Wake Up and Coffee

[ROman]

@twin nice haircuts.

[twin]

@ROman We just got them at Reeds Barber Shop in Redmens hall

[tenuin]

Time to wake up...

[twin]

My coffee today.

[Jord]

@tenuin Love it, I LOVE coffee but never really got into the science behind it, you look like Walter White with your set up! I'd love for you to brew me some haha!

[motojobobo]

I recently bought a stovetop coffee maker, 9Barista. Makes a damn good espresso! I’ll make sure to document and post about it this weekend.

[twin]

Sunday coffee.

[tenuin]

@Jord it would be my pleasure mate. truth be told I think i take this whole coffee thing a bit too far sometimes Sometimes, it feels more like an experiment in a lab.. which can be tedious before I even had the first cup..

Like, where I live we have stupidly hard water, which notoriously mutes flavour nuances in good coffee. So I make my own from distilled water by adding certain minerals back in. Its totally over the top, and for the most part not really necessary, but still fun when you, like me, tend to obsess over details..

[motojobobo]

I’ve been brewing coffee at home for over 30 years on my simple and trustworthy Bialetti “moka pot”. I loved the simplicity of use, portability and being free from disposables (filters). Independence from electricity was also a huge plus on rural trips. But….I could definitely taste the difference from a true espresso.
Last year read about 9Barista, company making something very similar to a moka pot and claiming ‘espresso quality’ brews. Essentially it is an identical concept with several improvements which required a mechanically more sophisticated unit: more pressure (9 bar), more temperature. It is still portable although a bit heavier than a moka pot and a bit taller unit. It still only requires a flame (also works on induction stoves) to produce excellent coffee.

This is it sitting on my gas-flame stove top at home.

You’ll get this brew after 4 minutes over the flames.

This is what it looks like in my cup. I can attest for a huge improvement in taste over the results my moka puts out.
Bolivia is producing very high quality coffee nowadays, it felt like I was sub-utilizing those grains in my moka pot. Very happy with my new appliance. However, it is expensive so it took me a while to take the plunge.

[tenuin]

that's a fine piece of kit! I've been dreaming about a true espresso machine for a while, but counter top space is very limited, so for now its not going to happen. Its spendy but seems well engineered, but I can't justify buying it since I would only consider it a stop gap until the space in the kitchen situation is resolved. Definitely seems like a big step up from the bialetti.

@motojobobo said in Wake Up and Coffee:

Bolivia is producing very high quality coffee nowadays

do tell more. i've only seen bolivian beans once but decided against giving them a try. Seems to have been a mistake perhaps