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#26 2009-05-28 9:23 pm
- wellfleation
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Re: A good home coffee maker
I only drink one huge coffee in the morning out of a 24oz DD plastic mug. So I only brew a half pot and pour it directly into this and then leave for work with three granola bars. No need to use the carafe feature. I rarely drink coffee on the weekends unless I stop at a chain or something.
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#27 2009-05-28 10:49 pm
Re: A good home coffee maker
test wrote:
I have a cheap Melitta plastic dingus...
Ah, hah, hah, hah...
Oh, man...
<EYES WATER>
Heh, hehe....
No, no, I really am sorry to hear that. You must be very secure in your manhood to just come right out and say that.
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#28 2009-05-28 10:52 pm
Re: A good home coffee maker
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Protectionism can be dangerous that way...
Too bad the Clinton regime wasn't a little more protective of our rocket and nuclear technologies.
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#29 2009-05-28 11:52 pm
Re: A good home coffee maker
jerwin wrote:
LukeLucas wrote:
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.Don't drink the last part, and get a better grinder.
mmmm, i'm using a burr grinder. i paid decent money for it and don't plan on "upgrading" anytime soon. its likely just that the screen on my press needs to be replaced.
suck it, trebek.
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#30 2009-05-28 11:59 pm
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Re: A good home coffee maker
LukeLucas wrote:
jerwin wrote:
LukeLucas wrote:
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.Don't drink the last part, and get a better grinder.
mmmm, i'm using a burr grinder. i paid decent money for it and don't plan on "upgrading" anytime soon. its likely just that the screen on my press needs to be replaced.
Perhaps. You might try adding a secondary nylon filter.
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#31 2009-05-29 2:31 am
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Re: A good home coffee maker
Bren wrote:
test wrote:
I have a cheap Melitta plastic dingus...
You must be very secure in your manhood
Yes
Patience is a virtue of the weak for it makes them stand still long enough for the strong to crush them with ease.
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#32 2009-05-29 12:47 pm
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Re: A good home coffee maker
jerwin wrote:
LukeLucas wrote:
jerwin wrote:
Don't drink the last part, and get a better grinder.mmmm, i'm using a burr grinder. i paid decent money for it and don't plan on "upgrading" anytime soon. its likely just that the screen on my press needs to be replaced.
Perhaps. You might try adding a secondary nylon filter.
I don't think even that would help. Press pots make silty coffee no matter what. But that's not a bad thing.
Not pouring the last couple of ounces helps, but I don't think anything could make it completely silt-free except filtering it, and if you're going to do that, why not just drip brew in the first place?
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
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#33 2009-05-29 1:35 pm
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Re: A good home coffee maker
It's the oils that make a good coffee. Drip doesn't extract them to my satisfaction-- though to be fair, I haven't brewed drip in years.
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#35 2009-05-29 2:54 pm
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Say, wasn't it Emo Phillips who said, "I don't know about you guys, but if you're anything like me, you just can't get started in the morning without a big pot of coffee. I've tried other enemas..."
Hey, I'm hip, I'm "with it," I'm droppin' Emo Phillips references.
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#36 2009-05-30 9:41 am
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i've often gone back and forth on those single cup presses. they look ultimately very convenient, but are they really that good for everyday use?
suck it, trebek.
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#37 2009-05-30 9:45 am
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Re: A good home coffee maker
If you have a good burr grinder, the presses are excellent. If you don't, it's more of an affectation. The whirly blade grinders lead to an uneven ground. The mud produced by the smaller particles can be removed with a nylon secondary filter, but you can't do anything about the tannins. Milk only goes so far.
How do you drink coffee?
12 ounces in the morning?
A 3-tasse press will work.
With a friend?
A bigger press will be needed. But the smaller presses work best if you're only making one mug for yourself.
Throughout the day?
I suppose you can get a big press, and decant into a vacuum jar. French presses aren't typically insulated, and the ones that are tend to continue brewing,and get nastier even after the grounds are tamped down.
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#38 2009-05-30 10:05 am
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I've gone back to buying vacuum sealed ground because it comes out better in my pot than grinding myself.
I also have a vacuum sealer to keep it fresh.
A vacuum sealer is a good thing to have, lets you buy things like ground beef and cheese in bulk. Hell - even works well with strawberries (in canister, not in the bags).
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#40 2009-05-31 6:20 am
Re: A good home coffee maker
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I also have a vacuum sealer to keep it fresh.
A vacuum sealer is a good thing to have, lets you buy things like ground beef and cheese in bulk. Hell - even works well with strawberries (in canister, not in the bags).
Plastic bags are not airtight and are not good for long term storage or freezing.
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#41 2009-05-31 6:25 am
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Then howcome everybody's so convinced that I'll suffocate myself if they let me play with them?
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#42 2009-05-31 10:08 am
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Re: A good home coffee maker
Bren wrote:
I just go to the McDonald's drive-through.
Hell, you can drink instant if you want to. That's fine if you don't really like coffee.
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
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#44 2009-05-31 1:00 pm
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I keep hearing ads for the Swiss Water method of decaffeination. Interestingly, the only currently functioning Swiss Water facility is located in Vancouver, which was Ground Zero for Canada's agricultural disaster.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decaffeination
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#45 2009-05-31 1:23 pm
- wellfleation
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Re: A good home coffee maker
Pithecanthropus wrote:
Bren wrote:
I just go to the McDonald's drive-through.
Hell, you can drink instant if you want to. That's fine if you don't really like coffee.
Again, mcDonald's coffee will kick any home brewers ass and is actually quite good.
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#46 2009-05-31 3:13 pm
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I really hate to admit it, but it's surprising how so many of McDonald's offerings really do not suck nearly as bad as one might expect. Order one of their grilled chicken salads, for example, and you're almost eating a healthy meal that won't make you fat.
And the McDonald's here in Linda Mar, Pacifica, has surprisingly cheerful employees who give really good service. So much so that I took it upon myself to phone McDonald's corporate headquarters and let them know how nice those folks are. They mailed me a gift card good for a free sandwich to thank me for my feedback.
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#47 2009-05-31 3:17 pm
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Re: A good home coffee maker
wellfleation wrote:
Pithecanthropus wrote:
Bren wrote:
I just go to the McDonald's drive-through.
Hell, you can drink instant if you want to. That's fine if you don't really like coffee.
Again, mcDonald's coffee will kick any home brewers ass and is actually quite good.
I couldn't disagree more!
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#48 2009-05-31 3:58 pm
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Re: A good home coffee maker
wellfleation wrote:
Pithecanthropus wrote:
Bren wrote:
I just go to the McDonald's drive-through.
Hell, you can drink instant if you want to. That's fine if you don't really like coffee.
Again, mcDonald's coffee will kick any home brewers ass and is actually quite good.
"Evil will always triumph because Good is dumb."
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#49 2009-05-31 5:11 pm
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Re: A good home coffee maker
wellfleation wrote:
Pithecanthropus wrote:
Bren wrote:
I just go to the McDonald's drive-through.
Hell, you can drink instant if you want to. That's fine if you don't really like coffee.
Again, mcDonald's coffee will kick any home brewers ass and is actually quite good.
McDonald's coffee absolutely does not taste anywhere near as good as fresh ground beans in my cheap as hell Wal-Mart drip brewer.
We get a pound of Starbuck's beans free every week because my wife works there part time.
I have had lots of coffee over the years brewed in many different ways and IMHO the biggest improvement is gained by grinding your beans immediately before brewing. Better brewers and fancy machines can improve things beyond that certainly but you run into a pretty steep diminishing returns curve.
The way I drink coffee is the first cup of the morning has a dollop of whole milk and real sugar, after that I drink it black.
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#50 2009-05-31 5:18 pm
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Re: A good home coffee maker
for me, it's a dollop of milk in the bottom then the coffee. I'm told that well prepared coffee is never bitter and even sweet by itself, but I lack the expertise, tools, and beans to make it that way. Ultra-fresh beans help.
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