Let's talk coffee!!!!!

[WillBrink]

Here's my vid on coffee, health benefits, recs, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlkpVotq9oE

[cgcorrea]

Thanks. I'll have to try them out. I love coffee too. I actually worked at two different Starbucks locations here in NOVA before I joined the military. I hadn't really drank coffee before then, but they got me hooked. I actually used to use the french press quite a bit, both at work and at home. Now I'm so busy with my current job, and my 18 month old daughter, that I've been reduced to having to use my wife's Keurig machine in the morning. Some of the K-cup flavors are actually pretty good, I'm not gonna lie. But it's obviously not the same as the real deal. I bring Starbucks instants with me as well when I'm out and about, and those are pretty decent too. I like Dunkin Donuts coffee alot too. On average I drink two cups of coffee per day. If I'm working through the night I drink quite a bit more. I always take it black. I'm not really sure of any negative effects in the amount of coffee that I drink, but it definately helps me get through the day.

[J-Dub]

I'll be honest i'm a coffee noob. I only started drinking it a couple of years ago (when i started hunting..keeps you warm and awake). As of now i use folgers singles....

But, Mr. Brink you have inspired me to go for the good stuff!!!!

[WillBrink]

I'll be honest i'm a coffee noob. I only started drinking it a couple of years ago (when i started hunting..keeps you warm and awake). As of now i use folgers singles....

But, Mr. Brink you have inspired me to go for the good stuff!!!!

Baby steps.

Perhaps get some decent local coffee ground up and use a decent drip coffee maker, although a personal sized French press will actual cost less and make better coffee BTW.

[rero360]

I have an Aero Press, kind of like an inverted french press, love it for making my morning cup of coffee.

[WillBrink]

I have an Aero Press, kind of like an inverted french press, love it for making my morning cup of coffee.

Waz that look like? Can't picture and inverted FP.

[Belmont31R]

Ive been using a french press for about 10 years.



Id also recommend using filtered water. Depending on your source water (tap, well, whatever) it can really change the flavor (sometimes good sometimes bad). Our water tastes like it came straight from a pool. When I take a shower it just stinks to high heaven of chlorine. So I use RODI filtered water since I have to make water for my fish tanks anyways with it. Our water is so bad it will kill a fish in under 2 minutes if not treated. If all you drink is 1-2 cups a day you can even just get gallon bottles of distilled or drinking water. Distilled should be 100% water. Drinking water should have the chemicals removed but added minerals for taste.


Grinding whole bean just before brewing is good. Pre ground coffee will lose a lot of flavor.



Foldgers and other like brands are junk. It may be called coffee but has little resemblance to better brands.


Another good way to make it is to buy one of the drip maker wire mesh filters. Get the water in a pot hot enough to bubble and steam (not boil). Put the coffee directly in the pot. Wait a few minutes, put the wire mesh filter over a cup, and then pour the pot into the cup.


I also like hot tea occasionally especially when I make asian food.

[mallowpufft]

Any of you fellows using a cold brewer? I picked one up a couple weeks back (a Toddy from Amazon or toddycafe.com) and my coffee consumption has greatly increased. Always smooth and less acidic. Plus I have a big jar of it in the fridge so all I have to do in the morning is toss some ice and water in my hydro flask, top it off with coffee concentrate and I've got 621ml of cold coffee to keep me functional all day long.

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[Texanhunter]

Been considering trying a FP for a while.

[luvmy40]

Wow, glad to see this thread brought up again!

I'm an espresso junky and coffee snob. so here's my $.02

Kona is goodness!

Roast you own if you have the time.

Any burr grinder is better than any blade grinder.

Any conical burr grinder is better than most flat burr grinders.

Percolators can actually produce a decent cup if they are used correctly.

French Press is better than drip.

Any pump driven espresso machine is better than FP.

A quality commercial espresso machine is a piece of divine engineering that has become necessary to my sanity.

That aero(sp?)press looks like it might be the best of both worlds as far as product and portability. Do they have the ability to build any significant pressure on the pull(push)?

Water temperature, grind, compaction and pull pressure are the key factors in getting the "Perfect Cup" and the grind is a variable reliant on the ambient conditions.