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I think that level of fanaticism is supposed to be reserved for the cultivation and consumption of marijuana.


All kidding aside, I hate to tell you this, but unless your coffee's brewed in a copper coffee pot, it's just not proper:

http://c3.libsyn.com/media/877/Lynchlan … 5d743b6967

Fast forward to the six minute and fifty-five second mark for more info.

Bren wrote:

I hate to tell you this, but unless your coffee's brewed in a copper coffee pot, it's just not proper:

http://c3.libsyn.com/media/877/Lynchlan … 5d743b6967

Fast forward to the six minute and fifty-five second mark for more info.

My taste buds tell me differently - I'll trust them.

I used to just deal with the fact that home coffee could never be as good as restaurants. Then I did some research. But if ants did not keep coming out of my Braun a few days ago (must have been attracted to something on this day as it was the 1st time ever) I would still be compromising. (I couldn't believe my wife wanted/expected me to just clean out the Braun and I was like no smurfing way - horror movies came to mind.) Life is too short not to enjoy the little things that give you pleasure.

You dump enough milk and Splenda in there, and even a mediocre cup of coffee will be at least good for dipping your donuts in.

Or a bagel.

Or chocolate chip cookies.

DO NOT get a coffee maker with a hot plate!!!  The hot plate, apart from being a huge waste of energy, destroys the flavor of freshly brewed coffee in less than 15 minutes. Get something that will brew into a thermal carafe.  If it's too late, get a thermos and pour your coffee into it immediately after you brew it (fill your thermos with hot water when you start to brew to let it pre-warm - you don't want to lose precious heat!).

A press pot (French press) makes a great cup of coffee, but is pretty labor intensive compared to a drip brewer. You also have to get used to silty coffee.

Espresso makers are great if you want something that is almost, but not quite entirely espresso. There's simply no way a home espresso maker can compare to an industrial (coffee house) machine, they cannot (by law) generate enough pressure.

DO NOT grind your beans ahead of time! Even an airtight container can't stop the immediate staling of the beans. For best results, grind what you're going to brew immediately before you brew it.

Store your whole bean coffee in a light-proof, airtight container in a kitchen cabinet - not the freezer and NEVER, EVER, EVER the fridge.

Dump your blade grinder and get a burr grinder. Blades chop, burrs grind. You'll get a much more consistent grind from burrs.

Use fresh, cold water - filtered if possible. I like to put the carafe of water in the fridge at night for the next morning's coffee.

Bailey's® is optional, but always a good additive to coffee.

Bren wrote:

But a proper cup of coffee's made in a copper coffee pot!

When my brothers family was living in a tent on the land they bought just before his job suddenly vanished (he was a steel worker in Washington when Clinton removed the tariff on foreign steel) - his wife made coffee in a pot on a camp stove. It may have been some kind of a percolator but it was actually pretty good.

Pithecanthropus wrote:

A press pot (French press) makes a great cup of coffee, but is pretty labor intensive compared to a drip brewer. You also have to get used to silty coffee.

i dunno if i'd call it labor intensive. if you've already ground your beans, the biggest annoyance (IMO) is already done with (my grinder is so loud in the morning). all that's left if boiling the water and waiting four minutes.

i will agree with the silty part, though. that last two or three gulps of coffee are a bit rough.

best coffee......


have someone else make it and serve it to you. 

That looks like a lot of fun on a cold midwest afternoon.

I've been pretty pleased with my Krups automatic maker. I've had it for about 11 years now, and it still makes great coffee. Start by grinding the beans (I'll have to look into a burr grinder), use a non-bleached cone filter, add cold filtered water, then brew. Immediately pour my first cup and the rest goes into a stainless steel thermal carafe.

I use a French Press mug every morning for my drive to work, as my wife doesn't drink coffee. It's pointless to brew a pot at home on weekdays. My french press mug is great for camping as well.

My brother brews with a pour-over coffee maker. The coffee is absolutely incredible. Not sure if it's the beans, or the simplicity of the brewer, but it really makes the morning.

Last edited by longboy (2009-05-28 11:28 am)

Bren wrote:

I think that level of fanaticism is supposed to be reserved for the cultivation and consumption of marijuana.


All kidding aside, I hate to tell you this, but unless your coffee's brewed in a copper coffee pot, it's just not proper:

http://c3.libsyn.com/media/877/Lynchlan … 5d743b6967

Fast forward to the six minute and fifty-five second mark for more info.

Edgar Marrow certainly has a nifty beard.

Bren wrote:

One more reason to feel good about voting for Bob Dole.

If you were referring to the steel thing - I was mad at Clinton at the time, but I think it was the right decision.
When Bush undid it, it actually cost jobs because as the cost of steel went up, so did the cost of anything that used steel.

Protectionism can be dangerous that way, and while removing the tariffs cost a few steel mill jobs, it likely created more jobs than it cost us.

Back to coffee though

Yeah, that's why I use a coffee maker with a timer.