Wake Up and Coffee
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@Jett129 I make coffee for my wife and I using the one pictured. I use 25g of coffee, 450g boiling water (40g to bloom, then poor on the remaining 420g). That gives us a decent 250g coffee each. I wouldn't want more than that as I also have a couple of double espresso drink in any given day, and any more caffeine would send me bonkers
Depending on the beans I'm using I brew for a total of 3 mins for a lighter roast and 2.40 for a darker roast. It takes a sz4 filter paper - I use unbleached filter papers. I've not ventured into the world of cloth, feels a bit too high maintenance for me.
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Both my wife and I drink 16OZ mugs of coffee every morning just to wake up and,I’ll have one more later in the day. I,mostly, use my Chemex coffee maker. I’ve been doing it for so long that I’ve gotten pretty good at knowing how much coffee to use,so I don’t weigh it although I probably should. I use a Bonavita variable gooseneck kettle which allows me to set the temperature I want and maintains it through the brewing process. I tend to prefer the darker roasts,and I’m always looking it try new roasters. Speaking of which,my brother in law has taken his coffee fanaticism
to a new level as he is now roasting his own beans. He made me a batch recently. Some of the best coffee I’ve ever had. Thanks for all the info. One other thing…Lately I’ve been reading that bleached filters,as long as they’re not chlorine bleached are better than their unbleached counterparts. -
Last round of Colonna Kerinci Natural (cherry, mandarin, fig leaf) from Sumatra, before starting on the next bag of beans which is Colonna again, but this time El Pouvenir Maragogype Natural (pineapple, brown sugar, capsicum) from Colombia. Southsea Coffee always stocks the best beans. All on V60 with 21 grams of hand ground on Hario Skerton Pro with approx. 350 grams of water.
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Any tips for a manual grinder under $100 that would be good for grinding for all of french press, chemex and percolator espresso coarsnesses?
The usual answer would be Comandante but they are around €200+… I heard good things about Aergrind: https://www.madebyknock.com/store/c1/Aergrind
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Any tips for a manual grinder under $100 that would be good for grinding for all of french press, chemex and percolator espresso coarsnesses?
See my pic above with the Hario Skerton Pro. Fully adjustable grind. They really improved on the regular Skerton. The pro is excellent.
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@Alex I've tried a few £50-150 hand grinders, but for little more than that you can buy a Sage smart pro burr grinder. I use it everyday for my clever dripper and espresso machine. It switches between grind size really well as long as you run a dose through when you change the setting.
As with all things coffee related, let James Hoffman run the tests for you!
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Nice [mention]Alex [/mention] I use my skerton pro daily.
With local shop Southsea Coffee closed for covid, I made an order from Workshop of their tasting pack and a bag of decaf. Great info on each.
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I was in Nashville last weekend and picked up this nifty Miir coffee vault @ Barista Parlor. It has a screw on top and an expandable gasket inside to keep your beans or grounds fresh
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Did you by any chance swing by the new Snake Oil Provisions while you were down there?
Not this time, it wasn't in the budget and with the new drops only a couple months away I really don't need any MORE temptation. Once my wife gets her vaccine she and I will probably make a weekend trip just the two of us and we'll definitely make time.
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Ok, Eno-inspired coffee collab made by record nerds. It's like they have me profiled.
https://www.turntablelab.com/products/turntable-lab-coffee-for-records-whole-bean-16-oz
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I fell for this backstory about this guy who was using the profits from his coffee roasting to rescue dogs. Called Grounds and Hounds. Thought it was a one man operation,when it fact it was a pretty big company with offices in Chicago and Memphis. The coffee was OK/Good,but I definitely felt suckered. Not saying that this is a similar scenario,but there seems to be a fair amount of that going on in the coffee industry. Let us know how you make out. Had to update my post,after looking closer,they’re really into turntables,and it seems like the coffee is just some more branded merch they can sell.
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Oh yeah, Turntable Lab is great — they usually have a great selection of music and cool limited editions, plus loads of good hifi stuff. I've happily given them quite a bit of my money over the years. I think the coffee is just a fun thing they did wit a local roaster in NY.
