending on who/what works best. Hoping for White Horse Coffee, they have consistently amazing filters, fallback Sample Coffee, also consistently amazing more boutique tho, double fallbacks either Mecca or St.Ali/5Senses (this will come down to freshness). Dare I say a fellow Sydney IH-er?

[superfuzz]

@mclaincausey:

I like cold press.  The recipe I posted a few messages up is an iced cold press, made doing a 24-hour refrigerated soak in a Toddy.

What's the ratio of grounds to water? Do you just use a french press to strain the grounds?

[mclaincausey]

Actually, you can use a French press, though I use this US$30-40 gadget: http://toddycafe.com/

12oz coffee grounds : 7 cups of water makes a concentrate that can be cut down by as much as half (cold milk or water, or boiling water for a hot cup of joe).  They say 12-18 hours, I just stick it in the fridge overnight, so close to that… Never more than 24 hours though IMO.

It's kind of a hassle, but you have a big jug of concentrate that lasts at least a week, two if you don't drink much coffee.  So hassle yes, but less frequent hassle, so I think you come out ahead, if you like the flavor of cold press.

[superfuzz]

Thanks Mc, I've been spending so much on iced coffee lately and I have a burr grinder so I figured I should find a recipe for iced! I going to try it in the french press and then pouring it through a filter to see how that works. Thanks for the info!

[mclaincausey]

My pleasure!  Should work quite well, pleasr share your thoughts here.

[andersos]

@Snowy:

Dare I say a fellow Sydney IH-er?

What me? No I live in Finland.

[Snowy]

FYI The coffee order was placed over the weekend, I spoke to the owner of the roastery in person and he confirmed we're all good to go.

[superfuzz]

So I've been using a french press for iced coffee: about one cup of coarsely ground beans cold soaked over night then strained through my Hario V60 to get the extra sludge out into a large ball jar. Makes a pretty good cup of iced coffee without having to buy any new gadgets.

[tigerpac]

I hate to admit it, but the Clover machine at Starbucks is the sh*t.  Any type of bean I've had with it has been fantastic.

http://www.starbucks.com/coffee/learn/clover

[Snowy]

^Nothing wrong with admitting that @ all. They're extremely good @ what they do. I was surprised Starbucks bought them out a few years ago.

[Snowy]

(And they look awesome from a mechanical aesthetic)

[Snowy]

Roastery's confirmed a fresh batch of filter coffee is being roasted Monday and the ordered will ship out with this batch. They didn't want to send out coffee that was already a few days old, bless them.