coffee style
I am sure that we have a lot of coffee aficionados here, what’s your routine ? I am happy with my minimal set-up: a manual grinder and a Bialetti moka pot
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I Thought all smith watches have to be served with tea?
Even more minimal here, tea spoon of instant, splash of milk, boiling water, done!
Instant coffee, but I've perfected my brew over the years
I Thought all smith watches have to be served with tea?
A Real men drink lemon juice over here in the morning raw,then two coffees with honey,then we drink tea all day 🤣👌
Manual grinder and a plastic-free french press.
I Thought all smith watches have to be served with tea?
Correct !
However, I drink mostly green tea so my Seikos would be terribly jealous if they see the englishman taking over their routine :).
I will buy some Earl Grey to restore Smiths’s name !
A Real men drink lemon juice over here in the morning raw,then two coffees with honey,then we drink tea all day 🤣👌
raw lemon juice ?? that is strong stuff ! :)
Even more minimal here, tea spoon of instant, splash of milk, boiling water, done!
my maximum minimal coffee routine is to eat a tea-spoon freshly grounded coffee ! :)
raw lemon juice ?? that is strong stuff ! :)
It is my friend cleanses the body,and wakes your arse up 🤣👌
It is my friend cleanses the body,and wakes your arse up 🤣👌
good for hangovers too !
good for hangovers too !
Been a long time since I've had one of those 🤣don't drink anymore my friend couldn't tell you,don't mix it with vodka might help 🙄🤣
Coffee?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
(those who know, know 😉)
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Coffee?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
(those who know, know 😉)
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Don't worry, it's repro from eBay ✌🏻
Coffee?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
(those who know, know 😉)
🤣
Isn’t that Panzershokolade ??
TBH I haven’t seen my coffee maker in the 5-6 years I’m living with my wife. Not aloud in the kitchen. But I am sure we have one cuz she bring me a cup every morning and I can here it lmao 🤣
Steps to climb a mountain:
Bourgeois pour over coffee - check
Watch that can survive a skydive - check
your climbing style is very particular :)
I source green beans from a few different locations, I home roast in 62g batches using a Fresh Roast Plus 8 countertop roaster which keeps me in the freshest coffee I can get. I manually grind using a Hario Ceramic Burr grinder, then into a plastic free French Press and Shazam-a really great cup of coffee. I could've assembled all those implements and taken a picture but I didn't. Oh well. Those of you that know, you know!
I will have to give the french presa another chance , for now I did not had a good experience with it .
Manual grinder and Gaggia classic espresso machine
sounds perfect !
I will have to give the french presa another chance , for now I did not had a good experience with it .
Size of your grind, ratio of water to coffee, temp of water and time of immersion will all play a factor in the result in your cup. Try several experiments with it until you get your desired results and then write that formula down for next time or until you memorize it.
Red Kimbo and Bialetti Moka. Don't blame me, I live in Italy 😁
Freshly ground beans usually from a local roaster and a pour over with a stainless steel filter.
V60 Switch, with manual grinder.
Although I'd prefer a fellow opus/ode to do my grinding but I spend all my discretionary money on watches.
Red Kimbo and Bialetti Moka. Don't blame me, I live in Italy 😁
Italians make the best coffee in the world :)
Breville burr grinder, espresso machine, and milk steaming wand - very much gotten the value out of this thing!
For a while I was using a timemore hand grinder and a Delonghi Dedica espresso machine (surprisingly mighty for such a small footprint).
When our baby arrived, the 5 minutes of hand grinding time per coffee had to go - I needed coffee, stat! So I eventually caved and bought a Fellow Opus grinder. (Really great bit of kit, at a relatively affordable price):
And I was then treated to a DeLonghi La Specialista Espresso Machine (My Sister works for DeLonghi - so not a bad machine for free 😉 )
It looks way more complicated than it needs to. I don't really use most of the fancy stuff. With a proper portafilter and decent grinder and some time messing around with settings, it produces better coffee than the high street coffee shops.
Get a scale for it and adjust the ratio of water to the grinded beans ... it will bring up the flavor 100 times and it will also be consistent all the time. I now prepare all my espresso with a scale.
Drip Brew, though looking to up my Coffee game
Get a scale for it and adjust the ratio of water to the grinded beans ... it will bring up the flavor 100 times and it will also be consistent all the time. I now prepare all my espresso with a scale.
Yeah, good advice. The grinder is single dose so I always use a scale to measure out the beans (I even use it for the milk I add). I haven't played around with water volume, but I do use filtered water.
I find the biggest difference out of all the various different tweaks you can make, is buying freshly roasted wholebeans. Supermarkets will often stock beans roasted up to a year, and 'best before' is highly dubious and definitely not the same as 'roasted on' dates..and pre-ground supermarket coffee... forget about it.
If you buy a timemore hand grinder for $50 and wholebeans from a local roaster or indie coffee shop, the difference is huge.
Anyone interested in getting nerdy on coffee - check out James Hoffman on YT. He breaks down the various aspects really nicely.
Yeah, good advice. The grinder is single dose so I always use a scale to measure out the beans (I even use it for the milk I add). I haven't played around with water volume, but I do use filtered water.
I find the biggest difference out of all the various different tweaks you can make, is buying freshly roasted wholebeans. Supermarkets will often stock beans roasted up to a year, and 'best before' is highly dubious and definitely not the same as 'roasted on' dates..and pre-ground supermarket coffee... forget about it.
If you buy a timemore hand grinder for $50 and wholebeans from a local roaster or indie coffee shop, the difference is huge.
Anyone interested in getting nerdy on coffee - check out James Hoffman on YT. He breaks down the various aspects really nicely.
The scale is also used during the extraction. It tare automatically when you put the cup on the scale. As soon as the first drop of espresso drops in the cup, it starts measuring the weight (blue led) and the extraction time (red led). Since the coffee beans have been already measured then the coffee in the cup gives you the water/coffee bean ratio and the timer prevents over extraction. Since all the parameters are measured (coffee/water/extraction time), you get excellent crema (as long as you have fresh beans that have been just grinded) and a consistent result each time.
I will check out James Hoffman - thanks for the tip.
The scale is also used during the extraction. It tare automatically when you put the cup on the scale. As soon as the first drop of espresso drops in the cup, it starts measuring the weight (blue led) and the extraction time (red led). Since the coffee beans have been already measured then the coffee in the cup gives you the water/coffee bean ratio and the timer prevents over extraction. Since all the parameters are measured (coffee/water/extraction time), you get excellent crema (as long as you have fresh beans that have been just grinded) and a consistent result each time.
I will check out James Hoffman - thanks for the tip.
I enjoy the theory, but I don’t have the time or tastebuds for that level of precision. RDT and puckscreens went out the window when the baby was born!
Gaggia Classic Pro and DF64 grinder. Great combination for espresso only.