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    • steelworkerS
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      A strong recommendation coming from you Snowy! I'll have to try a pound.

      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
      Well, I have others.

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        @steelworker I nailed the grind/pour this afternoon and it is without doubt the best coffee I can recall drinking. Previously it was a 2013 panama esmeralda geisha (as a v60), and before that a chemex @ four barrel nov/12, before that a double ristretto, white horse blend, @ Mecca espresso back in 2006. I can distinctly remember the now 4 cups, and will likely remember them for life :).

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        • FinksterF
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          Entertaining 'coffee ceremony'  😉  @snowy  … thx for sharing

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          • xtcclassicX
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            @Snowy there's a few things that make living in St. Louis great, being able to drive 10 minutes to Sump and have the man himself make me a pour over ranks right near the top.

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              @xtcclassic I can imagine! Next time you're there say he's got a fan in Sydney, Australia.

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              • Sheepdog149S
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                I work on the road a lot, so I love a good cup of Dunkin Donut's coffee on the go…

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                • FinksterF
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                  Cops and Donuts … a neverending story  😃

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                  • BloodnThunderB
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                    Lived in Seattle for about 5 years now.  Easily the best coffee I have come across in my time here (not everyone drinks Starbucks here) - http://espressovivace.com/index.php/coffee-for-home/

                    IG: Shadesofindig0

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                    • JCMx800J
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                      Current line up:

                      Hario grinder
                      Bialetti Moka Express
                      GMYTWN beans by Reinholz (Fulda), 75% Highland Arabica + 25% Robusta

                      Les Paul -> ProCo Rat -> Super HardOn -> JCM800 Low Input
                      XXX

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                        Time to bounce this guy back up. Had 8 wonderful cups of Chemex today. Feeling great never been better woooooooo.

                        Photos below are from Seattle, Dublin, and Sydney…Been all over the place drinking great coffee!

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                          Other notes to help make sense.

                          I'm collecting monthly coffee deliveries from Japan via kurasu.me, which is awesome!
                          Weekend coffees are Chemex and Hario Copper Kettle.
                          Weekday coffees are Kalita Wave and Hario Copper Kettle.
                          The Lido2 grinder is going great guns still!!!

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                            Kettle review from earlier in the month;

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                            • Finn666F
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                              not the best coffee but definitely my best mug

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                              • AnesthetistA
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                                Damn, Snowy you've been busy! Good looking next level stuff you've been brewing there. I've actually gone the opposite direction. I bought a can of cheap stuff to see how good I can get it with my aeropress and v60. I don't want to keep blowing $ on high dollar beans and only getting the results I want 40% of the time. Hopefully soon I'll get there! Also, what's a decent compact hand grinder than wont blow the budget? (<$75?)?

                                Finn, quite a pretty cup of coffee there. That mug is [emoji109][emoji109][emoji109]

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                                IG: bluehandsslim

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                                • BloodnThunderB
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                                  A solid local roaster for today's second press.

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                                  IG: Shadesofindig0

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                                  • AnesthetistA
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                                    Afternoon coffee break

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                                    IG: bluehandsslim

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                                    • Finn666F
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                                      lovely mug mate @Anesthetist …what are you up to btw.? painting your walls or some denim? 😃

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                                      • AnesthetistA
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                                        @Finn666:

                                        lovely mug mate @Anesthetist …what are you up to btw.? painting your walls or some denim? 😃

                                        Walls although I have seen a few Asians painting their denim on IG. One dude even painted some girls face on his thigh. I was more interested in covering up the blue smudges on the walls from unavoidable contact with fresh denim 🙂

                                        IG: bluehandsslim

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                                        • JCMx800J
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                                          @Anesthetist:

                                          Damn, Snowy you've been busy! Good looking next level stuff you've been brewing there. I've actually gone the opposite direction. I bought a can of cheap stuff to see how good I can get it with my aeropress and v60. I don't want to keep blowing $ on high dollar beans and only getting the results I want 40% of the time. Hopefully soon I'll get there! Also, what's a decent compact hand grinder than wont blow the budget? (<$75?)?

                                          Finn, quite a pretty cup of coffee there. That mug is [emoji109][emoji109][emoji109]

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                                          I have this one by Hario:

                                          And it works.

                                          Les Paul -> ProCo Rat -> Super HardOn -> JCM800 Low Input
                                          XXX

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                                            @Anesthetist:

                                            Damn, Snowy you've been busy! Good looking next level stuff you've been brewing there. I've actually gone the opposite direction. I bought a can of cheap stuff to see how good I can get it with my aeropress and v60. I don't want to keep blowing $ on high dollar beans and only getting the results I want 40% of the time. Hopefully soon I'll get there! Also, what's a decent compact hand grinder than wont blow the budget? (<$75?)?

                                            Finn, quite a pretty cup of coffee there. That mug is [emoji109][emoji109][emoji109]

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                                            Excited to have found this!  I haven't geeked out on coffee online in quite some time!  I apologize ahead of time for the longwindedness that will stem from my excitement.  On the plus side, I'm always down to get as geeky as anyone else wants to, and I know theres a good deal of people here who can give me a run for my money!

                                            My hand-grinder recommendation is still the Porlex Mini: https://www.heartroasters.com/collections/all/products/porlex-mini

                                            It's virtually unbreakable, is designed to grind more uniformly than the Hario (the Hario produces a good quality of grind, but the size variation in grind size particle is especially difficult to work around if you're brewing with a pour-over method), and it's tiny enough to slide into an Aeropress making it the easy choice for a compact travel coffee kit!

                                            Don't know if you're asking for hand-grinder recommendations as an upgrade from a current home grinder or for the sake of portability, but if you're thinking of getting a hand-grinder for your daily coffee drinking, I'll propose that the best additional $150 you could ever spend would be on a Baratza Virtuoso: https://www.heartroasters.com/collections/all/products/virtuoso-grinder

                                            There's not a better value in a grinder for home use, and if you drink coffee even just once a day, the extent to which this will improve your daily coffee, and will allow you to consistently get the best out of the beans you're using at home will be an absolute game changer, and the best money you ever spend.

                                            My simplified, but useful list of priorities for making tasty coffee at home:
                                            1. Good beans
                                            2. Good Grinder
                                            3. Clean Brewing Devices
                                            4. Appropriate Water
                                            5. Scale and appropriate brew recipe

                                            Note: All of these are crucial, but you can make the most drastic difference with a good grinder and a smart brew recipe.

                                            "I'm doing this because it's fun" - Roy Slaper

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