Coffee
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I’ll add that I managed to write this post twice and delete it before successfully getting it posted. I guess that’s proof-positive that I’m too long-winded, and punishment for it on the side.
@Snowy +1 on the Kalita Wave Kettle. It’s a beautiful object in addition to being incredibly well designed for the work at hand. I’ve poured with a fair share of kettles, including some heavily modified by their owners, and some of the most popular (and most esoteric) Japanese designs, prized by the most detail oriented hand pour devotees I’ve encountered, and for me the Kalita is head and shoulders above the rest.
Since starting to post in this thread, I’ve taken a good look at my home brewing setup, and it’s definitely started the gears turning:
- I need to upgrade the dual-purpose designed ceramic burrs in my Vario-W for the Ditting manufactured steel burrs that are optimized for brewed coffee. They produce a more uniform grind particle size with significantly less fines, which is ideal for the way I like to brew. Hopefully this will stave off my inclination to start looking at actual shop grinders. Hopefully.
- I would probably have results I liked more if I moved from my Kalita Wave 185 to the much harder to find, more annoying to source filters for Kalita Wave 155. The smaller brew bed would allow me achieve a much deeper brew bed at the same dose, allowing me to grind coarser, while still achieving longer brew times (and fuller extraction). I can imagine that paired with the new burrs for my Vario, this could lead to easily and consistently brewing the tastiest coffee I’ve made at home in what is now a 10 year history of manual brewing at home!
- I’m super curious about the Bonavita BV1900TS, and suspect that it may also be a means for more consistently delicious coffee than I’ve been brewing at home. Even if the result of experimenting with it is to realize that I just enjoy the ritual and feeling of manual brewing at home, I’d like to be better acquainted with an option that is totally viable for consumers that don’t want to get into the rigors of pour over brewing, but do want delicious coffee at home. It seems like a Baratza Preciso/Jennings CJ-4000 (scale)/and Bonavita BV1900TS could be the ultimate straightforward home brewing rig for +/-$500, which might seem like a lot, but is an insane value if you drink coffee at home regularly (or would if you could easily get great results)
- I don’t travel enough (when I do, it’s invariably to a coffee city, and more often than not, I’m staying with coffee industry people) to justify a nice hand grinder, but you guys have definitely got me sweating a Lido 3 (I’ve always been enthralled by the OE Hand Grinders…very nearly pre-ordered a Pharos when it was announced years ago). Perhaps my Lido-lust will be justified by my claims that this’ll be the summer that I get serious about 1 overnight bike camping trip per week!
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Thanks guys.
@tmadd I've been looking @ that style of brew as well. I enjoy the human element to it. Was (am?) tempted to get a semi-commercial one for work considering how much we brew there. Moccamaster is what I've been looking @ http://www.nordcoffee.com.au/about/products is where I've been looking.
I'll pick up a Kalita Wave Kettle in Japan in May ::). Don't tell Mrs Snowy it was planned tho
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Anyone has the Kalita Pelican Pot? Love the look and the material (Enamel) but don´t know if the flow is slow and steady enough…
EDIT: Ordered!
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Today was a good day [emoji106]
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Just waitin for the DHL Dude ::) ::)
I have the same mill, and it´s good, I like it very much. Took some time to understand to find the right grind-level, but now I am a pro haha
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@Anesthetist Heck yeah, that's a good day!!!
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Thanks Snowy and Engineer. I was able to use both toys today and had great results. I think I still prefer a V60 for a single cup, but now have a means of pouring a couple at a time [emoji106]
JCM, the grinder is awesome but there is definitely a little learning curve to to it to getting the perfect consistency.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yeah the Chemex is a very different taste/profile to V60. Chemex is a lighter/less bodied cup. It often gets called a 'cleaner' cup. Less oils make it through, what you're really left with is the taste of the beans without any of the other influences that can help mask or bring flavours out. If I drink the same beans in V60 and Chemex I get 2 totally different views on the same bean. Some work better in 1 brew method vs another. Kenyan coffees (going from memory here) are usually heavy bodied and don't translate as well on Chemex for instance…
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The Miniature Collection is for Espresso??
The V60 is so easy to use and the coffee is great.
I still need some practice with the Aeropress, but the third try (right now) is pretty good and tastes similar to the Bialetti.
How I used the Aeropress (Inverted):
15g strong Espresso (Schwarzmahler - Heimat) grade 3 on the Skerton Mill + 200g 90C water.Placed the coffee in the inverted Aeropress, added 50g Water, stir and let bloom for 30 seconds.
Added the rest of the water, waited 1 minute and then press slowly and gently.
Enjoy.
Add another 200g Water for Americano/Long Black.
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Coffee is a complete fucking mystery to me. I can go miles out of my way to have a coffee at a highly recommended hipster joint or have coffee made with all the paraphernalia @finn is buying and had the brew timed to the nano-bleeding-second and the water heated to the correct temperature (to 76 decimal places) by the guy making it with his iphone. And it still just tastes like a good drinkable coffee to me.
Luckily my lack of sophistication (hipness?) in this regard is also so the same with wine. And that DOES save me a fucking fortune….
Will def carry my coffee stuff to Berlin and Hamburg in July… Gimmie hot water and enjoy
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@Snowy I knew the V60 from a very nice and local coffeeshop (V17, Deisterstr., Hannover, Germany) and asked em if the can introduce me. The dude was kind enough to show me how to handle the V60, but I never saw the Aeropress in real life action
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Snowy (;)), what is the blue ceramic by Kalita? I cant seem to find it anywhere. Did you see their Kantan portable pour over filters? They look perfect for a mini travel kit.
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@Anesthetist found it. Took some searching to find :). https://favrica.net/items/7404462 It's a Kalita x Beams (B:Ming) x Hasami colab, in true 'cool'/Beams style (the colab bit). It's very practical for me. Means I'm no longer leaving the wave on the sink to drip. Now goes in this little number. [ http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/dietshop/item/1048623/?s-id=borderless_recommend_item_en is the non-beams edition] [ http://www.bminglifestore.jp/catalog/2016ss/happygoods/detail/28 is the full B:Ming colab view].
(PS I changed my name to Snowy in both your recent edits, hope you don't mind. Still trying to keep my 'real name' offline ;))
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Very cool, thanks for info and my apologies [emoji106] btw I had to order one of the house spoons, it looks too good.
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How did you order? I'd love to get the small for a work setup.
